- "What I love most about it is the fact that I grew up with Star Wars. I mean, [it's] my favorite film franchise. It was the thing I was most into as a kid. I would act out all the scenes with my action figures, and the thing that I really latched on to was the music. So never in a million years would I ever have thought that the opportunity would be given to me to be able to write music for my favorite film franchise growing up. And so for me, it's that excitement. It's sort of like a childlike dream come true. And it's so much fun to work in the franchise I love so much."
- ―Gordy Haab speaking on his favorite thing about working on Star Wars video games
Gordy Haab (born March 10, 1976[1]) is an American[2] film, video game, and television composer best known for his work on Star Wars video games. He was a composer for Star Wars: The Old Republic[4] and its subsequent expansions Shadow of Revan,[5] Knights of the Fallen Empire,[6] Knights of the Eternal Throne,[7] Onslaught,[8] and Legacy of the Sith.[9] He was lead composer for Kinect Star Wars[10] and the sole composer for Electronic Arts' Star Wars Battlefront[11] and Battlefront II[12] and also composed the scores to Star Wars: Squadrons[13] and the series Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge. He composed the scores for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and its sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor alongside Stephen Barton.[14][15]
At the 2024 Grammy Awards, Haab and Barton's score for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor won the award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media.[16]
Works[]
Gameography[]
| Year | Title | Contribution(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Star Wars: The Old Republic | Composer[4] | |
| 2012 | Kinect Star Wars | Lead composer[10] | |
| 2014 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan | Composer[5] | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire | Composer[6] | |
| 2015 | Star Wars Battlefront | Composer[11] | |
| 2016 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne | Composer[7] | |
| 2017 | Star Wars Battlefront II | Composer[12] | |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught | Composer[8] | |
| 2019 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Composer | With Stephen Barton[14] |
| 2020 | Star Wars: Squadrons | Composer[13] | |
| 2022 | Star Wars: The Old Republic: Legacy of the Sith | Composer[9] | |
| 2023 | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Composer | With Stephen Barton[15] |
| 2024 | Star Wars: Hunters | Composer[17] |
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Series | Contribution(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | "Episode 1" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[18] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 2" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[19] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 3" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[20] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 4" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[21] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 5" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[22] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 6" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[23] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 7" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[24] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 8" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[25] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 9" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[26] | |
| 2020 | "Episode 10" | Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge | Composer[27] |
Sources[]
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- Kinect Star Wars
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire
- Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne
- Star Wars Battlefront
- Star Wars Battlefront II
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Interview With The Hu on the official Electronic Arts Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 1"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 2"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 3"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 4"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 5"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 6"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 7"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 8"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 9"
- Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 10"
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- Star Wars Squadrons is Here! on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Celebration LIVE! 2023 - DAY 3 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Dial of Destiny Win Grammy Awards on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Gordy Haab (@GordyHaab) on Twitter: "Thanks for the birthday wishes!" (screenshot)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Gordy Haab on YouTube
- ↑ Interview: Gordy Haab talks composing Star Wars: Battlefront, Squadrons and more by Mia Johnson on Dork Side of the Force (February 18, 2021) (archived from the original on February 19, 2021)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Shadow of Revan
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Fallen Empire
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Knights of the Eternal Throne
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Onslaught
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Star Wars: The Old Republic: Legacy of the Sith
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kinect Star Wars
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Star Wars Battlefront
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Star Wars Battlefront II
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Star Wars: Squadrons
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- ↑ Grammy Awards 2024: See the complete list of winners by Madeline Cisneros on Entertainment Weekly (February 4, 2024) (archived from the original on February 5, 2024)
- ↑ Star Wars: Hunters (Original Video Game Soundtrack) on Qobuz (archived from the original on June 8, 2024)
- ↑
Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 1"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 2"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 3"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 4"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 5"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 6"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 7"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 8"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 9"
- ↑ Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge — "Episode 10"
External links[]
- Gordy Haab (@gordyhaab) on Instagram
- Gordy Haab on LinkedIn
- Gordy Haab on Wikipedia
- Gordy Haab at the Internet Movie Database
- Gordy Haab on MobyGames
