Artist description Zachary Quarles works as a lead audio designer for Raven Software and frequently writes music on a freelance basis for many theatres across the country, including: The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Nebraska Wesleyan, Springfield Tent Theatre, and The Landers Theatre

Music Style Orchestral with an electronica/ambient flair.

Musical Influences Multiple classical and hollywood composers

Similar Artists I'm always striving to the artistic level of N'Sync.

Artist History Zack was born in Springfield, Missouri and grew up in the sweltering heat of Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. When the time came, he moved back to Springfield to attend Southwest Missouri State University where he studied Musical Theatre Performance. While in classes, Zack wrote music for several theatrical productions, dance concerts, and independently developed video game projects. It was through this that he was noticed by Raven Software and Activison Games. He was quickly hired on as an audio content provider which consisted of creating several sound effects, voice-over production and performance, and completely original musical compositions. He then became Lead Music Composer & Sound Designer for Soldier of Fortune 2: Double-Helix where he created every thing that is heard in the game, including a soundtrack that contains over an hour's worth of music. Zack is now a member of the Game Audio Network Guild (www.audiogang.org) and working independently with his privately owned company Changeling Sound Studios where he works on a work-for-hire basis for the theatre, film, television, web, and video game industries.

Group Members Zack Quarles: Writer, arranger, producer, director, and general punk.

Instruments Cakewalk SONAR, GIGASTUDIO dedicated sampler, Sound Forge, Vegas, ACID 4.0, Outboard effects and mixers.

Albums Fragments of ZQ, The Wight Album, Soldier of Fortune 2: Double-Helix (only available through the video game), Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream

Press Reviews "I offered Zachary a challenging proposal: compose a musical score for an hour-long production of Macbeth that would be set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, utilizing sounds and instrumentation that could feasibly have survived nuclear war. Zachary produced original music that ranged from haunting to driving, from pulse-pounding to bone-chilling. Due to the production limitations, much of the set, costumes, and props had to be represented partially then left to the audience's imagination; Zachary's music steered their imagination directly where I had hoped they would go. When I do a movie version of Macbeth, you'll find ZQ's music shaping the story." - Jason King Jones, Artistic Director www.njshakespeare.org

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Location Springfield, MO - USA

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