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David Whittaker

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Codemasters, Label

Microdeal

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David was one of the most popular game musicians in the late 1980s and probably the most prolific one.

It seems he does not think very highly of himself as composer but many of his songs are among the most popular of classic game music repertoire.

He began his career as programmer but found easier to get job opportunities as composer. As programmer he made some games such as well known Lazy Jones. He made his C64 music by programming directly instead of using music programs. Eventually Whittaker got so many job offers that he had to pass some of them to his friends (including Hubbard and Daglish). He has composed for almost every relevant home computer platform of the late 1980s.

His Amiga songs are easy recognize since he uses often same instrument sounds in them.

A short loop from Whittaker's Lazy Jones game became the basis for a worldwide dance hit "Kernkraft 400" by Zombie Nation. Whittaker was not first informed about the usage of his riff but he later got compensations.

After the 1980s Whittaker has continued working in the field of computer sound producing though he has left composing for others.

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Compilations Connected To This Artist

Shadow of the Beast

Lemmings 2: The Tribes (2)

Golden Axe (Atari ST)

Bad Company (Atari ST)

Supaplex - All Ports

Lemmings 2: The Tribes - IBM-PC AdLib

Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Tandy

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Lemmings 2: The Tribes (Amiga)

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Songs Connected To This Artist

Song Title	Artist	Song Length	Status	Avg. Vote	Queue	Last Played
Advanced Pinball Simulator - Title	David Whittaker	2:02	Active	3.6	l	2025-10-12
Archipelagos - BGM	David Whittaker	5:14	Active	3.6	l	2025-10-31
Archipelagos - BGM	David Whittaker	5:15	Active	3.5	l	2025-10-14
Archipelagos - Title	David Whittaker	1:22	Active	3.0		2025-09-23
Armageddon Man - Title	David Whittaker	2:26	Active	4.6		2025-08-26
Back To The Future	David Whittaker	2:03	Active	4.6	l	2025-10-26
Bad Company - Title	David Whittaker	1:11	Active	3.7		2025-09-17
Bad Company - Track 2	David Whittaker	2:14	Active	4.9		2025-09-29
Bad Company - Track 3	David Whittaker	1:29	Active	3.0		2025-08-12
Bad Company - Track 4	David Whittaker	1:07	Active	3.5		2025-03-31
Bad Company - Track 5	David Whittaker	4:28	Active	3.3		2025-08-29
Beverly Hills Cop (Axel F.)	David Whittaker	2:28	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-15
Beyond the Ice Palace	David Whittaker	2:55	Active	4.7	l	2025-10-29
Beyond The Ice Palace	David Whittaker	4:53	Active	4.5		2025-08-19
Beyond the Ice Palace - Intro	David Whittaker	4:30	Active	4.4		2025-07-16
Beyond the Ice Palace - Title	David Whittaker	1:32	Active	4.5		2025-10-17
Beyond the Ice Palace - Title	David Whittaker	0:29	Active	4.5		2025-08-12
Beyond the Ice Palace - Title	David Whittaker	4:53	Active	4.6	l	2025-10-20
Blood Money	David Whittaker	3:51	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-05
BMX FreeStyle - Title	David Whittaker	1:05	Active	4.8		2025-09-20
BMX Simulator	David Whittaker	1:30	Active	3.8	l	2025-10-25
BraveStarr - BGM	David Whittaker	3:31	Active	5.0	l	2025-10-25
Bubble Bobble - Boss Fight	David Whittaker	0:56	Active	3.8		2025-08-02
Bubble Bobble - Title	David Whittaker	1:16	Active	4.5	l	2025-10-12
Bubble Dizzy - Track 1	David Whittaker	2:27	Active	4.6		2025-09-15
Bubble Dizzy - Track 2	David Whittaker	1:45	Active	3.0		2024-08-08
