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Emilie Chan-Erskine
emilie@cw3pr.com
Gordy Haab Publicity Wrap Report
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Gordy Haab is a multi award-winning film, television and video game
composer who has written music for many well-known titles – including
most recently, Microsoft’s “Kinect: Star Wars”. He also composed
music for EA/Bioware/LucasArts’ highly popular “Star Wars: The Old
Republic,” for which Haab was awarded “Best Original Soundtrack”
and “Best Instrumental Music” at the 10th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards,
presented at the 2012 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Known for his unsurpassed understanding of the orchestra and his
creative ability to blend contemporary and traditional styles, Haab
paid homage to composer John Williams’ iconic score for George
Lucas’ “Star Wars” and recorded two hours of new music for “Kinect:
Star Wars” at the famed Abbey Road Studios with the London
Symphony Orchestra and Choir.
Haab’s goal was to make the game’s music both unique and familiar to
“Star Wars” fans, in order to create a seamless listening experience
from the movie to the game, while still taking fans to new musical
places. To accomplish this, he used the same orchestra, studio,
microphones and equipment used for Williams’ original recording
session more than 30 years ago.
LucasArts’ “Kinect Star Wars” was released on April 3, 2012 for the
Xbox 360. Published by Microsoft Game Studios, the game uses
Kinect motion peripheral and allows the player to become a part of
the Star Wars universe - controller-free.
Born and raised in Richmond, VA, Haab began writing music at 6 years
old after watching “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” in theaters. After
demanding to watch it three times, he could play every melody from
the movie on his dad’s guitar. It was then Haab decided to become a
composer.
Gordy Haab composer
Press Contact:
CW3PR
Emilie Chan-Erskine
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His other film, television and video game credits include: Anchor
Bay’s “Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon”; MTV’s “The
Truth Below”; Dave Barry’s “Guide to Guys”; Lionsgate’s “War”;
Dream Entertainment’s “3 Below”; Roadside Attractions’ “Shrink”;
TLC’s “Little People Big World”; ABC's “Greek”; NBC’s “Kath and
Kim”; VH-1’s “Scream Queens”; Endeavor’s “At the Edge of the
World”; LucasArts’ “Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings”, and
many others.
In 2007, Haab scored the Internet phenomenon, “Ryan vs.
Dorkman II” – recently featured in the Huffington Post and named
one of the “Top Star Wars derivative films of all time” by TIME
Magazine. The five-minute film, scored with a full orchestra at
Capitol Records, received more than 6.7 million views on
YouTube, including views from LucasArts, which is how they first
learned of Haab’s work.
Haab is currently the co-head of orchestral music and original
scoring for “DP Music,” an exclusive music content provider for
Lionsgate Pictures, and is published by Cherry Lane Music
Publishing. He also co-founded the Novo Philharmonic Orchestra
for which he currently acts as composer and artistic director.
Novo is a 95-member rock/pop/film orchestra in Los Angeles,
comprised of some of the world’s most cutting-edge musicians.
Haab is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where
he received a master’s certificate in Scoring For Motion Pictures,
Television and Other Media. Prior, he received a bachelor’s
degree in Music Composition at Virginia Commonwealth
University. While he learned from many composers in university
and conservatory settings, Haab says that most of his music
education comes simply from being, “an avid fan of Hitchcock,
Kubrick, Lucas and Spielberg films – 70’s and 80’s “B” Horror
Movies – and all of their great scores.”
Gordy Haab composer - continued…
Press Contact:
CW3PR
Emilie Chan-Erskine
emilie@cw3pr.com
Gordy speaking at Comic-
Con’s Fan Favorite Projects
Go Interactive panel that was
attended by over 200 con-
goers!
Gordy pictured with
fellow video game
composers, Kyle
Newmaster, Gerard
Marino, David Ari Leon,
and Jeremy Soule.
Gordy at San Diego
Comic-Con 2012!
For those of you that enjoy
listening to music themes
from your favorite video
games…Thursday July 12,
2012 will be a day that you’ll
NOT want to miss. Comic-
Con 2012 will be holding a
special panel courtesy of
CW3PR and ASCAP
dedicated to talented
individuals that compose
music from the latest video
games. More details from the
press release after the jump:
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Prepared by CW3PR
June 16, 2012