Jeremy Soule(I)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Sound Department
A native of Keokuk, Iowa, Jeremy Soule began life as a passionate
composer of symphonic music at a very early age. Since the age of five,
Soule took an intense interest in the symphony orchestra. "The
Orchestra is the ultimate instrument. I find that it has the ability to
define nearly every human emotion in existence" stated Soule from his
Cascadian studio in the Great Northwest of America.
Mastering the art of orchestration, melodic composition and emotional
context was no easy task for the British Academy Award winning
composer.
That video games could be considered "Art" was unthinkable over 30
years ago during the debut of the first game machines such as the
Magnavox Odyssey. The sights and sounds of the mid-eighties machines
also did little to hint at the coming revolution. Today, video games
feature development budgets in the tens of millions of dollars and
often command some of the top talent in an ever-growing $20 billion
industry.
For over a decade, Soule has provided music for some of the most
successful and admired games of all time. Star Wars: Knights of the Old
Republic, Harry Potter, Total Annihilation, SOCOM: The Navy Seals and
the Elder Scrolls series can all attribute music to him. His
versatility as a composer has also been demonstrated from his
critically acclaimed traditional Asian score for Guild Wars Factions to
his work with children's properties such as Rugrats and Lemony Snicket
and the Series of Unfortunate Events.
The year 2006 witnessed one of the best years yet for Soule with such
critical and commercial success coming from The Elder Scrolls IV:
Oblivion, Guild Wars: Factions/Nightfall, Prey and the World War II
epic Company of Heroes. Soule won the inaugural MTV Video Music Award
in August for "Best Score" and was honored with his third career
British Academy Award nomination in October. In November, Soule won
another "Best Score" award from Spike TV and was the recipient of
numerous press awards such as Game Daily's "most iPod-worthy score".
In feature films, Soule's Walden Logo was used at the start of the $744
million earning film: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and
the Wardrobe. His work with Narnia also continued with director Norman
Stone's critically acclaimed film C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia.
In concerts, Soule's music was a component of the successful "Play
Symphony" tour that featured prominently Elder Scrolls as well as Prey
as part of their concert program. Performances were conducted with
symphony orchestras in Vienna, Stockholm, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Detroit and Toronto. Future performances are scheduled in Stockholm,
Sydney and Singapore.
composer of symphonic music at a very early age. Since the age of five,
Soule took an intense interest in the symphony orchestra. "The
Orchestra is the ultimate instrument. I find that it has the ability to
define nearly every human emotion in existence" stated Soule from his
Cascadian studio in the Great Northwest of America.
Mastering the art of orchestration, melodic composition and emotional
context was no easy task for the British Academy Award winning
composer.
That video games could be considered "Art" was unthinkable over 30
years ago during the debut of the first game machines such as the
Magnavox Odyssey. The sights and sounds of the mid-eighties machines
also did little to hint at the coming revolution. Today, video games
feature development budgets in the tens of millions of dollars and
often command some of the top talent in an ever-growing $20 billion
industry.
For over a decade, Soule has provided music for some of the most
successful and admired games of all time. Star Wars: Knights of the Old
Republic, Harry Potter, Total Annihilation, SOCOM: The Navy Seals and
the Elder Scrolls series can all attribute music to him. His
versatility as a composer has also been demonstrated from his
critically acclaimed traditional Asian score for Guild Wars Factions to
his work with children's properties such as Rugrats and Lemony Snicket
and the Series of Unfortunate Events.
The year 2006 witnessed one of the best years yet for Soule with such
critical and commercial success coming from The Elder Scrolls IV:
Oblivion, Guild Wars: Factions/Nightfall, Prey and the World War II
epic Company of Heroes. Soule won the inaugural MTV Video Music Award
in August for "Best Score" and was honored with his third career
British Academy Award nomination in October. In November, Soule won
another "Best Score" award from Spike TV and was the recipient of
numerous press awards such as Game Daily's "most iPod-worthy score".
In feature films, Soule's Walden Logo was used at the start of the $744
million earning film: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and
the Wardrobe. His work with Narnia also continued with director Norman
Stone's critically acclaimed film C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia.
In concerts, Soule's music was a component of the successful "Play
Symphony" tour that featured prominently Elder Scrolls as well as Prey
as part of their concert program. Performances were conducted with
symphony orchestras in Vienna, Stockholm, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Detroit and Toronto. Future performances are scheduled in Stockholm,
Sydney and Singapore.