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Danish composer and sound designer
Musical artist
Jesper Kyd Jakobson (; Danish : Jesper Kyd Jakobson [ˈjespɐ ˈkʰyt ˈjɑkʰʌpsʌn] sound designer who has worked on various video game, television, and film projects. He has composed soundtracks for the Hitman Assassin's Creed Borderlands Darksiders II State of Decay [1]
Biography [ edit ]
Early years [ edit ]
Kyd started playing the piano at an early age. Later, he took several years of training in classical guitar, note reading, choir singing and classical composition for piano. However, he is mostly self-taught .[2] [3] Commodore 64 at age 14,[4] Amiga .[5] demogroup Silents DK, and later started collaborating with a group of coders known as Crionics.[6] Amiga demoscene production Hardwired .[7] Global Trash 2 , together with Mikael Balle.
Kyd then left the demoscene and started to work as a game musician. He and others created the computer game developer Zyrinx and a game called Sub-Terrania Sega Genesis . The team then relocated to Boston . Kyd composed music for two additional Zyrinx titles, Red Zone Scorcher Amok The Adventures of Batman and Robin Sega Genesis . Zyrinx dissolved when their game publisher Scavenger went bankrupt.
Freelance [ edit ]
Many former Zyrinx members returned to Denmark to start IO Interactive , but Kyd moved to New York City and set up his own sound studio in Manhattan called "Nano studios".[8]
The soundtrack to Hitman: Codename 47 was based on urban soundscapes and ethnic instrumentation. He then recorded the soundtrack of Hitman 2: Silent Assassin Choir .[9] Freedom Fighters Film Score Monthly MagazineVangelis on steroids". He used modern electronica and symphonic and choral music in Hitman: Contracts Hitman: Blood Money
Kyd then provided a cinematic middle eastern-based score for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Darksiders II [10]
Kyd composed the soundtrack of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Warhammer games. The score was inspired by "cyberpunk culture and sci-fi manga," with the main instruments including drum machines and modular synths.[11]
Influences [ edit ]
Jesper Kyd's influences include composers such as Ottorino Respighi , Igor Stravinsky , Jean-Michel Jarre , Vangelis , Mike Oldfield , John Williams , Jerry Goldsmith , and bands such as Röyksopp , the Knife , Pink Floyd , and Underworld .[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
Video games [ edit ]
Short films [ edit ]
Year
Title
2000
Organizm
2001
The Lion Tamer
Going with Neill
2002
Day Pass
Paper Plane Man
Pure
2003
Cycle
2006
Impulse
Virus
2010
The Auctioneers
2011
Somnolence
Assassin's Creed: Embers
2023
RAID: Call of the Arbiter[25]
TV series [ edit ]
Year
Title
Notes
2005
BAFTA Award for Best Original Music[26] For Hitman: Contracts
2005
G.A.N.G. Award for Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio[27]
2009
G.A.N.G. Award for Music of the Year
Hollywood Music in Media Award[28]
2018
Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award[29]
Nominations [ edit ]
Year
Title
2004
G.A.N.G Award for "Best Original Vocal Song – Choral"
Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards nomination for Best Use of Soundtrack
2006
MTV's Video Music Awards in the Best Video Game Score category[30]
References [ edit ]
^ Köhn, Johan; Lundqvist, Niklas (12 August 2004). "Jesper Kyd interview with Spelmusik" . Spelmusik.net . Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ The Silents (31 March 2003). "Jesper Kyd collection" . Pouet.net . Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ "Jesper Kyd" . Amiga Music Preservation . 14 December 2000. Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ "Crionics" . Pouet.net . Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ Crionics & The Silents (6 December 2012). "Hardwired" . Pouet.net . Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ "Making Tracks: 7 Questions for 'Assassin's Creed', 'Borderlands' and 'State of Decay' Composer Jesper Kyd" . Forbes
^ Weedon, Paul (6 October 2014). "Jesper Kyd interview: Assassin's Creed, Hitman and more" . Den of Geek Dennis Publishing Limited . Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ Staff (8 November 2012). "10 questions for Jesper Kyd – the composer behind Assassin's Creed, Hitman & Darksiders 2" . Official PlayStation Magazine Future Publishing Limited . Archived from the original on 17 July 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2013 .
^ "How Jesper Kyd forged the grimdark rustpunk of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide" . Laced Records. Retrieved 23 October 2023 .
^ "Jesper Kyd: Music Transcends All Platforms" . Plarium the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ Dodd, Adam (19 April 2014). "Jesper Kyd On Composing For 'State of Decay' and "Metal Hurlant Chronicles" . Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ Williamson, Steven (13 April 2006). "Jesper Kyd: Unreal Tournament 2007" . Hexus The Media Team . Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ Nguyen, John (29 November 2010). "Composer Jesper Kyd on Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Curing Insomnia (Interview)" . Nerd Reactor . Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ Webb, Charles (3 July 2012). "Interview: Composer Jesper Kyd, 'Metal Hurlant Chronicles,' And the Sounds of Sci-fi" . MTV News MTV . Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ D., Spence (11 December 2007). "Jesper Kyd and Assassin's Creed" . IGN Ziff Davis, LLC . p. 1 . Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ Taylor, Paul (9 January 2005). " . Music4Games the original on 27 May 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ D., Spence (11 December 2007). "Jesper Kyd and Assassin's Creed" . IGN Ziff Davis, LLC . p. 4 . Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ "Songs by Jesper Kyd" . bemanistyle.com . Too Much Dedication, LLC. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
^ a b Tamburro, Paul (1 July 2005). "Assassin's Creed Composer Jesper Kyd on the Creative Process and His Favorite Soundtrack" . CraveOnline the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ Evoker (14 September 2010). "Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - Interview" . UGDB.com . Eighth Art Ltd. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010 .
^ Makuch, Eddie (27 January 2017). "Listen To The Pulsing, Electronic Music From Crytek's VR Game, Robinson: The Journey" . GameSpot CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 30 January 2017 .
^ "Jesper Kyd Scores Warhammer: Vermintide 2" . Gamasutra UBM . 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018 .
^ "The Arbiter calls. Will you answer?" . Call of the Arbiter . Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^ "Jesper Kyd - Awards" . IMDb . Retrieved 2 April 2022 .
^ "3rd Annual GANG Awards - 2004 Released Games" . Audio Gang . 2004. Retrieved 19 June 2018 .
^ "Assassin's Creed II" . IMDb
^ "Composer Jesper Kyd to receive Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award at 2018 Canadian Music Week" . Electronic Musician . Toronto: Future Publishing Limited Quay House. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018 .
^ "MTV - Video Music Awards" . Game Trailers Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2018 .
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