Eímear Noone, Position: Conductor, Orchestrator
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As a film composer and conductor, Eímear Noone has had the privilege of working with some of LA’s most renowned
orchestral scoring musicians. As well as holding the position of conductor for the Los Angeles Ballet, she spends
much time in the studio conducting her own scores and those of fellow composers.
One of her first film scores was written for the Irish Film Board short film “Colder” by filmmaker JJ Harrington. In
the past four months she has completed the score to feature film, “The Forlorn” starring Crispin Glover and
produced by John Emerson Moore; conducted Oscar Nominee Javier Navarrete’s score to “The New Daughter”
starring Kevin Costner and Orchestrated Navarrete’s score to “The Hole” (working title) directed by Joe Dante of
“Gremlins” fame. She also orchestrated Navarrete’s score to “Mirrors” starring Keifer Sutherland.
As an orchestrator her work has been performed on several occasions at the Hollywood Bowl and has been
recorded at Capitol Records, Twentieth Century Fox, Skywalker Ranch and Abbey Road to name a few. Her work
has been performed and/or recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, The Bulgarian Radio Symphony
Orchestra, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The Czech Philharmonic, The Seattle Symphony Orchestra and The
Dublin City Concert Orchestra as well as some of the finest studio orchestras in Los Angeles.
She was the orchestrator and conductor on mega-hit video game “World of Warcraft” – which has an average of 12
million players on-line every day - and recently conducted the score to the latest installment in the “Starcraft” series
from the makers of World of Warcraft, Blizzard Games. She recorded the score at Skywalker Ranch with members
of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Ballet.
For four years Eímear conducted and composed for the Dublin City Concert Orchestra, an ensemble she set up for
the performance and promotion of film music. The three honorary patrons of the orchestra were John Boorman,
Elmer Bernstein and Noel Pearson.
As an educator she teaches for the film-scoring departments at UCLA Extension and Columbia College Chicago
(semester in LA program) and also gives seminars on conducting to picture for the Society of Composers and
Lyricists in Los Angeles. Among her private students are a number of Grammy, BMI, ASCAP and Emmy winning
composers – including one of last year’s Grammy nominees for best performance in conducting.
She is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama and the renowned ASCAP
Filmscoring Workshop. She was also a featured composer at Robert Redford’s Moonstone International Filmmakers
Lab.
Craig Stuart Garfinkle, Position: Executive Music Producer, Music Programmer
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Craig Stuart Garfinkle's broad creative career includes work on feature films, multimedia, network television,
commercials, stage musicals and albums.
Presently, Craig is celebrating the release of his first project as a director. Entitled, "30 'Premeditated Acts,"' the film
is an hour long documentary chronicling Dane Cook's creative journey which brought him to his "Isolated Incident"
TV Special and CD. The TV Special will air on Comedy Central on May 17th, and the Documentary will be released
May 19th along with Dane's "Isolated Incident" CD. His other recent Dane Cook projects include the songs,
"Forward," and "I'll Never Be You," on which Craig produced and played guitars, and "Retaliation," which Craig
edited and mixed. "When we were working together on "Retaliation," we had no idea what was to follow. It was just
a great hang: Dane, his managers Brian and Barry, and myself, locked up in a room, trying to put together a CD
that made us laugh. Looking at where we've come since then I can only say I was blessed to be a part of such a
great team!." Retaliation" debuted at 4 on the pop charts, which was the first time a comedy album debuted in the
top-ten since Steve Martin's, "Wild and Crazy Guy" in 1979.
Craig is probably best known, however, for his musical contribution to film trailers with partner Simone Benyacar.
Some of their recent projects in this genre would include, "J.J. Abrams Star Trek," "Sin City," "Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire," "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," "Spider-man 3," "Call of Duty II," "Halo II" and
countless others. "Forest Chase," which can be previewed on the sample "pop-out", is just one example of these
collaborations with Simone.
In the film and TV world, Craig has recently been creating music for NBC's, THE OFFICE," as well as the score for
the film GHOSTS NEVER SLEEP, a "dark dramedy" starring Faye Dunaway and Tony Goldwyn. Also look out for THE
KIDS WHO SAVED SUMMER, a family comedy that features, in addition to Craig's score, four of Craig's songs. The
film is presently running on The Disney Channel and Showtime Family.
In the world of multimedia, Craig's music is featured in two just released X-Box / PS2 games. Craig composed the
original music for BALDUR'S GATE, THE DARK ALLIANCE II, and his song, A NUCLEAR BLAST, is the main menu
theme for the Game FALLOUT, THE BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL. BALDUR'S GATE marks Craig's thirteenth journey to
"Middle Earth" having started composing for the "Dungeons and Dragons" genre for TSR Inc. in the mid '90s. Other
scores in this genre include the TV special DRAGONSTRIKE, and the games PLANESCAPE, A GUIDE TO THE
OUTLANDS, RAVENLOFT - A LIGHT IN THE BELFRY, and TERROR TRAX (among others). He also contributed music
(with partner Simone Benyacar) to the trailer for feature film THE LORD OF THE RINGS, THE RETURN OF THE KING.
