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

Biography

Schachner grew up in the

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s of Philadelphia. When she was five, she first started playing piano and then started playing the violin. 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. Schachner went to the

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and then moved to Los Angeles. She began to work with composer Brian Tyler, who worked in film and then started writing video game music. Tyler first brought Schachner in to work on '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3''. Schachner said, "I started doing music on the games for him and I realized how much I loved working on games." Since then Schachner has worked on more ''

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'' games such as '' Infinite Warfare'' and also worked with Ubisoft on the '' Far Cry'' and ''

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'' series. Schachner began to incorporate

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s with her work on string instruments. In 2016,

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used one of Schachner's songs, ''Lens'', without permission. As the composer, she and the performer, along with a licensing firm, sued the Cruz campaign in May 2016 for copyright infringement. Schachner also contributed to the Cassini Finale Music Project, a commemoration of the Cassini mission to

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Discography

Film

Other music credits

Television

Video games

Other music credits

References

External links

Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schachner, Sarah Living people American women composers Video game composers American film score composers People from Philadelphia Musicians from Los Angeles People from Los Angeles Berklee College of Music alumni 21st-century American women Year of birth missing (living people)