Garry Schyman
Garry Schyman |
|---|
Garry Schyman is an American composer.
Biography
Schyman began composing music at the age of 12. He practiced on the family piano. Schyman graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Music Composition. [1][2]
Career
Schyman has composed music for countless movies, video games, and TV shows. Some of his works are listed below.[3]
- Schyman won an award for Best Original Game Score for the video game Voyeur.
- Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Award 2008: "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition" – Bioshock
- Spike TV Video Game Awards 2007: Best Original Score - Bioshock
- Hollywood Music Award 2008: Best Music Video “Praan” – Dancing 2008
- Game Audio Network Guild Awards 2008:
- Primotech Game of the year Best Original Score - Bioshock
- G4 Television: Soundtrack of the Year – Bioshock
Video games
- Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon - THQ [2]
- Bioshock - Irrational Games/2K Games[2]
- Destroy All Humans! 2 - Pandemic Studios/THQ[2]
- Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers - Pandemic Studios
- Destroy All Humans! - Pandemic Studios/THQ[2]
- Voyeur (Cybermania Award, "Best Score") - Philips Interactive Media
- Voyeur II - Philips Interactive Media
- Off World Interceptor - Crystal Dynamics
- Resistance: Retribution - SCEA/Sony Bend
- Dante's Inferno - Electronic Arts
- Bioshock 2 - 2K Marin
Film
- Spooky House - Paramount Pictures [2]
- Lost In Africa - Brundidge Corporation
- Judgement - Crow Productions
- Horseplayer - Relentless Productions
- The Last Hour - Promark Entertainment
- Concrete War - War Productions
- Hit List - Cinetel Films
- Penitentiary III - Cannon Films
- Never Too Young To Die - Steven Paul Productions
Television
- Land's End - Buena Vista
- Treasure Of Lost Creek - Disney
- Buck James - Tri-Star
- The Great Gondoli - NBC Productions/NBC
- Rags to Riches - New World Television/NBC
- This Is the Life - Ammi Productions
- Father Murphy - Michael Landon Productions/ABC
Viral Videos
Schyman composed the music for the song Praan, which was used in Matt Harding's Dancing 2008 video. [4] The song's Bengali language lyrics are an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's poem "Stream of Life" from Gitanjali. Garry Schyman was interviewed at KFAI radio for this song and he also received the Hollywood Music Awards 2008 for "Best Music Video".[5]
Personal life
Schyman lives and works at his current residence in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Lisa Schyman, and his five-year-old son Ethan Schyman.[1]
References
- ^ a b Biography Section of Official Website
- ^ a b c d e f VGM profile
- ^ Credits Section of Official Website
- ^ Where The Hell Is Matt Official Website. Credits for Schyman come at the end of the Dancing 2008 video.
- ^ Garry Schyman's interview at KFAI radio.
See also
External links
 | This article about a United States composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |