Bryce Jacobs

Bryce Jacobs (born Bryson Kenneth Jacobs) is an Australian composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, most famous in the composing world for his style that uses classical orchestral techniques and electronica elements, but highly infused with guitar and vocal textures.

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Early life and career

After completing a Bachelor of Music in Performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Jacobs returned 18 months later to complete a master's degree in composition. As he started learning the stylistic standards of both classic orchestral, jazz, and rock, he went on to design, and build, a new style of guitar.^[1] The instrument he created used twelve individual strings (not courses) and electronic pitch shifters, thereby allowing it to reach seven octaves.^[2] Shortly afterwards, Jacobs started performing as a session and touring musician for Australian artists including Josh Pyke and Genevieve Maynard, and international artists such as Sophie B. Hawkins.^[3]

In 2006, Jacobs started his film scoring work, copying parts on Happy Feet. This was then followed by work as an orchestrator on Jumper, Gabriel, Australia, and P.S. I Love You. In 2008, Bryce moved to the United States, where he started working at Hans Zimmer's company Remote Control Productions.^[4] Once there, he made a name for himself with scores that focused on achieving an orchestral approach to textualizing with guitars, most notably on the score for Rush.^[5] He also worked with composer Ramin Djawadi on numerous projects, including Clash of the Titans, Medal of Honor, Flash Forward, Prison Break, and Breakout Kings. Jacobs' first solo score was for the film Bad Karma (2012), starring Ray Liotta and Dominic Purcell, and he later collaborated with Scottish singer-songwriter, KT Tunstall, on the indie film Carried (2015). In 2017, Jacobs created the soundtrack for the Syfy adaptation of 12 Monkeys,^[2] and then for the comedy Random Tropical Paradise.^[6] In 2018, Bryce composed the score for Icon Pictures’ Yowie series and composed music for Walt Disney Pictures’ Christopher Robin, which also featured his guitar and vocal performances. Most recently, Bryce was Song Producer, Vocalist and Performer for Netflix's Daybreak (2019 TV series).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	Christopher Robin	Composer (additional music)	Director: Marc Forster
2018	Skyscraper	Composer (additional music)	Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
2017	Random Tropical Paradise	Composer	Director: Sanjeev Sirpal
2016	Mechanic: Resurrection	Composer (additional music)	Director: Dennis Gansel
2015	National Lampoon: Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead	Composer	Director: Douglas Tirola
2015	Fifty Shades of Grey	Musician (guitars)	Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson
2014	Drive Hard	Composer	Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
2013	Rush	Composer (additional music)	Director: Ron Howard
2012	The Watermen	Composer	Director: Matt L. Lockhart
2012	Red Dawn	Composer (additional music)	Director: Dan Bradley
2012	Bad Karma	Composer	Director: Suri Krishnamma
2008	Australia	Additional Orchestrator	Director: Baz Luhrmann
2008	Jumper	Orchestrator	Director: Doug Liman

Television

Year	Title	Role
2020	Daybreak	Song Producer
2017	Doomsday	Composer (additional music)
2017	12 Monkeys	Composer
2016	Broken	Composer
2015	Blood and Oil	Composer (Additional music)
2015	Chicago Fire	Composer (Additional music)
2012	Dark Prophet	Composer
2011	Breakout Kings	Composer (additional music)
2009	Prison Break	Assistant Composer

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2012	Medal of Honor: Warfighter	Composer (additional music)
2011	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	Musical Arranger
2011	Shift 2 Unleashed	Composer (Additional music)
2010	Medal of Honor (2010)	Composer (additional music)