Howard Drossin
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Howard Drossin is an American composer and sound designer best known for his work on video game soundtracks, including several Sega titles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Howard Drossin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8413112 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Drossin Context triple: [Comix Zone, composer, Howard Drossin]
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A.
Eric W. Kaler
Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
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B.
David Vonderhaar
David Vonderhaar is a video game designer best known as a leading multiplayer and design director on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.
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C.
Gregory Larkin
Gregory Larkin is a shy, intellectually driven mathematics professor whose unconventional approach to love and relationships is central to the romantic comedy film "The Mirror Has Two Faces."
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D.
Bruce T. Draine
Bruce T. Draine is an American astrophysicist renowned for his influential work on interstellar dust and the interstellar medium.
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E.
Robert J. Cenker
Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Howard Drossin Target entity description: Howard Drossin is an American composer and sound designer best known for his work on video game soundtracks, including several Sega titles.
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A.
Eric W. Kaler
Eric W. Kaler is an American chemical engineer and academic leader who has served as president of multiple major research universities.
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B.
David Vonderhaar
David Vonderhaar is a video game designer best known as a leading multiplayer and design director on the Call of Duty: Black Ops series.
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C.
Gregory Larkin
Gregory Larkin is a shy, intellectually driven mathematics professor whose unconventional approach to love and relationships is central to the romantic comedy film "The Mirror Has Two Faces."
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D.
Bruce T. Draine
Bruce T. Draine is an American astrophysicist renowned for his influential work on interstellar dust and the interstellar medium.
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E.
Robert J. Cenker
Robert J. Cenker is an American aerospace engineer and former RCA engineer who flew as a payload specialist on NASA's Space Shuttle mission STS-61-C in 1986.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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human ⓘ music producer ⓘ sound designer ⓘ video game composer ⓘ |
| basedIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Sega Technical Institute ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Sega ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
film score
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television music ⓘ video game music ⓘ |
| genre |
electronic music
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orchestral music ⓘ rock music ⓘ video game music ⓘ |
| hasRole |
arranger
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composer ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ sound designer ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Sega video game music
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video game soundtracks ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Afro Samurai (video game)
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linked to:
Afro Samurai
Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma ⓘ
linked to:
Afro Samurai
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (additional music) ⓘ
linked to:
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance ⓘ Blade: Trinity (additional music) ⓘ Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (additional music) ⓘ
linked to:
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Comix Zone ⓘ Die Hard Arcade ⓘ Sonic & Knuckles ⓘ The Horde ⓘ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (additional music) ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
music producer ⓘ sound designer ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of Kuma soundtrack
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Afro Samurai game soundtrack ⓘ
linked to:
Afro Samurai
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance soundtrack ⓘ Comix Zone soundtrack ⓘ
linked to:
Comix Zone
Sonic & Knuckles soundtrack ⓘ
linked to:
Sonic & Knuckles
The Horde soundtrack ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Howard Drossin Description of subject: Howard Drossin is an American composer and sound designer best known for his work on video game soundtracks, including several Sega titles.
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