Jak and Daxter

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Crash Bandicoot 2 - Neo Cortex (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot 2 - Komodo Bros (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - Heavy Machinery (pre-console version)

Jak3 - Precursor Sub Rails (pre-console version)

Jak II: Renegade - main theme (full-length version)

Crash Bandicoot - Upstream (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - Hog Wild (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - Tawna (pre-console version)

This was written for a forest level in *Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy*. The level did not end up in the game but the music was re-worked and re-purposed for the fishing challenge part of the game.

Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Forest (demo)

This is from the *Jak II: Renegade* game soundtrack. It was written for the desolate area of Haven City.

Jak II: Renegade - Deserted City (pre-console version)

Jak II: Renegade - Protect Sig (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot - Slippery Climb (pre-console version)

Crash Bandicoot: Warped - Neo Cortex (pre-console version)

Jak3 - Stadium Ruins (pre-console version)

Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Sentinel Beach (pre-console version)

Josh Mancell is a Los Angeles-based composer. He has created music for multi-million unit selling video game franchises (Crash Bandicoot, Jak & Daxter), Emmy award-winning television (Clifford the Big Red Dog), festival-acclaimed independent films (The Wake of Light, Love Comes to the Executioner, A Star for Rose, Eat the Sun, etc) and a diverse array of commercials (including Target, McDonalds, EA Games and AT&T), logos and other visual media. Josh is also involved with several bands as both a performer and a producer (Exploding Flowers, Vagrant Winter, Fun Time Objects, Cellborg) and has guest lectured/panel-participated at American Film Institute, Berklee College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Sarah Lawrence College, UC Irvine, Cal Poly Pomona and LA College of Music College. His iconic music for the Crash Bandicoot video games was performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2018 and music from both the Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter games was performed by the Manchester Video Game Orchestra in 2022.

Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Forest (demo)

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