Jerry Martin (musician)

Jerry Martin (musician)

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Jerry Martin is a Jazz and New Age composer, famous for composing songs for TV commercials and also for The Sims and Sim City series.

Bio

Jerry Martin had music lessons at the age of 10 and played guitar and keyboards in various ensembles through his high school and college. Martin received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Composition from California State University at Hayward, California.

Martin began graduate studies and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Center For Contemporary Music at Mills College in Oakland, California. His academic awards include: Hellman Piano scholarship and Elizabeth Mils Crothers prize for excellence in music composition. In 1985, he founded his original music composition and production company called “Musicontrol”. From 1985 to 1995, Martin composed and produced music for various projects such as video soundtracks to national TV and radio commercials, working with over 90 individuals film, video and ad agency producers on over 200 different commissions from companies such as AT&T,Toyota USA, NBA, Honda, etc. In 1996, Martin joined the Maxis division of Electronic Arts as Studio Audio Director and Lead Composer. From 1996 through 2004, he composed and produced music and directed the audio for multi-platinum video game franchises such as “The Sims” and “SimCity”.

In 2005, Martin started his new company, Jerry Martin Music, and is currently working on various professional and personal musical projects.

Jerry Martin's works

Video Games with Martin’s compositions

* The Sims
* The Sims Livin' Large
* The Sims House Party
* The Sims Hot Date
* The Sims Vacation
* The Sims Unleashed
* The Sims Superstar
* The Sims Makin' Magic
* The Sims Deluxe
* The Sims Vol. I
* The Sims Bustin' Out
* The Sims Online
* The Sims 2
* SimCity 3000
* SimCity 3000 Unlimited
* SimCity 4
* SimCity 4 Rush Hour
* SimCopter
* SimTunes
* SimPark
* SimSafari
* SimGolf
* Streets of SimCity
* Supercross 2000
* Tony LaRussa Baseball

Companies whose TV Commercials feature Martin’s compositions

*AT&T Communications
*Acer Corporation
*Alamo Car Rental
*Apple Computer
*Avocet
*Buick Dealers Association
*Cost Plus Imports
*Electronic Arts
*Emporium
*GMC Trucks Dealers Association
*Gallo Salame
*Grass Valley Group
*Growing Healthy Inc.
*Hilltop Shopping Center
*Hitachi Data Systems
*Honda Dealers Association
*KTVU Channel 2
*Landor Associates
*Longs Drug Stores
*Lucky Stores
*NBA
*Nationwide Marketing
*Olympic Stain
*Pacific Bell
*Philip Morris
*Primerica
*Project Open Hand
*RSCVA
*Raychem Corporation
*Quantum
*Rolm
*Safeway Eastern Division
*Sierra Pacific Power
*Southern Pacific
*Sun Microsystems
*SYVA
*Suzuki USA
*Toyota
*Toyota USA
*Toyota Dealers Association
*Weinstock's
*Wells Fargo Bank
*Wesson Oil
*Yamaha USA

References

* [http://www.jerrymartinmusic.com/bio.php Jerry Martin’s bio at his official site]
* [http://www.jerrymartinmusic.com/video_credits.php Jerry Martin's video game credits at his official site]

External links

* [http://www.jerrymartinmusic.com/ Jerry Martin’s official site]
* [http://www.ocremix.org/composer/id/294/jerry-martin/ Composer profile] at OverClocked ReMix


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