Captain Dynamo	David Whittaker	2:18	Active	4.0		2025-09-23
Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons - Title/In-Game	David Whittaker	2:10	Active	4.2	l	2025-10-19
Captain Fizz Meets the Blaster-Trons [Beeper]	David Whittaker	2:12	Active	3.9		2025-10-03
Chips Challenge	David Whittaker	1:00	Active	4.3		2025-07-06
Cloud Kingdoms	David Whittaker	1:05	Active	4.3		2025-08-29
Cosmic Pirate - Title	David Whittaker	2:25	Active	4.0		2025-08-20
Cosmic Pirates - Title	David Whittaker	1:55	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-19
Cosmonut	David Whittaker	2:41	Active	4.3		2025-10-14
Custodian - Title	David Whittaker	4:12	Active	4.0		2025-06-30
Custodian - Title	David Whittaker	4:21	Active	3.9	l	2025-10-17
Dan Dare - Title	David Whittaker	1:48	Active	3.0		2025-09-13
Days of Thunder	David Whittaker	2:26	Active	3.8	l	2025-10-23
Dizzy: Prince of the Yolk Folk	David Whittaker	5:00	Needs Re-Encoding	4.5		2025-09-25
Dogs Of War - Highscore	David Whittaker	2:33	Active	4.0		2025-02-07
Dogs Of War - Map / Shop	David Whittaker	1:45	Active	4.0		2025-09-12
Dogs Of War - Title	David Whittaker	3:14	Active	4.8	l	2025-10-21
Dogs Of War - Title	David Whittaker	3:33	Active	4.5		2025-08-22
Elektra Glide	David Whittaker	2:18	Active	4.5	l	2025-10-25
Enduro Racer - InGame	David Whittaker	4:00	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-25
Enduro Racer - Title	David Whittaker	2:35	Active	3.3		2025-03-20
Eye of Horus - Title	David Whittaker	1:27	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-12
Fantasy World Dizzy - Complete	David Whittaker	1:02	Active	3.7		2025-07-29
Fantasy World Dizzy - Ingame	David Whittaker	2:37	Active	4.2	l	2025-10-25
Fantasy World Dizzy - Title	David Whittaker	0:55	Active	4.0		2024-03-09
Garfield	David Whittaker	3:36	Active	4.4		2025-08-14
Garfield	David Whittaker	3:50	Active	4.0		2025-09-28
Gazza Soccer 2	David Whittaker	2:48	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-12
Ghosts 'N Goblins	David Whittaker	1:32	Active	4.5		2025-09-15
Glider Rider	David Whittaker	1:43	Active	4.9	l	2025-10-17
Gold Of The Aztecs - InGame	David Whittaker	1:58	Active	4.3		2025-08-26
Gold Of The Aztecs - Title	David Whittaker	1:28	Active	3.3	l	2025-10-16
Golden Axe - Death Adder	David Whittaker	1:45	Active	3.6		2025-09-25
Golden Axe - Path of the Fiend	David Whittaker	1:05	Active	4.3	l	2025-10-27
Golden Axe - Title	David Whittaker	0:56	Active	4.0		2025-09-28
GrimBlood	David Whittaker	2:17	Active	4.0		2025-09-02
IO	David Whittaker	2:35	Active	4.2	l	2025-10-15
Island of Dr. Destructo - Title	David Whittaker	2:28	Active	4.0		2025-07-08
Jupiter Masterdrive - Title	David Whittaker	2:02	Active	3.6		2025-08-22
Jupiter`s Masterdrive - Highscore	David Whittaker	1:11	Active	4.0		2025-09-03
Jupiter`s Masterdrive - Title	David Whittaker	2:02	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-25
Kid Gloves	David Whittaker	1:52	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-25
Knight Tyme - Title & In-Game	David Whittaker	3:14	Active	3.7	l	2025-10-23
LeatherNeck - Ingame	David Whittaker	1:47	Active	4.7		2025-10-03
LeatherNeck - Title	David Whittaker	1:49	Active	4.2	l	2025-10-17
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Beach	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	3:14	Active	3.5		2025-09-10
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Beach Tribe	David Whittaker	3:03	Active	3.0		2024-09-04
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Beach Tribe	David Whittaker	3:00	Active	4.5		2024-12-29
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Cavelem Tribe	David Whittaker	3:04	Active	4.5		2022-05-21
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Cavelem Tribe	David Whittaker	2:15	Active	4.5	l	2025-10-18