Craig has composed for hundreds of network television projects ranging from NBC's THE JEFF FOXWORTHY SHOW to
ABC's TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS. Other television projects presently in production include RUSSIAN ROULETTE (theme
and music), a game show for Sony/Columbia Tri-Star that is airing on The Game Show Network, and the music
library and original music for the Tollin/Robbins production THE NICK CANNON SHOW airing on the Nickelodeon
Network. Other notable television projects include: LUNATIC THEATER (theme and music), a pilot for the Fox
Network, written and produced by Jerry Seinfeld, Barry Marder, Alan Marder & Jim Coane, and IMAGES OF
ARIZONA, the latest in the series of Emmy winning documentaries he has scored for Arizona Public Television.
Finally, Craig was part of the composing team (headed by Stephen James Taylor) for Disney's RAW TOONAGE, and
the sole composer for the KAET/PBS production VISIONS OF ARIZONA. Both programs received Emmy nominations
for outstanding original score.
Craig lives in Malibu, California, with his wife, fellow composer and conductor Eímear Noone, and his daughter
Madison.
Mark Watters, Position: Executive Music Producer, Conductor
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Mark Watters is a six time Emmy Award winner whose diverse composing credits include Doug's First Movie, Kronk’s
New Groove, Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas, The Return Of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves for Disney,
The Pebble And The Penguin and All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 for MGM as well as over 300 episodes of various
television series including The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Tiny Toon Adventures, The New Pink Panther, All Dogs Go To
Heaven, 101 Dalmatians and NBC’s A Very Muppet Christmas.
In 1996, Mark served as Music Director for the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta for which he received an Emmy
Award for Outstanding Musical Direction and an Emmy nomination for the song "Faster, Higher, Stronger,"
performed by opera legend Jessye Norman and co-written with lyricist Lorraine Feather. He returned to the Olympic
podium again as Music Director for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games where he had the honor of working
with the acclaimed Utah Symphony and the Grammy Award winning Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Again, he was
awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Direction. Mark and Lorraine continue to compose songs for the
ever popular, My Little Pony franchise for Hasbro and SD Entertainment.
His most recent Emmy came for Outstanding Music Direction for “Movies Rock” on CBS. A two-hour prime time
special honoring great musical moments in film, the special was produced by Conde Nast Media and featured
Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Tony Bennett, Will I. Am, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood and many more. Mark
has recently added video games to his repertoire. His most recent video game credit was Coraline, based on the hit
movie from Universal. Additional credits include the TV movies, “Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus” and the sequel
“Meet The Santas” starring Steve Guttenberg and Crystal Bernard and “The Long Shot” starring Julie Benz and
Marsha Mason.
An accomplished conductor, Mr. Watters has guest conducted such orchestras as The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The
London Symphony, The Detroit Symphony, and The Atlanta Symphony. His performances in concert, on CD and on
television have been with such artists as Trisha Yearwood, Sting, Yo Yo Ma, Faith Hill, Enya, Mel Torme, Brian Stokes
Mitchell, Barry Manilow, The Decemberists and Art Garfunkle. In 2002 he co-conducted the 74th Academy Awards
with John Williams.
Mark is a former president of the Society of Composers and Lyricists and currently serves on the Board of
Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
David Donohue, Position: Music Supervisor
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Before David Donohue wrote "Walter Speazlebud", a highly acclaimed story for children, he had been successful in
the world of film and music. He graduated from Waterford School Of Art in 1983, having successfully completed a
National Certificate in Graphic Design and Fine Art. David worked as a freelance graphic artist for some years
following his qualification and taught Graphic Design in the Printing Trade School on Park Ave in New York from '86
to '87. David also worked as a freelance correspondent in New York for Hot Press Magazine, NME and Melody Maker.
He interviewed, among others, James Brown, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, David Bowie, John Cage, Philip Glass and
Laurie Anderson.
In 1988 David produced his first feature-length documentary, "Put Blood In The Music", a quirky look at the New
York downtown music scene of the late eighties featuring Sonic Youth and John Zorn. Directed by renowned
experimental filmmaker Charles Atlas, "Put Blood In The Music" was the first Irish documentary to be shown on "The
South Bank Show". It was broadcast world-wide and heralded as a milestone in experimental music-documentary
making.
More documentaries followed including "Words For The Dying", which he part-directed as well as co-produced. It
features the composers John Cale and Brian Eno and documents the recording of an orchestral and vocal album in
Russia, Wales and London. It won the 'best documentary' award at the 1991 Ontario film festival. Returning to
Ireland, David directed documentary footage for U2, Gavin Friday and Luka Bloom, among others, and co-directed,
"Three Moons- a portrait of John Rocha", with Jim Sheridan. His association with Jim Sheridan continued when David
worked as script-reader, and later as music-consultant on "The Boxer" and music supervisor of "In America."
