Jesper Kyd
aka:
Jesper Kyd Jakobson
Moby ID: 12643
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Jesper Kyd Jakobson (born February 3, 1972) is a video game, television and film music composer from Hørsholm, Denmark. Among his best-known works are the soundtracks of Hitman, Assassin's Creed, and Borderlands games. He co-founded Zyrinx and stayed with the company until its demise, after which he moved to New York and worked as a freelance musician. His music for Hitman: Contracts (2004) was awarded the title of Best Original Music by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2005.
Credited on 83 games
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| Hitman: Blood Money - Reprisal (2023, iPhone) | Music Composed and Produced by |
| Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (2022, Windows) | Music composed, produced, performed, programmed, arranged and mixed by |
| Dune: Spice Wars (2022, Windows) | Music |
| Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure (2021, Windows) | Development contributions |
| Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020, PlayStation 4) | Original Music 1 |
| State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition (2020, Xbox One) | Composers |
| Borderlands 3 (2019, PlayStation 4) | 'Finishing Move' |
| Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced (2019, Windows) | Original Music |
| Assassin's Creed: Rebellion (2018, iPhone) | Welcome to Kostantiniyye, Byzantium, Crossed Swords, Street Fight, Forum of Ox, The Noose Tightens, Investigation, Nova Roma, No Mistakes, Templar Occupation, On the Attack, Galata Tower, Ambush; Music composed by |
| State of Decay 2 (2018, Windows Apps) | Principal Composer |
| Assassin's Creed: Rogue - Remastered (2018, PlayStation 4) | Special Thanks |
| Warhammer: Vermintide II (2018, Windows) | Music |
| The Tower: Assassin's Creed (2017, Android) | "Ezio's Family" Composed by |
| Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017, PlayStation 4) | 'Ezio's Family' originally composed by |
| Battle Chasers: Nightwar (2017, Windows) | Music |
| Final Fantasy XV: Assassin's Festival (2017, PlayStation 4) | 'Ezio's Family' Composed by |
| Robinson: The Journey (2016, PlayStation 4) | Music Composition |
| Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (2016, Windows) | 'Project Phoenix' |
| Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India (2016, Windows) | 'Ezio's Family Theme' |
| Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (2015, Windows) | Original Music Theme "Ezio's Family" composed by |
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Frequent Collaborators
People- 21 games with Yves Guillemot
- 20 games with Christine Burgess-Quémard
- 20 games with Laurent Detoc
- 20 games with Alain Corre
- 20 games with Tony Key
- 19 games with Danny Ruiz
- 19 games with Jeff Dandurand
- 19 games with Justin Landskron
- 19 games with Cherrie Chiu
- 19 games with Scott Dixon
Companies
- 40 games with Valve Corporation
- 21 games with Ubisoft Entertainment SA
- 18 games with Epic Games, Inc.
- 18 games with ak tronic Software & Services GmbH
- 16 games with Epic Games Tools LLC
- 14 games with Ubisoft Montréal
- 14 games with Audiokinetic Inc.
- 13 games with Ubisoft SRL
- 11 games with Ubisoft Kyiv
- 11 games with Playman s.r.o.
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