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CW3PR

Emilie Chan-Erskine

[email protected]

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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

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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.”

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Press Contact:

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Emilie Chan-Erskine

[email protected]

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:

Continued…

Prepared by CW3PR

June 16, 2012

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