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'''Jay Weinland''' is a senior employee of [[Bungie Studios]] and head of the sound department. He studied at Oberlin College and Conservatory for five years and then went on to teach as a high school orchestra teacher for another five years. He has been in the video game industry since at least 1996. He is a major aficionado of science fiction novels, sports, brass instruments, and beer- with beef jerky.
'''Jay Weinland''' was a senior Bungie employee and currently the head of the audio department. He studied at Oberlin College and Conservatory for five years and then went on to teach as a high school orchestra teacher for another five years. He has been in the video game industry since at least 1996. He is a major aficionado of science fiction novels, sports, brass instruments, and beer...with beef jerky.


He is married to Seattle actress Heather Hawkins, and has two children.  
He is married to Seattle actress Heather Hawkins, and has two children.  


He was [[Credits|credited]] as sound designer for [[Halo: Combat Evolved]]. He then served as sound lead for [[Halo 2]]. He works at Bungie still, and likely worked [[Halo 3]].
He has worked as the audio lead in all Bungie ''Halo'' games.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved credits]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 2 credits]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3 credits]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST credits]]'''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Reach credits]]'''</ref>, and was largely responsible for sound effect production and design along with [[C. Paul Johnson|C. Paul]]. He also provided his voice for [[Pascal]], one of the officers onboard the {{UNSCShip|In Amber Clad}} in ''[[Halo 2]]'' and ''[[Halo 2: Anniversary]]''.
 
Jay continued under Bungie to develop audio for Destiny and Destiny 2, before working as audio lead on EA Industral Toys' Battlefield Mobile from 2020 until that project's cancellation in January 2023. He currently works as audio director at Sound Lab, a contractor/support studio for audio production.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*He enjoys Jolly Ranchers. [http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=bwuoct13]
Weinland enjoys Jolly Ranchers.<ref>[http://halo.bungie.net/news/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=bwuoct13 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update 10/13/2006'']</ref>
*He was a voice actor for one of the pilots on the ship ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'' in ''[[Halo 2]]''.


==Links==
==See also==
*[http://www.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=weinland Jay Weinland at Bungie.net]
*[http://halo.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=weinland Jay Weinland at Bungie.net]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1825944/ Jay Weinland at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1825944/ Jay Weinland at the Internet Movie Database]
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Jay Weinland was a senior Bungie employee and currently the head of the audio department. He studied at Oberlin College and Conservatory for five years and then went on to teach as a high school orchestra teacher for another five years. He has been in the video game industry since at least 1996. He is a major aficionado of science fiction novels, sports, brass instruments, and beer...with beef jerky.

He is married to Seattle actress Heather Hawkins, and has two children.

He has worked as the audio lead in all Bungie Halo games.[1][2][3][4][5], and was largely responsible for sound effect production and design along with C. Paul. He also provided his voice for Pascal, one of the officers onboard the UNSC In Amber Clad in Halo 2 and Halo 2: Anniversary.

Jay continued under Bungie to develop audio for Destiny and Destiny 2, before working as audio lead on EA Industral Toys' Battlefield Mobile from 2020 until that project's cancellation in January 2023. He currently works as audio director at Sound Lab, a contractor/support studio for audio production.

Trivia[edit]

Weinland enjoys Jolly Ranchers.[6]

See also[edit]

Sources[edit]