Rod Abernethy


Rod Abernethy is a performing songwriter, guitarist, and composer. His music has been used as scores for EA, Midway, Vivendi, Universal, Sony, Ubisoft, Bethesda, Paramount, Disney, THQ, Activision, Konami, Majesco Entertainment, NC Soft, Namco and Nintendo.
Abernethy first appeared on the public landscape with a 1975 LP Solo, produced by Don Dixon. He later joined the North Carolina band Arrogance as lead guitarist, staying with the band through their releases Suddenly and Lively. He eventually left Arrogance before the recording of the unreleased, at the time, The 5'11" Record to pursue a solo music career composing for films, TV, and video games.
As a composer, Abernethy has more than 80 video games to his credit, including id Software's RAGE, TERA, EA’s science fiction survival horror opus Dead Space, Tolkien's The Hobbit for Vivendi Universal, Alpha Protocol, The Wheelman,,,, and Dead Head Fred.

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