| Sarah Schachner | |||
| Birth Date: | 27 March 1988 | ||
| Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Alma Mater: | Berklee College of Music | ||
| Family: | Emma R. Schachner (sister)[1] | ||
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Sarah Schachner is an American composer and musician who has worked on the scores of films, television series and video games.
She was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media for her work on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
Schachner grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia.[2] When she was five, she first started playing piano and then started playing the violin.[3] She kept learning other instruments, such as viola and cello, and played with both family and in an orchestra, as well as a jazz band.
Schachner went to the Berklee College of Music and then moved to Los Angeles. She began to work with composer Brian Tyler, who worked in film and then started writing video game music. Tyler first brought Schachner in to work on . Schachner said, "I started doing music on the games for him and I realized how much I loved working on games." Since then Schachner has worked on more Call of Duty games such as Infinite Warfare and also worked with Ubisoft on the Far Cry and Assassin's Creed series.[4] Schachner began to incorporate synthesizers with her work on string instruments.[5]
In 2016, Ted Cruz's presidential campaign used one of Schachner's songs, "Lens", without permission.[6] [7] As the composer, she and the performer, along with a licensing firm, sued the Cruz campaign in May 2016 for copyright infringement.
Schachner also contributed to the Cassini Finale Music Project, a commemoration of the Cassini mission to Saturn.
| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cool It | Ondi Timoner | Roadside Attractions | Co-composed with N’oa Winter Lazerus | [8] |
| She Believes in Fate | Douglas Lamore | Charlatan Studios | Short film | ||
| 2011 | Remains | Colin Theys | Chiller Films | [9] | |
| 2012 | Promesas | Aaron Celious | Short film | ||
| 2013 | UnHung Hero | Brian Spitz | Breaking Glass Pictures | ||
| 2015 | The Lazarus Effect | David Gelb | Relativity Media | ||
| 2022 | Prey | Dan Trachtenberg | 20th Century Studios | [10] | |
| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | John Dies at the End | Don Coscarelli | Magnet Releasing | Additional music | |
| The Expendables 2 | Simon West | Lionsgate | Musical score arrangements | ||
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Shane Black | Marvel Studios | Arranger and programmer | |
| Now You See Me | Louis Leterrier | Summit Entertainment | |||
| 2016 | Now You See Me 2 | Jon M. Chu |
| Year | Title | Original Channel | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Brew Masters | Discovery Channel | |||
| 2011 | The Troop | Nickelodeon | |||
| 2015 | Chef's Table | Netflix | Episode: "Massimo Bottura" & "Jordi Roca" | [11] |
| Year | Title | Studio | Notes | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ubisoft | Co-composed with Chris Tilton and Ryan Amon | |||
| 2016 | Activision | ||||
| 2017 | Assassin's Creed Origins | Ubisoft | [12] | ||
| 2019 | Anthem | Electronic Arts | [13] | ||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | Activision | [14] | |||
| 2020 | Assassin's Creed Valhalla | Ubisoft | Co-composed with Jesper Kyd and Einar Selvik | [15] | |
| 2022 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | Activision | [16] |
| Year | Title | Studio | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Activision | Additional guitars & violin Musical score arrangements | ||
| Electronic Arts | Additional guitars Musical score arrangements | |||
| 2012 | Far Cry 3 | Ubisoft | Additional music, cellos, violin, and vocals | |
| 2013 | Electronic Arts | Additional music, cello and violin | ||
| Ubisoft | Additional music |