Jeff Kurtenacker
Jeff Kurtenacker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 September 1976 |
| Origin | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Occupation(s) | composer |
| Spouse(s) | Jenna Kurtenacker |
Jeff Kurtenacker (born 1976-09-07) is a music composer for video games, television, radio, and film. He was co-composer on the major release Pirates of the Burning Sea by Flying Labs Software, released in January 2008, and worked on World of Warcraft and Warcraft 3 as a choral arranger and copyist. He currently lives in Southern California working as lead composer for Carbine Studios, a division of NCsoft, on their upcoming video game, WildStar.
Early life
Kurtenacker was born and raised in Green Bay, WI. In 2001 he moved to Los Angeles to complete the Film Scoring program at UCLA Extension. He also has a degree in Music Composition and Audio/Video Technology from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI.[1]
Work and projects
- Video Game Score
- WildStar by Carbine Studios
- Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Hidden Expedition: Devil's Triangle (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Campfire Legends (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Avenue Flo - PlayFirst (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Cate West 2: The Velvet Keys (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Clockwork Man (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Karaoke Revolution: American Idol Encore 2 -Horn/String Arranging; Organ/Keys MIDI programming (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Warriors Game - HistoryChannel.com (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Ben Stein - It's Trivial iPhone game (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- IGOR - The Game (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Forgotten Riddles 2 (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Age of Mythology for Nintendo DS (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Assault Heroes 2 (XBLA game) - (cinematics only) (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Universal's The Simpsons Ride website mini games music (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Pirates of the Burning Sea
- Warcraft III - Vocal Orchestrations and Copywork
- World of Warcraft - Copywork; some arranging
- Karaoke Revolution: American Idol Encore - Horn/String Arranging; Organ/Keys MIDI programming (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Cate West: The Vanishing Files (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Sunset Studio Deluxe (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Mystery London (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Hotel Mahjong (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
- Film/Television Score
- The Navigator. A short film by Carlo Treviso
- Tonic: The Legend of Wooly Creek
- Radio/TV Commercials
- Rich Brother, Rich Sister (book) radio ad
- The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending (book) radio and TV ad
- The Romanov Bride (book) radio ad
- SeaVegg TV infomercial
References
- ^ Kurtenacker, Jeff. "Bio/Background/Info." jeffkurtenacker.com. 5 Jun 2008 <http://www.jeffkurtenacker.com/Bio.html>.
External links
- Official website
- Rap Sheet on Moby Games
- iTunes Music
- IMDB Credit Sheet
- WildStar Video Game
- Carbine Studios
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