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Jesper Kyd

  • Composer
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Jesper Kyd
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BAFTA award-winning Danish composer Jesper Kyd is one of the most celebrated composers in video games, renowned for his experimental approach to crafting unique soundtracks and creating iconic music for blockbuster video game franchises including Assassin's Creed, Borderlands, Darksiders, Hitman and State of Decay. Constantly pushing musical boundaries and transcending genre expectations, Kyd's latest releases include Borderlands 3, State of Decay 2, Warhammer: Vermintide 2 and the internationally acclaimed dark fantasy film Tumbbad on Amazon Prime.

His film and television scores also include the #1 Chinese box office fantasy action adventure Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, based on the best-selling novel 'Ghost Blows Out The Light', and the SyFy TV anthology series Metal Hurlant Chronickes, based on the 'Metal Hurlant' graphic novels ('Heavy Metal' in the US).

Kyd has received top honors for Best Original Score from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Critics Choice Film Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Game Audio Network Guild as well as nominations from Billboard, CNN, MTV Video Music Awards and Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Recently he was honored with the Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award for his innovative and unique body of work, joining the esteemed ranks of entertainment industry luminaries Spike Lee and Tony Visconti.

His music is regularly performed in concerts and festivals by orchestras worldwide including the Krakow Film Music Festival, WDR Symphony, Danish National Symphony, Symphony of the Shadows at Game Music Festival Poland, Video Games Live, Game On! Symphonic Concerts and the Assassin's Creed Symphony World Tour.
BornFebruary 3, 1972
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BornFebruary 3, 1972
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award
    • 6 wins & 20 nominations total

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Jesper Kyd Receiving the Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award at CMW
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Jesper Kyd at Fantastic Fest 2018
Jesper Kyd with the Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award at CMW
Jesper Kyd

Known for

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020)
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
8.0
Video Game
  • Composer
  • 2020
Sohum Shah in Tumbbad (2018)
Tumbbad
8.2
  • Composer(original score)
  • 2018
Borderlands 3 (2019)
Borderlands 3
8.0
Video Game
  • Composer
  • 2019
Assassin's Creed II (2009)
Assassin's Creed II
9.0
Video Game
  • Composer
  • 2009

Credits

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Composer

  • Rise
    • Composer
    • Pre-production
  • Kill Box
    • Composer (composed by)
    • In Development
  • RAID: Call of the Arbiter (2023)
    RAID: Call of the Arbiter
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2023
  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (2022)
    Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2022
  • Dune: Spice Wars (2022)
    Dune: Spice Wars
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2022
  • Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020)
    Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2020
  • Les mensonges de l'US Army sur Little BigHorn! (2020)
    Nota Bene
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Warhammer Drachenfels
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2020
  • The Walking Dead: Onslaught (2020)
    The Walking Dead: Onslaught
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2020
  • Dark Stories (2019)
    Dark Stories
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Borderlands 3 (2019)
    Borderlands 3
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2019
  • Sohum Shah in Tumbbad (2018)
    Tumbbad
    • Composer (original score)
    • 2018
  • State of Decay 2 (2018)
    State of Decay 2
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2018
  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (2018)
    Warhammer: Vermintide 2
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2018
  • Tom Sizemore in Radical (2017)
    Radical
    • Composer (music by)
    • 2017
  • The Cell (2017)
    The Cell
    • Composer
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Battle Chasers: NightWar (2017)
    Battle Chasers: NightWar
    • Composer
    • Video Game
    • 2017

Music Department

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (2022)
    Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
    • additional vocals
    • performer: duelin violins, drums, percussion, street piano, zithers, morin khuur
    • Video Game
    • 2022
  • Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020)
    Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
    • Composer: Theme Music - Ezio's Family Theme
    • Video Game
    • 2020
  • Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018)
    Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
    • composer: theme music - Ezio's Family Theme
    • Video Game
    • 2018
  • Assassin's Creed: Origins (2017)
    Assassin's Creed: Origins
    • composer: theme music - Ezio's Family Theme
    • Video Game
    • 2017
  • Brawlhalla (2017)
    Brawlhalla
    • Composer: Theme Music - Ezio's Family Theme
    • Video Game
    • 2017
  • Assassin's Creed (2016)
    Assassin's Creed
    • music (as Jesper Kidd)
    • 2016
  • Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (2015)
    Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
    • composer: theme music - Ezio's Family Theme
    • Video Game
    • 2015
  • Assassin's Creed: Chronicles (2015)
    Assassin's Creed: Chronicles
    • score: theme music - Ezio's Family Theme
    • Video Game
    • 2015
  • Assassin's Creed: Rogue (2014)
    Assassin's Creed: Rogue
    • composer: theme music - Ezio's Family Theme
    • Video Game
    • 2014
  • Assassin's Creed: Unity (2014)
    Assassin's Creed: Unity
    • composer: theme music - Ezio's Family Theme
    • Video Game
    • 2014
  • Soulcalibur V (2012)
    Soulcalibur V
    • composer: additional music
    • Video Game
    • 2012
  • Borderlands (2009)
    Borderlands
    • drum programming
    • Video Game
    • 2009
  • Staunton Hill (2009)
    Staunton Hill
    • music produced by
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Hitman: Blood Money (2006)
    Hitman: Blood Money
    • composer: theme music
    • Video Game
    • 2006

Sound Department

  • Amok (1996)
    Amok
    • sound effects
    • Video Game
    • 1996
  • The Adventures of Batman & Robin (1995)
    The Adventures of Batman & Robin
    • sound effects
    • Video Game
    • 1995
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Videos17

Demo Reel 2018
Demo Reel 2:04
Demo Reel 2018
Demo Reel
Demo Reel 3:03
Demo Reel
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe
Trailer 1:12
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe
Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide (VG)
Trailer 1:01
Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide (VG)
Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide (VG)
Trailer 0:58
Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide (VG)
State Of Decay (VG)
Trailer 1:27
State Of Decay (VG)
State Of Decay (VG)
Trailer 0:32
State Of Decay (VG)
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (VG)
Trailer 2:19
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (VG)
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (VG)
Trailer 1:01
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (VG)
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (VG)
Trailer 1:55
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (VG)
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (VG)
Trailer 2:17
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel! (VG)
Borderlands 2 (VG)
Trailer 1:52
Borderlands 2 (VG)

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    • Jesper Kidd
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    • February 3, 1972
    • Hørsholm, Denmark

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