Jared Nathaniel Emerson-Johnson (born October 13, 1981) is an American

video game music Video game music (or VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games. Early video game music was once limited to sounds of early sound chips, such as programmable sound generators (PSG) or FM synthesis chips. These limitations have led to ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

sound designer In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...

, voice director and

voice actor Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...

. 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.

Career

Jared began his career as an assistant to composer

Clint Bajakian Clint Bajakian (born 1962) is an American video game composer and musician. Biography Bajakian was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He was linked with music since age of eight. In middle school, Bajakian played in marching bands, and also pla ...

on the score for LucasArts' ''

Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb ''Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb'' is a 2003 action-adventure video game developed by The Collective and published by LucasArts for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and OS X. It features cover art by Drew Struzan. The game is an a ...

''. 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 ''Psychonauts'' is a 2005 platform video game developed by Double Fine Productions. The game was initially published by Majesco Entertainment and THQ for Microsoft Windows, Xbox and PlayStation 2. In 2011, Double Fine acquired the rights for t ...

'', and ''

Firewatch ''Firewatch'' is an adventure game developed by Campo Santo and published by the developer in partnership with Panic. The game was released in February 2016 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, and PlayStation 4, for Xbox One in September 2016 ...

''. Emerson-Johnson is perhaps best known as the composer behind multiple video games produced by

Telltale Games Telltale Incorporated (trade name: Telltale Games) was an American video game developer based in San Rafael, California. The company was founded in July 2004 by former LucasArts developers Kevin Bruner, Dan Connors and Troy Molander, following ...

, such as ''

Bone A bone is a Stiffness, rigid Organ (biology), organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red blood cell, red and white blood cells, store minerals, provid ...

'', ''

Sam & Max ''Sam & Max'' is an American media franchise about Sam and Max, a pair of anthropomorphic vigilante private investigators. The characters, who occupy a universe that parodies American popular culture, were created by Steve Purcell in his yout ...

'', ''

Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People'' is an episodic graphic adventure developed by Telltale Games and based on the ''Homestar Runner'' web cartoon, with Strong Bad as the lead character. A total of five episodes were released for Mi ...

'', '' Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures'', ''

Poker Night at the Inventory ''Poker Night at the Inventory'' is a poker video game developed by Telltale Games. It features four characters from different franchises: Tycho Brahe from the ''Penny Arcade'' webcomic, Max from the ''Sam & Max'' franchise, the RED Heavy from ...

'', '' Back to the Future: The Game'', '' Jurassic Park: The Game'', '' The Walking Dead'', ''

The Wolf Among Us ''The Wolf Among Us'' is an episodic graphic mystery-drama adventure game developed by Telltale Games, based on Bill Willingham's ''Fables'' comic book series, to which it serves as a prequel. The game consists of five episodes that were re ...

,'' ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

'', '' Batman: The Telltale Series'', and '' Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series''. In all three seasons of ''

'', he voices the C.O.P.S., a group of obsolete computers. In ''

Tales of Monkey Island ''Tales of Monkey Island'' is a 2009 graphic adventure video game developed by Telltale Games under license from LucasArts. It is the fifth game in the ''Monkey Island'' series, released nearly a decade after the previous installment, ''Escape fr ...

'', 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 ''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space'', originally released as ''Sam & Max: Season Two'', is an episodic graphic adventure video game by Telltale Games based on the '' Sam & Max'' comic book series created by Steve Purcell. It is a sequel to Tell ...

'' 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 ''

''. His score for Telltale Games’ '' The Walking Dead'' was nominated for Best Music of the year at the ''

British Academy Games Awards The BAFTA Games Awards or British Academy Games Awards are an annual British awards ceremony honouring "outstanding creative achievement" in the video game industry. First presented in 2004 following the restructuring of the BAFTA Interactive En ...

'' in 2013.

Discography

Video game soundtracks

*''

The Bard's Tale ''The Bard's Tale'' is a fantasy role-playing video game franchise created by Michael Cranford and developed by Brian Fargo's Interplay Productions (1985–1992) and inXile Entertainment (2004–present). The initial title of the series was ''T ...