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Cavelem Tribe	David Whittaker	2:09	Active	3.5		2024-02-09
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Cavelems	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	3:14	Active	4.1	l	2025-10-12
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Circus	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	3:24	Active	4.2		2025-08-02
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Circus Tribe	David Whittaker	3:17	Active	4.0		2023-06-24
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Circus Tribe	David Whittaker	3:13	Active	3.3	l	2025-10-21
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Classic	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	3:00	Active	4.4	l	2025-10-10
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Classic Tribe	David Whittaker	2:35	Active	4.5		2024-01-18
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Classic Tribe	David Whittaker	2:49	Active	4.8		2025-08-10
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Egyptian	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	2:28	Active	3.9		2025-09-29
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Egyptian Tribe	David Whittaker	2:17	Active	4.4		2025-09-16
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Egyptian Tribe	David Whittaker	2:17	Active	3.7	l	2025-10-25
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - End Theme	David Whittaker	2:37	Active	4.0		2025-08-02
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - End Theme	David Whittaker	2:37	Active	3.5		2025-05-01
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Highland	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	2:25	Active	3.8	l	2025-10-17
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Highland Tribe	David Whittaker	2:15	Active	4.0		2025-08-23
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Highland Tribe	David Whittaker	2:15	Active	4.2	l	2025-10-17
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Medieval	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	2:29	Active	4.0		2025-09-08
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Medieval Tribe	David Whittaker	2:19	Active	4.0		2024-06-26
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Medieval Tribe	David Whittaker	2:19	Active	4.0		2024-10-11
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Menu Theme	David Whittaker	3:58	Active	4.2		2025-09-20
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Menu Theme	David Whittaker	3:58	Active	4.0		2024-11-23
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Outdoor	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	3:20	Active	4.0		2025-08-23
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Outdoor Tribe	David Whittaker	3:09	Active	4.0		2025-09-16
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Outdoor Tribe	David Whittaker	3:10	Active	4.0		2024-04-11
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Polar	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	2:20	Active	3.8		2025-09-15
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Polar Tribe	David Whittaker	1:58	Active	4.5		2025-05-25
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Polar Tribe	David Whittaker	1:58	Active	4.0		2025-09-11
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Shadow	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	2:44	Active	4.0		2025-07-27
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Shadow Tribe	David Whittaker	2:35	Active	4.0		2025-05-04
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Shadow Tribe	David Whittaker	2:35	Active	3.3		2025-09-30
