Tee Lopes

Tee Lopes
Lopes in 2024
Lopes in 2024
Background information
Born
Tiago Lopes

Coimbra, Portugal
OccupationComposer
Websiteteelopesmusic.com

Tiago Lopes (/loʊps/ LOHPS), known professionally as Tee Lopes, is a Portuguese American video game composer. He is best known for his contributions to the Sonic the Hedgehog series, starting with Sonic Mania (2017).

Early life

Lopes was born in Coimbra, Portugal.[citation needed] In 2009, he uploaded his first Sonic the Hedgehog remix to YouTube, which led to his career as a video game composer. He has continued to upload remixes, original tracks, and other personal works.

Career

Lopes began as a hobbyist musician working on indie games and fan games. After becoming known for his 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 Lopes, created PagodaWest Games, an indie game developer.

In 2017, Lopes and 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. He was awarded IGN's People's Choice Vote for Best Original Music for Sonic Mania.

After Mania, Lopes became a freelance composer and continued to compose for video games such as Sonic Superstars, Streets of Rage 4, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. 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.

In 2026, Lopes served as lead composer for Denshattack!, working with additional core and guest composers and performers.

Works

Video games

Year Title Notes
2013 Major Magnet Music
2017 Sonic Mania Music
2018 Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom Opening theme
2019 Team Sonic Racing Music with several others
League of Legends "Arcade 2019: Ultracombo"
Banana Kong Blast Music and visual effects
2021 Mighty Fight Federation Music with several others
Streets of Rage 4 Mr. X Nightmare downloadable content
2022 Sonic Origins Animated cutscenes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Music
Banana Kong 2 Music
Sonic Frontiers Divergence prologue animation score
2023 Sonic Superstars Music with several others
Sonic Dream Team Animated intro music
2024 Penny's Big Breakaway Music
Berserk Boy Music
Contra: Operation Galuga "Snow & Mechanica"
Tomba! Special Edition Credits theme arrangement[better source needed]
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra Music with several others
Metal Slug Tactics Music
2025 Friday Night Funkin' "Senpai (Pico Mix)"[citation needed]
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance Music with Yuzo Koshiro
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds "Market Street"
Marvel Cosmic Invasion Music
2026 Denshattack! Lead composer; music with several others

Web series

Year Title Notes
2017 Sonic Mania Adventures Lead composer
2018 SomecallmeJohnny Guest composer
2020 Scott the Woz (season 4) "Credits Theme"
2022 Caddicarus Guest composer
2023 Scott the Woz (season 6) "Staff Roll"

References

  1. ↑ Lopes, Tee [@TeeLopes] (2022-12-30). "It doesn't bother me when people pronounce my last name as "Lopez". Totally understandable... But it sounds like "Loaps". Ok? Ok" (Tweet). Retrieved 2025-08-25 – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ Tee - Sonic 3 - "Hydrocity zone 2" remix. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2023-10-31 – via YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Tee Lopes - YouTube". Retrieved 2023-11-01 – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ Madnani, Mikhail (2023-06-29). "Tee Lopes Interview – The Music of Sonic, Streets of Rage 4, TMNT Shredder's Revenge, Soundtracks, and More – TouchArcade". Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  5. ↑ Webster, Andrew (2017-08-10). "Creating the old-school soundtrack of Sonic Mania". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  6. ↑ Lane, Gavin (2021-12-27). "Tee Lopes Talks Sonic, Streets Of Rage, And Making Music On A PS1". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  7. ↑ "Best Original Music - Best of 2017 Awards Guide". IGN. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
  8. ↑ Deschamps, Marc (2023-09-21). "Sonic Superstars Reveals Battle Mode Details and New Music". Comicbook.com. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  9. ↑ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2021-04-08). "Streets of Rage 4 Mr. X Nightmare DLC adds three new playable characters". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  10. ↑ Cripe, Michael (2023-08-31). "G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra Trailer Reveals Beat 'Em Up Gameplay". The Escapist. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  11. ↑ Scullion, Chris (2023-08-22). "Demo released for Berserk Boy, a retro-inspired platformer with music by Sonic Mania's composer". VGC. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  12. 1 2 "Denshattack! (Original Game Soundtrack)". Bandcamp. Kid Katana Records. 2026-07-15. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  13. 1 2 "Denshattack! credits (Windows, 2026)". MobyGames. Retrieved 2026-07-22.
  14. ↑ "Mighty Fight Federation: Original Soundtrack - VGMdb". vgmdb.net. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "素敵なエピソードが生まれた Tomba!のエンディング曲です。" [This is the ending song of Tomba!, which gave birth to a wonderful episode]. X (formerly Twitter) (in Japanese).
  16. ↑ Janca, Ben (5 November 2024). "Metal Slug Tactics - Official Launch Trailer". GameSpot. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  17. ↑ @SEGA (18 June 2025). "We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with the incredible Tee Lopes and the legendary Yuzo Koshiro for the SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance soundtrack!" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 December 2025 – via X (formerly Twitter).