IVOR NOVELLO Award-Winning, GRAMMY and BAFTA nominated composer. Credits: Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Mass Effect, James Bond 007: Blood Stone. OW2.
London, UK
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To those who have asked for soundtrack links.
We Got This:
Apple Music: apple.co/3BudA4A
Deezer: bit.ly/3bs8TO3
Tidal: bit.ly/3nMLWL1
Amazon Music: amzn.to/3CDJwF6
YouTube: bit.ly/3w0PZqU
Spotify: spoti.fi/3jVeQrl
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Hi! I’m Richard Jacques, a composer who has worked in games for the past 27 years on titles such as #MassEffect , #JamesBond007BloodStone, #LittleBigPlanet series, #Forza4, #JetSetRadio series amongst many others. Most recently #MarvelsGuardianOfTheGalaxy
#WhatAGameDevLooksLike
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Thank you for a fantastic evening!
LONDON! 🇬🇧✨ There aren’t enough words to describe how great our sold-out show was last night. Thrilled to be back for our 1 year anniversary of #SonicSymphony tour!
Thank you to our special guests @Ohtanitter @teresajanedavis @Richard_Jacques
More photos soon!
📸 @MahoFlute
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I will treasure it! I remember the first time I listened to it and was blown away! Thank you! 👍
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Incredibly honoured and proud to have received the Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Video Game Score for @GOTGTheGame. Huge thank you to @IvorsAcademy
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Thrilled to reveal that I am the composer for @MarvelGames @GOTGTheGame! Can't wait to share more on this epic intergalactic score, check out this video featuring recording sessions from @AbbeyRoad bit.ly/2W921AX Thanks @eidosmontreal and @squareenix #GOTGGame #IGotThis
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A year ago today, @GOTGTheGame was released worldwide. This was such an amazing project to work on, and the teams at @EidosMontreal @MarvelGames delivered an
incredible experience. What a ride! Huge thanks to @Sheprock99.
Thanks for playing and listening 🤘
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Fantastic composer hang time with my good friend and colleague @JesperKyd #mutualrespect
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Absolutely thrilled to have received my Honourary Doctorate of Music from the University of West London @UniWestLondon. Congratulations to all my fellow graduands!
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I wrote this song over 25 years ago. I remember writing the lyrics on my kitchen table in a rented house in West London, shared with some fellow music students from Uni . There have been many amazing covers over the years from amazing musicians, singers and remixers 1/2
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An absolute privilege to have my work featured on the hallowed walls of @abbeyroad studios, right outside Studio 1! Thank you friends at Abbey Road!
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Absolutely thrilled to receive the @audiogang Lifetime Achievement Award. I've composed so much music in the past 25 years and look forward to composing even more in the next 25. Thank you so much, this is amazing! @Official_GDC #gameaudio #gameaudiogdc
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Looking forward to this! See you all on Saturday! Hoping for sunshine ☀️ so we can forget about the rain 🌧️
Read more and discuss with the community via our #SonicNews article!
sonicstadium.org/news/media/…
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy @GOTGTheGame wins Best Soundtrack at this years @3djuegos Awards!
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Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame has been nominated for a Music+Sound Award @MASAwards for Best Original Composition In Gaming!
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Absolutely thrilled to share that Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy has been nominated for an @IvorsAcademy Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Video Game Score!
#TheIvors
The Ivors nomination for Best Original Video Game Score 🕹️🎼
Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy composed by @Richard_Jacques
#TheIvors
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I am humbled to hear this incredible version arranged by @CRosenMusic , with amazing performances from the @the8bitbigband and superb vocals from @joelwaggoner piped.video/watch?v=b1ixqDiT… Thank you! 🙏2/2
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"The original score sells the game"
#GOTGgame
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I had the pleasure of welcoming @soundonsoundmag
to my studio in London to discuss my creative process, technology and recording @AbbeyRoad for the score to @GOTGTheGame #wegotthis #playgotg #marvel #GuardiansoftheGalaxygame
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Had an amazing time at the #GRAMMYs yesterday! Huge congrats to @StephEconomou for her well deserved win, and congrats to fellow nominees @christophertin @bearmccreary and @awintory Great to catch up with so many friends and fellow composers. 👍
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Delighted to have been nominated for a Jerry Goldsmith Award for my score to Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame! Congratulations to all the nominees!
