Kyle's Story
From comics to composing...
Kyle Kniceley grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, surrounded by the things that captured the imagination of a kid in the ’80s and 90's—comics, video games, Saturday morning cartoons, television, and movies. Somewhere along the way, one common thread began to stand out: the music.
His own musical journey started with the saxophone, playing in school ensembles and traveling with a jazz band. But while he developed as a musician, another obsession was taking hold—rock, metal, and the electric guitar.
Eventually, he bought his first guitar.
The switch had been flipped.
Years of lessons, writing, bands, and recording followed, eventually leading Kyle to study Audio Engineering and learn the craft of making records. Time spent in studios only deepened the obsession. Recording evolved into computer-based production, sequencing, virtual instruments, synthesis, sound design, and an ever-growing collection of instruments and gear.
Then he discovered the world that brought all of those interests together:
Writing music for picture.
Suddenly, the things that had fascinated him since childhood—music, storytelling, sound, technology, games, television, and film—had a place to collide.
Writing for picture offered something creatively liberating: the opportunity to build a completely different musical world from one project to the next. An intimate atmosphere one day. Electronic tension the next. Rock, orchestral, industrial, hybrid, experimental—or some combination of all of them.
What began with production music grew into a career focused increasingly on trailers, games, entertainment campaigns, custom composition, and sound design.
Today, Kyle works at the intersection of music and sound design, creating audio around the emotion, pacing, and identity of the picture. His custom work often begins without the boundaries of an existing track, allowing the music, transitions, impacts, textures, and sound design to evolve together as part of a single creative idea.
That approach has led to increasingly ambitious custom projects for major game and entertainment campaigns, alongside years of work in production music and licensing.
Kyle’s music and sound design have been featured by FOX, Sony, Disney, MTV, CBS, Discovery, NFL, NBC, Universal, and more.
And the same thing that started it all is still there—the excitement of sitting down in the studio and having no idea what kind of world might come out of the speakers next.
Explore the music, or contact Kyle about custom music, sound design, trailers, games, or licensing.
