Jared Emerson-Johnson

Jared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson (born October 13, 1981) is an American video game music composer, sound designer, voice director and voice actor. Emerson-Johnson is the Music Supervisor and lead composer at Bay Area Sound, an audio production company specializing in sound design, music and voiceover for video games.[1]

Jared Emerson-Johnson
Emerson-Johnson conducting a recording session at AudioSFX
Background information
Birth nameJared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson
Born (1981-10-13) October 13, 1981
OriginSan Francisco, California
GenresJazz, classical
Occupation(s)Composer, voice actor, sound designer, voice director
InstrumentsVocals, keyboards, guitar, violin, mandolin, ukulele, banjo
Years active2002–present
WebsiteBay Area Sound

Career

Jared began his career as an assistant to composer Clint Bajakian on the score for LucasArts' Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb. Emerson-Johnson has also worked as a sound designer for projects, including James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Psychonauts, and Firewatch. Emerson-Johnson is perhaps best known as the composer behind multiple video games produced by Telltale Games, such as Bone, Sam & Max, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Poker Night at the Inventory, Back to the Future: The Game, Jurassic Park: The Game, The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Game of Thrones, Batman: The Telltale Series, and Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series.

In all three seasons of Sam & Max, he voices the C.O.P.S., a group of obsolete computers. In Tales of Monkey Island, he plays the Marquis DeSinge as well as the Thief.

In 2004, Emerson-Johnson received the Game Audio Network Guild's "Rookie of the Year" award. Jared's score, voice direction, and sound design for Telltale Games' Bone: The Great Cow Race were finalists for the 2007 Independent Games Festival. His score for Telltale Games' Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space was also a finalist for Best Original Score in the 2008 IGN PC Awards. He shares an AdventureGamers.com 2009 Aggie award for best voice acting for his work on Tales of Monkey Island.[2]

His score for Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead was nominated for Best Music of the year at the British Academy Games Awards in 2013.

Discography

Video game soundtracks

Other works
  • Mr. Lux At Your Service (2008)
  • YouTube Presents: The Birds and the Biz (2008)

Notes
  1. "jaredemersonjohnson.com". Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  2. http://www.adventuregamers.com/article/id,1128/p,11

BAFTA Games Awards
Year Project Category Result
2013 The Walking Dead Best Original Music Nominated

Golden Joystick Awards
Year Project Category Result
2014 The Wolf Among Us Best Audio Nominated

Game Audio Network Guild Awards
Year Project Category Result
2015 The Walking Dead: Season Two Best Dialog Nominated
2013 The Walking Dead Best Dialog Won
2012 Star Wars: The Old Republic Best Soundtrack Album Won
2004 LeapFrog Leapster: SpongeBob SquarePants Best Audio - Other Won
2004 n/a Rookie of the Year Won

Independent Games Festival
Year Project Category Result
2007 Bone: The Great Cow Race Excellence in Audio[1] Nominated

Golden Joystick Awards
Year Project Category Result
2014 The Wolf Among Us Best Audio[2] Nominated

Jug Band

In addition to his work in entertainment music scoring, Jared is also the front man of the Rivertown Skifflers, a northern California based jug band. [3]

References
  1. "Independent Games Festival 2007". IGF. Archived from the original on 16 December 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. "Golden Joystick Awards 2014 Nominees". Golden Joystick Awards 2014. 30 August 2014. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  3. http://www.rivertownskifflers.com/about
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