Bryce Jacobs (born Bryson Kenneth Jacobs) is an Australian composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, most famous in the composing world for his style that uses classical orchestral techniques and electronica elements, but highly infused with guitar and vocal textures.
Early life and career
After completing a Bachelor of Music in Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Jacobs returned 18 months later to complete a master's degree in composition. As he started learning the stylistic standards of both classic orchestral, jazz, and rock, he went on to design, and build, a new style of guitar. The instrument he created used twelve individual strings (not courses) and electronic pitch shifters, thereby allowing it to reach seven octaves.
Shortly afterwards, Jacobs started performing as a session and touring musician for Australian artists including
Josh Pyke
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Music career 2003–2004: Early EPs and Night Hour
Josh Pyke was in his first band by age 12 and played his first perform ...
and
Genevieve Maynard, and international artists such as
Sophie B. Hawkins.
In 2006, Jacobs started his film scoring work, copying parts on
Happy Feet
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. This was then followed by work as an orchestrator on
Jumper
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,
Gabriel
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,
Australia
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, and
P.S. I Love You. In 2008, Bryce moved to the United States, where he started working at
Hans Zimmer's company
Remote Control Productions. Once there, he made a name for himself with scores that focused on achieving an orchestral approach to textualizing with guitars, most notably on the score for
Rush. He also worked with composer
Ramin Djawadi
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on numerous projects, including
Clash of the Titans,
Medal of Honor
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,
Flash Forward
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,
Prison Break
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, and
Breakout Kings
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. Jacobs' first solo score was for the film Bad Karma (2012), starring
Ray Liotta
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and
Dominic Purcell
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, and he later collaborated with Scottish singer-songwriter,
KT Tunstall
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, on the indie fil
Carried(2015). In 2017, Jacobs created the soundtrack for the
Syfy adaptation of
12 Monkeys
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,
and then for the comedy Random Tropical Paradise.
In 2018, Bryce composed the score for Icon Pictures’ Yowie series and composed music for Walt Disney Pictures’
Christopher Robin
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, which also featured his guitar and vocal performances. Most recently, Bryce was Song Producer, Vocalist and Performer for Netflix's
Daybreak (2019 TV series)
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.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Internet
References
External links
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Official Website
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Australian composers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)