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Jack Wall

b. 1964

American video game music composer

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Born 1964. Jack Wall is an American composer, conductor, musician, conducting and symphony.

Jack Wall is an American video game music composer. He has worked on video game music for over 20 games including the Myst franchise, Splinter Cell, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and majority of Treyarch made Call of Duty starting with Black Ops II. Wall earned a degree in civil engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and, after a brief stint working in civil engineering, transitioned into music production. He worked with musicians such as John Cale, David Byrne, and Patti Smith, and, after performing increasingly complex production and sound engineering tasks, moved into music composition in 1995.

Wall's first video game composition was the soundtrack to Vigilance. Primarily composing in an orchestral style, by 2001 he composed the soundtrack to Myst III: Exile, which was the title he says put him on the map as a video game composer. In 2002, Wall became one of around 20 co-founders of the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) as well as senior director. In 2005, Wall, along with G.A.N.G. founder and fellow composer Tommy Tallarico, produced the Video Games Live concert series, having served as the conductor for the international concert tour. His soundtracks for Myst III: Exile, Myst IV: Revelation, Rise of the Kasai, Jade Empire, Mass Effect, and Mass Effect 2 were nominated for and won multiple awards.

Early life Jack Wall, born in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, earned a degree in civil engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia and began a career "planning out sub-divisions and shopping malls". Treyarch Activision "I Live (Electronic Version)", "Ignition" and "Safehouse" composed by Brian Tuey in soundtrack album

Into the Stars Fugitive Games Iceberg Interactive Additional music composed by Jim Lordeman

Dota 2 Valve Valve The International 2017 Music Pack LawBreakers Boss Key Productions Nexon One of 7 artists, responsible for "Axel", "Bombchelle", and "T.A.S.C Theme"

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Treyarch Activision

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War TreyarchRaven Software Activision

Call of Duty: Vanguard Sledgehammer GamesTreyarch Activision Zombies score; composed in collaboration with Bear McCreary

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III Sledgehammer GamesTreyarch Activision Zombies score; main score composed by Walter Mair

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 TreyarchRaven Software Activision Zombies score composed by Brian Tuey; additional music composed by Jim Lordeman, Big Giant Circles, and Romes

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 TreyarchRaven Software Activision Film and television + Year Title Production company(s) Distributor(s) Notes 2016 Hard Target 2 Universal 1440 EntertainmentLiving Films Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Composed with Trevor Morris 2017–2019 Shadowhunters Constantin Film Disney–ABC Domestic Television(United States)Netflix(International)

Awards +

Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

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1964, Phoenixville
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Drexel University

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Who is Jack Wall?

American video game music composer

When was Jack Wall born?

Jack Wall was born in 1964 in Phoenixville.

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Jack Wall is a composer, conductor, musician, conducting and symphony.

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Jack Wall is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jack Wall

· Wikidata: Q3117657

· DBpedia: Jack Wall (composer)

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