Sarah Schachner

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Sarah Schachner
Born (1988-03-27) March 27, 1988 (age 33)
Philadelphia, USA
Alma materBerklee College of Music
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • Composer
Instruments
  • Cello
  • violin
  • synthesizer
  • piano
Websitesarahschachner.com

Sarah Schachner is an American composer and musician who has worked on the scores of films, television series and video games.

Biography[]

Schachner grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia.[1] When she was five, she first started playing piano and then started playing the violin.[2] She kept learning other instruments, such as viola and cello, and played with both family and in an orchestra, as well as a jazz band.[2]

Schachner went to the Berklee College of Music and then moved to Los Angeles.[2] She began to work with composer Brian Tyler, who worked in film and then started writing video game music.[2] Tyler first brought Schachner in to work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.[2] Schachner said, "I started doing music on the games for him and I realized how much I loved working on games."[2] Since then Schachner has worked on more Call of duty games such as Infinite Warfare and also worked with Ubisoft on the Far Cry and Assassin's Creed series.[3][4][5] Schachner began to incorporate synthesizers with her work on string instruments.[6]

In 2016, Ted Cruz's presidential campaign used one of Schachner's songs, Lens, without permission.[7][8] As the composer, she and the performer, along with a licensing firm, sued the Cruz campaign in May 2016 for copyright infringement.[9]

Schachner also contributed to the Cassini Finale Music Project, a commemoration of the Cassini mission to Saturn.[6]

Discography[]

Film[]

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes Ref.
2010 Cool It Ondi Timoner Roadside Attractions Co-composed with N’oa Winter Lazerus [10]
2010 She Believes in Fate Douglas Lamore Charlatan Studios Short film
2011 Remains Colin Theys Chiller Films N/A [4]
2012 Promesas Aaron Celious N/A Short film
2013 UnHung Hero Brian Spitz Breaking Glass Pictures N/A [4]
2015 The Lazarus Effect David Gelb Relativity Media N/A [5]

As other[]

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes Ref.
2012 John Dies at the End Don Coscarelli Magnet Releasing Additional music [4]
2012 The Expendables 2 Simon West Lionsgate Musical score arrangements [1]
2013 Iron Man 3 Shane Black Marvel Studios Arranger and programmer [1]
2013 Now You See Me Louis Leterrier Summit Entertainment Arranger and programmer [1]
2016 Now You See Me 2 Jon M. Chu Summit Entertainment Arranger and programmer

Television[]

Year Title Original Channel Notes Ref.
2010 Brew Masters Discovery Channel N/A
2011 The Troop Nickelodeon N/A
2015 Chef's Table Netflix Episode: "Massimo Bottura" & "Jordi Roca" [11]

Video games[]

Year Title Studio Notes Ref.
2014 Assassin's Creed: Unity Ubisoft Co-composed with Chris Tilton and Ryan Amon [5]
2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Activision N/A [12]
2017 Assassin's Creed Origins Ubisoft N/A [5]
2019 Anthem Electronic Arts N/A [9]
2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Activision N/A [13]
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla Ubisoft Co-composed with Jesper Kyd and Einar Selvik [14]

As other[]

Year Title Studio Notes Ref.
2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Activision Additional guitars & violin
Musical score arrangements 		[1]
2011 Need for Speed: The Run Electronic Arts Additional guitars
Musical score arrangements 		[4]
2012 Far Cry 3 Ubisoft Additional music, cellos, violin, and vocals [4]
2013 Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel Electronic Arts Additional music, cello and violin [4]
2013 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Ubisoft Additional music [5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Parisi, Paula (October 24, 2016). "Composer Sarah Schachner Gets Lost in Space for 'Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare' Soundtrack". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Ohanesian, Liz (December 23, 2016). "Call of Duty Composer Sarah Schachner Makes Video Games Sound Epic". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Gwaltney, Javy (June 28, 2016). "Talking Tunes With Sarah Schachner, Composer of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare". Game Informer. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Music". Sarah Schachner. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Parisi, Paula. "Stalk Like An Egyptian: Sarah Schachner Sojourns to Ancient Egypt For 'Assassin's Creed Origins' Score (Exclusive)". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Jones, Sarah (January 2018). "Sarah Schachner: Composing for otherworldy environments, from Call of Duty to the Cassini mission". Electronic Musician. 34 (1): 66 – via EBSCOhost.
  7. ^ Carter, Mike (May 12, 2016). "Seattle Music-Licensing Firm Sues Cruz". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2018 – via HighBeam Research.
  8. ^ Esquenet, Margaret (September 2016). "Copyright Litigation". IP Litigator. 22 (5): 24–25 – via EBSCOhost.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "New World, New Score: Announcing Sarah Schachner as Anthem's Composer". BioWare Blog. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  10. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (November 11, 2010). "Ondi Timoner on Bjorn Lomborg in 'Cool It' – Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  11. ^ "Sarah Schachner". SoundCloud. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  12. ^ Gwaltney, Javy (June 28, 2016). "Talking Tunes With Sarah Schachner, Composer of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare". Game Informer. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  13. ^ Ju, Shirley (November 1, 2019). "'Call of Duty: Modern Warfare' Is a Hit With $600 Million Debut, and So Is the Music". Variety. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  14. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (May 14, 2020). "'Assassin's Creed' Composer Jesper Kyd Returns to Score 'Valhalla'". Variety. Retrieved May 31, 2020.

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