Mark Griskey

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Mark Griskey is an American composer, probably most well-known for his work for LucasArts Entertainment in games such as Jedi Starfighter and Knights of The Old Republic: The Sith Lords. He is also known for composing the haunting theme in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix TV spots.

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[edit] Early career

Griskey started his career in the early 1990s, composing music for companies such as 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks SKG, MGM Studios, Sony Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney, Touchstone, Lions Gate Films, Miramax Films, and New Line Cinema. In the mid-90s he stepped into the world of interactive media, composing for Atom Entertainment.

[edit] LucasArts career

In 2001 Griskey started scoring video games, including Jedi Starfighter and Gladius, for LucasArts Entertainment. He composed some of the tracks on "The Best of LucasArts Original Soundtrack," which was named "Best Game Music Soundtrack Album of the Year" by the Game Audio Network Guild.[1] His latest project for the LucasArts company is the Force Unleashed video game, which is being realeased on the 16th of September 2008.

[edit] After LucasArts and Recent Projects

In March 2005 Griskey left LucasArts Entertainment to start his freelance career with a new game for Disney Interactive Studios: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The score for Narnia was extremely well received, and led to 2 additional game contracts with Disney; Pirates of The Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007), and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008). In addition to Mark's work with Disney, he has also scored several other games for various publishers including: Rayman Raving Rabbids 1 and 2; Ubisoft, Ironman and The Incredible Hulk 2; Sega and Marvel Ultimate Alliance; Activision. In 2007, he composed Conquest, the beautiful, eerie trailer music for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In late 2007 Mark was contracted to compose the score for LucasArts' highly anticipated title The Force Unleashed which is due to be released summer of 2008.

[edit] Family

Mark lives with his wife Jenifer in Marin County California, he has one daughter, Amanda Heiser.

[edit] External links

  • [2] Mark Griskey's site.