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Space	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	2:26	Active	3.7		2025-09-24
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Space Tribe	David Whittaker	2:14	Active	3.0		2025-06-18
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Space Tribe	David Whittaker	2:15	Active	3.7	l	2025-10-31
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Sports	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	3:08	Active	4.4		2025-09-08
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Sports Tribe	David Whittaker	2:57	Active	3.5		2024-02-09
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Sports Tribe	David Whittaker	2:57	Active	4.5		2024-07-03
Lemmings 2: The Tribes - Title & Map	Brian Johnston , David Whittaker , Raymond Usher	2:12	Active	4.1	l	2025-10-18
Leviathan - Title	David Whittaker	2:29	Active	3.7	l	2025-10-23
Magic Land Dizzy - Ingame	David Whittaker	2:14	Active	4.4	l	2025-10-08
Magic Land Dizzy - Title	David Whittaker	5:00	Active	4.1		2025-09-09
Max Headroom (Preview)	David Whittaker	0:30	Active	4.6		2025-10-04
Max Headroom - subsong 2	David Whittaker	1:22	Active	4.8	l	2025-10-21
Menace - Ingame	David Whittaker	2:29	Active	4.5		2025-08-12
Menace - Title	David Whittaker	1:03	Active	3.0	l	2025-10-20
Millenium	David Whittaker	2:41	Active	3.4	l	2025-10-10
Obliterator - BGM	David Whittaker	2:03	Active	3.8		2025-07-21
Obliterator - BGM	David Whittaker	3:59	Active	4.8		2025-09-15
Obliterator - Game completed	David Whittaker	1:32	Active	4.1	l	2025-10-25
Obliterator - Intro	David Whittaker	2:17	Active	3.6	l	2025-10-25
Obliterator - Title	David Whittaker	3:13	Active	4.0		2025-08-30
Panther	David Whittaker	2:54	Active	4.8	l	2025-10-25
Platoon - Dugout (Stage 3)	David Whittaker	1:51	Active	4.0		2025-09-24
Platoon - Sigh Of The Eye (Name Entry)	David Whittaker	1:29	Active	4.3		2025-07-27
Platoon - Stage 1 (Jungle)	David Whittaker	5:07	Active	4.3	l	2025-10-26
Platoon - Title	David Whittaker	1:32	Active	4.8		2025-10-08
Quadralien	David Whittaker	4:39	Active	4.3		2025-09-29
Quadralien	David Whittaker	4:39	Active	4.5	l	2025-10-18
R-Type II - Water Splash (Stage 2 Theme)	David Whittaker	4:23	Active	5.0	l	2025-10-20
Rampage	David Whittaker	2:20	Active	4.0		2025-09-11
Red Max	David Whittaker	1:39	Active	4.6		2025-09-15
Renegade	David Whittaker	1:42	Active	4.8		2025-09-09
Return To Genesis	David Whittaker	4:17	Active	4.4		2025-09-16
Shadow of the Beast - Ingame 1	David Whittaker	1:05	Active	4.3		2025-08-11
Shadow of the Beast - Ingame 2	David Whittaker	1:43	Active	4.5		2025-09-11
Shadow of the Beast - Intro	David Whittaker	4:00	Active	4.8	l	2025-10-14
Shadow of the Beast - The Castle	David Whittaker	2:24	Active	4.7		2025-10-01
Shadow of the Beast - The Plains 1	David Whittaker	2:19	Active	5.0		2025-10-08
Shadow of the Beast - The Plains 2	David Whittaker	2:03	Active	4.8		2025-10-15
Shadow of the Beast - Title	David Whittaker	1:47	Active	4.7		2025-08-23
Shadow of the Beast - Title	David Whittaker	1:46	Active	4.8		2025-10-08
Shadow of the Beast - Underground	David Whittaker	2:10	Active	4.9		2025-10-09
Shadow of the Beast - Water	David Whittaker	1:39	Active	3.8		2025-08-23
Skateball - Title	David Whittaker	2:15	Active	4.2		2025-08-14
Skateball - Track 2	David Whittaker	2:02	Active	3.7		2025-09-12
Speedball	David Whittaker	2:30	Active	4.2		2025-06-23
Speedball	David Whittaker	2:40	Active	4.7	l	2025-10-23
Spellbound Dizzy	David Whittaker	5:00	Active	4.2		2025-08-12
ST News - Panther	David Whittaker	2:10	Active	4.7	l	2025-10-24
Star Ray - Title	David Whittaker	2:24	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-23
Star Ray - Track 2	David Whittaker	1:53	Active	3.7		2025-09-07
StarBlaze	David Whittaker	2:23	Active	4.3		2025-09-25