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy has been nominated for Best Score/Music @thegameawards. So much love went into this with over 5 hours of original score, an original 10 track hard rock album from "Star-Lord" Band from @Sheprock99 and @YBoudreault , and 31 licensed 80's tracks!🤘
The 5 nominees for Best Score/Music at #TheGameAwards:
🔵 Cyberpunk 2077
🔵 Deathloop
🔵 Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139
🔵 MARVEL Guardians of the Galaxy
🔵 The Artful Escape
Vote now:
ww.thegameawards.com/nominee…
Find out the winner LIVE on Thursday, December 9.
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#GRAMMY Nominated!
(Footage courtesy of @RecordingAcademy)
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So great to see my friends @crush40 @Ohtanitter and @ShotaNakama play such an amazing #SonicSymphony show tonight. Such great music, and the orchestra and band were 🔥🔥🔥 Congratulations to all! Go see this show!
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame wins @IGN Best Video Game Music of 2021! Super proud of this score!
Huge thanks to @Sheprock99 and @YBoudreault for the awesome Star-Lord album and Randy Eckhardt our music licensing ninja! A huge music team effort! Thank you @IGN
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27 years ago today, the @SEGA Saturn console was released in the UK. I will always be grateful to my @SEGA family for allowing me to develop my musical style, and for the amazing collaborations with fellow composers and friends @crush40 and @Hideki_Naganuma amongst others👍
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I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down and chatting with @AbbeyRoad Studios about my work in scoring games:
When did the shift to recording live orchestras for video games begin? 🎻
Find this out & more in our interview with Ivor Novello Award-winning, GRAMMY & BAFTA-nominated composer Richard Jacques, one of the judges at last night's @BAFTA Games Awards.
Head to YouTube for more.
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Absolutely delighted to have been nominated for Best Soundtrack at this years @PSTrophyRoom Awards for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy!
Vote Here:
bit.ly/3nGjmMx
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So thrilled to announce that my Score Album for #GOTGgame will be available next Tuesday, October 26th on all digital platforms.
Epic orchestral themes incoming 💥
The #GOTGgame Score Album by our composer @Richard_Jacques, recorded at @AbbeyRoad, will be available October 26 on digital platforms!
ALT Cover art for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Original Video Game Soundtrack
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I'm so sad to hear the news regarding @PlayStation @LondonStudioHQ . In the past 20 plus years I worked on so so many titles with these amazingly talented people, many who have become life long friends. Thinking of everyone involved. Can we please now reboot the games industry?
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Absolutely delighted to have been nominated for Best Audio for @GOTGTheGame and Best Creative Provider as part of this years Develop Star Awards @developconf
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Thanks to @AbbeyRoad for a fantastic evening!I! It was great to see my fellow music Guardians, the amazingly talented recording and mix engineers, mastering engineers,recordists and assistant engineers to finally share the amazing @MondoNews vinyl from @GOTGTheGame. Superheroes!
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Delighted to be featured in the hallowed pages of @RetroGamer_Mag. I had such a great chat with @JamesAtCP about my career and music and games in general, could have chatted for hours! Not surprising it came out as a 6 page special! Thank you James and Retro Gamer! In stores now.
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame wins Best Soundtrack at the 2021 @Steam Awards
store.steampowered.com/Steam…
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame
receives Best Music Award at the @MetroUK
Video Game Awards!
metro.co.uk/2021/12/28/metro…
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When you write a song 23 yrs ago and it still makes people dance = good times. Big up DJ Shaq @teresajanedavis
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Great night at @BAFTA co-hosting a round table with the superb @TheToddBaker chatting with @BAFTA Connect composers
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame
has won Best Soundtrack at @GamingTrend's 2021 Trendsetter Awards
gamingtrend.com/feature/edit… 🏆
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It was an honour and a pleasure to be a Juror on the Music category for this years @BAFTAGames Awards. So much fantastic music! Congratulations to all the nominees and best of luck for this evening!
