Malukah

Judith de los Santos
Pen name Malukah
Occupation Musician, composer
Nationality Mexican
Website
www.malukah.com

Judith de los Santos, who uses the pseudonym Malukah, is a Mexican composer and singer known for her cover versions of music from video games which she publishes on YouTube.

Career

De los Santos has composed and performed songs as well as music for video games. She became known to an international audience when a video of her cover of the song "The Dragonborn Comes" from the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim became a viral video in November 2011. The video was reposted on the IGN YouTube channel, where it became the 11th most viewed 'branded' video on the web in December 2011 with 1,753,063 views during the month.[1] The original video on her own channel has gathered over 12 million views by April 30, 2014, while the version on IGN's channel has a further 8.8 million views.[2][3]

This and other popular videos, including a song set to music from the Mass Effect game series,[4] helped her obtain work in the U.S. video game industry. She was, for example, commissioned to provide vocals for songs in the 2012 game Call of Duty: Black Ops II,[3] the 2013 game The Banner Saga (collaborating with Taylor Davis)[5] and the 2014 game Elder Scrolls Online (to include rendered in-game cameo as a bard), as well as a part in the upcoming symphony project by video game composer Jeremy Soule, "The Northerner".[6] She also provided vocal for music in the short film The Forge, collaborating with Austin Wintory and Tina Guo.[7] She also collaborated with Miracle of Sound on his popular song Legends of the Frost based on the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

She performed her Halo tribute song "Frozen Sleep" at the Halo Global Championships 2013 at PAX Prime[3] and was a guest performer at the Video Games Live E3 concert 2014.[8]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Most Viewed Top Branded Videos Dec 11". Ebuzzing. Ebuzzing. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Dragonborn Comes - Skyrim Bard Song and Main Theme Female Cover by Malukah". YouTube. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Granshaw, Lisa (26 December 2013). "Malukah's journey from YouTube musician to 'Skyrim' siren". Daily Dot. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Kenreck, Todd (27 April 2012). "'Mass Effect' gets haunting new tribute song". NBC News. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Malukah Medley Pays Tribute to The Banner Saga". The Escapist Magazine. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. ↑ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/499808045/from-the-composer-of-skyrim-soule-symphony-no-1/posts/749000#comments
  7. ↑ "For Anybody Hurting". Mashable. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  8. ↑ "YouTube singer Malukah joining Video Games Live’s E3 concert". PixelDynamo. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

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