Bio/Credits

Highlights From 2013

Lance Hayes One Sheet 2013

 

On the sound stage at Skywalker Ranch tracking strings for the Forza Motorsport 5 soundtrack. Front row: Chase Combs, John Broomhall, Paul Lipson, Janet Ketchum, Lennie Moore, Leslie Ann Jones, Lance Hayes. Subsequent rows: Marco D'Ambrosio and the Skywalker Symphony strings

On the sound stage at Skywalker Ranch tracking strings for the Forza Motorsport 5 soundtrack. Front row: Chase Combs, John Broomhall, Paul Lipson, Janet Ketchum, Lennie Moore, Leslie Ann Jones, Lance Hayes. Subsequent rows: Marco D’Ambrosio and the Skywalker Symphony strings

 

Biography

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Forza Motorsport 5 score staged in the Studio B control room, Avatar NYC

Lance Hayes is an award winning composer, sound designer, lecturer and educator working in media, advertising, television, and video game soundtracks. Some of his projects include composing and producing music for “Nike+ Kinect Fitness“, the Stranded Music for the mega hit video game “Gears of War 3“, music for “Xbox Fitness” and scoring the original soundtracks to the sensational “Forza Motorsport” series including the Xbox One launch title “Forza Motorsport 5″. Additional clients include Activision, The Discovery Channel, Warner Brothers, Best Buy, National Geographic, Harpo Inc., MTV, VH1 and many others.

He takes pride in his work as an educator teaching the Game Audio and Composition track for both the Summer Intensive and the Masters of Music program at Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program and was nominated for a GANG Award for his educational “Next Level” series blog for Andertons Music UK.

As an in demand teacher and lecturer Lance has had the good fortune to present sessions at The Game Developer’s Conference, PAX Dev, GameSoundCon, Seattle Composers Alliance, DigiPen Audio Symposium, AES, SynthFest NW, The Art Institute, Academy of Interactive Entertainment, Berklee School of Music Video Game Music Club, Decibel Festival Conference and more.

 

Remarks and Mentions

“The music of Lance Hayes is an integral component of the UI of Forza Motorsport 4, as it was

in Forza Motorsport 3. The menus in Forza Motorsport 4 are vast and many players will spend hours in them setting up tuning options or creating liveries; Lance has provided 15 songs to make this experience as enjoyable and varied as possible for the player. He also produced 4 tracks for the in-game race soundtrack which are very different in tempo, scope and feel, showing the breadth of his compositional skills.”

– Nick Wiswell, Audio Director Turn 10 (Microsoft)

Composer Lance Hayes, hamming it up between takes at the Skywalker Ranch

Composer Lance Hayes, hamming it up between takes at the Skywalker Ranch

“Lance has been part of the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program for the last few years teaching classes for both the Summer Intensive programs as well as the Master of Music offered by PNWFS at the Seattle Film Institute. Lance is not only a talented video game composer/sound designer, but he also has a gift as an instructor – always willing to share his insights and experience. He instills in his students an excitement for this expanding field while giving them solid instruction in the unique aspects of this type of work. I feel lucky that we have Lance as part of the PNWFS team.”

– Hummie Mann, Creator/Lead Instructor, Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program

 

Lance’s LinkedIn Profile

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Lance’s updated LinkedIn profile

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Lance has created music and sound design for dozens of video games, has had music featured in countless TV programs and produced content for myriad other media. Here is a partial list of clients and projects:

  • Microsoft
  • Nike
  • Big Park
  • Forza Motorsport Franchise (Turn 10)
  • Comedy Central
  • Infinity
  • “The Matrix Reloaded”, “Revolutions” and “The Animatrix” Warner Brothers/VillageRoad Show Pictures (link to one of the clips from “Scrolls to Screen” featuring Lance Hayes’ music and one  from a segment on Peter Chung, as well as a selection from a later edit)

    The Animatrix

    The Animatrix

  • Motorola
  • Activision
  • Food Network
  • Women’s Entertainment
  • The Escapist
  • The Travel Channel
  • Animal Planet
  • VH1
  • E! Network
  • HGTV
  • MTV (Various specials including the MTV Movie awards and Brittany Spears specials)
  • Harpo Inc. (Oprah)
  • The Playboy Channel
  • Toyota of Europe
  • Best Buy
  • Nordstrom
  • National Geographic
  • Discovery Channel
  • Discovery Health
  • The Independent Film Channel

    AVEO Advertisement for Toyota Europe

    AYGO Advertisement for Toyota of Europe

  • A&E
  • Fossil Watches
  • Getty Images
  • HipSoft
  • Propellerhead Software

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Lance Hayes