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.
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
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in May 1982 by former Apple Inc., Apple employee Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer game industry ...
. He later composed additional music on ''
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing'', supplementing composer
Sean Callery’s score.
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'' and ''
DeathSpank'' from Hothead Games, and additional music on ''
The Simpsons Hit and Run'' for
Radical Entertainment
Radical Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian video game developer based in Vancouver. The studio is best known for developing '' The Simpsons: Hit & Run'' (2003), '' Scarface: The World Is Yours'' (2006), ''Prototype'' (2009) and '' Prototype 2'' (2 ...
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Vivendi Universal Games. In 2011, he composed the score for ''
Sleeping Dogs'' from
United Front Games
United Front Games, Inc. was a Canadian video game development studio based in Vancouver. They created titles for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. They are the de ...
, 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
Kaare Kyle Andrews (born 1975) is a comic book writer, comics artist, artist and filmmaker from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. His work includes ''Spider-Man'', ''Iron Fist (character), Iron Fist'', ''Renato Jones'', and ''The Incredible Hulk (comic bo ...
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
The Tasmanian devil (''Sarcophilus harrisii''; palawa kani: ''purinina'') is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was formerly present across mainland Australia, but became extinct there around 3,500 years ago; it is now conf ...
'', starring
Danica McKellar.
Tymoschuk has created sound and music for a number of theatrical productions at the Carousel Theatre for Young People in Vancouver. In 2012, he was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for composition.
"Nominees for the 30th annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards announced"
''Georgia Strait'', by Jessica Werb on May 18th, 2012
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
Official homepageGameSetWatch Interview
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1974 births
Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
Canadian video game composers
Living people