Jeff Tymoschuk

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Jeff Tymoschuk
Origin Souris, Manitoba, Canada
Genres Video game
OccupationComposer
Years active2002–present

Jeff Tymoschuk is a Canadian composer who writes music for film, television, video games and theatrical productions. His music is often fast-paced and intense to accompany lively action sequences.

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Early life

Tymoschuk grew up in Souris, Manitoba.

Career

In 2002, Tymoschuk wrote the musical score for the video game James Bond 007: Nightfire from Electronic Arts. He later composed additional music on James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing , supplementing composer Sean Callery’s score. [1]

Tymoschuk has also written music for Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice for BigBig Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness [2] and DeathSpank from Hothead Games, [3] and additional music on The Simpsons Hit and Run for Radical Entertainment/Vivendi Universal Games. In 2011, he composed the score for Sleeping Dogs from United Front Games, an open world game set in the Hong Kong underworld.

In 2010, he composed the score for the supernatural thriller Altitude for director Kaare Andrews and Foundation Features, starring Jessica Lowndes and Julianna Guill. Other films include Below Zero, starring Edward Furlong and Michael Berryman, and the action/horror film Tasmanian Devils , starring Danica McKellar.

Tymoschuk has created sound and music for a number of theatrical productions at the Carousel Theatre for Young People in Vancouver. [4] [5] In 2012, he was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for composition. [6]

Film

YearFilmStudioDirector
2015 The Marine 4: Moving Target WWE Studios/20th Century FoxWilliam Kaufman
2015Mother of All LiesReel One EntertainmentMonika Mitchell
2014Pants On Fire (co-composer)Two 4 The Money MediaJonathan A. Rosenbaum
2014Signed, Sealed, Delivered For Christmas (additional music)Special Delivery TeleproductionsKevin Fair
2014 Leprechaun: Origins WWE Studios/LionsgateZach Lipovsky
2014Heavenly MatchFront Street PicturesMichael A. Scott
2013Afflicted (additional music)CBS FilmsClif Prowse & Derek Lee
2013Window Wonderland (co-composer)Front Street PicturesMichael A. Scott
2012Tasmanian DevilsOriginal PicturesZach Lipovsky
2011Hunt for the I-5 Killer (additional music)Bauman EntertainmentAllan Kroeker
2011Below ZeroTwilight PicturesJustin Thomas Ostensen
2010AltitudeFoundation FeaturesKaare Andrews
2010Circle of PainLegacy FilmworksDaniel Zirilli
2008That One NightInfinite Reality ProductionsRick Alyea
2007Mr. BigEagle Harbour EntertainmentTiffany Burns
2005subHuman (co-composer)Sonambulist ImageryMark Tuit
2004The Big Bank TheorySea to Sky ProductionsAdriane Polo
2006Latchkey's Lament (short)Tentaco ProductionsTroy Nixey

Television

YearTitleStudio
2014 Signed, Sealed, Delivered (additional music)Moon Water Productions/Hallmark
2013 Cedar Cove (co-composer, pilot episode)Front Street Pictures/Hallmark
2012Animism: The Gods' LakeZeroes2Heroes Media/APTN

Video games

YearTitleStudio
2015 Sleeping Dogs: Triad Wars United Front Games/Square Enix
2012 Sleeping Dogs United Front Games/Square Enix
2011 The Baconing Hothead Games/Electronic Arts
2010 DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue Hothead Games/Electronic Arts
2010 DeathSpank Hothead Games/Electronic Arts
2008 Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Hothead Games
2007 Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice BigBig Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
2004 James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (additional music)Electronic Arts
2003 The Simpsons: Hit & Run (additional music)Radical Entertainment/Vivendi Universal Games
2002 James Bond 007: Nightfire (co-composer)Electronic Arts

References

  1. "Video game composers score interactive experiences". The Georgia Strait, by Blaine Kyllo on August 9th, 2010
  2. "On The Musical Precipice Of Darkness". Inside Mac Games, Cord Kruse
  3. "Interview: DeathSpank's Soundtrack - Sailing the Seas of Sonic Justice". Gamasutra, January 19, 2011
  4. "SILVERWING". Vancouver Plays, December 2006, Volume 30.
  5. "Theatre review: Young audience gets royal treatment". Vancouver Courier, Jo Ledingham. April 23, 2013
  6. "Nominees for the 30th annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards announced". Georgia Strait, by Jessica Werb on May 18th, 2012