StarBlaze - Title	David Whittaker	2:19	Active	4.3	l	2025-10-07
Storm	David Whittaker	2:09	Active	4.9	l	2025-10-22
Stormbringer - Title / BGM	David Whittaker	4:18	Active	4.6		2025-09-09
Stormtrooper - Highscore	David Whittaker	1:47	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-29
Stormtrooper - Title	David Whittaker	4:16	Active	3.5	l	2025-10-18
Stormtrooper - Title	David Whittaker	4:16	Active	4.3	l	2025-10-30
Street Surfer	David Whittaker	1:43	Active	4.6		2025-08-09
Supaplex	David Whittaker	5:08	Active	3.8	l	2025-10-17
Supaplex	David Whittaker	5:05	Active	3.8		2025-09-27
Supaplex - Level Complete	David Whittaker	0:02	Active	4.0		2025-07-27
Supaplex - Level Complete	David Whittaker	0:01	Active	3.5		2025-07-27
Supaplex - Level Complete	David Whittaker	0:01	Active	5.0		2025-07-27
Supaplex - Level Complete	David Whittaker	0:02	Active	3.5		2025-07-27
Supaplex - Level Complete	David Whittaker	0:02	Active	3.5		2025-07-27
Supaplex - Level Complete - PCM	David Whittaker	0:01	Active	3.5		2025-10-03
Supaplex - Main Theme	David Whittaker	5:04	Active	4.0	l	2025-10-19
Supaplex - Main Theme	David Whittaker	4:57	Active	3.6	l	2025-10-12
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Title	David Whittaker	2:34	Active	4.5	l	2025-10-23
Tetris (ingame)	David Whittaker	3:04	Active	3.2	l	2025-10-12
Tetris - Ingame	David Whittaker	2:45	Active	3.9	l	2025-10-17
Tetris - Title	David Whittaker	0:48	Active	3.0		2024-01-06
The Mega Tape	David Whittaker	7:17	Active	3.4		2025-09-05
The Real Ghostbusters	David Whittaker	2:29	Active	4.6		2025-09-26
The Tube	David Whittaker	2:09	Active	4.5		2025-09-09
ThunderCats	David Whittaker	3:18	Active	3.9	l	2025-10-23
Total Recall - BGM	David Whittaker	2:56	Active	5.0		2025-07-30
Total Recall - Title	David Whittaker	3:04	Active	4.1		2025-10-06
Total Recall - Track 2	David Whittaker	2:46	Active	3.3		2025-07-01
Trantor	David Whittaker	2:12	Active	4.4		2025-10-12
Trantor the Last Stormtrooper	David Whittaker	2:14	Active	4.7		2025-09-19
Treasure Island Dizzy - BGM	David Whittaker	1:42	Active	4.8	l	2025-10-20
Treasure Island Dizzy - Title	David Whittaker	0:56	Active	4.8		2025-08-22
Verminator	David Whittaker	4:36	Active	4.4		2025-09-06
Voodoo Nightmare - BGM	David Whittaker	1:33	Active	3.3		2025-08-07
Voodoo Nightmare - Title	David Whittaker	0:55	Active	4.0		2024-06-06
Wierd Dreams	David Whittaker	3:03	Active	4.4		2025-10-03
Wonderboy in Monsterland - Castle	David Whittaker , Shinichi Sakamoto	1:14	Active	4.0		2025-07-18
Wonderboy in Monsterland - Cave	David Whittaker , Shinichi Sakamoto	0:59	Active	4.3		2025-07-05
Wonderboy in Monsterland - Shop	David Whittaker , Shinichi Sakamoto	0:24	Active	4.6		2025-10-01
Wonderboy in Monsterland - The Beginning	David Whittaker , Shinichi Sakamoto	0:58	Active	4.3	l	2025-10-29
Wonderboy in Monsterland - Title music	David Whittaker , Shinichi Sakamoto	1:43	Active	4.5	l	2025-10-28
Wonderboy in Monsterland - Town 1	David Whittaker , Shinichi Sakamoto	1:11	Active	4.5	l	2025-10-25
Wonderboy in Monsterland - Town 2	David Whittaker , Shinichi Sakamoto	1:11	Active	3.8	l	2025-10-11
Wrath of the Demon - The Dark Tower	David Whittaker	1:43	Active	4.0		2025-08-06
Xenon	David Whittaker	2:08	Active	3.7	l	2025-10-30
Xenon - Guardian	David Whittaker	0:38	Active	4.7		2025-07-01
Xenon - Sector 1	David Whittaker	1:29	Active	4.6	l	2025-10-22
Xenon - Sector 2	David Whittaker	1:36	Active	4.0		2025-09-21
Xenon - Title	David Whittaker	1:55	Active	3.8		2025-09-18
Xenon 2: Megablast - Title	David Whittaker	3:33	Active	4.4	l	2025-10-27
Xenon II - BGM	David Whittaker	2:37	Active	4.5		2025-07-29
Zombi - BGM	David Whittaker	3:49	Active	4.8		2025-09-17
Zombi - Title	David Whittaker	1:29	Active	4.8		2025-07-24