Jeremy Soule | |
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 Soule in 2010 | |
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| Born | December 19, 1975 Keokuk, Iowa, U.S. |
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| Instrument | Piano |
| Years active | 1994–2019 |
| Labels | DirectSong (2005–19) Materia Collective (2017–19) |
Jeremy Soule (/soʊl/ SOHL; born December 19, 1975) is an American composer of soundtracks for film, television, and video games. He has composed soundtracks for over 60 games and over a dozen other works during his career, including The Elder Scrolls, Guild Wars, Icewind Dale, and the Harry Potter series.
He became an employee of Square in 1994 after several years of private composition studies. After finishing the soundtrack to Secret of Evermore in 1995, he left to join Humongous Entertainment, where he composed for several children's games as well as Total Annihilation, his first award-winning score. In 2000, he left to form his own music production company, Soule Media, later called Artistry Entertainment. In 2005, he founded DirectSong, a record label that published digital versions of his soundtracks as well as those of classical composers. DirectSong remained active until 2019.[1]
Soule's works have been played in several live concerts such as the Symphonic Game Music Concert in Germany and the international Play! A Video Game Symphony concert series. While many of his works are orchestral, he considers himself someone who creates more than just one type of music. Several of Soule's soundtracks were created with the help of his brother, Julian.
- ^ "Why is Skyrim composer Jeremy Soule's $121,227 Kickstarter symphony still not finished five years later? | VG247". January 14, 2019. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.