Tee Lopes

Lopes was born in Coimbra, Portugal.^{[citation needed]} In 2009, he uploaded his first Sonic the Hedgehog remix to YouTube,^[2] which led to his career as a video game composer. He would continue to upload remixes, original tracks, and other personal works to this day.^[3]

Lopes first started his work as a hobbyist musician working for indie games and fan games.^[4] After being well-known for Sonic the Hedgehog remixes on YouTube, he went on to compose an HD fan port of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. After its completion, several of its developers including Tee Lopes created PagodaWest Games, an indie game developer.^[5] In 2017, him along with the developers of PagodaWest Games partnered with Sega to develop Sonic Mania, a game that notably featured other well known Sonic fan creators such as Christian Whitehead and Headcannon.^[6] He was awarded IGN's People's Choice Vote for Best Original Music for Sonic Mania.^[7] After Mania, Lopes became a freelance composer and has continued to compose for video games such as Sonic Superstars, Streets of Rage 4, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.^{[8][9][10][11]} On the Twitch charity fundraiser Indieland 2023, it was confirmed that Lopes was composing the soundtrack to the game Penny's Big Breakaway. Additionally, he has composed for several web series, such as Sonic Mania Adventures, SomecallmeJohnny and Scott the Woz.