Malukah

Malukah
Birth name Judith de los Santos
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Years active 2006-present
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. She has also contributed to several video game soundtracks.

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 had over 20 million views by July, 2017, while the version on IGN's channel has nearly 15 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 video game industry. She was 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 in 2014 she composed and sang the bard songs for Elder Scrolls Online. She was invited to be a part of an upcoming symphony project by video game composer Jeremy Soule, The Northerner.[6] She also provided vocals 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 is featured on the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 soundtrack and her song "Dead Flowers" can be accessed in-game.

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

Video Game Soundtrack Contributions

References

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