In 1993-94 David worked as producer director on the RTÉ Arts programme "Opening Nights" creating a five minute
section for each programme covering a cross section of the Arts, from contemporary dance to sculpture,
architecture, performance art and film-making. In 2001 David was the series creator of the six-part BBC 2
documentary series "Turf Wars". It was filmed over six months and follows the fortunes of a horse-racing trainer,
Jessica Harrington, through the national hunt racing season. He has also appeared on T.V. on the arts programme
"The View" and on RTÉ Radio's "Rattlebag". In 1994 David won an Arts Council Script Award of 5,000 pounds to
allow him to write his short film script 'The Evenings.'
In 1992 he embarked on a songwriting and recording career which has, to date, yielded three highly critically
acclaimed albums under the moniker "The Floors", plus a song in the Michael Scott directed Hollywood movie,
"Dangerous Heart". He has also co-written with Marianne Faithfull, John Parish, Maria Mc Kee, Katell Keineg, Sonic
Youth and Lydia Lunch and is currently co-writing with Irish singer/songwriter/performer Jack L.
With his knowledge of the worlds of film and music, it was inevitable that David would be asked to work as a music
supervisor for film. His first project was the Irish movie "Accelerator", directed by Vinnie Murphy. For this project
David assembled a stellar cast of contemporary musicians, producers, DJ's and composers. David has recently
finished music-supervising Jim Sheridan's feature film "In America" (3 Oscar Nominations, Golden Globe Nomination
for Best Song) and John Carney’s “Once” (Oscar Win for Best Song).
David's first children’s story, 'Walter Speazelbud,' is published by O'Brien Press and has become a best-seller in
Ireland. It was nominated as 'book of the month,' on RTÉ's Arts Programme "Rattlebag" and was chosen as the
Christmas Book Choice on the "Late Late Show". During the last year David has appeared on Den T.V, the
"Rattlebag" Arts Programme and visited many schools and libraries around the country. David's readings are
essentially workshops, based around the idea of spelling backwards and the power of using your NOITANIGAMI.
David is currently completing the follow-up novel, entitled "Moon Man", an adventure with Walter Speazlebud. David
is also currently developing a script of his novel "Moon Man".
Gene Pritsker, Position: Orchestrator, Music Preparation
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Composer/guitarist/rapper Gene Pritsker has written over three hundred compositions, including chamber operas,
orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music, songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles, etc. All his
compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles and are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures. He
is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation; an eclectic hip-hop/chamber/jazz/rock/etc. ensemble who have
recently released a cd on Col-legno Records. Gene’s music has been performed all over the world at various
festivals and by many ensembles and performers, including the Adelaide Symphony, The Athens Camarata,
Brooklyn and Berlin Philharmonic. He has worked closely with Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated such Hollywood
movies as ‘Perfume, Story of a Murderer’ and The International’
The New York Times described him as "...audacious...multitalented." Joseph Pehrson, writing in The Music
Connoisseur, Fall 2001, described Pritsker as “dissolv[ing] the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow,
classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if it's done well it is great music, regardless of the style or
genre”. Other organizations he is associated with include: Composers’ Concordance, Absolute Ensemble, The
international Street Cannibals. Some of Gene Pritsker's music is published by: Falls House Press, Gold Branch Music,
Periferia Sheet Music & Calabrese Brothers music and recorded by: Col Legno, Enja, Eutrepe, Wergo and Capstone
record labels.
2009 highlights include: 'Tangent to Curves' for chamber orchestra premiered at the '09 Bremen Musikfest by the
Absolute Ensemble. A concert and a CD release called ‘solo-duo-trio-quartet-quintet: the chamber and electronic
music of Gene Pritsker'. The premiere of the 'VRE Suite', a one hour composition for Sound Liberation, also a
recording of this work. A concert of Gene's music at the Blaine Jazz festival in Blaine, WA, including the premiere of
''Unsubstantiality of Things' for mixed sextet. The song 'No Truth' featured in the motion picture 'The Wedding
Brothers' and Gene at the Austrian Outreach festival where he has a duo concert with tubist Jon Sass and a
premiere of an arrangement of Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew' for the Outreach Orchestra.
In ‘08 Gene had a new piano concerto: ‘Reinventions’ for piano and chamber orchestra based on J.S. Bach’s piano
Inventions premiered at the ‘08 Bremen Musikfest on Sept. 13th with pianist Simone Dinnerstein and Absolute
Ensemble with Kristjan Jarvi conducting. His chamber/hip-hop opera Money was performed at the Etna Festival in
Catania, Sicily. His band Sound Liberation released a new CD on Col-Legno records called ‘Open Up Your Ears and
Get Some’. The band played a CD release concert in New York’s Drom in November, and performed at Joe’s Pub
and at the Blue Note. They also performed in Ragusa, Sicily in May. Gene has many performances/premiers at the
Outreach Festival in Schwaz, Austria. Vise, Come in to My Kitchen, Sarangi Surround and Corruption in Conference
for Moog and Concert band performed by Adam Holtzman and Stadtmusik Schwaz concert band, Gene conducting.
