Richard Jacques

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Classically trained with an extensive music repertoire in orchestral, electronica, jazz and other contemporary music genres, Richard Jacques is a multiple award-winning composer of music for video games, film and television. He is internationally recognized as one of the A-list composers in the video games industry, recently described by PLAY Magazine (US) as “One of the truly distinctive game music composers in the industry today.” A leader in the field of modern game music Jacques was the first video game composer to secure a major budget for a live symphony orchestra, the first to record a live orchestra for a PSP handheld video game, the first to have his game music featured in art galleries and live concerts in Europe, Japan and North America, and the first western composer to have his game soundtracks released commercially in Japan as well as Europe and North America. Jacques has received numerous awards and accolades for his music including Best Music awards from both GameSpot and GameSpy and the Game Audio Network Guild Recognition Award, in addition to multiple nominations including Music of the Year, Best Original Instrumental Song, Best Live Performance Recording and Best Original Soundtrack Album. Born into a musical family in Warwick, England in 1973, Richard Jacques began learning the piano from the age of 5, followed by the trombone two years later. Having been awarded a scholarship to the Junior Royal Academy of Music in London he was rapidly being exposed

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Dark Knights

Mass Effect: Original Soundtrack

Sonic R

Jet Set Radio SEGA Original Tracks

Jet Set Radio Future: The Complete Soundtrack

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (Original Video Game Soundtrack)

Jet Set Radio Original Soundtrack

Jet Set Radio OST

Jet Set Radio Future

Mass Effect

Mass Effect (EA Games Soundtrack)

Jet Set Radio Future Soundtrack

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