Classical Minnesota Public Radio Presents Top Score with Assassin's Creed Composer Jesper Kyd on November 18
Oct 17, 2011
Attendees encouraged to wear costumes; eligible for giveaway of new "Collector's Edition Assassin's Creed: Revelations" game
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WHAT: Classical MPR's innovative video game music podcast Top Score is hosting its first live event. Join host Emily Reese as she welcomes BAFTA award-winning composer Jesper Kyd for a game release event for Assassin's Creed: Revelations, the highly anticipated latest installment in the blockbuster game series.
Danish-born Jesper Kyd has composed music for all of the Assassin's Creed® games: Assassin's Creed (2007), Assassin's Creed II (2009), Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (2010) and Assassin's Creed Revelations (2011). In this exclusive interview event, Kyd will discuss how he created the unique, signature music styles for one of gaming's most successful franchises and how he continues to evolve his award-winning* iconic music for Assassin's Creed.
Attendees will also be able to enter a giveaway for both an Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 version of the Collector's Edition of Assassin's Creed: Revelations game. Following the conversation and Q&A, Jesper Kyd will be available for photos and signatures.
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More about Jesper Kyd
Award-winning Danish composer Jesper Kyd (@JesperKyd) has created some of the most memorable soundtracks in genre entertainment. Internationally renowned for composing the unique, signature music soundtracks for multi-million selling franchises ASSASSIN'S CREED and HITMAN, Kyd's compelling and distinctive scores feature a diverse array of orchestra, choir, acoustic manipulations and electronic soundscapes, immersing audiences with emotional depth often described by critics as 'rousing,' 'surreal' and 'beautiful.' In film and television Kyd has composed for a wide variety of projects and different styles including the upcoming live action TV series HEAVY METAL aka Metal Hurlant (United Humanoids) based on the French graphic novels by legendary comic book artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud; THE RESISTANCE action sci-fi series (SyFy) produced by Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures and Starz Media; STAUNTON HILL (Anchor Bay Entertainment), the full-length horror / thriller directed by Cameron Romero, son of George A. Romero (Night of the Living Dead); and A PERFECT SOLDIER, the powerful real-life drama documenting the story of Aki Ra - a former child soldier trained by the Communist regime Khmer Rouge in Cambodia who dedicates his life to humanitarian efforts and removing the landmines that still inflict his country.
* Jesper Kyd's scores for the Assassin's Creed franchise have received top honors for Best Original Music including the Gold Spirit Awards, Hollywood Music In Media Awards, GameSpot.com Readers' Choice, GameSpy.com Editors' Choice, Game Audio Network Guild Awards as well as nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, International Film Music Critics Association, IGN.com, G4 TV and Spike TV VGAs for Best Original Soundtrack.
More about Classical MPR's The Top Score podcast
Top Score is a bi-weekly podcast on video game music hosted by Emily Reese. The podcast features interviews and music from top composers in the video game industry, including Martin O'Donnell (Halo), Boris Salchow (Resistance 3), Normand Corbeil (Heavy Rain), Bill Elm (Red Dead Redemption), Jason Graves (Dead Space 2), and many more.
More about Classical MPR's Emily Reese
Emily Reese is an on-air host for Classical MPR, as well as creator and host of Classical MPR's music appreciation event series Learning to Listen. She is also host and executive producer of Top Score, which combines her passions for classical music and video games.
WHEN: Friday, November 18. 7 p.m.
WHERE: Minnesota Public Radio's The UBS Forum, 480 Cedar, St. Paul
TICKETS: Admission is free but registration is required. Registration opens October 21. Go to classicalmpr.org/topscore to reserve tickets. 20 additional tickets will be withheld as "rush" tickets on a first-come, first-served basis the day of the event.
PLEASE NOTE: Because of the ESRB rating of the game as M for mature, the content of this event may be inappropriate for younger audiences.