In the 2006 -07 season Gene premiered two chamber operas; Money 1 & Money 2, at the Flea Theater and at the
Players Theater in New York, He also performed these 2 operas at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz, At the 07
Outreach Festival Gene had many performances, including his Bassoon and samplestra piece; Electrically Tragic
Premiered by Martin Kuuskmann and various performances with his band Sound Liberation and The International
Street Cannibals a group that combines chamber music and boxing.
On September 15, 2007 Three Poems From Flowers of Evil, on poetry of Baudelaire was performed by The Absolute
Ensemble, The Latvian State Choir and himself as D.J. at the 07 Bremen Music Festival. Also at this concert Genes
orchestrations from the movie Perfume were performed. Gene is very excited to have had the opportunity of
working with the legendary Joe Zawinul, he has arranged/orchestrated Zawinuls music for the Absolute Ensemble to
be recorded and released on Biirdjam records in 09 and to be toured around the world in upcoming years. In recent
years Absolute has been performing arrangements Gene did of Frank Zappas music as well as many of his own
compositions, including Lost Illusion, a concerto for bass, orchestra and samplestra (pre recorded electronics) this
piece was also performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with Mat Fieldes on various basses and Kristjan
Jarvi conducting.
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey, Position: Music Programmer, Music Mixer
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Gabriel Isaac Mounsey has been the primary additional composer, programmer, score mixer, score editor and
studio guru at Klimax Studios for more than 7 years, working on projects such as ONE HOUR PHOTO, DEADWOOD,
THE INTERNATIONAL, PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER, WITHOUT A TRACE, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, IRON
JAWED ANGELS, PARIS JE T’AIME, LAND OF THE DEAD, ONE MISSED CALL, BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, SOPHIE
SCHOLL, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, ANAMORPH, and MANY MORE.
Andy Hill, Position: Executive Music Producer, Music Supervisor
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Andy Hill has devoted more than two decades to the craft of scoring music for the screen. Although he has been a
student of composition throughout his career and has “learned at the wheel” from film music artists like Elmer
Bernstein, Hans Zimmer, and Danny Elfman, his contribution to the craft is not as a composer but as a producer,
mentor, and teacher.
After teaching film music at Columbia in the 80’s, Andy served for nine years as Disney’s VP of Music Production,
overseeing the composition and recording of music for five Oscar-winning scores, including “The Lion King.”
Following this, he worked as an independent music supervisor and executive music producer on films such as “Ed
Wood,” “Hoodlum,” “Anastasia,” and “Message In A Bottle.” In 2000, Andy earned a Grammy Award as producer of
the music for “The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland,” and in 2004, he developed and taught the first of Columbia’s
Semester In L.A. Film Scoring Workshops, a role he has repeated three summers since then, and which led directly
to his engagement as director of the new MFA in Music Composition for the Screen. He is the author of three
published novels, Enoch’s Portal (Champion Press 2002), The Last Days of Madame Rey (Carroll & Graf 2007), and
Nowhere-Land (Counterpoint 2009).
Reinhold Heil, Position: Executive Music Producer
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Reinhold Heil is the award winning co-composer behind such projects as RUN LOLA RUN, ONE HOUR PHOTO,
DEADWOOD, THE INTERNATIONAL, PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER, WITHOUT A TRACE, SWIMMING
UPSTREAM, IRON JAWED ANGELS, PARIS JE T’AIME, LAND OF THE DEAD, ONE MISSED CALL, BLOOD AND
CHOCOLATE, SOPHIE SCHOLL, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, ANAMORPH, and
MANY MORE.
Johnny Klimek, Position: Executive Music Producer
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Johnny Klimek is the award winning co-composer behind such projects as RUN LOLA RUN, ONE HOUR PHOTO,
DEADWOOD, THE INTERNATIONAL, PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER, WITHOUT A TRACE, SWIMMING
UPSTREAM, IRON JAWED ANGELS, PARIS JE T’AIME, LAND OF THE DEAD, ONE MISSED CALL, BLOOD AND
CHOCOLATE, SOPHIE SCHOLL, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, ANAMORPH, and
MANY MORE.
Randy Wine, Position: Producer, Engineer
Randy Wine is the founder of Moonwine Records, facilitating a huge range of artists throughout the music industry. A
list of past and present clients include ARETHA FRANKLIN, U2, SANTANA, KYLIE MINOGUE, CHER, DIDO, THE
CORRS, JOE COCKER, BRUCE SPRINGSTEIN, SINÉAD O’CONNOR, TOTO, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, JIMMY SMITH, and
MANY MORE.
