Neal Acree

Neal Acree
Born	July 11, 1974 (1974-07-11) (age 37) Tarzana, California, United States
Occupations	Composer
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Azeroth Records, FreeClyde Music, MIM[disambiguation needed ]

Neal Acree (born on July 11, 1974) is a composer of film, television, and video game music. He has scored 22 feature films, contributed music to the popular Blizzard Entertainment video games World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade and Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. His television work includes the series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Witchblade and the first season of Sanctuary.^[1]

Awards

• Best Cinematic/Cutscene Audio - Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - Game Audio Network Guild Awards (2011)^[2]
• Best Vocal (Choral) - World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (lyrics by) - Game Audio Network Guild Awards (2011)^[2]
• Best Cinematic/Cutscene Audio - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Game Audio Network Guild Awards (2009)^[3]
• Best Use of Music - World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Telly Awards (2007)

Nominations

• Outstanding Music Composition - World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - Interactive Achievement Awards (2011)^[4]
• Outstanding Music Composition - Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty - Interactive Achievement Awards (2011)^[5]
• Best Cinematic/Cutscene Audio - World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - Game Audio Network Guild Awards (2011)^[2]
• Music of the Year - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Game Audio Network Guild Awards (2009)
• Soundtrack of the Year - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Game Audio Network Guild Awards (2009)
• Outstanding Music Composition - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Interactive Achievement Awards (2009)^[6]

Video Game Music

• World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (2010)
• Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010)
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Opening Cinematic) (2008)
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Opening Cinematic) (2006)

Television Music

• Sanctuary (TV series) (first season)
• Stargate Atlantis
• Stargate SG-1
• Stargate Universe
• Witchblade

Film Music

• Weapon starring Jean Claude Van Damme (2011)
• War of the Dead (2011)
• Witchville (2011)
• Mechanic starring Jason Statham (additional music) (2010)
• Hallowed Ground (2008)
• Stargate: Continuum (additional music) (2008)
• Stargate: The Ark of Truth (additional music) (2008)

External links

• The Official Website of Neal Acree
• Neal Acree at the Internet Movie Database

Notes

1. ^ http://www.nealacree.com/bio.htm
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/03/06/winners-2011-game-audio-network-guild-awards.aspx
3. ^ http://www.gamebanshee.com/news/92231-2009-game-audio-network-guild-award-winners.html
4. ^ http://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2011&idGame=1173
5. ^ http://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2011&idGame=1161
6. ^ http://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2009&idGame=977

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Name	Acree, Neal
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Date of birth	July 11, 1974
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