Saad N. Haddad (Composer) – Saad N. Haddad is an Arab-American composer who has written for solo, chamber, choral, band, and orchestral settings, as well as showcasing his Middle-Eastern heritage in his compositions. In recent years, the composer has developed an affinity for orchestral music, earning an ‘Alternate’ designation with Maelstrom for the 2012 Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute and winning the 2010 ASCAP Young Composer Award for Heart of the Hall, which was premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. He’s looking forward to recording a huge orchestral score for Core Overload.
Casey Gebhardt (Audio Effects) – Casey Gebhardt is a recent graduate of USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering and Thornton School of Music and is currently working for Warner Bros. in the Management Information Systems department. He has a passion for powning n00bs music and has been performing music production and sound design duties for student and commercial games, none more ambitious than Core Overload. He hopes to move into an audio position full time with some additional experience.