Graeme Norgate, a British video game music composer at Rare, began his career in music after working at a bank. His first project at Rare was composing music for Donkey Kong Land in 1994. He contributed to the soundtracks of notable games such as Blast Corps and GoldenEye 007. Norgate later joined Free Radical Design, which was eventually acquired by Crytek and renamed Crytek UK; he retained his position as audio director post-acquisition. After Crytek closed down Crytek UK, Norgate moved to Dambuster Studios. Throughout his career, Norgate composed music for various Rareware games including Diddy Kong Racing, Jet Force Gemini, and Perfect Dark. He also played synthesizer and programmed drums for the bands 'FWNT' and 'The Catch' between 1991 and 1992. Under the alias Virez, he remixed songs for bands such as Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Goteki.
