Jared Emerson-Johnson
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| Jared Emerson-Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 13, 1981 |
| Origin | San Francisco, California |
| Genres | Jazz, classical |
| Occupations |
Composer, sound designer, voice actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, guitar, violin, mandolin |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Website | Bay Area Sound |
Jared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson (born October 13, 1981) is an American video game music composer, sound designer, voice director and voice actor, and protégé of veteran video game music composer Clint Bajakian. Emerson-Johnson is one of the three key individuals in Bay Area Sound, an audio production company specializing in sound design, music and voiceover for video games.[1]
His first work was in 2003, where he worked as a member of LucasArts' musical department on a variety of games, including Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb and Star Wars: Republic Commando. Emerson-Johnson has also worked as a sound editor for other companies' projects, such as 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, and Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures.
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].
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Discography
Video game soundtracks
- The Bard's Tale (2004)
- Bone: Out from Boneville (2005)
- America's Army: Rise of a Soldier (2005)
- Bone: The Great Cow Race (2006)
- Sam & Max: Culture Shock (2006)
- Sam & Max: Situation Comedy (2006)
- Sam & Max: The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball (2007)
- Sam & Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die! (2007)
- Sam & Max: Reality 2.0 (2007)
- Sam & Max: Bright Side of the Moon (2007)
- Alien Syndrome (2007)
- Sam & Max: Ice Station Santa (2007)
- Sam & Max: Moai Better Blues (2008)
- Sam & Max: Night of the Raving Dead (2008)
- Sam & Max: Chariots of the Dogs (2008)
- Sam & Max: What's New Beelzebub (2008)
- Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episode 4: Dangeresque 3 - The Criminal Projective (2008)
- Wallace & Gromit: Fright of the Bumblebees (2009)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Last Resort (2009)
- Wallace & Gromit: Muzzled! (2009)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Bogey Man (2009)
- Sam & Max: The Penal Zone (2010)
- Sam & Max: The Tomb of Sammun-Mak (2010)
- Sam & Max: They Stole Max's Brain (2010)
- Sam & Max: Beyond the Alley of the Dolls (2010)
- Sam & Max: The City That Dares Not Sleep (2010)
- Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent (2010)
Other works
- Mr. Lux At Your Service (2008)
Notes
References
- Constantinescu, Andrei (2009-12-12). "Jared Emerson-Johnson Interview". The Tales of Monkey Island Blog. LF Network, LLC. http://talesofmi.net/?p=777. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- Staff (2009-08-14). "Gabez does Bay Area Sound". The International House of Mojo. LF Network, LLC. http://www.mixnmojo.com/features/read.php?article=telltaleinterview&page=1. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- Staff (2007-06-24). "Jared Emerson-Johnson". Last.fm. CBS Interactive. http://www.last.fm/music/Jared+Emerson-Johnson. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
- Van Zelfden, Alex (2007-06-26). "Playing it Cool: Sam & Max Swing a Record Deal". IGN. http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/799/799862p1.html. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
External links
- Jared Emerson-Johnson at Bay Area Sound, Inc
- Jared Emerson-Johnson at the Internet Movie Database
- Jared Emerson-Johnson at MobyGames
- Jared Emerson-Johnson at Giant Bomb
