Jeff Kurtenacker

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Jeff Kurtenacker


Img_capt = Jeff Kurtenacker (right) with "Pirates of the Burning Sea" collaborator Adam Gubman
Born = Birth date and age|1976|9|7|df=y
Origin = Green Bay, Wisconsin
Background = non_performing_personnel
Occupation = composer
Years_active =
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work_institution = SomaTone Interactive Audio
spouse = Jenna Kurtenacker

Jeff Kurtenacker (born 1976-09-07) is a free-lance and contract 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.

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. He currently lives in Southern California working for Carbine Studios (a division of NCsoft). He also does contract work for SomaTone Interactive Audio. [Kurtenacker, Jeff. "Bio/Background/Info." jeffkurtenacker.com. 5 Jun 2008 .]

Work and projects

:Video Game Score
*IGOR - The Game (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
* - Horn/String Arranging; Organ/Keys MIDI programming (contracted by SomaTone Interactive Audio)
* (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

References

External links

* [http://www.jeffkurtenacker.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,103657/ Rap Sheet on Moby Games]
* [http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=pure+jeff+kurtenacker iTunes Music]