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Composers of the Day

Neal Evans

Since forming Soulive in 1999 with guitarist Eric Kranso and drummer Alan Evans, Soulive have provided years of soul-funk music throughout the years. Although Soulive developed a reputation as one of the most sought after instrumental soul-funk trios around, they incorporated vocal features in their work from fellow funksters such… more

Mervyn Warren

Five-time Grammy Award-winner and 10-time nominee Mervyn Warren has composed the underscore and/or songs for films, such as The Wedding Planner, Living Out Loud, The Preacher’s Wife, A Walk To Remember, Sister Act 2, and various others. He’s also produced, written, or arranged numerous songs for Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston,… more

Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli

Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli is a Los Angeles-based composer of film and concert music. His recent credits include The Wind and the Water which will be one of the films included in the 2008 Sundance Film Festival as part of the world cinema dramatic series. Other works include dramatic feature Elipsis (Fox… more

Christopher Young

Award-winning composer Christopher Young adds to an impressive list of nearly 100 feature films in virtually every genre with the score to Sleepwalking, the new drama stars Charlize Theron, Nick Stahl, AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Hopper and Woody Harrelson which debuts at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Young’s long list of… more

John Frizzell

John Frizzell has created scores as varied as the dark and violent Alien Resurrection, the quirky off-beat music for the cult classic Office Space, the epic sounds of Gods and Generals and the gentle melodies of the intimate period drama The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.  Having started his career… more

David Schwartz

David Schwartz attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and the Berklee College of Music in Boston. A bassist, he gained experience by performing and touring in a broad range of genres. In 1990, David began composing with the television series “Northern Exposure”. Over the last two decades,… more

Mark Mothersbaugh

As an art student at Kent State, Mothersbaugh met Devo co-founders Jerry Casale and Bob Lewis. In 1970, Mothersbaugh, Lewis and Casale formed the idea of the “devolution” of the human race and started to play music as Devo. Since Devo, Mothersbaugh developed a successful career writing musical scores for… more

Henning Lohner

Henning Lohner was raised in California by German emigrant parents. He returned to Germany to complete studies in musicology, art history and romantic languages at Frankfurt University, from which he graduated as MA Now working steadily in the field of new music, theater and film, he has participated on projects… more

Michael Penn

Born in New York, Michael is an American singer/songwriter and composer. He is the son of actor/director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan, and the brother of actors Sean Penn and the late Chris Penn. Penn’s first single, “No Myth,” from his debut album, March, brought him his share of… more

Peter Golub

Recent film credits include:  I.O.U.S.A. and Frozen River, both at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival; The Great Debaters, dir by Denzel Washington (score composed with James Newton Howard); Wordplay, directed by Patrick Creadon, Sundance 2006; The Laramie Project for HBO; American Gun, (with Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden) for IFC. … more

David Mansfield

Mansfield, who was raised in New Jersey, started his musical career with the band Quaky Duck, which lead to playing with His Barnyard Friends, a band consisting of two sons of Tony Bennett. Bob Dylan asked Mansfield to tour with him on his 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue tour; he remained… more

Mark de Gli Antoni

An alumni of the Sundance Composers Lab, Mark returns to the 2008 Sundance Film Festival having scored Roman Polanksi: Wanted and Desired. Mark was born in California and is best known for his work as keyboard player for the band Soul Coughing. Since the band broke up, he has devoted… more