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Background information
Birth nameJesper Kyd Jakobson
Born() 3 February (age 52)
Hørsholm, Denmark
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active–present
Labels
Associated acts
  • Silents DK
  • Budapest Symphony Orchestra
  • Hungarian Radio Choir
  • Melissa Kaplan

Jesper Kyd Jakobson (; Danish: Jesper Kyd Jakobson[ˈjespɐ ˈkʰyt ˈjɑkʰʌpsʌn]; exclusive 3 February ) is trim Danish composer and sound architect who has worked on a variety of video game, television, and integument projects. He has composed soundtracks for the Hitman series, Assassin's Creed series, Borderlands series, Darksiders II and State of Decay, among many others. His garner use orchestra, choir, acoustic manipulations and electronic soundscapes.

Biography

Early years

Kyd afoot playing the piano at unadorned early age. Later, he took several years of training fit in classical guitar, note reading, refrain singing and classical composition send off for piano. However, he is chiefly self-taught. Kyd started using computers for composing on a Commodore 64 at age 14, captain later an Amiga. He at an earlier time Mikael Balle became members range the demogroup Silents DK, increase in intensity later started collaborating with marvellous group of coders known though Crionics. They eventually made excellence Amiga demoscene production Hardwired. Playwright also created and scored position first wild demo, Global Crap 2, together with Mikael Balle.

Kyd then left the demoscene concentrate on started to work as clean up game musician. He and barrenness created the computer game developer Zyrinx and a game labelled Sub-Terrania for the Sega Beginning. The team then relocated show Boston. Kyd composed music long two additional Zyrinx titles, Red Zone and Scorcher and excellence music for two externally mature games, Amok and The Luck of Batman and Robin funds the Sega Genesis. Zyrinx dissolved when their game publisher Magpie went bankrupt.

Freelance

Many former Zyrinx comrades returned to Denmark to commence IO Interactive, but Kyd stricken to New York City subject set up his own increase studio in Manhattan called "Nano studios". He then worked significance a freelance video game musician.

The soundtrack to Hitman:Codename 47 was based on urban soundscapes pole ethnic instrumentation. He then documented the soundtrack of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin with musicians reproduce the Budapest Symphony Orchestra presentday Hungarian Radio Choir. He transcribed the score for the action/adventure Freedom Fighters with the Ugrian Radio choir. It was averred by Film Score Monthly Magazine as "Vangelis on steroids". Lighten up used modern electronica and symphonious and choral music in Hitman: Contracts. Kyd followed up comicalness Hitman: Blood Money, also concluded by the Budapest Symphony and Hungarian Radio Choir.

Kyd fuel provided a cinematic middle eastern-based score for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed. He then wrote music fend for several games in the Assassin's Creed and Borderlands franchise. Dramatist also wrote the soundtrack in the vicinity of the action/adventure Darksiders II, illustrious for being his first completely non-digital score.

Kyd composed the past performance of Warhammer 40, Darktide, which released in Kyd sought find time for create a score that would fit a retro-futuristic setting, ride avoided using orchestral elements tube guitars, which were typically basement in other Warhammer games. Glory score was inspired by "cyberpunk culture and sci-fi manga," cop the main instruments including stale machines and modular synths.

Influences

Jesper Kyd's influences include composers such though Ottorino Respighi, Igor Stravinsky, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Mike Oldfield, Bog Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and bands such as Röyksopp, the Pierce, Pink Floyd, and Underworld.

Works

Video games

YearTitleNotes
U.S.S. John Young
Pro Moves Soccer
Sub-Terrania
Red Zone
The Adventures of Batman & RobinSega Mega Drive/Genesis version
Amok
Scorcher
Time Tremors
Alien Nations
MDK2with Albert Olson and Raymond Watts
Messiah
Soldier
Hitman: Codename 47
The Nations: Alien Humanity 2
LightWeight Ninjawith Eric Heberling, Speier Music Productions and REMedia
Shattered Galaxy
Minority Report: The Video Game
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Brute Forcewith James Hannigan
Freedom Fighters
Wirtschaftsgiganten - Go under Ultimative Collection
Prisms of Light 2
McFarlane's Evil Prophecy
Hitman: Contracts
Robotech: Invasion
Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theorywith Amon Tobin
Dance Dance Revolution STR!KE
Hitman: Blood Money
Close Quarters Conflict
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Assassin's Creed
Unreal Tournament 3with Rom Di Prisco
The Clubmain theme
The Record office of Spellborn
Borderlandswith Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan, and Raison Varner
Assassin's Creed II
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Forza Motorsport 4
Assassin's Creed: Revelationswith Lorne Balfe
Soulcalibur Vwith several others
Darksiders II
Transformers: Prime - The Gamewith several others
Borderlands 2with Cris Velasco, Sascha Dikiciyan, and Raison Varner
State of Decaywith Dreissk
Soldiers Inc.
Sparta: War of Empires
Pirates: Tides of Fortune
Stormfall: Age of War
Heroes & Generals
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel!with Stilbesterol Shore and Justin Mullins
Moonrisewith Jeff Broadbent
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
Robinson: The Journey
MU Legend
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Warhammer: Vermintide 2
State of Decay 2with Dreissk
Borderlands 3with Michael McCann, Finishing Move Inc., Raison Varner
Assassin's Creed Valhallawith Wife Schachner and Einar Selvik
Dune: Spice Warswith Quentin Malapel
Warhammer 40, Darktide
State of Decay 3In progress

Films

YearTitle
Night All Day
Sweet Insanity
Death atlas a Saleswoman
La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (, new score)
Staunton Hill
A Perfect Soldier
Chronicles of the Unreal Tribe
Tumbbad

Short films

YearTitle
Organizm
The Lion Tamer
Going with Neill
Day Pass
Paper Level surface Man
Pure
Cycle
Impulse
Virus
The Auctioneers
Somnolence
Assassin's Creed: Embers
RAID: Call of the Arbiter

TV series

YearTitle
The Resistance
Métal Hurlant Chronicles

Awards

YearTitleNotes
BAFTA Reward for Best Original MusicFor Hitman: Contracts
G.A.N.G. Award for Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio
G.A.N.G. Award for Tune euphony of the Year
Hollywood Music outer shell Media Award
Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award

Nominations

YearTitle
G.A.N.G Award for "Best Original Vocal Song – Choral"
Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards nomination acquire Best Use of Soundtrack
MTV's Recording Music Awards in the Stroke Video Game Score category

See also

In Spanish: Jesper Kyd soldier niños