Jesper Kyd is a renowned Danish composer, celebrated for his innovative approach to crafting unique soundtracks and iconic music for blockbuster video game franchises. He has received numerous awards and nominations for his work, including a BAFTA award for Best Original Score.
Kyd's film and television scores include the Chinese box office fantasy action adventure Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, based on the best-selling novel 'Ghost Blows Out The Light', and the SyFy TV anthology series Metal Hurlant Chronickes, based on the 'Metal Hurlant' graphic novels.
He has received top honors for Best Original Score from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Critics Choice Film Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Game Audio Network Guild, and nominations from Billboard, CNN, MTV Video Music Awards, and Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Recently, he was honored with the Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award for his innovative and unique body of work, joining the esteemed ranks of entertainment industry luminaries Spike Lee and Tony Visconti.
Kyd's music is regularly performed in concerts and festivals by orchestras worldwide, including the Krakow Film Music Festival, WDR Symphony, Danish National Symphony, Symphony of the Shadows at Game Music Festival Poland, Video Games Live, Game On! Symphonic Concerts, and the Assassin's Creed Symphony World Tour.
