Sarah Schachner
Born (1988-03-27) March 27, 1988 (age 35)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materBerklee College of Music
FamilyEmma R. Schachner (sister)[1]
Musical career
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • Composer
Instrument(s)
  • 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.

She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media for her work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.

Biography

Schachner grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia.[2] When she was five, she first started playing piano and then started playing the violin.[3] 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.[3]

Schachner went to the Berklee College of Music and then moved to Los Angeles.[3] She began to work with composer Brian Tyler, who worked in film and then started writing video game music.[3] Tyler first brought Schachner in to work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.[3] Schachner said, "I started doing music on the games for him and I realized how much I loved working on games."[3] 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.[4][5][6] Schachner began to incorporate synthesizers with her work on string instruments.[7]

In 2016, Ted Cruz's presidential campaign used one of Schachner's songs, "Lens", without permission.[8][9] As the composer, she and the performer, along with a licensing firm, sued the Cruz campaign in May 2016 for copyright infringement.[10]

Schachner also contributed to the Cassini Finale Music Project, a commemoration of the Cassini mission to Saturn.[7]

Discography

Film

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes Ref.
2010 Cool It Ondi Timoner Roadside Attractions Co-composed with N’oa Winter Lazerus [11]
She Believes in Fate Douglas Lamore Charlatan Studios Short film
2011 Remains Colin Theys Chiller Films — [5]
2012 Promesas Aaron Celious — Short film
2013 UnHung Hero Brian Spitz Breaking Glass Pictures — [5]
2015 The Lazarus Effect David Gelb Relativity Media — [6]
2022 Prey Dan Trachtenberg 20th Century Studios — [12]

Other music credits

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes Ref.
2012 John Dies at the End Don Coscarelli Magnet Releasing Additional music [5]
The Expendables 2 Simon West Lionsgate Musical score arrangements [2]
2013 Iron Man 3 Shane Black Marvel Studios Arranger and programmer [2]
Now You See Me Louis Leterrier Summit Entertainment [2]
2016 Now You See Me 2 Jon M. Chu

Television

Year Title Original Channel Notes Ref.
2010 Brew Masters Discovery Channel —
2011 The Troop Nickelodeon —
2015 Chef's Table Netflix Episode: "Massimo Bottura" & "Jordi Roca" [13]

Video games

Year Title Studio Notes Ref.
2014 Assassin's Creed: Unity Ubisoft Co-composed with Chris Tilton and Ryan Amon [6]
2016 Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Activision — [4]
2017 Assassin's Creed Origins Ubisoft — [6]
2019 Anthem Electronic Arts — [10]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Activision — [14]
2020 Assassin's Creed Valhalla Ubisoft Co-composed with Jesper Kyd and Einar Selvik [15]
2022 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Activision — [16]

Other music credits

Year Title Studio Notes Ref.
2011 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Activision Additional guitars & violin
Musical score arrangements 		[2]
Need for Speed: The Run Electronic Arts Additional guitars
Musical score arrangements 		[5]
2012 Far Cry 3 Ubisoft Additional music, cellos, violin, and vocals [5]
2013 Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel Electronic Arts Additional music, cello and violin [5]
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Ubisoft Additional music [6]

References

  1. ^ @paleofox (August 5, 2022). "Not only did my sister Sarah write the score for PREY @Predator, but she performed and recorded almost all the stri…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b Gwaltney, Javy (June 28, 2016). "Talking Tunes With Sarah Schachner, Composer of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare". Game Informer. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Music". Sarah Schachner. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Esquenet, Margaret (September 2016). "Copyright Litigation". IP Litigator. 22 (5): 24–25 – via EBSCOhost.
  10. ^ a b "New World, New Score: Announcing Sarah Schachner as Anthem's Composer". BioWare Blog. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Sarah Schachner Scoring Dan Trachtenberg's 'Prey'". Film Music Reporter. June 16, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  13. ^ "Sarah Schachner". SoundCloud. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (May 14, 2020). "'Assassin's Creed' Composer Jesper Kyd Returns to Score 'Valhalla'". Variety. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  16. ^ Schachner, Sarah (October 17, 2022). "141 #ModernWarfareII". Twitter. Retrieved October 18, 2022.

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