Richard Jacques
{{Short description|English composer (born 1973)}}
{{for|the American colonial officer|Richard Jacques (military officer)}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2014}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Richard Jacques
| image = Richard_jacques (cropped).jpg
| caption = Jacques in 2007
| birth_name = Richard Adrian Jacques
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1973}}
| birth_place =
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Composer
- musician
- orchestrator
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| years_active = 1994–present
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Richard Adrian Jacques ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|eɪ|k|s}}; born 1973{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bfspNUqSMc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/_bfspNUqSMc |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Richard Jacques - Play Fest Interview|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/search.page/results/bmdindexedbirths/jacques/richard?placekeywords=warwickshire&yearofbirth=1973|title= Genes Reunited information}}) is an English composer of film, television and video game music. He is best known for his scores for games such as Sonic R, Headhunter, Jet Set Radio Future, Mass Effect, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, LittleBigPlanet 2, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Jacques has collaborated with numerous premier TV and movie theatre campaigns for some of the world's largest media agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi and McCann Erickson,{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamemusicconnect.com/speakers/richard-jacques/|title=Game music connect - Agencies Richard has worked with}} and global brands such as Audi, Bacardi, Mercedes-Benz and Stella Artois.{{Cite web|url=https://nosheetmusic.tv/artists/richard-jacques|title=No sheet music - Clients of Jacques}} His music for television includes top brand shows for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamemusicconnect.com/speakers/richard-jacques/|title=Game music connect - BBC, ITV and Channel 4}}
Early life
Jacques was interested in composing music from an early age. He was awarded a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London,{{Cite web|url=https://segaretro.org/Richard_Jacques|title=Royal Academy Of Music|date=7 December 2022 }} studying trombone and piano, and showed a keen interest in composition in multiple styles including orchestral, jazz and popular music genres. He then attended Wells Cathedral School{{Cite web|url=https://wells.cathedral.school/staff/richard-jacques-2/|title=Wells Cathedral School|date=21 November 2016 }} aged 16 as a Specialist Musician, where he also took up Percussion. In 1994 Jacques graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Colchester Institute / University of Essex.{{Cite web|url=https://segaretro.org/Richard_Jacques|title=BA degree in Music|date=7 December 2022 }} He was immediately hired as an in-house composer at Sega Europe.
Career
At Sega Europe, Jacques began by composing soundtracks for a number of Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, and Xbox games such as Daytona CCE, Sonic R, Sonic 3D Blast, Jet Set Radio, Metropolis Street Racer and Jet Set Radio Future.{{Cite web|url=https://segaretro.org/Richard_Jacques|title=Work for SEGA|date=7 December 2022 }}
Jacques's perhaps best known and acclaimed work at Sega came with 2001's Headhunter.[http://lostvgm.com/vgmrush/artist.php?name=Richard%20Jacques Jacques's VGM Rush profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820071240/http://lostvgm.com/vgmrush/artist.php?name=Richard%20Jacques |date=20 August 2011 }}. It was the first video game soundtrack to be recorded with A-list musicians at Abbey Road Studios' Studio One.{{Cite web|url=https://nosheetmusic.tv/artists/richard-jacques|title=No Sheet Music - Headhunter composition at Abbey Road Studios}} The soundtrack was well received,{{cite web|url=http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/163/163236p1.html |title=Headhunter (PAL Import) – Dreamcast Review at IGN |publisher=Dreamcast.ign.com |date=7 January 2002 |accessdate=4 April 2011}} and won multiple awards including Game Audio Network Guild 'Recognition Award',{{Cite web|url=http://www.audiogang.org/awards/2003-awards/|title=G.A.N.G Award 2003}} and was performed at the first Symphonic Game Music Concert at The Gewandhaus in Leipzig and Video Games Live events including the inaugural concert at the Hollywood Bowl in 2005. Jacques left Sega Europe shortly after Jet Set Radio Future's release and became a freelance composer, continuing his relationship with Sega by scoring Headhunter: Redemption in 2004.
Jacques went on to compose the BAFTA{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Music&f%5B0%5D=string_type%3AGames&f%5B1%5D=string_category%3AMusic&f%5B2%5D=string_category%3AOriginal%20Music|title=BAFTA nomination}} and Ivor Novello{{Cite web|url=http://theivors.com/archive/2010-to-present/the-ivors-2011/|title=Ivor Novello nomination}} nominated original music for James Bond 007: Blood Stone, which is a big energy score that immerses the audience in a thrilling, cinematic Bond experience. The score received top honours for "Best Original Composition" from the Music and Sound Awards 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/music-and-sound-awards-winners-announced/5038661.article|title=Music + Sound Award 2011}} After this, Jacques composed the music for the Alice in Wonderland game, for Disney in 2010, and LittleBigPlanet 2 for Sony in 2011.
