Jimmy Hinson, also known as Big Giant Circles, is an American musician and composer in the video games industry. Originally adopting the name as a hobbyist submitting video game music remixes/rearrangements to

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, Hinson now actively composes

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'', '' Threes!'', '' There Came an Echo'', ''

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,'' '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 2'' and '' Mass Effect 2''. Hinson is credited with his work on several independent games including ''Pocket Mine ''and ''Extreme Roadtrip 2'', and has contributed to

. His style has garnered him praise from Daniel Floyd of

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and Anthony and

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of Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?,http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1207722957/big-giant-circles-the-glory-days-impostor-nostalgi Big Giant Circles – "The Glory Days" (Impostor Nostalgia 2) as well as positive press from

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Video game music

Hinson has composed original soundtracks for several video games including ''The Haunting of Magnolia Manor'', '' Puzzlejuice'', ''Extreme Road Trip 2'', ''Pocket Mine'', ''Zombocalypse 2'', '' Threes!'', '' There Came an Echo'', ''Journey of 1000 Stars'', ''Hive Jump'', and ''Octogeddon''. He has also made contributions to the soundtracks of '' Just Shapes & Beats'', ''

'', ''

,'' '' Mass Effect 2,'' '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 2'', '' Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War'' and '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 6'' (the latter four under lead composer Jack Wall). ''Mass Effect 2'' was nominated for a

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Game award for Best Original Music.

Independent work

Hinson additionally composes chiptune-styled music as an independent musician. His debut independent album, ''Impostor Nostalgia'', was released for digital distribution on September 12, 2011. Hinson's latest project is his second album, ''The Glory Days'', released on February 14, 2014, after being successfully funded on the

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website

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, raising $62,778 from an intended goal of $5,000. A remix album, ''The Glory Days Remixed'', was released on August 27, 2014, and includes music from Disasterpeace (composer for '' Fez''), Austin Wintory (composer for '' Journey''),

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(composer for ''

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''),

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, and others. More recently, one of Hinson's songs for ''There Came an Echo'' was reused as thematic music in the second season of

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''.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Impostor Nostalgia'' (2011) * ''The Glory Days'' (2014)

Compilation albums

* ''Contingency'' (2011) * ''Legacy'' (2012) * ''Official Video Game Music Demo Reel'' (2014) * ''The Glory Days Remixed'' (2014)

Soundtrack albums

* ''The Haunting of Magnolia Manor Soundtrack'' (2011) * '' Puzzlejuice Soundtrack'' (2012) * ''Max Effect'' (2012) * ''Extreme Road Trip 2 Soundtrack'' (2012) * ''Pocket Mine Soundtrack'' (2013) * ''Zombocalypse 2 Soundtrack'' (2013) * ''Extreme Bike Trip OST'' (2014) * ''

Threes ''Threes'' (stylized as ''Threes!'') is a puzzle video game by Sirvo, an independent development team consisting of game designer Asher Vollmer, illustrator Greg Wohlwend, and composer Jimmy Hinson. The game was released on February 6, 2014, f ...

OST'' (2014) * '' There Came an Echo'' (2015) * ''Journey of 1000 Stars OST'' (2016) * ''Hive Jump'' (2017) * '' Octogeddon'' (2018) * ''Road Quest'' (2020)

Extended plays

* ''Big Giant Christmas EP'' (2011)

Singles

* 2011: "You Can Have Mine" * 2012: "Nerd Appropriate Theme" * 2013: "Bionic Commando – At Arm's Length"

Remixes

* 2011:

– "The Clubbing of Isaac" – '' The Binding of Isaac'' * 2011: Josh Whelchel – "Scourge of Estellion" – '' Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion''

Guest appearances

* 2014: "Infinity" (

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featuring Big Giant Circles) – ''Just Fun'' * 2015: "Jimtention" (

and Big Giant Circles) – ''148''

References

External links

*
Bandcamp
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