Basics:

Name: Steven Velema
Company: Surasshu Sound
Born: 16-10-1983

Contact information:

Address:
Nassaustraat 8
3583XE Utrecht
the Netherlands

Phone: +31648250581
Email: surasshu@gmail.com
Website: http://www.surasshu-sound.com
Portfolio: http://portfolio.surasshu-sound.com

Game gigs:

Music+Sound design:
The Sims 2 DS (Nintendo DS) - Electronic Arts (responsible for interactive audio game element)
Burnout Legends (Nintendo DS) - Electronic Arts (conversion of full guitar music to tracks as well as original composition)
ClickBeat (PC) - The Phorse (all sound design/composition/implementation)
Bollen (PC) - Monokey (all sound design/composition)
Force Majeur (PC) - Monokey (all sound design/composition/implementation)
Pushy and the Magic Blocks (PC) - The Phorse (all sound design/composition)
Magic Blocks (PC) - The Phorse (all sound design/composition)
Magnablock (PC) - The Phorse (all sound design/composition)
One Gun (PC) - The Phorse (all sound design/composition)
[NDA] (PC) - Monokey (all sound design/composition/implementation)
[NDA] (Xbox 360) - Monokey (all sound design/composition/implementation)
PuriFighter (Flash/Web/PC) - Dot-invasion/Disney (all sound design/composition)
Power Savers (Flash/Web/PC) - Dot-invasion/Disney (all sound design/composition)
Red Bull BC1 (Nintendo DS) - Smackdown prods (all sound design/composition/implementation)
Guitar Legend (Nintendo DS) - Smackdown prods (all sound design/composition)
[NDA] (Nintendo DS) - Smackdown prods (all sound design/composition)
[NDA] (Nintendo DS) - Smackdown prods (all sound design/composition)
[NDA] (Kinect) - Smackdown prods (sound design)

Music:
Surasshu - Strength in Numbers (Music CD)
Eragon (Nintendo GBA) - Vivendi Entertainment
X-Men: Mutant Reign (TV GAME) - JAKKS Pacific
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Nintendo DS) - Electronic Arts UK
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Nintendo GBA) - Electronic Arts UK
Burnout Legends (Nintendo DS) - Electronic Arts
Shrek SuperSlam (Nintendo GBA) - Activision
Shrek SuperSlam (Nintendo DS) - Activision
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Nintendo DS) - Buena Vista Games
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Nintendo GBA) - Buena Vista Pushy and the Harry Potter (Nintendo DS) - Electronic Arts
Harry Potter (Nintendo GBA) - Electronic Arts
Pirates of the Carribean 2 (Nintendo DS) - Buena Vista Games
Pirates of the Carribean 2 (Nintendo GBA) - Buena Vista Games
[NDA] (Nintendo DS) - Smackdown prods
[TBA] (Music CD) - Collaborative effort with Studio Strawberri (http://www.abc.se/~m10130/diary/)
[TBA] (Music CD) - Independent music release
Hans Kosterman Quartet - Geen Leugen, Geen Droom (Music CD) - Production and mastering for jazz quartet
Resident Evil (Mobile) - Capcom/IdeaWorks 3D (all composition)

Film gigs:

Sound design, foley, audio/music editing:
The Bitch is Back (2005 edition)

Abstract sound design:
Saint Amour

Other relevant game work stuff:
LQA (contractual under U-Trax):
Maj Jong Quest 2 Deluxe (Web/PC) - Zylom
The Rise of Atlantis Deluxe (Web/PC) - Zylom
Totally Spies (Multi) - Ubi Soft
Hotel Mahjong Deluxe (Web/PC) - Zylom
Shangri La Deluxe (Web/PC) - Zylom
Chocolatier (Web/PC) - Zylom
Little Shop Big City (Web/PC) - Zylom

 
Education:

Master of Arts and Bachelor with honours, Composition in Context and Sound Design - Utrecht school of the Arts (Art, Media and Technology faculty)
Ten years of formal piano training
One year of formal musical theory training (along with several years of self-taught music theory)

Other activities:
Organised and managed the online music group "Fromage" for several years, during which I and  
other members were successful in various composing competitions.
Entered over 200 online one-hour composing competitions, winning over half of them.
Entered several dozen biweekly composing competitions, winning over half of them.
Ran the computer club at high school and worked on sound, music and programming for several games 
during that time.