Jared Emerson-Johnson
Jared Emerson-Johnson |
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Jared Emerson-Johnson conducting a recording session at AudioSFX. |
Background information |
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Birth name |
Jared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson |
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Born |
(1981-10-13) October 13, 1981 |
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Origin |
San Francisco, California |
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Genres |
Jazz, classical |
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Occupation(s) |
Composer, voice actor, sound designer, voice director |
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Instruments |
Vocals, keyboards, guitar, violin, mandolin |
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Years active |
2002–present |
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Website |
Bay Area Sound |
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Jared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson (born October 13, 1981) is an American video game music composer, sound designer, voice director and voice actor. Emerson-Johnson is the Music Supervisor and lead composer at Bay Area Sound, an audio production company specializing in sound design, music and voiceover for video games.[1]
Career
Jared began his career as an assistant to composer Clint Bajakian on the score for LucasArts'. Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. Emerson-Johnson has also worked as a sound designer for projects, including James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Psychonauts. More recently, Emerson-Johnson was the composer behind the video games produced by Telltale Games, such as Bone, Sam & Max, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Poker Night at the Inventory, Back to the Future: The Game, Jurassic Park: The Game, and The Walking Dead (video game), The Wolf Among Us.
In all three seasons of Sam & Max he plays the C.O.P.S., a group of obsolete computers, and in Telltale Games' Tales of Monkey Island series, he plays the Marquis DeSinge as well as the Thief.
In 2004, Emerson-Johnson received the Game Audio Network Guild's "Rookie of the Year" award. Jared's score, voice direction, and sound design for Telltale Games' 'Bone: The Great Cow Race were finalists for the 2007 Independent Games Festival. His score for Telltale Games' Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space was also a finalist for Best Original Score in the 2008 IGN PC Awards. He shares an AdventureGamers.com 2009 Aggie award for best voice acting for his work on Tales of Monkey Island.[2]
His 2013 B.A.F.T.A. nominated score to The Walking Dead has eclipsed much of his earlier work and has shown him to be a composer of tremendous versatility.
Discography
Video game soundtracks
Other works
- Mr. Lux At Your Service (2008)
- YouTube Presents: The Birds and the Biz (2008)
Notes
BAFTA Games Awards
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Category |
Result |
2013 |
The Walking Dead |
Best Original Music |
Nominated |
Golden Joystick Awards
Game Audio Network Guild Awards
Game Music Online Annual Game Music Awards
Adventure Gamers Aggie Awards
References
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