2.  Inon Zur  Born July 4 th, 1965  Orchestral Composer  Still in action  Film,  Television,  More commonly known for his Video Game Scores

3.  A Brief History  Played piano and French horn, and began to study composition by the age of 10  Graduated Music Academy of Tel Aviv  Spent 4 years in Israeli military

4.   Moved to US in 1990 at age 25  Continued education in California  Dick Grove School of Music  University of California, Los Angelos  Began Career A Brief Continuation

5.  Recent Work  Crysis (2007)  Fallout 3 (2008)  Prince of Persia (2008)  Dragon Age: Origins (2009)  Fallout 3: Broken Steel (2009)  Fallout: New Vegas (2010)  The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (2011)  Rift (2011)  Dragon Age II (2011)  Soulcalibur V (2012)

6.   1997 Power Rangers: Turbo  Telly Award for Best Score  2004 Men of Valor  Game Audio Network Guild, for Best Original Instrumental Song  2009 Dragon Age Origins “I Am the One”  Game Audio Network Guild, for Best Original Song – Video Game  And nominated for 22 other Awards Awards

7.  “music always has to carry the emotional and dramatic element” Inon Zur

8.   Classical Composers  Sergey Prokofiev  Beethoven  Brahms  Contemporary Composers  John Williams  Tommy Newman.  Jazz  Herbie Hancock  Keith Jarrett “I’m always trying to learn from many composers and sometimes try to apply some of their techniques in my music when appropriate.”

9.  Lelianna’s Song from Dragon Age: Origins Inon Zur Conducting LOTR: War of the North at E3

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