b, g, *1981 US
Composer of Electronic and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Virt
Jacob "Jake" Kaufman (also known as virt or virtjk) (born April 3, 1981) is an American video game music composer. After starting out creating arrangements and remixes of video game soundtracks, he began his commercial composing career in 2000 with the score to a port of Q*Bert. He continued to compose music for games for the next couple of years, working primarily with handheld video games. In 2002, he set up the website VGMix, which hosts video game music remixes, and continues to administrate it. His career began to take off over the next few years, resulting in him transitioning jobs into a full-time freelance composer by 2005. Since then he has worked on several big-name projects such as Contra 4, Red Faction: Guerrilla, DuckTales: Remastered, and Shovel Knight. In early 2015, he and
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Crypt Of The NecroDancer - Freestyle Retro | Jake Kaufman | 2016 | Album |
Supreme League Of Patriots | Jake Kaufman | 2016 | Album |
Shovel Knight Original Soundtrack | Jake Kaufman | 2014 | Album |
Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu Black Label Arrange Mode Album | Manabu Namiki, Jake Kaufman | 2011 | Album |
Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu Black Label Arrange Mode Album | Manabu Namiki, Jake Kaufman | 2011 | Album |
Mighty Switch Force Official Soundtrack | Jake Kaufman | 2011 | Album |
Bloodrayne: Betrayal Official Soundtrack | Jake Kaufman | 2011 | Album |
Shantae: Risky's Revenge Original Soundtrack | Jake Kaufman | 2010 | Album |
魂斗羅(Contra) Dual Spirits Original Soundtrack | Jake Kaufman | 2008 | Album |
Drymouth | Jake Kaufman | 2004 | Album |
Atlantis - The Lost Empire | Jake Kaufman | 2004 | Album |
Shantae | Jake Kaufman | 2004 | Album |
David Beckham Soccer | Jake Kaufman | 2004 | Album |