About
Jesper Kyd - Composer/Producer
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BAFTA award-winning Danish composer Jesper Kyd is renowned for his experimental approach to crafting unique soundtracks and creating iconic music for visual media such as the internationally acclaimed dark fantasy film TUMBBAD (Prime Video) and blockbuster video game franchises including ASSASSIN’S CREED (“Pioneer of the Assassin’s Creed musical universe” – Ubisoft), BORDERLANDS, DARKSIDERS, HITMAN, STATE OF DECAY and WARHAMMER. Constantly pushing musical boundaries and transcending genre expectations, Kyd’s latest scores include WARHAMMER 40,000: DARKTIDE, RAID: CALL OF THE ARBITER (animated series), DUNE: SPICE WARS, and the 2025 thriller CRAZXY produced by Sohum Shah Films (TUMBBAD). Most recently he completed scoring NO LAW (Neon Giant) and SAMSON (Liquid Swords), with other projects to be announced in 2026 and beyond.
Kyd has received top honors for his music from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Critics Choice Film Awards, Hollywood Music in Media Awards, Game Audio Network Guild as well as nominations from Billboard, CNN, MTV Video Music Awards and Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. He was also honored with the Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award at Canadian Music Week for his innovative and unique body of work, joining the esteemed ranks of entertainment industry luminaries Spike Lee and Tony Visconti.
As the musical mentor of the ASSASSIN’S CREED and HITMAN series, Kyd’s music is regularly performed in concerts and festivals by orchestras worldwide including The National Symphony at The Kennedy Center, Danish National Symphony, Krakow Film Music Festival, Tenerife International Film Music Festival, WDR Symphony, Prague Composers Summit, ‘Symphony of the Shadows’ at Game Music Festival, Video Games Live, Game On! Symphonic Concerts, Assassin’s Creed Symphony World Tour (including US premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, home to the Academy Awards ceremony), as well as the original commission – “From The Depths of History” Overture – composed and arranged for the Assassin’s Creed Symphonic Adventure World Tour which Kyd debuted at the world premiere in Paris and the Royal Festival Hall in London.

























































