Josh Whelchel
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Josh Whechel
| image = File:Josh Whelchel.jpg
| caption = Whelchel in 2012
| background = non_performing_personnel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1987|12|3}}
|birth_place =Louisville, Kentucky
| instrument = Keyboard, cello
| genre =
| occupation = Composer and musician
| years_active = 2003–present
| label =
| associated_acts = Poolside (band)
}}
Josh Whelchel is a composer and a musician, best known for his work in video games such as The Spirit Engine 1 and 2{{cite web|url=http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/spiritengine2/index.html|title=RPGFan Reviews – The Spirit Engine 2|publisher=RPGFan|author=Patrick Gann|date=September 12, 2008|accessdate=March 22, 2009|archive-date=January 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110111043/http://rpgfan.com/reviews/spiritengine2/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://videolamer.com/review-the-spirit-engine-2|title=Review – The Spirit Engine 2|publisher=videolamer.com|author=Chris Warsong|date=September 10, 2008|accessdate=May 21, 2009}} and Bonesaw. He also contributed music to Scrolls (video game) with Mattias Häggström Gerdt.
In 2013, he joined the A Capella Records team to create the music licensing and distribution service Loudr.{{Cite web|url=https://loudr.fm/team|title=Loudr: Team|website=loudr.fm|language=en|access-date=February 24, 2018}} He operates as a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer.
Discography
=Albums=
- 2003 The Spirit Engine: Original Soundtrack
- 2008 Bonesaw: Original Soundtrack
- 2008 Premonitions Vol. 1: Selections
- 2008 Premonitions Vol. 2: Calling of Fate
- 2008 Premonitions Vol. 3: The Few Who Cross a World
- 2008 Premonitions Vol. 4: A Lost Dream
- 2008 The Spirit Engine 2 – Complete Original Soundtrack
- 2008 The Spirit Engine 2 – Selections
- 2008 stories vol. 1 (2001–2008)
- 2010 GunGirl 2: Original Soundtrack
- 2010 SkullPogo: Original Soundtrack
- 2011 Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion (Original Soundtrack)
- 2011 Wind-up Knight Soundtrack
- 2012 Jottobots, original sound.
- 2012 Me and My Dinosaur 2 Original Soundtrack [with David Saulesco]
- 2013 Rise of the Blobs Original Soundtrack
- 2015 Oblitus (Original Soundtrack)
- 2016 Masquerada: Songs and Shadows (Original Soundtrack)
- 2017 KROMAIA (Original Soundtrack)
- 2018 Castle Story (Original Soundtrack) [with FX Dupas, Mathieu Lavoie, Mattias Häggström Gerdt]
=Singles=
- 2008 Get Loud (feat. Ryan C. Connelly)
- 2008 Space Sushi Can't Swim in Four Loko
- 2011 Dies, Nox et Omnia (feat. Ryan C. Connelly and Danielle Messina)
- 2011 The Light of the Darkness Theme
- 2011 Power of the Meat (feat. Melinda Hershey) (appears on Super Meat Boy Soundtrack)
- 2011 So Blue (feat. Amanda Appiarius)
- 2011 Zelda's First Trip to the "Village"
- 2013 Monolith (feat. Amanda Appiarius) (appears on FZ: Side Z)
- 2015 CETRA の GAIA (appears on Materia: Final Fantasy VII Remixed by Materia Collective)
References
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External links
- [https://joshwhelchel.com Whelchel's official website]
- {{Discogs artist|Josh Whelchel}}
- {{IMDb name|id=nm4256575}}
- [https://soundofjw.bandcamp.com Bandcamp page]
- [https://vgmdb.net/artist/5698 Josh Whelchel] on VGMdb
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Category:Musicians from Louisville, Kentucky
Category:DuPont Manual High School alumni
Category:American video game composers
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