Garry Schyman

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Garry Schyman (* 1954 ) is an American composer who specializes in compositions for video games .

Life

Garry Schyman learned to play the piano as a child. He actually wanted to study biology, but finally decided against it and studied composition at the University of Southern California until 1978. Dennis Weaver , a friend of his father's, introduced Schyman to the film music industry; he initially worked as a composer and arranger of soundtracks, mostly for television series or television films. In 1993 he had the opportunity to set the interactive film Voyeur to music for the CD-i , as a friend of his was in a managerial position at Philips . As one of the first game music composers, he had a real orchestra available. As orders from the film industry became increasingly scarce, Schyman was given the opportunity in 2005 to write the soundtrack for Destroy All Humans! to write; he also had the opportunity to work with the concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic .

He achieved particular fame in 2008 with the background music for the viral YouTube video Where the Hell is Matt? , which has been viewed almost 51 million times since 2008 (as of November 2018). The underlying song Praan won the 2008 Hollywood Music Award for best music video. With the soundtrack to Bioshock , Schyman won some of the most prestigious prizes, including the Interactive Achievement Awards and the Spike TV Video Games Award. The soundtrack to Bioshock Infinite won the 2014 BAFTA Video Game Award for best game music; the soundtrack for Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor was nominated for the same award in 2015.

Schyman lives in Los Angeles with his wife Lisa and their son Ethan . He teaches film music composition at USC.

Discography

watch TV

  • Magnum, PI (1980)
  • Father Murphy (1981)
  • The Greatest American Hero (1981)
  • The Sky Dogs of Boragora (1982)
  • This Is the Life (1983)
  • The A-Team (1983)
  • Yeshua (1984)
  • Rags to Riches (1987)
  • The Great Gondoli (1987)
  • Buck James (1987)
  • Assassin (1989)
  • The First Valentine (1989)
  • Waiting for the Wind (1990)
  • Treasure of Lost Creek (1992)
  • Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
  • Trade Winds (1993)
  • Day of Reckoning (1994)
  • Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994)
  • Mortal Fear (1994)
  • Land's End (1995)
  • Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare (1995)
  • Virus (1996)
  • Terminal (1996)
  • Tornado! (1996)
  • NightScream (1997)
  • The Napoleon Murder Mystery (2000)
  • Ringling Bros. Revealed: The Greatest Show on Earth (2003)

Movie

  • Never Too Young to Die (1986)
  • Penitentiary III (1987)
  • The Magic Boy's Easter (1989)
  • Hit List (1989)
  • Horseplayer (1990)
  • The Last Hour (1991)
  • Judgment (1992)
  • Lost In Africa (1994)
  • Spooky House (2000)
  • Race for the Poles (2000)
  • Brush with Danger (2015)

Computer games

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bioshock Composer tells his story at TU. The Collegian, November 5, 2018, accessed November 8, 2018 .
  2. ^ Game music maestro Garry Schyman. Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2008, accessed November 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Interview with Garry Schyman. Square Enix Music Online, accessed November 8, 2018 .
  4. ^ Jon Burlingame: Video Games: The top music talents. Variety, April 20, 2009, accessed November 8, 2018 .
  5. ^ Games - Original Music in 2014. BAFTA website, accessed November 8, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Games in 2015. BAFTA website, accessed November 8, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Garry Schyman. USC Thornton School of Music website, accessed November 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Schyman, Garry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1954