Soon after, Richard opened a new studio in central London AUDISSI where which he writes original music for new advertising, television. video games and other visual media projects, including an animated feature film. This included music for TV game-shows such as Don't Scare the Hare, Prize Island, Fifteen to One, Catchphrase, The Getaway Car, Go for It, Don't Ask Me Ask Britain and Y Siambr.
In 2018, Jacques was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award from the Game Audio Network Guild.{{Cite web|url=http://www.audiogang.org/2018-g-a-n-g-awards-press-release/|title=G.A.N.G awards - Life time achievement|date=31 March 2018 }}
In 2022, his score to Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy won him the Best Original Video Game Score Ivor Novello Award. {{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Mark |date=2022-05-19 |title=Winners of The Ivors 2022 announced |url=https://ivorsacademy.com/news/winners-of-the-ivors-2022-announced/ |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=The Ivors Academy |language=en-GB}}
Works
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" width="auto" | ||
| Year | Title | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| scope=row rowspan="2"| 1995
| Darxide | Music with Adam Salkeld | ||
| F1 Challenge
| Music with Adam Salkeld; European version | ||
| scope=row rowspan="3" | 1996
| Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition | Music with Kenichi Tokoi, Jun Senoue, and Tomonori Sawada | ||
| Shinobi X
| Music; European version | ||
| Sonic 3D Blast
| Music; Sega Saturn version | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2"| 1997
| Sonic R |Music | ||
| Sega Worldwide Soccer '98
|Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2"| 2000
| Music with Hideki Naganuma and others | ||
| Metropolis Street Racer
|Music | ||
| scope=row | 2001
|Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2"| 2002 | ||
| Total Immersion Racing | Music | |
| scope=row | 2003
|Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2004
| OutRun 2 | Arrangements | ||
| EyeToy: Play 2
|Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="4" | 2005
|Music | ||
| Pursuit Force
|Music | ||
| Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension
|Music | ||
| EyeToy: Play 3
| Music with Matt Coldrick | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2006
| Music with several others | ||
| OutRun 2006
|Arrangements | ||
| scope=row rowspan="3" | 2007
| Music with Jack Wall, Sam Hulick and David Kates | ||
| Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice
| Music with Jeff Tymoschuk | ||
| Battlestations: Midway
| Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="7" | 2008
| Music | ||
| Sega Superstars Tennis
| Music | ||
| Hasbro Family Game Night
| Music | ||
| You're in the Movies
| Music | ||
| Wacky Races: Crash & Dash
| Music | ||
| Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
| Music with Steven Sim | ||
| The Club
| Music with Chris Chudley and Jesper Kyd | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2009
| Music with several others | ||
| Battlestations: Pacific
| Music with David Kates | ||
| scope=row rowspan="5" | 2010
| Alice in Wonderland: An Adventure Beyond the Mirror | Music with Wu Songming | ||
| Fluidity
| Music with Allister Brimble and Anthony Putson | ||
| Alice in Wonderland
| Music | ||
| James Bond 007: Blood Stone
|Music | ||
| Sonic Free Riders
|Arrangements | ||
| scope=row rowspan="4" | 2011
| Music with several others | ||
| Sonic Generations
|Music with several others | ||
| Fate of the World
| Music | ||
| LittleBigPlanet 2
|Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="4" | 2012
| LittleBigPlanet: The Muppets Premium Level Kit |Music | ||
| LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
|Music | ||
| LittleBigPlanet Karting
|Music | ||
| Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
|Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2013
| Alice in Wonderland: A New Champion |Music | ||
| Powerstar Golf
|Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2014
|Music | ||
| Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal
|Music | ||
| scope=row | 2016
|Music | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2017
| Music with several others | ||
| Sonic Forces
|Recording engineer | ||
| scope=row | 2019
|Music with several others | ||
| scope=row | 2021
|Music | ||
| scope=row | 2024
|Music with several others |
=Film and TV=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| scope=row | 2011
| TV series | ||
| scope=row rowspan="3" | 2013
| Wright vs. Wrong | Short | ||
| Beat the Pack
| rowspan="4" | TV series | ||
| Prize Island | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2013 | ||
| Catchphrase | ||
| scope=row | 2014
| Quest: A Tall Tale | Film | ||
| scope=row rowspan="2" | 2016
|rowspan="4" | TV series | ||
| Go for It | ||
| scope=row | 2017 | ||
| scope=row | 2019
| Y Siambr |
References
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{{Commons category|Richard Jacques}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.richardjacques.com}}
- {{musicbrainz artist|id=c365d5ee-72a7-41ef-994c-d6acba131192|name=Richard Jacques}}
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Category:English male composers
Category:English people of French descent
Category:English video game composers