Mod Ian

Mod Ian

Jagex
Role	Audio Developer
Team	Audio
Project	RuneScape Old School RuneScape
Employed	1999 ─ March 2021
Social
Twitter	@JagexIanT
Reddit	/u/JagexIanT
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Mod Ian was an audio developer at Jagex. He initially joined the company to man Customer Support and then spent some time dividing his time between audio and content before joining and eventually heading the audio team in 2003.^[1] He was followed up by Mod Lord who became the new teamlead. For Old School RuneScape, he has composed multiple tracks on various content.

He was dismissed from Jagex in March 2021 due to allegations of sexually assaulting a minor,^[2] and was subsequently sentenced in August 2021.^[3]^[4]

Roles

Role	Date
Unknown Customer Support Role	1999 - Unknown
Unknown Content Development Role	Unknown - Unknown
Audio Developer	Unknown - March 2021

Contributions

As content developer

As audio developer

Ian has composed 635 music tracks, including:

For a full list of Ian's music, see this category for RuneScape and this category for Old School RuneScape.

Media appearances

Media	Type	Date
19 Years of RuneScape - Anniversary Special (Jan 2020)	Livestream	7 January 2020
200 Million Players Since Launch!	Video	20 July 2012
Audio Podcast - Creating music and sound for RuneScape	Podcast	2 August 2013
How to make a good recording!	Video	6 February 2012
RuneFest 2013: Levelling the RS Soundtrack	Video	14 November 2013
RuneScape Art & Audio Showcase (July 2019) - Making of The Land Out of Time	Livestream	24 July 2019
RuneScape Behind the Scenes #28 - The Art and Sound of Ariane!	Video	23 November 2012
RuneScape Content Showcase (June 2019) - Land Out of Time Lore, Art & Audio	Livestream	26 June 2019
RuneScape Dev Q&A - Soundtrack, Player-Owned Farms, Mining & Smithing	Livestream	20 September 2018
The Making of Archaeology: Audio Showcase - RuneScape Weekly Stream (June 2020)	Livestream	10 June 2020
Voice Acting in RuneScape	Video	20 March 2012

Trivia

He was the first person to join the Gower brothers at Jagex, and thereby the fourth Jagex Moderator. He is the longest serving Jagex employee being employed from 1999 to 2021.
His favourite music tracks are the 'bouncy' and comical Keldagrim and Troll Country tracks, as well as Undead Dungeon.^[1]
Several tracks by Mod Ian originally started off as one track but were split into others when they became too long.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Mod Ian, Mod Bond, and Mod Dan A. "Audio Team - Music, Sound Effects and the Sound Bank." 15 August 2007. Developers' Blogs. *
^ Mod Hooli. Mod Ian has been jailed for child sex offences. Reddit. 19 August 2021. (Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.)
^ Ian Taylor jailed. nme.com. 19 August 2021. (Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.)
^ Ian Taylor sentenced. cambs.police.uk. 19 August 2021. (Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.)
^ Jagex. Mod Ian's Twitter account. 26 November 2020. (Archived from the original on 26 November 2020.) Mod Ian: "[Was: Scape Original originally too long so it was made into 3 different tracks, Trinity being one of them?] I think that was Scape Main that was split into 3 tracks not original. I used to do a lot of this when I wrote tracks - various songs started as one then turned into 2 others!"

[diary-1] Mod Ian, Mod Bond, and Mod Dan A. "Audio Team - Music, Sound Effects and the Sound Bank." 15 August 2007. Developers' Blogs. *

[2] Mod Hooli. Mod Ian has been jailed for child sex offences. Reddit. 19 August 2021. (Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.)

[3] Ian Taylor jailed. nme.com. 19 August 2021. (Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.)

[4] Ian Taylor sentenced. cambs.police.uk. 19 August 2021. (Archived from the original on 19 August 2021.)

[5] Jagex. Mod Ian's Twitter account. 26 November 2020. (Archived from the original on 26 November 2020.) Mod Ian: "[Was: Scape Original originally too long so it was made into 3 different tracks, Trinity being one of them?] I think that was Scape Main that was split into 3 tracks not original. I used to do a lot of this when I wrote tracks - various songs started as one then turned into 2 others!"

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Former	Mod Abbie Mod Adam R Mod Arismel Mod Bond Mod Dan A Mod Ian Mod Jodgers Mod Kas Mod Lord Mod Osborne Mod Rainbow Mod Sam J Chris Jolley Iain Hetherington Michael Manning
Other	Mod Ash James Hannigan

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