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“Zac’s music is just his and inimitable style. Virtuosity is so natural for him that it reaches the harmonic goal: playing chords with a melodic instrument.”

-Hélène Seiyu Codjo; shakuhachi player, scholar, teacher

About

Zac Zinger is an award-winning composer, arranger, orchestrator, music supervisor, and multi-instrumentalist with years of experience in a wide variety of mediums. His innovative technique and style on the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), as well as the unique multicultural blend of his compositions have garnered critical acclaim at home and abroad. His contributions as composer, arranger, orchestrator and performer include such major video game titles as Street Fighter V, League of Legends, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Elden Ring, PubG Mobile, Final Fantasy XV, Just Cause 4, Jump Force, and Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories.

A multi-talented performer, Zac plays saxophones, shakuhachi, flute, clarinet, EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), and a host of world flutes. He has performed in twelve countries, in esteemed venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and has been credited for musical contributions to 83 commercial music releases and counting, two of which have won Grammy Awards. He has worked with such musical luminaries as Sir Paul McCartney, Branford Marsalis, Michael Bublé, Dionne Warwick, Audra McDonald, Bear McCreary, and Tituss Burgess, and plays regularly with the Grammy Award winning 8-Bit Big Band and Adam Neely.

Zac has spoken as an expert on the shakuhachi and multicultural art at the World Shakuhachi Festival, Berklee College of Music, CalArts, and Texas A&M. In 2016 he received a fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council to study the shakuhachi in Tokyo, and has garnered recognition from the Salon de Virtuosi “for his exceptional talent and dedication to cross-cultural musical presentations.” Awards for his compositions include 1st place in the 2021 Tribeca New Music Competition, 1st place in the 2020 USA Songwriting Competition, four consecutive ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards and the inaugural Johnny Mandel Prize.

ザック・ジンガー (Zac Zinger)

作編曲家/マルチリード奏者(サックス/クラリネット/フルート/EWI電子ウィンドシンセサイザー)/尺八)

自らもマルチ奏者として活躍する傍ら作編曲家としてもASCAP ヤング・ジャズコンポーザー賞を4年連続受賞するなど、数々の賞を受賞。レギュラーメンバーでもある「8-Bit Big Band」でグラミー賞の受賞歴もある。現在はニューヨークを拠点に映画、アニメーション、ゲーム音楽やアーティストの作編曲や演奏活動を行っている。

作曲、編曲、オーケストレーターと演奏家としての活動歴として:「Street Fighter V」「League of Legends」「Super Smash Bros. Ultimate」「Elden Ring」「Final Fantasy XV」「Jump Force」「機動戦士ガンダム サイドストーリーズ」「モンスターハンター ザ・ジャズアルバム」などのタイトルが含まれる。

演奏者としてはこれまでに12か国で公演し、Carnegie Hall、The Blue Note、Jazz at Lincoln Centerなどの名だたるホールやスペースで演奏経験があり、これまでにポール・マカートニー、ブランフォード・マーサレス、マイケル・ブブレなどのアーティストとの共演経験を持っている。現在はグラミー賞を受賞している8-Bit Big BandとAdam Neely's Jazz Schoolのバンドメンバーである。

Awards & Grants

  • 2023 Hollywood Music in Media “Best Live Concert for Visual Media” (Composer/Arranger for Arknights: Ambience Synesthesia 2023: Wanted)

  • 2021 Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition, 1st Place

  • 2021 New York City Artist Corps Grant

  • 2020 USA Songwriting Competition, 1st place (Jazz)

  • 2020 Salon De Virtuosi Career Grant

  • 2016 Asian Cultural Council Artist Fellowship

  • 2015 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award

  • 2014 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award

  • 2013 ASCAP Johnny Mandel Prize

  • 2013 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award

  • 2012 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award

  • 2010 Herb Pomeroy Composition/Arranging Award

  • 2009 Herb Pomeroy Composition/Arranging Award

  • 2007 Pittsburgh Jazz Society Leadership Award

  • 2007 Irene S. and Harry Louik Theatre Arts Award

Selected Performances/Venues

  • Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - with Tituss Burgess, Audra McDonald, Masayo Ishigure

  • Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY - with Mario Frangoulis

  • United Nations (Residence of the Japanese Ambassador), New York, NY - with Michiru Oshima

  • Consulate General of Japan, New York, NY

  • Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs, CO - with Colorado Springs Philharmonic (featured soloist)

  • Merkin Hall, New York, NY

  • Japan Society, New York, NY

  • Asia Society, New York, NY

  • Sony Hall, New York, NY - with The 8-Bit Big Band

  • Heinz Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

  • Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, MO - with Mario Frangoulis (opening for Smokey Robinson)

  • The Glasshouse, New York, NY - with Dionne Warwick

  • Jazz at the Kitano, New York, NY

Selected Credits

  • The Way Things Used To Be - Zac Zinger (Producer, Bandleader, Composer, Arranger,
    Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, EWI)

  • Fulfillment - Zac Zinger (Producer, Bandleader, Composer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer
    Alto Saxophone, Shakuhachi, EWI, Dizi)

  • Street Fighter V Original Soundtrack (Composer, Arranger, Saxophones, Flute, Clarinet)

  • League of Legends (Composer, Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute, Garklein Recorder)

  • Elden Ring (Music Supervisor, Orchestrator)

  • Jump Force (Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Flute, Clarinet)

  • Final Fantasy XV Original Soundtrack (Bansuri, Shinobue)

  • Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power (Shakuhachi)

  • Higher - Michael Bublé and Sir Paul McCartney (Flute) [GRAMMY FOR BEST TRADITIONAL POP ALBUM]

  • Monster Hunter Swing (Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Saxes, Flute, Clarinet, EWI)

  • RWBY Original Soundtrack, Volumes 2, 3, 5, 7 - Jeff Williams (Horn/Big Band Arranger, Saxophones)

  • PubG Mobile (Composer, Arranger, Mixing Engineer, Dizi, Saxophones)

  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Quena)

  • Just Cause 4 (Arranger, Shakuhachi, Flute, Alto Flute, Quena, Bansuri, Pan Flute)

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: Side Stories (Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator, Flute, Clarinet)

  • Backwards Compatible - 8-Bit Big Band (Tenor Sax, EWI, Clarinet) [GRAMMY FOR BEST LARGE ENSEMBLE ARRANGEMENT]

  • Sungazer, Vol. 2 - Sungazer (EWI)

Public Speaking & Guest Lectures

  • World Shakuhachi Festival [London, UK] (Jazz and Chromaticism on Shakuhachi)

  • California Institute of the Arts (Creating Multicultural Art)

  • Berklee College of Music (Introduction to the Shakuhachi; Making a Career in Video Game Music)

  • Texas A&M (Introduction to the Shakuhachi)

  • St. John’s University (Making a Career in the Arts)

  • Five Towns College (Composing for Video Games)

  • Playcrafting at Microsoft (Composing for Video Games)

  • Game Sound Con (The Relevance of Melody in Video Game Music; Jazz in Video Game Music)

  • Play NYC (The Relevance of Melody in Video Game Music)

  • Game-a-con (Composing for Video Games)

  • Captivate Conference (Composing for Video Games)