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As a film composer and conductor, Eímear Noone has had the privilege of working with some of LA’s most renowned
orchestral scoring musicians. As well as holding the position of conductor for the Los Angeles Ballet, she spends
much time in the studio conducting her own scores and those of fellow composers.
One of her first film scores was written for the Irish Film Board short film “Colder” by filmmaker JJ Harrington. In
the past four months she has completed the score to feature film, “The Forlorn” starring Crispin Glover and
produced by John Emerson Moore; conducted Oscar Nominee Javier Navarrete’s score to “The New Daughter”
starring Kevin Costner and Orchestrated Navarrete’s score to “The Hole” (working title) directed by Joe Dante of
“Gremlins” fame. She also orchestrated Navarrete’s score to “Mirrors” starring Keifer Sutherland.
As an orchestrator her work has been performed on several occasions at the Hollywood Bowl and has been
recorded at Capitol Records, Twentieth Century Fox, Skywalker Ranch and Abbey Road to name a few. Her work
has been performed and/or recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, The Bulgarian Radio Symphony
Orchestra, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, The Czech Philharmonic, The Seattle Symphony Orchestra and The
Dublin City Concert Orchestra as well as some of the finest studio orchestras in Los Angeles.
She was the orchestrator and conductor on mega-hit video game “World of Warcraft” – which has an average of 12
million players on-line every day - and recently conducted the score to the latest installment in the “Starcraft” series
from the makers of World of Warcraft, Blizzard Games. She recorded the score at Skywalker Ranch with members
of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Ballet.
For four years Eímear conducted and composed for the Dublin City Concert Orchestra, an ensemble she set up for
the performance and promotion of film music. The three honorary patrons of the orchestra were John Boorman,
Elmer Bernstein and Noel Pearson.
As an educator she teaches for the film-scoring departments at UCLA Extension and Columbia College Chicago
(semester in LA program) and also gives seminars on conducting to picture for the Society of Composers and
Lyricists in Los Angeles. Among her private students are a number of Grammy, BMI, ASCAP and Emmy winning
composers – including one of last year’s Grammy nominees for best performance in conducting.
She is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin Conservatory of Music and Drama and the renowned ASCAP
Filmscoring Workshop. She was also a featured composer at Robert Redford’s Moonstone International Filmmakers
Lab.
Craig Stuart Garfinkle, Position: Executive Music Producer, Music Programmer
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Craig Stuart Garfinkle's broad creative career includes work on feature films, multimedia, network television,
commercials, stage musicals and albums.
Presently, Craig is celebrating the release of his first project as a director. Entitled, "30 'Premeditated Acts,"' the film
is an hour long documentary chronicling Dane Cook's creative journey which brought him to his "Isolated Incident"
TV Special and CD. The TV Special will air on Comedy Central on May 17th, and the Documentary will be released
May 19th along with Dane's "Isolated Incident" CD. His other recent Dane Cook projects include the songs,
"Forward," and "I'll Never Be You," on which Craig produced and played guitars, and "Retaliation," which Craig
edited and mixed. "When we were working together on "Retaliation," we had no idea what was to follow. It was just
a great hang: Dane, his managers Brian and Barry, and myself, locked up in a room, trying to put together a CD
that made us laugh. Looking at where we've come since then I can only say I was blessed to be a part of such a
great team!." Retaliation" debuted at 4 on the pop charts, which was the first time a comedy album debuted in the
top-ten since Steve Martin's, "Wild and Crazy Guy" in 1979.
Craig is probably best known, however, for his musical contribution to film trailers with partner Simone Benyacar.
Some of their recent projects in this genre would include, "J.J. Abrams Star Trek," "Sin City," "Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire," "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," "Spider-man 3," "Call of Duty II," "Halo II" and
countless others. "Forest Chase," which can be previewed on the sample "pop-out", is just one example of these
collaborations with Simone.
In the film and TV world, Craig has recently been creating music for NBC's, THE OFFICE," as well as the score for
the film GHOSTS NEVER SLEEP, a "dark dramedy" starring Faye Dunaway and Tony Goldwyn. Also look out for THE
KIDS WHO SAVED SUMMER, a family comedy that features, in addition to Craig's score, four of Craig's songs. The
film is presently running on The Disney Channel and Showtime Family.
In the world of multimedia, Craig's music is featured in two just released X-Box / PS2 games. Craig composed the
original music for BALDUR'S GATE, THE DARK ALLIANCE II, and his song, A NUCLEAR BLAST, is the main menu
theme for the Game FALLOUT, THE BROTHERHOOD OF STEEL. BALDUR'S GATE marks Craig's thirteenth journey to
"Middle Earth" having started composing for the "Dungeons and Dragons" genre for TSR Inc. in the mid '90s. Other
scores in this genre include the TV special DRAGONSTRIKE, and the games PLANESCAPE, A GUIDE TO THE
OUTLANDS, RAVENLOFT - A LIGHT IN THE BELFRY, and TERROR TRAX (among others). He also contributed music
(with partner Simone Benyacar) to the trailer for feature film THE LORD OF THE RINGS, THE RETURN OF THE KING.
