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Music
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Chance
Thomas
Music Composer
President, HUGEsound
Home:
Yosemite, California
Email:
info@HUGEsound.com
Web:
www.HUGEsound.com |
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Peter Jackson's King Kong (Ubisoft) - Watch an exclusive music video from the game, stream or download music files, documentary footage, screen shots, photographs, behind the scenes narrative, composer commentary, etc.
The Lord of the Rings (VU Games) - Hear the original themes for Elves, Hobbits, Dwarves, Humans and the evil lord Sauron. Read commentary from musicians and singers contributing to the score, check out photos from the sessions, etc.
Robota: Reign of Machines (Sony) – Watch & listen to two featured trailers on Apple.com from acclaimed art director Doug Chiang (Beowulf, Polar Express, Star Wars: Episode I & II) featuring Chance's underscore. |
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Peter Jackson's King Kong / Ubisoft
Lord Of The Rings Online / Turbine
X-Men: The Official Game / Activision
Left Behind: Eternal Forces / Left Behind Games
Robota: Reign Of Machines / Sony
The ChubbChubbs! / Columbia Pictures (Oscar™ winner)
Earth And Beyond / Electronic Arts
War Of The Ring / Vivendi-Universal Games
Men In Black II DVD / Sony Pictures
The Hobbit / Vivendi-Universal Games
Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers / Electronic Arts
The Fellowship Of The Ring / Vivendi-Universal Games
Unreal II / Legend Entertainment
Bunny Luv / Electronic Arts
Quest For Glory V / Sierra
Swat II / Sierra
Rise Above The Blues / Center Street (Emmy™ regional winner)
The Realm / Sierra
"The Ninth Domain" (unreleased) / Tektonic Studios
"Treason Of Isengard" (unreleased) / Surreal Entertainment
"Shadows Of Mordor" (unreleased) / Warthog Entertainment
"The Haunted Mansion" (unreleased) / Explorati
"JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth" (unreleased) / Sierra
Rigoletto / Feature Films For Families
Westward Trek / CES Films
"McDonald's Breakfast" / McDonald's
More Than 100 Commercials |
| Bio:
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Chance Thomas composes original music for powerhouse titles like King Kong, X-Men, and Lord of the Rings. His projects are major award winners, including Oscar™, Emmy™, Aurora™, SpikeTV and GANG™. He is a game industry pioneer, having produced one of the first live orchestral scores and commercially successful soundtrack albums in gaming. He was the first game composer to score an Oscar™ winning film and register over one million (1,000,000) downloads of his game music. Chance's efforts brought game music into the Grammy Awards and helped found the Game Audio Network Guild. His company HUGEsound.com offers superior audio post and music production services to developers and publishers worldwide. |
| Tools
I Can't Live Without: |
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Pro Tools HD, Giga Studio, Digital Performer, Finale, Sound Forge, Photo Shop, an old Mac, a bunch of new PC's, Yamaha 02R automated mixing consoles, Genelec 1031A powered monitors, Lexicon reverbs, Vienna Symphonic Library, Garriton Orchestral Strings, tons of other sample CDs, and great live orchestras, choirs, great session musicians and engineers. |
Advice
for Game Audio Artists:
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Make friends with good people. Embrace constructive criticism. Keep up your chops. Work harder. Get as much education as possible. Study successful professionals. Remember your roots. Applaud your competitor's success. Do your very best work. Deliver on time. Don't steal intellectual property. Tell the truth. Study orchestration. Pray. Laugh at yourself and with others. Smile. Be bold but not overbearing. Listen. Don't burn bridges. Pursue perfection. Cultivate humility. Expect improvement. |
| Musical Inspiration: |
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Tchaikovsky, Kansas, James Newton Howard, Loreena McKennitt, John Williams, Mozart, James Horner, Sam Cardon, Hans Zimmer, Bach, and about a dozen guys in the Game Audio Network Guild and Gamasutra Game Audio Gallery. |
| Personal: |
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Chance is married to his sweetheart since 1982, singer Pamela Michaels. They are the parents of three beautiful children whom they adopted at birth. They enjoy traveling, and among other ramblings have been on 128 cruises together. He is an ordained minister in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and serves on the Board of Directors for the Game Audio Network Guild. Chance loves authentic Italian cooking, sports cars, humanitarian service and extreme sports. He climbs Half-Dome regularly, has been on 25 bungee jumps, and enjoys hiking in and around U.S. National Parks. |
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