Sarah Schachner

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Sarah Schachner
Born (1988-03-27) March 27, 1988 (age 36)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater Berklee College of Music
FamilyEmma R. Schachner (sister) [1]
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • Composer
Instrument(s)
  • Cello
  • violin
  • synthesizer
  • piano
Website sarahschachner.com

Sarah Schachner is an American composer and musician who has worked on the scores of films, television series and video games.

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She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media for her work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II .

Biography

Schachner grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia. [2] When she was five, she first started playing piano and then started playing the violin. [3] She kept learning other instruments, such as viola and cello, and played with both family and in an orchestra, as well as a jazz band. [3]

Schachner went to the Berklee College of Music and then moved to Los Angeles. [3] She began to work with composer Brian Tyler, who worked in film and then started writing video game music. [3] Tyler first brought Schachner in to work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 . [3] Schachner said, "I started doing music on the games for him and I realized how much I loved working on games." [3] Since then Schachner has worked on more Call of Duty games such as Infinite Warfare and also worked with Ubisoft on the Far Cry and Assassin's Creed series. [4] [5] [6] Schachner began to incorporate synthesizers with her work on string instruments. [7]

In 2016, Ted Cruz's presidential campaign used one of Schachner's songs, "Lens", without permission. [8] [9] As the composer, she and the performer, along with a licensing firm, sued the Cruz campaign in May 2016 for copyright infringement. [10]

Schachner also contributed to the Cassini Finale Music Project, a commemoration of the Cassini mission to Saturn. [7]

Discography

Film

YearTitleDirectorStudio(s)NotesRef.
2010 Cool It Ondi Timoner Roadside Attractions Co-composed with N’oa Winter Lazerus [11]
She Believes in FateDouglas LamoreCharlatan StudiosShort film
2011 Remains Colin Theys Chiller Films — [5]
2012PromesasAaron Celious—Short film
2013 UnHung Hero Brian SpitzBreaking Glass Pictures— [5]
2015 The Lazarus Effect David Gelb Relativity Media — [6]
2022 Prey Dan Trachtenberg 20th Century Studios — [12]

Other music credits

YearTitleDirectorStudio(s)NotesRef.
2012 John Dies at the End Don Coscarelli Magnet Releasing Additional music [5]
The Expendables 2 Simon West Lionsgate Musical score arrangements [2]
2013 Iron Man 3 Shane Black Marvel Studios Arranger and programmer [2]
Now You See Me Louis Leterrier Summit Entertainment [2]
2016 Now You See Me 2 Jon M. Chu

Television

YearTitleOriginal ChannelNotesRef.
2010 Brew Masters Discovery Channel —
2011 The Troop Nickelodeon —
2015 Chef's Table Netflix Episode: "Massimo Bottura" & "Jordi Roca" [13]

Video games

YearTitleStudioNotesRef.
2014 Assassin's Creed: Unity Ubisoft Co-composed with Chris Tilton and Ryan Amon [6]
2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Activision — [4]
2017 Assassin's Creed Origins Ubisoft— [6]
2019 Anthem Electronic Arts — [10]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Activision — [14]
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla UbisoftCo-composed with Jesper Kyd and Einar Selvik [15]
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Activision — [16]

Other music credits

YearTitleStudioNotesRef.
2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Activision Additional guitars & violin
Musical score arrangements		 [2]
Need for Speed: The Run Electronic Arts Additional guitars
Musical score arrangements		 [5]
2012 Far Cry 3 Ubisoft Additional music, cellos, violin, and vocals [5]
2013 Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel Electronic ArtsAdditional music, cello and violin [5]
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag UbisoftAdditional music [6]

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