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Mark Griskey


Birthday1963
Birth placeUSA
Official sitehttp://www.griskey.com/
Twitter@mark_griskey
Total games4
First workStar Wars The Force Unleashed 0
Last workNovum Initium 2011
Total soundtracks12
Most popularBest of the Best Collector's Edition, volume 1



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Mark Griskey has composed music for numerous video games, motion picture trailers, and television promos. Mark began composing music for motion picture trailers and television promos in the early 1990s. His proven track record includes a long list of credits for such clients as 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks S.K.G., MGM Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Warner Brothers, Disney, Universal Pictures, Touchstone, Lions Gate Films, Miramax Films, and New Line Cinema. In the mid 90's Mark branched out into the world of interactive media, composing music for Atom Shockwave Corporation.

In 2001 Mark began scoring video games for LucasArts Entertainment. His credits include Jedi Starfighter, Gladius, Star Wars: The Revenge of the Sith, and several tracks on the "Best Of LucasArts Original Soundtrack." This CD was awarded "Best Game Music Soundtrack Album of the Year" by the Game Audio Network Guild. His final project as a staff composer for LucasArts Entertainment was Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords, Mark’s first feature length score utilizing full orchestra. In 2005 Mark decided the time was right to pursue a freelance career, He left LucasArts in March 2005 and quickly landed his first freelance video game project: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Mark went on to score 2 more titles for Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, as well as several titles for Ubisoft Entertainment, Sega and The Force Unleashed for LucasArts

The Majority of Mark’s scores feature live orchestra and he has worked with some of the finest orchestra’s in the world, including the London Philharmonia, The Seattle Synphonia, The Slovak National Orchestra, and the Sky Walker Symphony. In 2006 some of Mark’s music was featured in a sold out live performance of video game music in Leipzig Germany.

In addition to his symphonic background Mark has also established a reputation scoring and producing Hybrid acoustic/electronic music. His Scores for Sega’s Iron Man, and The Incredible Hulk feature heavy guitars, contemporary grooves, and ethnic percussion along with live orchestra. His trailer music for such blockbuster films The Lord Of The Rings, SpiderMan, and The Incredible Hulk feature heavy guitars, tribal percussion, driving synthesizers and atmospheric sound design elements. Mark is always striving to challenge himself musically and find new creative approaches to expressing his musical vision.

Mark Graduated from California State University with a B.M in Music, and studied composition and film scoring privately and at UCLA. Mark is also an accomplished classical percussionist and jazz drummer.

Mark currently resides in Northern California. His latest hobby’s include; playing the electric bass, photography and talking to friends on the Internet.
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07.12.2011

Novum Initium: from best composers on this planet

A team of composers, producers and writers who worked with the most famous game series over the past few years, released a joint album "Novum Initium" ("New Beginning" in Latin).
 
The album was created in close collaboration with the charity foundation Sweet Relief for young misicians and those who are in financial trouble.
 
"Novum Initium" includes 18 original songs that are already available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp and CD Baby at an affordable price of $ 9.99. Exclusive twenty copies of the CD autographed by the authors will be sold at auction eBay. This is a great Christmas gift for fans of video games and music.
 
 

Playlist includes:

• “Lionheart” – Sam Hulick (Mass Effect™)

• “Adagio Coda” – Brian Tyler (Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3)

• “Adrenaline” – Jason Graves (Dead Space™)

• “Awakened” – Otto Cate (MAG) & Aubrey Ashburn (Dragon Age™)

• “Underwood” – Inon Zur (The Lord of the Rings: War In The North)

• “The Maelstrom” – Singlefrequency & Chad Seiter (Legend of Zelda™ 25th Anniversary Symphony)

• “Shadows And Light” – Trevor Morris (Army of Two™)

• “Chrysalis” – Neal Acree (World of Warcraft®)

• “Trouble In Chinatown” – Tom Salta (Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands™)

• “Dancing Outtakes” – Garry Schyman (BioShock®)

• “Versailles” – Ed Lima (Doom® 3)

• “Consequence” – Neil Goldberg (Shift 2: Unleashed™)

• “Lacus Turbatus” – Gerard Marino (God of War®)

• “Espionage” – Mark Griskey (Star Wars™: The Old Republic™)

• “House Of The Vine” – Mick Gordon (Shift 2: Unleashed™)

• “The Left-Hand Path” – Cris Velasco & Sascha Dikiciyan (Warhammer® 40,000®: Space Marine®)

• “Bullseye” – Christopher Lennertz (Medal of Honor: European Assault™) & Timothy Wynn (Red Faction®: Guerrilla™)

• “I’m With You” – Jack Wall (Mass Effect™) & Cindy Shapiro (Myst® III: Exile™)

In our tough and cynical times it&39;s just great. What are you waiting for? Download the album  and enjoy the beautiful music!


28.07.2011

Mighty Edition Star Wars: The Old Republic

Eurogamer on a tip from NeoGAF has found and shared information about the alleged Collector&39;s Edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic.

 

Its main feature - the cost. So, the box will cost about 150 pounds, translating into dollars equals about $ 220. What collectors will get for this money?
• a large statue of Darth Malgus
• collectible iron box under the game discs
• a noteof master Gnost-Duran
• a map of the Old Republic
• Special key authentication
• high-quality collector&39;s box
soundtrack

Last one, praise Bioware, will be released on CD. Recall that the music SW: The Old Republic star is made by famous peopleas Gordy Haab, Jesse Harlin, Lenny Moore, Mark Griskey, Peter McConnell and Wilbert Roget.

Repeatedly changed release date is now scheduled for the second half of 2011.Habitat: PC.


29.05.2011

Star Wars and its sounding

An interesting article has appeared on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic website. It’s completely about creating sound of this MMORPG. Sound designer Scott Morton tells us about the ideas of sound, how they are realized, and what eventually did they reached.

 

His story is accompanied by illustrations and videos, and at the end of the article follows a short interview, where Scott answers the questions of community. Looks like very informative.

By the way, next week there will be another interesting “making of” and interviews, this time dedicated to music of ST: The Old Republic. Considering extremely "star" composer staff (Peter McConnellLennie MooreMark Griskey and others), reading of that one would be much of exciting. Just as with Scott Morton, questions for the interview invents the community itself, so that if you have something to ask - go ahead on the forums.

Release date of SW: TOR is constantly shifting. At the moment this is the second half of this year.



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