Jared Emerson-Johnson

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Jared Emerson-Johnson
Emerson-Johnson conducting a recording session at AudioSFX
Emerson-Johnson conducting a recording session at AudioSFX
Background information
Birth nameJared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson
Born (1981-10-13) October 13, 1981 (age 42)
OriginSan Francisco, California
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Composer
  • voice actor
  • sound designer
  • voice director
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
  • guitar
  • violin
  • mandolin
  • ukulele
  • banjo
Years active2002–present
WebsiteBay Area Sound

Jared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson (born October 13, 1981) is an American video game music composer, sound designer, voice director and voice actor. Emerson-Johnson is the Music Supervisor and lead composer at Bay Area Sound, an audio production company specializing in sound design, music and voiceover for video games.[1] His work has been predominantly featured in games developed by Telltale.

Career[edit]

Jared began his career as an assistant to composer Clint Bajakian on the score for LucasArts' Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. Emerson-Johnson has also worked as a sound designer for projects, including James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Psychonauts, and Firewatch. Emerson-Johnson is perhaps best known as the composer behind multiple video games produced by Telltale Games, such as Bone, Sam & Max, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Poker Night at the Inventory, Back to the Future: The Game, Jurassic Park: The Game, The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones, Batman: The Telltale Series, and Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series.

In all three seasons of Sam & Max, he voices the C.O.P.S., a group of obsolete computers. In Tales of Monkey Island, he plays the Marquis DeSinge as well as the Thief.

In 2004, Emerson-Johnson received the Game Audio Network Guild's "Rookie of the Year" award. Jared's score, voice direction, and sound design for Telltale Games' Bone: The Great Cow Race were finalists for the 2007 Independent Games Festival. His score for Telltale Games' Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space was also a finalist for Best Original Score in the 2008 IGN PC Awards. He shares an AdventureGamers.com 2009 Aggie award for best voice acting for his work on Tales of Monkey Island.[2]

His score for Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead was nominated for Best Music of the year at the British Academy Games Awards in 2013.

Discography[edit]

Video game soundtracks[edit]

Other works[edit]

  • Mr. Lux At Your Service (2008)
  • YouTube Presents: The Birds and the Biz (2008)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "jaredemersonjohnson.com". Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  2. ^ "2009 Aggie Awards". 17 February 2010.

BAFTA Games Awards[edit]

Year Project Category Result
2013 The Walking Dead Best Original Music Nominated

Golden Joystick Awards[edit]

Year Project Category Result
2014 The Wolf Among Us Best Audio Nominated

Game Audio Network Guild Awards[edit]

Year Project Category Result
2015 The Walking Dead: Season Two Best Dialog Nominated
2013 The Walking Dead Best Dialog Won
2012 Star Wars: The Old Republic Best Soundtrack Album Won
2004 LeapFrog Leapster: SpongeBob SquarePants Best Audio - Other Won
2004 n/a Rookie of the Year Won

Independent Games Festival[edit]

Year Project Category Result
2007 Bone: The Great Cow Race Excellence in Audio[1] Nominated

Golden Joystick Awards[edit]

Year Project Category Result
2014 The Wolf Among Us Best Audio[2] Nominated

Jug Band[edit]

In addition to his work in entertainment music scoring, Jared is also the front man of the Rivertown Skifflers, a northern California based jug band. [3]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

  1. ^ "Independent Games Festival 2007". IGF. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Golden Joystick Awards 2014 Nominees". Golden Joystick Awards 2014. 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. ^ "About". 20 March 2016.