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Stuart Balcomb’s Summary
The short list:
Composer/orchestrator for Film, TV, and Documentaries
Resident composer for the Elevate Film Festival
Arranger for Andy Williams, Cher, Woody Herman
25 years as music supervisor at Universal Studios, Hollywood
The long list:
Taught composition and arranging at Berklee College of Music from 1974-78; arrangements for Woody Herman, Cher, Donald O’Connor, Andy Williams, Magician David Avadon, Gary Burton and the Buffalo Philharmonic; composed for Batman: The Animated Series (Fox network) and The Black Door, which won Outstanding Achievement at the Elevate Film Festival; scored "The Ore," a pilot for the Sci-Fi channel; five films for the Elevate Film Festival; 3 hours of music for Peter Sterios’ yoga DVD "Gravity and Grace"; and "Deeper" for Steven Spielberg's FOX series ON THE LOT.
Scored 90-min documentary "1000 Journals," "Brian O'Brian for the Disney Channel, and the documentary "Mythic Journeys" (Deepak Chopra, Michael Meade, Steven Aizenstat, Coleman Barks, Sobonfu Somé).
He scored the infamous Legend of Zelda trailer (written and directed by Sam Balcomb), which debuted at IGN.com and received 2 million hits in 2 days. More stats: It was on the front page of Myspace, it was the Number-3 Digg story in the world, the trailer is being ranked as the "best April fools joke ever" by videogame press, "Rainfall Films" (the prod. company) was the 17th-most Googled term in the world, AND the trailer hit VARIETY. Check it out at www.rainfallfilms.com.
Orchestrations include: Captain Ron, Blank Check, Sleep Walkers, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Star Kid, Hudson Hawk, Corky Romano, Fear Dot Com, Virginia’s Run, Michael Jackson’s World Tour, Triple X (xXx), The I Inside, The Touch, Shanghai Knights, Gods and Generals, Surviving Christmas, Connie and Carla, Miss Congeniality 2, Underdog, and Role Models.
Hear music at http://www.stuartbalcomb.com
Buy CD at http://www.transcendentsound.net
Additional Information
Stuart Balcomb’s Websites:
Stuart Balcomb’s Groups:
ASCAP, Grammys Recording Academy, American Federation of Musicians-Local 47
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ThoseInFilm (Motion Pictures & Film Industry) -
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Documentary.org - International Documentary Association
