Elena Siegman is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and video game producer who is best known for her vocal performances in a series of ''Call of Duty'' video games. As a video game producer, she has worked on ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', among others. She has played guitar and sang in several bands as well as releasing a solo album, titled ''The Mighty''.

Career

In 2006, Siegman worked with ''

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'' developers

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as the lead producer of ''

''. For the video game developer

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, she provided vocals for the soundtrack to the Nazi Zombies, or simply Zombies, game mode in the video games '' Call of Duty: World at War'' (2008), '' Call of Duty: Black Ops'' (2010), '' Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' (2012), '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'' (2015), '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 4'' (2018) and '' Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'' (2020). In 2011, her music was released on the ''Call of Duty: Black Ops - Zombies Soundtrack'' as part of the ''Rezurrection'' DLC pack, the fourth

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pack for ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''. Some remastered versions of songs from previous games and a new track from ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' were released in 2013 on the ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies - Origins Soundtrack'' along with the ''Origins'' map pack for ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''. The tracks featuring her vocals are (in chronological order): "Lullaby of a Dead Man", "The One" and "Beauty of Annihilation" from ''Call of Duty: World at War'' and ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''; "115", "Abracadavre", "Pareidolia" and "Coming Home" from ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''; "Archangel" from ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II''; and "Dead Again" and "The Gift" from ''Call of Duty: Black Ops III''. All songs were written and produced by Kevin Sherwood, sound designer and composer at Treyarch. Siegman also provided both lead and backup vocals for the jingles of the items Juggernog Perk-a-Cola, Double Tap Perk-a-Cola, Speed Cola Perk-a-Cola, and Elemental Pop Perk-a-Cola in the Zombies game mode. On May 24, 2011, she released her debut solo album, ''The Mighty''. In 2014 she joined

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to work on the ''

'' franchise as a producer. In September 2023 it was announced that Siegman was the new studio head for Cold Iron Studios.

Video Games

''Call of Duty''

Siegman was hired by

to sing various songs for ''

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''. Her vocal style evolved in collaboration with writer and music producer Kevin Sherwood. She brought her musical experience and style to the recording sessions, and Sherwood encouraged her to experiment with new vocal methods such as screaming and growling with a distortion feature. She has been a featured vocalist on a number of ''Call of Duty'' games, but has become widely known for her vocal performance on "115" for '' Call of Duty: Black Ops'', which received favorable reviews and had been viewed over 60 million times on

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as of 2024. Siegman is a featured singer on ''Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies - Origins Soundtrack'', released in 2013. She appears on tracks "Lullaby of a Dead Man", "The One" and "Beauty of Annihilation" from ''Call of Duty: World at War'' and ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''; "115", "Abracadavre", "Pareidolia", "Coming Home", "Archangel", "Dead Again" and "The Gift". Siegman provided both lead and backup vocals for the jingles of the items Juggernog Perk-a-Cola, Double Tap Perk-a-Cola, Speed Cola Perk-a-Cola, and Elemental Pop Perk-a-Cola in the Zombies game mode. In 2015, Siegman performed select Zombies songs with the

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choral concert. PhD Bill Anderson had listened to his son playing ''Call of Duty''s soundtrack and was so impressed with Siegman's voice that he created a choral concert event that would feature her singing."Even Zombies Can Lead Us to God", ''Edmonton Journal'', page 80, April 25, 2015

References

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