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Delighted to have been nominated in the category "Best Original Score For A Video Game or Interactive Media" by the International Film Music Critics Association @IFMCA for my score to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy @GOTGTheGame
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Absolutely delighted to have been nominated for Best Score / Soundtrack, along with @Sheprock99 and @YBoudreault for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy @GOTGTheGame at the 2022 Canadian Game Awards @cgameawards
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame wins Best Soundtrack at this years Trophy Room Awards @PSTrophyRoom
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Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame is 2 years old today! What a ride! Thanks to all who played!
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Blast from the past!
Jour 97 : Jet Set Radio Original Sound Tracks (2000)
@Hideki_Naganuma, @Richard_Jacques, Reps, Castle Logical, F-Fields, Toronto, B.B. Rights
piped.video/m2680ciixQc
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy @GOTGTheGame has been nominated for Outstanding Original Dramatic Score as part of the 2021 NAVGTR Awards.
Also nominated for Outstanding Song Collection and Outstanding Game, Franchise Adventure.
navgtr.org/2021-nominees/
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Fantastic day checking out Pete Townshend's synth collection. Some great pieces here featured on so many records from The Who. The GX-1 had one previous owner, Stevie Wonder! Huge thanks to my amazing assistant @bart_szaf for organising.
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame has been nominated for a @TIGAAwards for Best Audio Design! Congratulations to all! @EidosMontreal
@Sheprock99. Thank you @TIGAMovement and congrats to all the nominees!
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Introducing the new hero Lifeweaver to @PlayOverwatch 2. I was honoured to work with my talented friends @Blizzard_Ent on scoring this trailer!
Our strength lies in our willingness to grow 🌷
Learn more about Lifeweaver, the new @PlayOverwatch 2 hero available April 11 with Season 4: xbx.lv/40I2FBz
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Congratulations to @Borislav_Slavov for winning the BAFTA for Music, for his score to Baldurs Gate 3, very well deserved! And congratulations to all the nominees for their amazing music this year.
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You are so very welcome TJ! I was my absolute pleasure to share the stage with you, and as others have rightly said, you absolutely smashed it! It was a fabulous evening! Let's do some more!
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Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame score is featured in top five essential gaming soundtracks on @BBCRadio3 Record Review hosted by the amazing @Shiny_Demon bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019k…
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Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy wins Best Soundtrack at this years PlayStation Blog Awards!
“Sweeping, adventurous score”
blog.playstation.com/2021/12…
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I'm delighted to be the featured Composer of the Week on @ScalaRadio 's "The Console" show this Saturday 18th May, 5-6pm presented by the superb @LuciHolland Great to see this brilliant new station supporting soundtracks. Tune in!
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Fantastic new Jet Set Radio Future documentary by @kayisthey Check it out!
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Guardians, obvs! 😀
There’s no denying that great music can completely change your gaming experience! These are your #TheGameAwards nominees for Best Score and Music, who’s your pick?
Vote now at thegameawards.com!
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Looking forward to seeing composer friends and colleagues at the Ivors Academy Media Composer Conference on Wednesday!
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Just sublime to hear a local neighbors kid practising 'Greensleeves' on their alto sax on a late summers evening. Go music education! #musiceducation
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I will be giving a talk @EGX tomorrow about the music in Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, hosted by the brilliant @Shiny_Demon. Saturday, September 24th 4.45pm-5.45pm at the EGX Theatre. Come by and say Hi!
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Today (30/3) is 303 day! Show your appreciation for the 303! Here is mine, allegedly owned by Guru Josh (bought for 50 quid off a sound engineer who lived in an old bus) piped.video/watch?v=H-YvrokR…
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Looking forward to speaking at @Digital_Dragons next week. Come along and say Hi if you are attending! Monday 20th May, ICE Krakow Congress Centre, Room S4C, 3:00pm-4:00pm.
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"One of 2021's most ambitious video game scores...the experience wouldn’t be the same if not for the epic orchestral score Jacques composed." - @WIRED
wired.com/story/guardians-of…
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Introducing the new hero Illari to @PlayOverwatch2. I was honoured to work with my talented friends @Blizzard_Ent on her theme and scoring this trailer!
