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1 Gordy Haab Publicity Wrap Report Prepared By: Press Contact: CW3PR Emilie Chan-Erskine

2 Gordy Haab composer Gordy Haab is a multi award-winning film, television and video game composer who has written music for many well-known titles including most recently, Microsoft s Kinect: Star Wars. He also composed music for EA/Bioware/LucasArts highly popular Star Wars: The Old Republic, for which Haab was awarded Best Original Soundtrack and Best Instrumental Music at the 10 th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards, presented at the 2012 Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Known for his unsurpassed understanding of the orchestra and his creative ability to blend contemporary and traditional styles, Haab paid homage to composer John Williams iconic score for George Lucas Star Wars and recorded two hours of new music for Kinect: Star Wars at the famed Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra and Choir. Haab s goal was to make the game s music both unique and familiar to Star Wars fans, in order to create a seamless listening experience from the movie to the game, while still taking fans to new musical places. To accomplish this, he used the same orchestra, studio, microphones and equipment used for Williams original recording session more than 30 years ago. LucasArts Kinect Star Wars was released on April 3, 2012 for the Xbox 360. Published by Microsoft Game Studios, the game uses Kinect motion peripheral and allows the player to become a part of the Star Wars universe - controller-free. Born and raised in Richmond, VA, Haab began writing music at 6 years old after watching E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial in theaters. After demanding to watch it three times, he could play every melody from the movie on his dad s guitar. It was then Haab decided to become a composer. Press Contact: CW3PR Emilie Chan-Erskine emilie@cw3pr.com

3 Gordy Haab composer - continued His other film, television and video game credits include: Anchor Bay s Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon ; MTV s The Truth Below ; Dave Barry s Guide to Guys ; Lionsgate s War ; Dream Entertainment s 3 Below ; Roadside Attractions Shrink ; TLC s Little People Big World ; ABC's Greek ; NBC s Kath and Kim ; VH-1 s Scream Queens ; Endeavor s At the Edge of the World ; LucasArts Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, and many others. In 2007, Haab scored the Internet phenomenon, Ryan vs. Dorkman II recently featured in the Huffington Post and named one of the Top Star Wars derivative films of all time by TIME Magazine. The five-minute film, scored with a full orchestra at Capitol Records, received more than 6.7 million views on YouTube, including views from LucasArts, which is how they first learned of Haab s work. Haab is currently the co-head of orchestral music and original scoring for DP Music, an exclusive music content provider for Lionsgate Pictures, and is published by Cherry Lane Music Publishing. He also co-founded the Novo Philharmonic Orchestra for which he currently acts as composer and artistic director. Novo is a 95-member rock/pop/film orchestra in Los Angeles, comprised of some of the world s most cutting-edge musicians. Haab is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he received a master s certificate in Scoring For Motion Pictures, Television and Other Media. Prior, he received a bachelor s degree in Music Composition at Virginia Commonwealth University. While he learned from many composers in university and conservatory settings, Haab says that most of his music education comes simply from being, an avid fan of Hitchcock, Kubrick, Lucas and Spielberg films 70 s and 80 s B Horror Movies and all of their great scores. Press Contact: CW3PR Emilie Chan-Erskine emilie@cw3pr.com

4 Gordy at San Diego Comic-Con 2012! Gordy pictured with fellow video game composers, Kyle Newmaster, Gerard Marino, David Ari Leon, and Jeremy Soule. Gordy speaking at Comic- Con s Fan Favorite Projects Go Interactive panel that was attended by over 200 congoers!

Comic- Con 2012 will be holding a special panel courtesy of CW3PR and ASCAP dedicated to

7 For those of you that enjoy listening to music themes from your favorite video games Thursday July 12, 2012 will be a day that you ll NOT want to miss. Comic- Con 2012 will be holding a special panel courtesy of CW3PR and ASCAP dedicated to talented individuals that compose music from the latest video games. More details from the press release after the jump:

86 Prepared by CW3PR June 16, 2012

CELEBRATED MASTER CONDUCTOR GERARD SCHWARZ RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES TO CONDUCT THE USC THORNTON SYMPHONY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 AT 7:30PM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Helane Anderson hemander@yahoo.com/(310)945-5481 Michael Dowlan dowlan@thornton.usc.edu/(213) 740-3233 Images available upon request CELEBRATED MASTER CONDUCTOR GERARD