COMPOSER

Jesper Kyd

1972 - Today

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Jesper Kyd Jakobson (; Danish: Jesper Kyd Jakobson [ˈjespɐ ˈkʰyt ˈjɑkʰʌpsʌn]; born 3 February 1972) is a Danish composer and sound designer who has worked on various video game, television, and film projects. He has composed soundtracks for the Hitman series, Assassin's Creed series, Borderlands series, Darksiders II and State of Decay, among many others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesper Kyd has received more than 767,147 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jesper Kyd is the 1,341st most popular composer (down from 1,296th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 602nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Danish Composer.

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  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jesper Kyd ranks 1,341 out of 1,451. Before him are John Stanley, Earl Scruggs, R. D. Burman, Bruce Broughton, Claude Vivier, and Dave Stewart. After him are Mark Mancina, Jerry Bock, Eubie Blake, David Rose, Lowell Mason, and Anne Dudley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Jesper Kyd ranks 290. Before him are Andy Weir, Derartu Tulu, Claudia Pechstein, Oleh Lyashko, Zeljko Kalac, and Pierre Amine Gemayel. After him are Scott Foley, Roberto Acuña, Anna Falchi, Chantal Andere, Benno Fürmann, and Marc Blucas.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jesper Kyd ranks 616 out of 1,032. Before him are Poul Heegaard (1871), John Tchicai (1936), Søren Petersen (1894), Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988), Karl Dane (1886), and Thomas Delaney (1991). After him are John Lauridsen (1959), Peder Pedersen (1945), Tage Henriksen (1925), Bjørn Rasmussen (1885), Bent Peder Rasch (1934), and Charles Schlee (1873).

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Among COMPOSERS In Denmark

Among composers born in Denmark, Jesper Kyd ranks 10. Before him are Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805), Rued Langgaard (1893), Per Nørgård (1932), Emil Hartmann (1836), Vagn Holmboe (1909), and Peter Arnold Heise (1830). After him are Hans Abrahamsen (1952), Poul Ruders (1949), and Frederik Magle (1977).

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