'' (2004) *'' Bone: Out from Boneville'' (2005) *'' America's Army: Rise of a Soldier'' (2005) *'' Bone: The Great Cow Race'' (2006) *'' Sam & Max Save the World'' (2006–2007) *''

Alien Syndrome is a run and gun game developed by Sega and released in arcades in 1987. Gameplay Two players control two soldiers, named Ricky and Mary, who fight their way through large eight-way scrolling levels while rescuing their comrades who are being ...

'' (2007) *''

'' (2007–2008) *''

'' (2008) *'' Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures'' (2009) *'' Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse'' (2010) *'' Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent'' (2010) *''

'' (2010) *'' Back to the Future: The Game'' (2010-2011) *'' Puzzle Agent 2'' (2011) *'' Jurassic Park: The Game'' (2011) *''

Double Fine Happy Action Theater ''Double Fine Happy Action Theater'' (sometimes referred to as ''Happy Action Theater'') is a casual video game developed by Double Fine Productions and distributed by Microsoft Game Studios. The title is a Kinect motion-sensing based title for t ...

'' (2012) *'' The Walking Dead'' (2012) *''

Poker Night 2 ''Poker Night 2'' is a poker video game developed by Telltale Games. It is the sequel to '' Poker Night at the Inventory'' and, like its predecessor, features characters from different franchises. The game was released for Steam, PlayStation Ne ...

'' (2013) *''

'' (2013) *'' The Walking Dead: Season Two'' (2013) *''

Tales from the Borderlands ''Tales from the Borderlands'' is an episodic interactive comedy graphic adventure sci-fi video game based on the ''Borderlands'' series. It was developed by Telltale Games under license from Gearbox Software, the developer of the ''Borderlands ...

'' (2014) *'' Game of Thrones (video game)'' (2014) *'' The Walking Dead: Michonne'' (2016) *'' Batman: The Telltale Series'' (2016) *'' The Walking Dead: A New Frontier'' (2017) *'' Batman: The Enemy Within'' (2017) *'' Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series'' (2017) *'' The Walking Dead: The Final Season'' (2018) *''Nick Bounty and the Dame with the Blue Chewed Shoe'' (2020) *'' Sam & Max Save the World Remastered'' (2020) *'' Sam & Max: This Time It's Virtual'' (2021) *''I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy And The Liar'' (2021) *'' Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space Remastered'' (2021) *''

The Wolf Among Us 2 ''The Wolf Among Us 2'' is an upcoming episodic graphic adventure game being developed and published by Telltale Games with the assistance of AdHoc Studio, a studio that consists of former Telltale staff. It is a sequel to the 2013 game '' The ...

'' (2023)

Other works

*''Mr. Lux At Your Service'' (2008) *''YouTube Presents: The Birds and the Biz'' (2008)

Notes

BAFTA Games Awards

Golden Joystick Award The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but is now a global event that can be voted ...
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Game Audio Network Guild Awards

Independent Games Festival The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the largest annual gathering of the independent video game industry. Originally founded in 1998 to promote independent video game developers, ...

Golden Joystick Award The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but is now a global event that can be voted ...
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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 A jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of conventional and homemade instruments. These homemade instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making sound, like the washtub bass, washboard, spoons, bones, stovepipe, ...

References

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External links

Official Site

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Jared Emerson-Johnson
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Giant Bomb ''Giant Bomb'' is an American video game website and wiki that includes personality-driven gaming videos, commentary, news, and reviews, created by former ''GameSpot'' editors Jeff Gerstmann and Ryan Davis. The website was voted by ''Time'' mag ...

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Career

Discography

Video game soundtracks

Other works

Notes

BAFTA Games Awards

Golden Joystick Award The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but is now a global event that can be voted ...s

Game Audio Network Guild Awards

Independent Games Festival The Independent Games Festival (IGF) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the largest annual gathering of the independent video game industry. Originally founded in 1998 to promote independent video game developers, ...

Golden Joystick Award The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but is now a global event that can be voted ...s

Jug Band

References

External links

Golden Joystick Award The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but is now a global event that can be voted ...
s

Golden Joystick Award The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year, as voted for originally by the British general public, but is now a global event that can be voted ...
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