Jason Hayes

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Jason Hayes
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Born Unknown
Birth Place New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality American   USA.svg
Website jasonhayesmusic.com

Jason Hayes is a music composer and award-winning member of Blizzard Entertainment's development team. His music can be heard in such hit games as Starcraft, Diablo II, and Warcraft III, as well as the expansion packs for these blockbuster titles. He's currently providing the musical score for World of Warcraft, Blizzard's upcoming massively multiplayer online roleplaying game set in the Warcraft universe. In addition, one of his main focuses at Blizzard continues to be his work with the Blizzard Film Department, writing music for their exceptional computer animated movies and promotional trailers.

Audio Development

On StarCraft, Hayes used Cubase.

Gameography

Released Title Sample Notes
1998-03-31 StarCraft (W32) With Glenn Stafford, Derek Duke and Big Tuna.
1998-07-12 Police Quest: SWAT 2 (W32)
1999-12-18 StarCraft: Brood War (W32) With Tracy Bush and Glenn Stafford.
2000-06-13 StarCraft 64 (N64) Original Music with Glenn Stafford, Derek Duke and Big Tuna.
2000-06-28 Diablo II (W32) Cinematic Music with Glenn Stafford.
2001-06-29 Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (W32) Cinematic Music with Derek Duke and Glenn Stafford.
2002-07-03 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (W32) With Tracy Bush, Derek Duke and Glenn Stafford.
2003-07-01 Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne (W32) With Tracy Bush, Victor Crews, Derek Duke and Glenn Stafford.
2004-11-23 World of Warcraft (W32) Lead Composer.
2007-11-23 World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (W32) Additional Music.
2008-11-13 World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (W32) Main Theme with Russell Brower, Derek Duke and Glenn Stafford.
Intro Cinematic Music with Neal Acree.
2012-09-25 World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (W64) Music from Patch 5.1 to Patch 5.4
2013-03-21 StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm (W64) Additional Music with Cris Velasco.
2013-07-09 Dota 2 (W64)
2014-03-11 Hearthstone (W64) Cinematic Music.
2014-03-25 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls (W64) Contributing Composer with Russell Brower, Joseph Lawrence, Glenn Stafford and Neil Acree.
2014-04-16 Hearthstone (IOS) Cinematic Music.
2014-05-02 Rock n' Roll Racing (W64) Music for Battle.net version.
2014-11-13 World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (W64) Legacy Themes with Tracy Bush and Glenn Stafford.
2016-03-29 StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops - Mission Pack 1 (W64) Lead Composer.
2015-06-02 Heroes of the Storm (W64) With various others.
2015-11-10 StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void (W64) Lead Composer.
2016-08-02 StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops - Mission Pack 2 (W64) Lead Composer.
2016-08-30 World of Warcraft: Legion (W64) Patch 7.1 Music with Edo Guidotti, Neal Acree and Russell Brower.
2016-11-21 StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops - Mission Pack 3 (W64) Lead Composer.
2017-08-14 StarCraft: Remastered (N64) Original Music with Glenn Stafford, Derek Duke and Big Tuna.
2018-08-14 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth (W64) Legacy Themes with Russell Brower and Tracy Bush.
2020-01-28 Warcraft III: Reforged (W64) Original Music with Tracy Bush, Victor Crews, Derek Duke and Glenn Stafford.
2021-06-30 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (W64) Guest Music with Azuria Sky.
2024-08-26 World of Warcraft: The War Within (W64) With Leo Kaliski, Jake Lefkowitz, Adam Burgess, David Arkenstone, Neal Acree and Glenn Stafford.

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