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Encyclopedia > Robert Holmes (composer)

Robert Holmes is a composer, living in the United States of America. Though he was at least partly responsible for the music heard in several other computer games, he is best known for having composed the music for the Gabriel Knight series of adventure games. Some of his most memorable work can be found in the second part of the series, for the purposes of which he composed an entire opera. Holmes has a daughter from a previous relationship and is married to Jane Jensen, the creator and designer of the acclaimed trilogy. Gabriel Knight is the title character in a series of adventure games produced by the Sierra Corporation in the 1990s. ... This is an article about a game company. ... Jane Jensen (b. ...


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Ugarte & HerrBearen Robert Holmes Interview (4340 words)
Robert: My musical education in terms of theory happened mostly in high school and college, and to be honest, I had probably lost or ignored a lot of what I had learned, by the time I got into doing games.
Robert: GK1 was a kick to write for, because no one had ever done a game in that overall creative style (a nod to Jane's genius), it was new territory and very ripe in terms of texture and drama.
Robert: I think I touched on this, but again all the Sierra guys I had the good fortune to know and work with were unbelievably talented, and probably don't get enough credit for blazing many of the trails that gamers take for granted in terms of how music and sound are done in today's games.
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