JEREMY SOULE

Born December 19, 1975 (age 36)Keokuk, Iowa

Genres: Orchestral, Classical

Occupations: Composer, Symphonist

Jeremy Soule

He became interested in music and symphony orchestras at the age of five. 

Soule began taking piano lessons at an early age and became entranced with music, he began taking private lessons with professors from Western Illinois University when he was in sixth grade.

He claims to have earned the equivalent of a Master's Degree in composition before completing high school, though, as he never enrolled in the school, he did not earn a degree.

He was split between trying to become a concert pianist and a composer when he grew up; he ended up deciding to become a composer once he realized how difficult it would be to do both.

Western Illinois

University

Education

Soule came to believe that the experience they created could be greatly enhanced by having a better musical score.

 After completing high school, he took a year to create a portfolio showcasing what he felt video game scores should sound like.

He steadily started to build his reputation through various game companies then won many best music of the year awards by IGN and Game Spot…

Career

 His music from the game Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was performed on August 20, 2003 at the first Symphonic Game Music Concert in Leipzig, Germany, and his music from Morrowind was performed at the third Symphonic Game Music Concert on August 17, 2005

Later on a hit in music gaming history…Skyrim was won for Best Original Vocal – Choral

“The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim– "Main Theme“(Dragonborn)

Ballad meter 8:6:8:6 or 4+3+4+3 (number of syllables per line)

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Performances

Symphonic works

later on…Oblivion was an award-winning soundtrack by Soule. It was nominated for the 2006 British Academy of Film & Television Arts and Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences awards, and won the MTV Video Music Awards and Official Xbox Magazine soundtrack awards.(the list goes on)

“Tooth and Claw” www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXW0TV

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Iambic foot ta-DA (one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable)

Offbeat/Backbeat

“Secunda” http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpIR61u1wJU

Pentatonic scale, Low/High Strain, Strophic form, Syncopation

Compositions

“Caught off guard” http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIcbLAHAB9w

Jeremy finds it much easier to compose a soundtrack to a game that is very visual in nature, such as a role-playing game aka Skyrim

Other works The Walk – film Ecstasy – play Storyeum – play "Passion is Everywhere" – international

advertising campaign Journey Toward Creation (2003) – film 2003 MTV Movie Awards (2003) –

awards show C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia (2005) –

film Beyond the Yellow Brick Road: The

Making of Tin Man (2007) – film Florence Nightingale (2008) – film The Offering (2009) – film Dracula's Stoker (2009) – film Witch Creek (2010) – film War for Peace (2011) – documentary

series

Compositions

www.maxsteineragency.com

www.jeremysoule.wordpress.com

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0815819/bio

Soule, Jeremy (May 14, 2007). "Play! A Video Game Symphony Interview with Jeremy Soule" . Dreamstation. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

^ "Artist: Jeremy Soule's profile" . OverClocked ReMix. Retrieved June 20, 2011.

Soule, Jeremy (June 6, 2007)."Interview with composer Jeremy Soule at PLAY! San Jose" . Music 4 Games. Archived from the originalon June 20, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2009.

Gann, Patrick (September 15, 2009). "Interview with Jeremy Soule: zOMG! and More". RPGFan. Retrieved November 17, 2009.

Soule, Jeremy. "Jeremy Soule – Composer and Symphonist" . Jeremy Soule. Retrieved November 17, 2009.

References