The Music Behind STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR
Books, Film & TV
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"The GRAMMY Museum hosted an evening celebrating the music behind STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR, which was GRAMMY nominated for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media in 2024. The event featured a special panel discussion moderated by Variety’s Jon Burlingame featuring composers Gordy Haab and Stephen Barton, plus Engineer/Score Mixer/Producer Alan Meyerson.
ABOUT GORDY HAAB:
Gordy Haab is a prolific, award-winning composer celebrated for his exceptional contributions to film, video games, and television. His illustrious portfolio includes iconic titles such as Star Wars: Squadrons, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Halo Wars 2, and Star Wars: Battlefront I and II, among others.
ABOUT STEPHEN BARTON:
Composer Stephen Barton has left an indelible mark on the realms of film, television, and video games, boasting a prolific career that spans these diverse mediums. His remarkable contributions include composing for renowned projects such as Star Trek: Picard, all sixteen seasons of Apex Legends, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Multiversus, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, 12 Monkeys, and Unlocked, among numerous others. Barton's influence extends to the world of live service gaming, with titles like Apex and Multiversus captivating over 300 million regular players worldwide through his musical talent.
ABOUT ALAN MEYERSON:
Alan Meyerson, who began his career as a young student studying classical trumpet and later apprenticed in the music recording industry, has worked on more than 300 movie and video game scores during his four-decade career as an engineer/score mixer. Well known for his 30-year residency at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions, Meyerson’s long list of credits include a wide array of films such as The Haunted Mansion (2023), Dune (2021), The Lion King (2019), Dunkirk (2017), Wonder Woman (2017) and The Dark Knight (2008), for which he won a Grammy Award® (Best Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Media). Meyerson’s credits also extend to video games including Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Halo and Gears of War; as well as recording artists Moby, Pharrell Williams, deadmau5 and Daft Punk.
ABOUT JON BURLINGAME:
Jon Burlingame is the nation’s leading writer on the subject of music for films and television. He writes regularly for Variety and, over the past 30 years, has also written on the topic for such leading newspapers as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post; and such magazines as Premiere, Emmy and The Hollywood Reporter.
Burlingame is the author of six books, including THE MUSIC OF JAMES BOND and MUSIC FOR PRIME TIME, a history of TV themes and scoring. He also teaches film music history at the University of Southern California and has, for the past four years, hosted Disney’s award-winning “For Scores” podcast featuring conversations with film and TV composers ranging from John Williams to Alan Menken and Randy Newman."
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