Craig has composed for hundreds of network television projects ranging from NBC's THE JEFF FOXWORTHY SHOW to
ABC's TOTALLY OUTRAGEOUS. Other television projects presently in production include RUSSIAN ROULETTE (theme
and music), a game show for Sony/Columbia Tri-Star that is airing on The Game Show Network, and the music
library and original music for the Tollin/Robbins production THE NICK CANNON SHOW airing on the Nickelodeon
Network. Other notable television projects include: LUNATIC THEATER (theme and music), a pilot for the Fox
Network, written and produced by Jerry Seinfeld, Barry Marder, Alan Marder & Jim Coane, and IMAGES OF
ARIZONA, the latest in the series of Emmy winning documentaries he has scored for Arizona Public Television.
Finally, Craig was part of the composing team (headed by Stephen James Taylor) for Disney's RAW TOONAGE, and
the sole composer for the KAET/PBS production VISIONS OF ARIZONA. Both programs received Emmy nominations
for outstanding original score.
Craig lives in Malibu, California, with his wife, fellow composer and conductor Eímear Noone, and his daughter
Madison.
Mark Watters, Position: Executive Music Producer, Conductor
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Mark Watters is a six time Emmy Award winner whose diverse composing credits include Doug's First Movie, Kronk’s
New Groove, Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas, The Return Of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves for Disney,
The Pebble And The Penguin and All Dogs Go To Heaven 2 for MGM as well as over 300 episodes of various
television series including The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Tiny Toon Adventures, The New Pink Panther, All Dogs Go To
Heaven, 101 Dalmatians and NBC’s A Very Muppet Christmas.
In 1996, Mark served as Music Director for the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta for which he received an Emmy
Award for Outstanding Musical Direction and an Emmy nomination for the song "Faster, Higher, Stronger,"
performed by opera legend Jessye Norman and co-written with lyricist Lorraine Feather. He returned to the Olympic
podium again as Music Director for the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games where he had the honor of working
with the acclaimed Utah Symphony and the Grammy Award winning Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Again, he was
awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Direction. Mark and Lorraine continue to compose songs for the
ever popular, My Little Pony franchise for Hasbro and SD Entertainment.
His most recent Emmy came for Outstanding Music Direction for “Movies Rock” on CBS. A two-hour prime time
special honoring great musical moments in film, the special was produced by Conde Nast Media and featured
Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Tony Bennett, Will I. Am, Jennifer Hudson, Carrie Underwood and many more. Mark
has recently added video games to his repertoire. His most recent video game credit was Coraline, based on the hit
movie from Universal. Additional credits include the TV movies, “Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus” and the sequel
“Meet The Santas” starring Steve Guttenberg and Crystal Bernard and “The Long Shot” starring Julie Benz and
Marsha Mason.
An accomplished conductor, Mr. Watters has guest conducted such orchestras as The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The
London Symphony, The Detroit Symphony, and The Atlanta Symphony. His performances in concert, on CD and on
television have been with such artists as Trisha Yearwood, Sting, Yo Yo Ma, Faith Hill, Enya, Mel Torme, Brian Stokes
Mitchell, Barry Manilow, The Decemberists and Art Garfunkle. In 2002 he co-conducted the 74th Academy Awards
with John Williams.
Mark is a former president of the Society of Composers and Lyricists and currently serves on the Board of
Governors of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
David Donohue, Position: Music Supervisor
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Before David Donohue wrote "Walter Speazlebud", a highly acclaimed story for children, he had been successful in
the world of film and music. He graduated from Waterford School Of Art in 1983, having successfully completed a
National Certificate in Graphic Design and Fine Art. David worked as a freelance graphic artist for some years
following his qualification and taught Graphic Design in the Printing Trade School on Park Ave in New York from '86
to '87. David also worked as a freelance correspondent in New York for Hot Press Magazine, NME and Melody Maker.
He interviewed, among others, James Brown, Lou Reed, Paul Simon, David Bowie, John Cage, Philip Glass and
Laurie Anderson.
In 1988 David produced his first feature-length documentary, "Put Blood In The Music", a quirky look at the New
York downtown music scene of the late eighties featuring Sonic Youth and John Zorn. Directed by renowned
experimental filmmaker Charles Atlas, "Put Blood In The Music" was the first Irish documentary to be shown on "The
South Bank Show". It was broadcast world-wide and heralded as a milestone in experimental music-documentary
making.
More documentaries followed including "Words For The Dying", which he part-directed as well as co-produced. It
features the composers John Cale and Brian Eno and documents the recording of an orchestral and vocal album in
Russia, Wales and London. It won the 'best documentary' award at the 1991 Ontario film festival. Returning to
Ireland, David directed documentary footage for U2, Gavin Friday and Luka Bloom, among others, and co-directed,
"Three Moons- a portrait of John Rocha", with Jim Sheridan. His association with Jim Sheridan continued when David
worked as script-reader, and later as music-consultant on "The Boxer" and music supervisor of "In America."