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Absolutely thrilled to see Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame receive no less than 11 nominations for the 20th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards @audiogang, including Music Of The Year, Creative And Technical Achievement In Music and Best Physical Soundtrack Release.
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Thanks to the awesome folk at @MondoNews in conjunction with @HollywoodRecs, my score to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy @GOTGTheGame will be released on double vinyl alongside the Star-Lord band by @Sheprock99 @YBoudreault . Pre-orders October 27
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Thank you @devcom_global for inviting me to speak at this year conference, it was awesome! Have a great rest of the week!
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Thank you to Film Score Monthly @FSMOnlineMag for nominating Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame for "Best Video Game Score" and "Best Video Game Soundtrack Album" in the 2022 FSMies Awards.
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Happy Mass Effect Legendary Edition Release Day! It was a pleasure to contribute music to this game.
#MassEffectLegendaryEdition #composer #MassEffect #GameAudio #gamemusic
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Totally smashed it! 👍 RT @insanerainmusic: New video! I'm feelin' the sun around here... so I figured it was time to brighten up your day with my arrangement of this great tune from Sonic R!
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What a find! And with the late great Monty Norman’s original signature, an essential purchase for any Bond composer 🍸@007
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Thank you @BAFTAGames for a superb few days and a great show last night. Congratulations to the winners and all the other nominees.
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“The most epic and cinematic component of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is the game’s original score by veteran British composer Richard Jacques. His Marvel’s Guardians Of the Galaxy score is every bit as monumental as his reputation suggests.” au.rollingstone.com/culture/…
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"It's shaping up to be one of the most musically ambitious video games of recent years – both in terms of how music integrates with the gameplay and story, but also in the sheer amount of music the game manages to pack in." musictech.com/features/inter…
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame is nominated for Album Of The Year 2021 at this years @gamemusicnet Awards.
VOTE HERE: gamemusic.net/gamemusic-read…
LISTEN HERE: tinyurl.com/45aumucx
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Tomorrow, Saturday 6th November at 3pm (UK time) I will be speaking to the fabulous Louise Blain @Shiny_Demon on the fantastic Sounds of Gaming show on @BBCRadio3. Tune in if you can, it should be lots of fun!
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Fantastic video game concert tonight performed by the @rpoonline as part of @BBCRadio3 @bbcproms season. It has been a long time coming but was well worth the wait! Thanks to @Shiny_Demon for an amazing show and inviting us into her studio for the night. Best seats in the house
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#GDC2024 you were awesome! It was so great to see old friends and make new ones. One of my highlights of the week was a great friend reminding me the following. “I received an official written warning for constantly whistling your ‘Headhunter’ theme in the office! I’ve made it.
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This SUNDAY AT 6PM (UK time) I will be joining the fantastic @jonbrowntv on "The Composer Series" on @ExpressFM talking about my scoring career on
#Headhunter, @MassEffect #JamesBond @007
Blood Stone and @Marvel's #GuardiansoftheGalaxyGame expressfm.com/ Tune in!
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Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy @GOTGTheGame has been nominated for Best Audio at this years Game Developers Choice Awards @Official_GDC #GDCA22
Nominees for Best Audio at #GDCA22:
‘Returnal’ (@Housemarque)
‘Unpacking’ (@witchbeamgames)
'Deathloop’ (@ArkaneStudios)
‘Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy’ (@EidosMontreal)
‘Forza Horizon 5’ (@WeArePlayground)
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Congratulations to all the @MASAwards game nominees. It was an honour to be a judge on this years awards and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to such a varied range of high quality scores. Congrats to all the nominees! 👍
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Thank you @EGX for the invitation and for a fantastic show! Myself and @Shiny_Demon had a great time on our panel, and the audience were superb. Great to see everyone and see you next year!
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Great to see the #Overwatch2 soundtrack released! I had the pleasure of scoring the Lifeweaver Origin. Congratulations and thanks to @AdamBurgessVGM and the entire team @Blizzard_Ent @PlayOverwatch
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"Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is packed with familiar songs, but its secret weapon could be its cinematic, original score." - CNN
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