Jeff van Dyck (pronounced “dike”, also known as Jeff Dyck in his early years) is a two-time BAFTA award winning Composer and Audio Director, known for his emotive scores and immersive audio design in videogames over the last two decades. Jeff was awarded a BAFTA in 2001 for the soundtrack Shogun: Total War Warlord Edition, was nominated in 2005 for the soundtrack Rome: Total War and led his team to another BAFTA in 2015 for Alien:Isolation.
Jeff’s early work comprised a string of AAA game franchises including EA’s FIFA, NHL and Need for Speed series. He moved into more cinematic and orchestral style of composing through a long involvement with the critically acclaimed Total War franchise. More recently, Jeff’s work can be heard across a range of independent development, a move that has provided the freedom to work on a diverse range of creative projects.
When he’s not working on soundtracks, Jeff drums in the band FuzzPilot
I just finished the game and came to hear the song again… when the credits pop up I started crying, it’s so beautiful the game… I only wanted to play a cozy organization game, didn’t know I was going to play one deeper than what I thought at first 😭🥹
Quick tip: if you ever catch yourself struggling in the last bit of your run or on the last rep at gym. Slap this bad boy on, guarantee you complete the task. FOR THE GLORY OF ROME
Believe it or not, Jeff van Dyck became my spotify artist of the year because I had this song on repeat. Most played song of the year. Slept to this song thousands of times.
The theme of turning your enemy to ashes. Doesn't matter what you use: mortars, cannons or rockets. It's a symphony of exploding gunpowder and breaking bracing
Its been 20 years since i saw this game, time does flow fast, i was crazy about this game and its music, and all those small sfx and voices, (i still remember the shrine sfx when you click on it it was magical)wow its good we can get access to this after all these years, thank you for being part of my life at some point, you wont know how much this means to me but it does alot, thank you friend🙏
I´d swear that original medieval and rome totalwar games had the best soundtrack of whole series. I know thats subjective but they defintiely had more colorful themes and maybe even way more songs than new totalwars.
