Award-Winning Composer Neal Acree Tapped to Score Amazon Original Series The Legend of Vox Machina from Critical Role

 Today, Critical Role announced that Neal Acree (Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Stargate SG-1) will be scoring The Legend of Vox Machina, the upcoming Amazon Original animated series from Critical Role and Titmouse. The reveal was made via the latest installment of Critical Role’s behind-the-scenes digital series, The Legend of The Legend of Vox Machina. It was also announced that Peter Habib and Mr. Fantastic will write and produce all of the original songs for the bard Scanlan Shorthalt, alongside Sam Riegel.

Watch The Legend of the Legend of Vox Machina: The Legend of the Music HERE

With a career spanning almost 25 years, Neal has made a name for himself with scores across film, television and video games. His music has become synonymous with epic and memorable themes, emotionally charged and unforgettable cinematic moments and evocative soundscapes, which aligns perfectly with The Legend of Vox Machina. Neal’s music can be heard in the massively popular video game franchises Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft and Honor of Kings, fan favorite shows like Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis and over 30 feature films, including the Jean-Claude Van Damme films Assassination Games and Six Bullets as well as additional music for the Jason Statham blockbuster The Mechanic.

Neal is the recipient of an International Film Music Critics Award, three Hollywood Music In Media Awards, three Golden Reel Awards, seven Game Audio Network Guild Awards and five Global Music Awards, and was also nominated for a BAFTA, four Academy Of Interactive Arts & Sciences Awards, three ASCAP Composer’s Choice Awards as well as numerous critic awards. In 2016, Neal was named the BSOSpirit Jerry Goldsmith “Composer of the Year.”

The Amazon Original series The Legend of Vox Machina follows a group of second-rate adventurers on a quest to save the realm from terrifying monsters and dark magical forces. Throughout the first season, our characters will face undead giants, overthrow a sinister necromancer, and confront a powerful curse that has taken root inside their own group. Through it all, they learn how to function as a team, and discover they’re much more than that: they’re family.

The Legend of Vox Machina stars the Critical Role cast of Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O’Brien, who are reprising their roles; they also serve as executive producers, alongside Brandon Auman (Star Wars: Resistance) and Chris Prynoski (Metalocalypse), with Sung Jin Ahn (Niko and the Sword of Light) as supervising director. The Emmy award-winning animation production company Titmouse is the animation partner.

In 2019, Critical Role launched The Legend of Vox Machina as a Kickstarter campaign for a 22-minute animated special produced by Titmouse, reaching their original funding goal within minutes. The campaign continued to gain traction thanks to Critical Role’s passionate fanbase, becoming the most-funded TV, film or animated project in Kickstarter history and raising over $11.3M. The fan support led to an increase of 24 episodes across two seasons, with Amazon Prime Video serving as the exclusive streaming home for the animated series.