Clint Bajakian (born 1962) is an American video game composer and musician.

Biography

Bajakian was born in

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. He was linked with music since age of eight. In middle school, Bajakian played in marching bands, and also played in a range of rock bands from 1977 to 1984. He has studied music at the

New England Conservatory The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a Private college, private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. The conservatory is located on Huntington Avenue along Avenue of the Arts (Boston), the Avenue of the Arts near Boston Symphony Ha ...

, earning degrees of double-

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in Classic Guitar Performance. Then, Bajakian enrolled in the

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, earning a

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degree in Music Composition. After that, he joined

LucasArts Lucasfilm Games (known as LucasArts between 1990 and 2021) is an American video game brand licensing, licensor, former video game developer and video game publisher, publisher, and a subsidiary of Lucasfilm. It was founded in May 1982 by George ...

under invitation of a good friend of Bajakian's and his co-player in rock bands Michael Land. Bajakian worked for

from 1991 until May 2000. He has worked on several classic LucasArts games, where he gained much of his fame with Michael Land and

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, LucasArts' other principal composers. While there, Bajakian received fame for his

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-influenced score for 1997

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shooter '' Outlaws'' which received a Special Achievement award from Computer Gaming Magazine. After quitting LucasArts he formed his own sound production company, C.B. Studios. His company changed names to The Sound Department, and finally to Bay Area Sound. Recently, he has ventured into working with other publishers as well as writing the score for a short film, ''The Upgrade''. Bajakian joined

Sony Computer Entertainment Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (SIE) is an American video game and digital entertainment company that is a major subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It primarily operates the PlayStation brand of video game co ...

in 2004 and headed up the music production group in original scoring as Senior Music Manager until 2013. In October 2013 he became VP of Development and Composer at Pyramind Studios, contributing original music to

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's '' World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor'', among other projects. Clint Bajakian was the first vice president and co-founder of the Game Audio Network GuildGame Audio Network Guild
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Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

. In 2013, Bajakian received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Game Audio Network Guild, and in 2012, the Outstanding Alumni Award from The New England Conservatory.

Discography

Video game soundtracks

Film Soundtrack

* ''Panzehir'' (2014)

Filmography

Video games

Other works

*''The Upgrade'' (2000)

References

External links

*
Interview at the International House of MojoInterview at Mojo hosted site iMuse IslandGameSpy interview
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