Jo Blankenburg

Jo Blankenburg
Jo Blankenburg
Born	March 18, 1972; Kulmbach, Germany
Genres	Orchestral, film score, trailer music, epic music
Occupation(s)	Composer
Instruments	Piano, drums
Years active	2007–present
Website	joblankenburg.com

Jo Blankenburg (born March 18, 1972) is a German composer based in Los Angeles. He writes music for film and motion picture advertising. Some of his most popular tracks have been used in the advertising campaigns of The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, X-Men: First Class, and How To Train Your Dragon among many others.

A solo album Vendetta for Position Music was released in 2011, the songs of which have been used for the advertising campaigns of many major movies and television shows. He also made another solo album for Position Music called Elysium, it was released in 2012.

Albums

Vendetta

An album composed by Jo Blankenburg for Position Music, released on March 21, 2011. Its songs were used for major motion advertising campaigns for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, X-Men: First Class and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn among many others.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dystopic"	2:24
2.	"Satorius"	2:09
3.	"Imperatix Mundi"	2:59
4.	"Juggernaut"	2:53
5.	"Hymn Of The Apocalypse"	2:51
6.	"Praetorian Guards"	2:32
7.	"Lament For Cherubin"	2:56
8.	"Knights Of Palmyra"	2:33
9.	"Vendetta"	2:12
10.	"Conquest Of Antaria"	2:20
11.	"Enamorus"	3:25
12.	"Kingdom of Avilion"	2:42
13.	"Chimeran Empire"	2:39
Total length:		34:35

Elysium

Following the success of Vendetta, another album, Elysium, was composed by Jo Blankenburg for Position Music, and was released on July 31, 2012.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Garador's Flight"	2:49
2.	"Ascencia"	2:08
3.	"Gryphonheart"	2:39
4.	"Illumielle"	2:41
5.	"Terra Mirus"	3:11
6.	"Leaving Lemuria"	2:58
7.	"Zephyrus"	2:39
8.	"Arion"	2:23
9.	"Voyage Dans La Lune"	2:34
10.	"Empyrea"	3:27
11.	"Theogony"	2:35
Total length:		30:04

Trailer music

2009 – The Wolfman
2009 – How To Train Your Dragon
2009 – FlashForward
2011 – "Dystopic" for featurette X-Men: First Class
2011 – "Satorius" for TV Spot Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2011 – "Conquest of Antaria" for Featurette Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2011 – "Juggernaut" and "Satorius" for America's Got Talent
2011 – "Vendetta" and "Satorius" for TV Spot The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn
2011 – "Vendetta" for Home Video Trailer Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2011 – "Enamorus" for Far Cry 3
2012 – "Apophis" for TV Spot The Hunger Games
2012 – "Illumielle" for the official Christmas television advert for British department store Debenhams
2013 – "Imperatrix Mundi" for 300: Rise of an Empire
2016? – "Garador's Flight" for ABC News intro music at 05:30 for the switchover from BBC World Service
2018 - "Hiraeth" for Kingdom Come: Deliverance trailer music for Warhorse studio game, Kingdom come: deliverence
2019 - "Play the ponies" for Knives Out

Credits

2005 – "Shortfilm: The World Beneath"
2005 – "Documentary: Ticket"
2006 – "Documentary: Poetry"
2006 – "Feature Film: Stages"
2007 – "Music Video: Vahveraasio"
2007 – "Shortfilm: Omega99"
2007 – "Music Video: Planet Earth Forever"
2008 – "Shortfilm: Squalid"
2008 – "Four orchestral pieces for Immediate Music
2009 – "Music for Congolese opera"
2009 – "Theme music for World of Wearable Art
2010 – "Demo music for Dr. Grordbort, Weta Workshop (Lord of the Rings)"
2011 – "Audio-visual project Oil Spill for Berlin International Film Festival showcase
2011 – "Music for documentary The Human Experience"
2011 – "Shortfilm: Anamnesis"
2011 – "Music for Qtel commercial promoting the 2011 World of Wearable Art

Discography

2007 – Floatovations (Solo album)
2008 – The Feather Dance (Solo album)
2010 – Vendetta (for Position Music)
2011 – The Human Experience (for Grassroots Films)
2012 – Elysium (for Position Music)
2015 – Kaleidoscope (for Position Music)
2016 – Valkyrie (for Position Music)
2017 – Cronos (for Position Music)
2018 – Clandestine
2018 – Cosmagora
2019 – Petrichor
2019 – Sacrosanct
2019 – Eleomera
2020 – Vanguard

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