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Richard Adrian Jacques (; born 1973) is a British composer of film, television and video game music. Best known for his critically acclaimed orchestral scores for blockbuster franchises such as '' James Bond 007: Blood Stone'', ''
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'', '' Alice In Wonderland'', '' Starship Troopers'' and '' Headhunter'', Jacques has collaborated with numerous premier TV and movie theatre campaigns for some of the world's largest media agencies including
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. His music for television includes top brand shows for the
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Early life

Jacques was interested in composing music from an early age. He was awarded a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London, studying
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, and showed a keen interest in composition in multiple styles including
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genres. He then attended Wells Cathedral School aged 16 as a Specialist Musician, where he also took up Percussion. In 1994 Jacques graduated with a Batchelor of Arts degree in music from
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. He was immediately hired as an in-house composer at Sega Europe.


Career

At Sega Europe, Jacques began by composing soundtracks for a number of Sega Saturn and
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games such as '' Daytona CCE'', ''
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'' and '' Jet Set Radio Future''. Jacques's perhaps best known and acclaimed work at SEGA came with 2001's '' Headhunter''Jacques's VGM Rush profile
. was the first video game soundtrack to be recorded with A-list musicians at Abbey Road Studios' Studio One. The soundtrack was well received, and won multiple awards including Game Audio Network Guild 'Recognition Award', and was performed at the first
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events including the inaugural concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 2015. Jacques left Sega Europe shortly after '' Headhunters release and became a freelance composer, continuing his relationship with SEGA by scoring '' Headhunter: Redemption'' in 2004. Jacques went on to compose the BAFTA and Ivor Novello nominated original music for James Bond 007: Blood Stone, which is a big energy score that immerses the audience in a thrilling, cinematic Bond experience. The score received top honours for "Best Original Composition" from the Music and Sound Awards 2012. After this, Jacques composed the music for the Alice In Wonderland game, for
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in 2010, and
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in 2011. Soon after, Richard opened a new studio in central London AUDISSI where which he writes original music for new advertising, television. video games and other visual media projects, including an animated feature film. This included music for TV game-shows such as '' Don't Scare the Hare'', '' Prize Island'', ''
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''. In 2018, Jacques was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award from the Game Audio Network Guild.


Works


Video games


Film and TV


References


External links


Richard Jacques's official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacques, Richard 1973 births Living people English composers People from Warwickshire Video game composers Freelance musicians British people of French descent La-La Land Records artists