Brian L. Schmidt is a music composer for various video games and pinball machines.

[1] Following that in 1987, he received his master's degree entitled "Computer Applications in Music" also from Northwestern University.

At Williams, he was the lead composer and sound designer for games such as Black Knight 2000,[4] Space Station, Swords of Fury, Banzai Run as well as the video game, NARC and also contributed to Fire and Big Guns.

[citation needed] In 1998 Schmidt was recruited by Microsoft to become Program Manager for DirectSound and DirectMusic.

[citation needed] In 2024, Brian received the Shining Star Corporate Partner Award from Education Through Music-Los Angeles (ETM-LA), for GameSoundCon's ongoing support of the non-profit's mission.

[18] Schmidt is a Professor of Music at DigiPen Institute of Technology in Redmond, WA.