Economou grew up in
Long Island where she was involved in music programs at public school.[1] She was inspired by her older sister Nicole to begin playing music, and chose the violin.[1] Economou and her sister also grew up playing the
Sega Genesis and games on the first generation of
Xbox.[2]
Economou attended the
New England Conservatory of Music where she studied composition.[1] During her studies, she began to work with people studying at Emerson College to score music for their films.[1][2]
During her Master's degree for Composition for Visual Media at
UCLA, she had an apprenticeship with
Harry Gregson-Williams, who employed her following her graduation.[3]
Career
Games
Ubisoft approached Economou and employed her to initially work on Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Siege of Paris.[1][2] She cited the work of
Sarah Schachner, who wrote the music for the main game, as influential on her scores for the expansions, as well as music by black metal bands Wilderun and Ari Mason.[1][4] Economou composed the soundtrack to the Dawn of Ragnarök expansion of Assassin's Creed Valhalla. The album for this soundtrack won the first ever
Grammy award given to a game soundtrack.[5] Economou was the only woman nominated in her category.[1][6][7]
This article needs additional or more specific
categories. Please
help out by
adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles.(November 2023)