Talk:Rafael Dyll

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This article should not be speedy deleted as being about a person, animal, organization or web content but which fails to assert the importance of its subject, because... (your reason here) - references have been added, this musician released several soundtracks which are available, he has been nominated for awards, is known in the "game / music scene" (as you see in the articles which have been added), worked for games which are explained in other Wikipedia-articles


 * Which items (by number) of the minimum notability requirements under MUSICBIO does the subject meet? Please add reliable sources and inline citations to back this up. The links provided are too generic and do not assert notability. Failure to do this soon will result in the article being removed. If you have any questions, please ask them here. -- Alexf(talk) 18:43, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Rafael Dyll is a composer for video games and as such not entirely "fitting" to the criteria of a regular "pop" or "charts" musician, being partially games developer as such. Nevertheless, based on the criteria in the MUSICBIC list you sent me, the following can be said:

Criteria that has been met are at least points 1, 7, 9, 10.

Commercial success can be mainly determined by the success of the games: The music has been featured in games published on Sony's Playstation Network which have at time of release in 2008 and 2010 featured in the top 10 of the European and US charts. The Sony PS3 has been sold roughly 52 Million times, games published herein being subject to a huge customer base.

The scope of positive public coverage over the last 4 years includes the largest gaming network IGN.com (US), but also many sites and communities such as ps3attitude.com, demonews.de (Germany), playstationlifestyle.net, eurogamer.com, gameswelt.de (Germany), all-play3.com (France), music4games.net (US) - and many more.

Rafael Dyll has produced soundtracks for games which have been reviewed and reported on by the core of commercial gaming media, both in print and on the web. This includes "M!Games", formally MAN!AC magazine (Germany's biggest and longest enduring print games magazine), with reviews and top marks for his work on Last Hope, Söldner-X and Final Prototype, including the CDs published by eastasiasoft. The reviews for his music score were unanimously high, with almost all feedback since his first releases being favorable. The largest international gaming music community SquareEnixMusic.com has nominated his work for "Best Contemporary Soundtrack 2010", with competing scores coming from SEGA and Sony. The soundtracks CDs to his work are available from various well known specialized internet retailers such as Play-Asia and Synsoniq. Also, two of the games he has composed music for are already featured on Wikipedia and mention the soundtrack, these being "Söldner-X Himmelsstürmer" and "Last Hope (video game)". A link to the composer is in my view required.

With a remix produced for Chris Hülsbeck in 2003, a very well known games musician, Rafael's style has often been compared to him, with many game fans already eagerly awaiting his next works. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yellowdancer (talk • contribs) 05:10, 30 August 2011 (UTC)