In 1993-94 David worked as producer director on the RTÉ Arts programme "Opening Nights" creating a five minute
section for each programme covering a cross section of the Arts, from contemporary dance to sculpture,
architecture, performance art and film-making. In 2001 David was the series creator of the six-part BBC 2
documentary series "Turf Wars". It was filmed over six months and follows the fortunes of a horse-racing trainer,
Jessica Harrington, through the national hunt racing season. He has also appeared on T.V. on the arts programme
"The View" and on RTÉ Radio's "Rattlebag". In 1994 David won an Arts Council Script Award of 5,000 pounds to
allow him to write his short film script 'The Evenings.'
In 1992 he embarked on a songwriting and recording career which has, to date, yielded three highly critically
acclaimed albums under the moniker "The Floors", plus a song in the Michael Scott directed Hollywood movie,
"Dangerous Heart". He has also co-written with Marianne Faithfull, John Parish, Maria Mc Kee, Katell Keineg, Sonic
Youth and Lydia Lunch and is currently co-writing with Irish singer/songwriter/performer Jack L.
With his knowledge of the worlds of film and music, it was inevitable that David would be asked to work as a music
supervisor for film. His first project was the Irish movie "Accelerator", directed by Vinnie Murphy. For this project
David assembled a stellar cast of contemporary musicians, producers, DJ's and composers. David has recently
finished music-supervising Jim Sheridan's feature film "In America" (3 Oscar Nominations, Golden Globe Nomination
for Best Song) and John Carney’s “Once” (Oscar Win for Best Song).
David's first children’s story, 'Walter Speazelbud,' is published by O'Brien Press and has become a best-seller in
Ireland. It was nominated as 'book of the month,' on RTÉ's Arts Programme "Rattlebag" and was chosen as the
Christmas Book Choice on the "Late Late Show". During the last year David has appeared on Den T.V, the
"Rattlebag" Arts Programme and visited many schools and libraries around the country. David's readings are
essentially workshops, based around the idea of spelling backwards and the power of using your NOITANIGAMI.
David is currently completing the follow-up novel, entitled "Moon Man", an adventure with Walter Speazlebud. David
is also currently developing a script of his novel "Moon Man".
Gene Pritsker, Position: Orchestrator, Music Preparation
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Composer/guitarist/rapper Gene Pritsker has written over three hundred compositions, including chamber operas,
orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music, songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles, etc. All his
compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles and are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures. He
is the founder and leader of Sound Liberation; an eclectic hip-hop/chamber/jazz/rock/etc. ensemble who have
recently released a cd on Col-legno Records. Gene’s music has been performed all over the world at various
festivals and by many ensembles and performers, including the Adelaide Symphony, The Athens Camarata,
Brooklyn and Berlin Philharmonic. He has worked closely with Joe Zawinul and has orchestrated such Hollywood
movies as ‘Perfume, Story of a Murderer’ and The International’
The New York Times described him as "...audacious...multitalented." Joseph Pehrson, writing in The Music
Connoisseur, Fall 2001, described Pritsker as “dissolv[ing] the artificial boundaries between high brow, low brow,
classical, popular musics and elevates the idea that if it's done well it is great music, regardless of the style or
genre”. Other organizations he is associated with include: Composers’ Concordance, Absolute Ensemble, The
international Street Cannibals. Some of Gene Pritsker's music is published by: Falls House Press, Gold Branch Music,
Periferia Sheet Music & Calabrese Brothers music and recorded by: Col Legno, Enja, Eutrepe, Wergo and Capstone
record labels.
2009 highlights include: 'Tangent to Curves' for chamber orchestra premiered at the '09 Bremen Musikfest by the
Absolute Ensemble. A concert and a CD release called ‘solo-duo-trio-quartet-quintet: the chamber and electronic
music of Gene Pritsker'. The premiere of the 'VRE Suite', a one hour composition for Sound Liberation, also a
recording of this work. A concert of Gene's music at the Blaine Jazz festival in Blaine, WA, including the premiere of
''Unsubstantiality of Things' for mixed sextet. The song 'No Truth' featured in the motion picture 'The Wedding
Brothers' and Gene at the Austrian Outreach festival where he has a duo concert with tubist Jon Sass and a
premiere of an arrangement of Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew' for the Outreach Orchestra.
In ‘08 Gene had a new piano concerto: ‘Reinventions’ for piano and chamber orchestra based on J.S. Bach’s piano
Inventions premiered at the ‘08 Bremen Musikfest on Sept. 13th with pianist Simone Dinnerstein and Absolute
Ensemble with Kristjan Jarvi conducting. His chamber/hip-hop opera Money was performed at the Etna Festival in
Catania, Sicily. His band Sound Liberation released a new CD on Col-Legno records called ‘Open Up Your Ears and
Get Some’. The band played a CD release concert in New York’s Drom in November, and performed at Joe’s Pub
and at the Blue Note. They also performed in Ragusa, Sicily in May. Gene has many performances/premiers at the
Outreach Festival in Schwaz, Austria. Vise, Come in to My Kitchen, Sarangi Surround and Corruption in Conference
for Moog and Concert band performed by Adam Holtzman and Stadtmusik Schwaz concert band, Gene conducting.
