Mark Griskey

Mark Griskey, born in 1963, is an American composer^[1][2] who is probably best known for his work for LucasArts Entertainment in games such as Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II The Sith Lords, and scoring for many other popular video games.

Early career

Mr. Griskey started his career in the early 1990s, composing music for movie trailers and T.V. promo's. In the mid-90s he stepped into the world of interactive media, composing for Atom Entertainment.

LucasArts career

In 2001 Griskey started scoring video games, including Jedi Starfighter and Gladius, for LucasArts Entertainment. He composed some of the tracks on "The Best of LucasArts Original Soundtrack," which was named "Best Game Music Soundtrack Album of the Year" by the Game Audio Network Guild.[1] His latest projects for the LucasArts company are the Force Unleashed 2 video game, which was released on the 26th of October 2010, and Star Wars: The Old Republic, an MMORPG due to be released in the second half of 2011.

After LucasArts and recent projects

In March 2005 Griskey left LucasArts Entertainment to start his freelance career with a new game for Disney Interactive Studios: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The score for Narnia was extremely well received, and led to two additional game contracts with Disney; Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008). In addition to Mark's work with Disney, he has also scored several other games for various publishers including: Rayman Raving Rabbids 1 2 and 3; Ubisoft, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk 2; Sega and Marvel Ultimate Alliance; Activision. In 2007 he composed the trailer music for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and in late 2007 Mark was contracted to compose the score for LucasArts' highly anticipated title The Force Unleashed. Mark also worked on the MMO "Star Wars: The Old Republic".

References

1. ^ "(article title unclear)". Electronic musician, Volume 23, Issues 8-13 (Polyphony Pub. Co.,): p. 46. 2007. http://books.google.com/books?id=zZMJAQAAMAAJ&q=Mark+Griskey&dq=Mark+Griskey&hl=en&ei=57UATpbZF4r4sAOq6ci3DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 
2. ^ Liberatore, Paul (9 February 2010). "Paul Liberatore: Dillon Beach's Fans of Jimmy Century knows how to put on a show". Marin Independent Journal. http://www.marinij.com/ci_15978402. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 

External links

• Official Site
• Mark Griskey at the Internet Movie Database

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