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Will Loconto
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Years active	31
Known for	Information Society, T-4-2, T42

Will Loconto is a musician, composer, and producer based in Austin, Texas. He is the lead vocalist/songwriter for the U.S. band T42, was a keyboardist for the band Information Society, and has composed music for various video game soundtracks including Daikatana.

Career

In 1989, Loconto replaced Jimron Goff as lead vocalist for the band T42, a Dallas area band that began in the Deep Ellum music scene in the late 1980s.

Loconto quit T42 in 1993 in order to be the keyboardist in the synth band Information Society.

Loconto left Information Society to work for Dallas-based computer game developer Ion Storm as a sound designer and composer. He was part of the initial design team for the game John Romero’s Daikatana. He left Ion Storm in November 1998 and co-founded PC and video game developer Third Law Interactive, distributed by publishing company Gathering of Developers the same year. Through Third Law Interactive, Loconto developed sound and music for Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child.

In 2001, he founded Will Loconto Music and Sound, and audio production company for games, television, and film.

T42 reunited in 2011 to release the album Voltage! and play several live shows. In August 2017, T42 released Hot On Top (Remastered), a remastered version of the 1989 cassette that led to their signing with Columbia Records. Decoder, their first new music since 1992 was released in October 2017. As of 2019, T42 is still playing live shows.

Honors, decorations, awards and distinctions

Credits

References

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8. ^ "T42 Discography". Discogs. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
9. "T-4-2 – Hot On Top Remastered". Discogs. 4 August 2017.
10. "New Wave Was New, Then Old, and Now It's New Again — and T-4-2 Knows All About It".
11. "New Wave Music Resurgence Gains Strength as Channel 69 Plays First Show in 27 Years".
12. "LittleBigPlanet snags eight nominations in GANG audio awards". February 17, 2009. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
13. "Will Loconto". Retrieved March 6, 2015.
14. "HMMA Nomination - Rage". October 20, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
15. "July 2014 Music Genre Nominees". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. July 2014. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
16. "14th Annual Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced!". March 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
17. "HMMA 2017 Nominees".
18. ^ "HMMA 2018 Nominees".
19. "Mobygames - Will Loconto Game Credits". Retrieved May 13, 2019.
20. "Giant Bomb - Will Loconto Game Credits". Retrieved May 13, 2019.
21. "Game Music Central Presents "Best of the Best: A Tribute To Game Music" (Press release). June 4, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
22. "Discogs - T-4-2 Hot On Top Remastered". Discogs. 4 August 2017.

External links

Official website

• Living people
• American video game designers
• Artists from Austin, Texas
• American male composers
• 21st-century American composers
• American music arrangers
• 21st-century American male musicians