Geoff Knorr (born 13 June 1985) is an American composer, orchestrator, and sound designer. He has worked on video game titles such as ''

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'', '' Civilization: Beyond Earth'', ''

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'', '' Galactic Civilizations III'', and ''

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''. Knorr was born in

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and grew up in

Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972. The 2019 estimate was 60,867, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth larges ...

. He took piano and cello lessons at a young age and he composed his first piece of music in eighth grade. He studied composition with

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and Michael Hersch and recording arts and sciences at the

Peabody Institute The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University is a private conservatory and preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1857 and opened in 1866 by merchant/financier and philanthropist George Peabody (1795–1869) ...

of the

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. Knorr first came to the attention of the Firaxis sound team when he did score preparation for the choir recording for '' Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword''. He has since collaborated as a composer, orchestrator, and sound designer with

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and

Stardock Stardock Corporation is a software development company founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1993 as Stardock Systems. Stardock initially developed for the OS/2 platform, but was forced to switch to Microsoft Windows due to the collapse of the OS ...

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Works

Awards and nominations

* ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, 2004 *NACUSA Young Composers Competition, Honorable Mention, 2007 *

Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award The Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award is an international composers' competition held annually in memory of Salvatore Martirano (1927–1995), who was an internationally acclaimed American composer and served as professor of compositio ...

, Honorable Mention 2009 * Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, Participant, 2009Minnesota Orchestra, Composer Institute History
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References

External links

Official Website of Geoff Knorr
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knorr, Geoff 1985 births Living people American classical composers Video game composers Peabody Institute alumni People from Framingham, Massachusetts People from Marietta, Georgia