Jesse grew up outside of Philadelphia where his childhood was accompanied by the electronic soundtrack of old console games, Star Wars, and cartoons from the 80s. The day after he turned 20, he moved to Liverpool, England to attend the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Three years later, Jesse left England with a BA in Performing Arts and his first two professional game composition credits.
Having had enough of English rain, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a freelance composer, graphic artist, and author. While there, Jesse graduated from the University of Southern California's graduate program in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television. Once, he saw Cory Feldman standing in someone's driveway.
Having had enough of Los Angeles, Jesse joined LucasArts as Staff Composer in March of 2003.
He still enjoys old console games, Star Wars, and cartoons from the 80s.
Titles include:
Thrillville
LEGO Star Wars II
Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith The Video Game
Star Wars Republic Commando
Incoming Forces
Space Debris
Hi Jesse Harlin, the gang and I just finished our new video SPELLFURY 2, Would love to know what you think of it? We're trying to find an audience for it, so anything you can do to help get it out there would be much appreciated!
so i'm watching a show on G4 about "the force unleashed" and they're interviewing all the people who made the game and i think to myself, "hey, how come they don't interview jesse for this show? surely he was involved with the music..."
and then in the next segment you pop up on my tv screen.
i felt like the kid in the twilight zone movie. it was a good feeling. i want peanut butter hamburgers for dinner tomorrow.
Hey thanks for the add! Just wanted to say you did great work on THRILLVILLE: OTR!!! I love the song "Go For A Ride" especially, friggin' brilliant stuff there man! I'd swear you had spent a lifetime in Glam due to that song.
hi Jesse, hope all is well - i enjoyed your article in the latest GDMag. I have to say one score I found to be infectious and memorable this year is the one found in LocoRoco on PSP... it's so cute and awesome!
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