Timothy Michael Wynn (born May 5, 1970) is an American

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for

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s, and

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s. His co-score for '' Warhawk'' was recognized as one of the best video game scores for 2007 by

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and the

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Education

Wynn began his music training as a founding member of the prestigious Orange County High School of the Performing Arts in 1988. From there he was accepted into the

Thornton School of Music The USC Thornton School of Music is a private music school in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1884 only four years after the University of Southern California, the Thornton School is the oldest continually operating arts institution in Los An ...

at the

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, where he studied under

Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein ( '; April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor. In a career that spanned over five decades, he composed "some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history", including over 150 orig ...

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and

Jerry Goldsmith Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator with a career in film and television scoring that spanned nearly 50 years and over 200 productions, between 1954 and 2003. He was consid ...

Career

Wynn started his professional career writing the score for ''Last Chance''. While working on the film, he met aspiring music supervisor Alex Patsavas. The two would continue working on the films, including ''The Prophet'' and ''

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''. In 2000, Wynn worked on a documentary for

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, to be used for the opening of the

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in Washington, DC. After the documentary, he went on to score other documentaries including ''D-Day'', ''Moments of Truth'', and ''Filmscapes''. In 2002, Wynn scored the ABC television series ''The Chair''. He also composed music for the ABC television series Thieves and Joel Silver's The Strip. In 2003, he was tapped to score the feature film, '' Descendant''. His next project was the acclaimed Warner Brothers documentary, ''James Dean: Forever Young'', narrated by

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. He then switched gears and scored the comedy ''Partners'', in 2005. In 2007, Wynn wrote the music for the international television series '' ODYSSEY: Driving Around the World'' and the American television series ''

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''. In 2009, he worked on the ABC television series '' The Deep End''. Wynn began writing music for video games in 2005, starting with ''

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''. In 2007, he teamed up with longtime partner

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to write the score for '' Warhawk'', which was nominated for Score of the Year by the International Film Music Critics and was chosen one of the best scores of 2007 by

. Wynn's next project was scoring '' The Simpsons Game'' which later received a Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) award for Best Arrangement of a Non-Original Score. He then went on to produce tracks for ''

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''. In 2008, he scored the award-winning franchise '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3''. In 2009, he scored '' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising'' and '' Red Faction Guerrilla''). In 2010, Wynn composed the score for '' Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight''. He was also as part of a collaboration between several of the biggest names of Hollywood composers entitled, "A Symphony of Hope", which benefited victims of the

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Credits

Film

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2000s

2010s

2020s

Television

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'' (1999) *''

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'' (2001) *'' The Chair'' (2002) *''

'' (2018–2020) (with

) *'' The Deep End'' (2010) *'' Tokyo Control'' (2011) *'' Lucky Seven'' (2012) *''Wolfpack of Reseda (TV series)'' (2012) *''Tokyo Airport Air Traffic Services Department (TV Mini-Series)'' (2012) *''

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'' (2015) *'' Mech-X4'' (2016–2018)

Video games

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'' (2005) *''

'' (2005) *'' The Simpsons Game'' (2007) (Additional music with

, score composed by

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and James Dooley) *'' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3'' (2008) *'' Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising'' (2009) *'' Red Faction Guerrilla'' (2009) *'' Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight'' (2010) *''

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'' (2011) *''

The Darkness II ''The Darkness II'' is a 2012 first-person shooter video game developed by Digital Extremes and published by 2K. The game is the sequel to '' The Darkness'' (2007) and based on the comic book series published by Top Cow Productions. The player ...

'' (2012) *'' Madden NFL 25'' (2013) (with

) *'' Total War Battles: Kingdom'' (2015) *'' Total War: Atilla'' (2015) *''

XCOM 2 ''XCOM 2'' is a 2016 turn-based tactics video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. It is the sequel to 2012's reboot of the series, '' XCOM: Enemy Unknown''; it takes place 20 years after the events of ''Enemy Unknown''. XCOM, ...

'' (2016) *'' Total War: Warhammer'' (2016) *'' XCOM 2: War of the Chosen'' (2017) *'' Total War: Warhammer II'' (2017) *'' Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia'' (2018) *'' Total War: Three Kingdoms'' (2019) *'' Total War Saga: Troy'' (2020) *''

Marvel's Midnight Suns ''Marvel's Midnight Suns'' is a 2022 tactical role-playing game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K. The game features comic book characters from multiple Marvel Comics properties, such as Midnight Sons, Avengers, X-Men, and Runaway ...

'' (2022)

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