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Terry Scott Taylor (born May 24, 1950) is an American songwriter, record producer, writer and founding member of the bands Daniel Amos and the Swirling Eddies. Taylor is also a member of the roots and alternative music group, Lost Dogs, and has released several solo albums. He also composed the music for the video games The Neverhood Chronicles, Skullmonkeys, and Boom Bots. He lives in San Jose, California.

Taylor is highly regarded for his songwriting skills. These often include allusions to and reworkings of material ranging from Elizabethan poets to modern authors. Foremost among Taylor’s influences is William Blake. The Daniel Amos album title Fearful Symmetry was drawn from Blake’s poem “The Tyger,” and numerous songs across the The Alarma! Chronicles series of albums have Blake-inspired references. Some other poets who have influenced Taylor’s work are T.S. Eliot and Christina Rosetti. Eliot’s poetry inspired the song “Hollow Man” from the Doppelgänger album. “Where Dreams Come True” from Taylor’s solo LP A Briefing for the Ascent draws heavily from Rosetti’s poem “Echo.”

The inspiration for many Daniel Amos and Taylor songs from the mid-1980’s can be found in the book Behold, This Dreamer: Of Reverie, Night, Sleep, Dream, Love-Dreams, Nightmare, Death. This book, compiled by Walter de la Mare and published in 1939, contains poems and essays that appear in Taylor’s songwriting. De la Mare is thanked in the liner notes of the final installment of The Alarma! Chronicles, Fearful Symmetry.
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  • 840947

    Homina! прррююю!!1

    23 days ago

  • Birkabojj

    Check out a preview song from his new Neverhood-themed project http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_11498630

    last month

  • Rtaylor32

    @Ziloo He has put out so much music that his soundtrack stuff is a mere footnote. I at least have never listened to it. Anyway try Daniel Amos, Lost Dogs, Swirling Eddies, and his solo stuff especially John Wayne, and Avocado Faultline. Really great stuff.

    March 2012

  • kitestring

    These games stimulate imagination, looks like poor guy didn't found his muse in real life.

    March 2012

  • Ziloo

    Considering how genious his soundtracks to Neverhood and Skullmonkeys were, his other work is surprisingly unimpressive.

    February 2012

  • hyperzirk

    Skullmonkeys was my favourite game as a kid! Ah, memories.. Great soundtrack, too.

    February 2012

  • constructuscorp

    this music always makes me happy. like the best parts of early beck, mr bungle and a drunken rockabilly all thrown into one.

    January 2012

  • potk

    Skullmonkeys was a part of my childhood. I remember sometimes I was playing Skullmonkeys just to listen to music, then the soundtrack wasn't released yet. In my opinion, Best Soundtrack of a Videogame Ever!

    January 2012
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An Intimate Evening With Terry Scott Taylor

9 May 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/terryscotttaylor

    You are cordially invited to spend a rare and intimate evening of story and song with Terry Scott Taylor.    Terry Scott Taylor is a man who wears …

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