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'''Chance Thomas''' is a composer and producer of original music for video games. He | '''Chance Thomas''' is a composer and producer of original music for video games. He has been [[Sierra Entertainment|Sierra Online]]'s music director as well as [[Electronic Arts]]', and has as such worked on many Tolkien games. In 1998 he was hired to compose the music for ''[[Middle-earth Online]]'', a project that would eventually become ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''. | ||
==Discography== | ==Discography== | ||
* [[2003]]: The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring | * [[1999]]: ''[[Tolkien's Middle-earth]]'' (supervision, unreleased) | ||
* [[2007]]: [[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar soundtrack]] | * [[2002]]: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]] (supervision, trailer) | ||
* [[2008]]: [[The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria soundtrack]] | * [[2002]]: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (video game)]] (supervision) | ||
* [[2003]]: [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]] (supervision) | |||
* [[2003]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard]]'' (supervision, cancelled) | |||
* [[2003]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'' (composer) | |||
* [[2007]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (soundtrack)|The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]'' (composer) | |||
* [[2008]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (soundtrack)|The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria]]'' (composer) | |||
* [[2012]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan (soundtrack)|The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan]]'' (composer) | |||
==Quotes== | |||
{{quote|I really began to understand just how much thought the old professor put into imagining how his world would resonate with music. This wasn’t a casual afterthought. He’d done some real thinking about music and sound in his world. I felt that if I was ever going to make any music that amounted to anything for this universe, I had better understand it from the ground up.|Chance Thomas, [http://www.vgmonline.net/chancethomasinterview/]}} | |||
{{quote|I was given a mandate to create music that was true to the spirit and letter of Tolkien's writings. To do that with any sort of fidelity, I found myself returning to the books again and again.|Chance Thomas, [http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/05/23/chance-thomas-invades-middle-earth?page=2]}} | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.hugesound.com HUGEsound - Chance Thomas's Official website] | * [http://www.hugesound.com HUGEsound - Chance Thomas's Official website] | ||
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858613/ Chance Thomas] at [http://www.imdb.com/ IMDb.com] | |||
* {{WP|Chance Thomas}} | |||
* [http://www.originalsoundversion.com/?p=1850 A "Chance" Encounter: Interview With Lord of the Rings Online's Chance Thomas] at [http://www.originalsoundversion.com/ Original Sound Verison] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Composers|Thomas, Chance]] | ||
[[Category:American people|Thomas, Chance]] | |||
[[Category:People by name|Thomas, Chance]] | |||
Revision as of 17:50, 8 August 2014
Chance Thomas is a composer and producer of original music for video games. He has been Sierra Online's music director as well as Electronic Arts', and has as such worked on many Tolkien games. In 1998 he was hired to compose the music for Middle-earth Online, a project that would eventually become The Lord of the Rings Online.
Discography
- 1999: Tolkien's Middle-earth (supervision, unreleased)
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) (supervision, trailer)
- 2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game) (supervision)
- 2003: The Hobbit (2003 video game) (supervision)
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Treason of Isengard (supervision, cancelled)
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring (composer)
- 2007: The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (composer)
- 2008: The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria (composer)
- 2012: The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan (composer)
Quotes
- "I really began to understand just how much thought the old professor put into imagining how his world would resonate with music. This wasn’t a casual afterthought. He’d done some real thinking about music and sound in his world. I felt that if I was ever going to make any music that amounted to anything for this universe, I had better understand it from the ground up."
- ― Chance Thomas, [1]
- "I was given a mandate to create music that was true to the spirit and letter of Tolkien's writings. To do that with any sort of fidelity, I found myself returning to the books again and again."
- ― {{{2}}}
