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Jesse Harlin

About Me

Jesse grew up outside of Philadelphia where his childhood was accompanied by the electronic soundtrack of old console games, Star Wars, and cartoons from the 80s. The day after he turned 20, he moved to Liverpool, England to attend the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts . Three years later, Jesse left England with a BA in Performing Arts and his first two professional game composition credits.
Having had enough of English rain, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a freelance composer, graphic artist, and author. While there, Jesse graduated from the University of Southern California 's graduate program in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television. Once, he saw Cory Feldman standing in someone's driveway.
Having had enough of Los Angeles, Jesse joined LucasArts as Staff Composer in March of 2003.
He still enjoys old console games, Star Wars, and cartoons from the 80s.
Titles include:
Thrillville
LEGO Star Wars II
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith The Video Game
Star Wars Republic Commando
Incoming Forces
Space Debris

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/29/2005
Band Website: lucasarts.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Great review of the music from "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed"

A really great review went online this weekend for Mark Griskey's score to Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. My favorite quote of the whole piece: "Start to finish, THE FORCE UNLEASHED is the most enter...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:36:00 PST

The Return of "Whiplash" and "Emo"

So, it's been a while since I've logged in, but in the intervening time MySpace has upped the number of tracks you can upload to a music page. As such, I've put "Whiplash" and "Emo Skater Girl" back ...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:43:00 PST

Thrillville: Off The Rails in stores now!

That's right. It's time to strap yourselves in and go for a ride 'cause Thrillville: Off The Rails hits store shelves today. More games, more rides, and reality-defying WHOA! coasters are all on the...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:07:00 PST

New music from Thrillville: Off The Rails!

At long last, I'm finally able to share some of the new music from LucasArts' upcoming title "Thrillville: Off The Rails." As with the original Thrillville, I worked with my songwriting partner David...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 01:52:00 PST

LucasArts announces Thrillville: Off The Rails!

That's right. LucasArts has officially announced the Fall '07 release of Thrillville: Off The Rails, the sequel to last year's Thrillville.David W. Collins and I have been working on some new music fo...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:42:00 PST

"Dr. Kunkle" wins GANG award!

That's right! We won!At tonights 2006 Game Audio Network Guild (GANG) Awards, David Collins and I were thrilled (no pun intended) to accept the award for "Best Original Vocal Song - Pop" for Thrillvi...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:24:00 PST

"Dr. Kunkle" nominated for 2006 GANG award!

Great news this afternoon for Thrillville! The original funk song "Dr. Kunkle's Funnkel Cake" has been nominated for a 2006 Game Audio Network Guild (GANG) Award in the category of "Best Original Voc...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:54:00 PST

The Park Is Open!

Yep!  "Thrillville" launched today.  Anyone who's a fan of MarioKart, The Sims, and of course the Rollercoaster Tycoon series should check it out on either PSP, PS2, or Xbox.
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:09:00 PST

New Music From "Thrillville"

With the November 21st release of "Thrillville" (PS2, Xbox, PSP) rapidly approaching, I'm happy to announce that I have some new music from the game available to check out. These four songs were co-wr...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:39:00 PST

LucasArts and E3

LucasArts has announced all of the stuff we're kicking around the office these days. Head on over to lucasarts.com to see more about our Next-Gen Indy game, an Empire At War expansion, new console ...
Posted by Jesse Harlin on Wed, 10 May 2006 11:24:00 PST