birthdate: '1985-01-28'
birthplace: Bergen, Norway
discography:
- catalog: FBRC2008
  date: '2008'
  link: album/81933
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: Freshly Baked ReMixer Challenge 2008
    ja: FBRC2008
    ja-latn: Freshly Baked ReMixer Challenge 2008
  type: doujin
- catalog: OCRA-0010
  date: '2008-01-05'
  link: album/6407
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: 'Thieves of Fate: Radical Dreamers ReMix Project'
    ja: 'Thieves of Fate: Radical Dreamers ReMix Project'
    ja-latn: 'Thieves of Fate: Radical Dreamers ReMix Project'
  type: doujin
- catalog: OCRA-0014
  date: '2009-07-19'
  link: album/11946
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: 'Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption'
    ja: 'Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption'
    ja-latn: 'Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption'
  type: doujin
- catalog: OCRA-0015
  date: '2009-10-19'
  link: album/15579
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  - Lyricist (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: 'Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed'
    ja: 'Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed'
    ja-latn: 'Humans + Gears: Xenogears ReMixed'
  type: doujin
- catalog: OCRO-0002
  date: '2010-07-29'
  link: album/20408
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Composer
  - Arranger
  titles:
    en: Trenches Original Soundtrack
    ja: Trenches Original Soundtrack
    ja-latn: Trenches Original Soundtrack
  type: game
- catalog: OCRA-0031
  date: '2011-12-20'
  link: album/30695
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  - Performer (as Abadoss)
  - Lyricist (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: 'Wild Arms: ARMed and DANGerous'
    ja: 'Wild Arms: ARMed and DANGerous'
    ja-latn: 'Wild Arms: ARMed and DANGerous'
  type: doujin
- catalog: OCRA-0032
  date: '2012-01-24'
  link: album/31303
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: Unsung Heroes
    ja: Unsung Heroes
    ja-latn: Unsung Heroes
  type: doujin
- catalog: OCRA-0053
  date: '2015-09-09'
  link: album/54757
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: 'Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart'
    ja: 'Worlds Apart: Inspired by the Music of Final Fantasy IX'
    ja-latn: 'Final Fantasy IX: Worlds Apart'
  type: doujin
- catalog: OCRA-0059
  date: '2016-06-29'
  link: album/59958
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: Esther's Dreams
    ja: Esther's Dreams
    ja-latn: Esther's Dreams
  type: doujin
- catalog: OCRA-0067
  date: '2018-10-01'
  link: album/80945
  reprint: false
  roles:
  - Arranger (as Abadoss)
  titles:
    en: 'Seiken Densetsu 3: Songs of Light and Darkness'
    ja: 聖剣伝説3 光と闇の歌
    ja-latn: 'Seiken Densetsu 3: Songs of Light and Darkness'
  type: doujin
featured_on: []
info:
  Birthdate: Jan 28, 1985
  Birthplace: Bergen, Norway
  Credited works: 10 albums in database
  Credits:
  - 10 arranger
  - 2 lyricist
  - 1 composer
  - 1 performer
  Units: &id001
  - link: artist/6615
    names:
      en: Voices of the Blue Planet
      ja: Voices of the Blue Planet
  Variations:
  - names:
      en: Kenneth Keyn
link: artist/2538
meta:
  added_date: 2008-01-03T12:33
  edited_date: 2022-09-16T09:57
  fetched_date: 2026-01-15T10:00
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 8889
name: Kenneth Edward Keyn
notes: '"All my life, I’ve been a musician. It has been the air I breathe, the food
  I eat, the water I drink. Music is where my heart, my soul, and my spirit live.
  Without music, I am nothing but a shell."

  Kenneth Keyn is a composer of deep, rich, and expressive music. He is classically
  trained and specializes in orchestral, choral, and small ensemble work. He holds
  a Bachelor of Arts in Music Theory and Composition from Warner Pacific College in
  Portland, Oregon. He is the primary co-composer on the iPhone game Trenches and
  the director of the multi-webcommunity based Conceptual Music Competition. He is
  a long standing member of OverClocked ReMix, where he is featured on multiple album
  releases and individual arrangements.

  "Abadoss" [/ah/-bah-/daus/] is an alias Kenneth created for his online presence
  in 1999. It was created by randomly typing in a bunch of letters and then paring
  it down to something plausible.

  Kenneth began composing in his Junior year of high school at Arts and Communication
  Magnet Academy, where he wrote pieces of music for the artistic element of class
  projects. Through the course of his college studies, he became more proficient in
  composition and was able to tackle and complete larger projects. In December 2004,
  he wrote the first two pieces ("Oboe Sonatina No.1" and an arrangement of "O Come,
  O Come Emmanuel") that would solidify his resolve to become a composer.

  Kenneth was born in Bergen, Norway. He grew up in Redlands, California and Beaverton,
  Oregon. He now resides in Portland, Oregon. He comes from a family of very talented
  musicians - such as his brother, Troy Keyn - who inspire him and provide him with
  a strong background of music. Through his family and his studies, he was introduced
  to such composers and musicians as: Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Johann Sebastian
  Bach, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Johannes Brahms, George Frideric Handel,
  Francis Poulenc, Astor Piazzolla, Michael Giacchino, John Williams, Howard Shore,
  Iona, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Jussi Björling, James Galway, Duke Ellington, George
  Gershwin, Diana Krall, and many more that continually influence his music.'
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picture_small: https://thumb-media.vgm.io/artists/83/2538/2538-1265239418.jpg
sex: male
twitter_names:
- Abadoss
type: Individual
units: *id001
vgmdb_link: https://vgmdb.net/artist/2538?perpage=99999
websites:
  Interview: []
  Official: []
  Personal: []
  Reference: []
