# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-brown-q861987
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:56:09.064Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-brown-q861987"
name: "Bill Brown"
slug: "bill-brown-q861987"
description: "Bill Brown IV is an American composer of music for video games, films, and television productions. He is best known for creating the system sounds and tour software music for Microsoft's Windows XP operating system, as well as his work on the soundtracks of CSI: NY and several Quake, Rainbow Six, Ghost Recon, Command & Conquer, and Wolfenstein games in the 1990s and 2000s. His father was New York City radio disc jockey Bill Brown III."
tagline: "American composer known for creating music for several video games and films (born 1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billbrown.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1969"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.45
  momentum:             11.80012660231049
  historical:           12.29993066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0113119/"
    handle:    "nm0113119"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billbrownmusic.com/"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0hpjPGgPQW9o5veEihASNJ"
    handle:    "Bill Brown"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2651533"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيل براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "بيل براون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "بیل براون (بسته‌چی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brown_(Komponist)"
    title: "Bill Brown (Komponist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brown_(composer)"
    title: "Bill Brown (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B8%DB%8C%D9%85%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87)"
    title: "بیل براون (تنظیم‌کننده)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brown"
    title: "Bill Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brown_(compositeur)"
    title: "Bill Brown (compositeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3_(%E4%BD%9C%E6%9B%B2%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "ビル・ブラウン (作曲家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brown_(kompozytor)"
    title: "Bill Brown (kompozytor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Brown"
    title: "Bill Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "بل براؤن (موسیقار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e836d1db-7439-451f-a8f6-53f3a76f79a3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q861987"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3215674"
    title: "Bill Brown"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump