 After learning to program BASIC on a Tandy 1000 and becoming interested in computer and video games , he applied for a job as a game tester at Westwood studios . He submitted his demo tape — described as " an acoustic guitar song with electric guitar leads and keyboard strings , and raining sound effects " — to the company 's audio director . The growing company enlisted him as a composer for the NES port of <unk> and the computer game Eye of the Beholder II . He later composed with MIDI sequencing for several other Dungeons & Dragons games . In 1992 , he helmed the audio of Dune II , attempting to complement the music of the original Dune . He later noted that he pushed the sequencing program on his Amiga to the limit while scoring the game . While working on Disney 's The Lion King in 1994 , he and the Westwood team were shown sketches of the unfinished feature film . Film composer Hans Zimmer later praised Klepacki for reworking his scores . After finishing the third entry into The Legend of Kyrandia series ; Book Three : Malcolm 's Revenge , Frank Klepacki met with Westwood leaders to discuss the upcoming game Command & Conquer — the first in a series which would bring him wider fame and critical acclaim . 