In the 2006 -07 season Gene premiered two chamber operas; Money 1 & Money 2, at the Flea Theater and at the
Players Theater in New York, He also performed these 2 operas at the Outreach Festival in Schwaz, At the 07
Outreach Festival Gene had many performances, including his Bassoon and samplestra piece; Electrically Tragic
Premiered by Martin Kuuskmann and various performances with his band Sound Liberation and The International
Street Cannibals a group that combines chamber music and boxing.
On September 15, 2007 Three Poems From Flowers of Evil, on poetry of Baudelaire was performed by The Absolute
Ensemble, The Latvian State Choir and himself as D.J. at the 07 Bremen Music Festival. Also at this concert Genes
orchestrations from the movie Perfume were performed. Gene is very excited to have had the opportunity of
working with the legendary Joe Zawinul, he has arranged/orchestrated Zawinuls music for the Absolute Ensemble to
be recorded and released on Biirdjam records in 09 and to be toured around the world in upcoming years. In recent
years Absolute has been performing arrangements Gene did of Frank Zappas music as well as many of his own
compositions, including Lost Illusion, a concerto for bass, orchestra and samplestra (pre recorded electronics) this
piece was also performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra with Mat Fieldes on various basses and Kristjan
Jarvi conducting.
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey, Position: Music Programmer, Music Mixer
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Gabriel Isaac Mounsey has been the primary additional composer, programmer, score mixer, score editor and
studio guru at Klimax Studios for more than 7 years, working on projects such as ONE HOUR PHOTO, DEADWOOD,
THE INTERNATIONAL, PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER, WITHOUT A TRACE, SWIMMING UPSTREAM, IRON
JAWED ANGELS, PARIS JE T’AIME, LAND OF THE DEAD, ONE MISSED CALL, BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE, SOPHIE
SCHOLL, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, ANAMORPH, and MANY MORE.
Andy Hill, Position: Executive Music Producer, Music Supervisor
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Andy Hill has devoted more than two decades to the craft of scoring music for the screen. Although he has been a
student of composition throughout his career and has “learned at the wheel” from film music artists like Elmer
Bernstein, Hans Zimmer, and Danny Elfman, his contribution to the craft is not as a composer but as a producer,
mentor, and teacher.
After teaching film music at Columbia in the 80’s, Andy served for nine years as Disney’s VP of Music Production,
overseeing the composition and recording of music for five Oscar-winning scores, including “The Lion King.”
Following this, he worked as an independent music supervisor and executive music producer on films such as “Ed
Wood,” “Hoodlum,” “Anastasia,” and “Message In A Bottle.” In 2000, Andy earned a Grammy Award as producer of
the music for “The Adventures Of Elmo In Grouchland,” and in 2004, he developed and taught the first of Columbia’s
Semester In L.A. Film Scoring Workshops, a role he has repeated three summers since then, and which led directly
to his engagement as director of the new MFA in Music Composition for the Screen. He is the author of three
published novels, Enoch’s Portal (Champion Press 2002), The Last Days of Madame Rey (Carroll & Graf 2007), and
Nowhere-Land (Counterpoint 2009).
Reinhold Heil, Position: Executive Music Producer
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Reinhold Heil is the award winning co-composer behind such projects as RUN LOLA RUN, ONE HOUR PHOTO,
DEADWOOD, THE INTERNATIONAL, PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER, WITHOUT A TRACE, SWIMMING
UPSTREAM, IRON JAWED ANGELS, PARIS JE T’AIME, LAND OF THE DEAD, ONE MISSED CALL, BLOOD AND
CHOCOLATE, SOPHIE SCHOLL, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, ANAMORPH, and
MANY MORE.
Johnny Klimek, Position: Executive Music Producer
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Johnny Klimek is the award winning co-composer behind such projects as RUN LOLA RUN, ONE HOUR PHOTO,
DEADWOOD, THE INTERNATIONAL, PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER, WITHOUT A TRACE, SWIMMING
UPSTREAM, IRON JAWED ANGELS, PARIS JE T’AIME, LAND OF THE DEAD, ONE MISSED CALL, BLOOD AND
CHOCOLATE, SOPHIE SCHOLL, THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI, ANAMORPH, and
MANY MORE.
Randy Wine, Position: Producer, Engineer
Randy Wine is the founder of Moonwine Records, facilitating a huge range of artists throughout the music industry. A
list of past and present clients include ARETHA FRANKLIN, U2, SANTANA, KYLIE MINOGUE, CHER, DIDO, THE
CORRS, JOE COCKER, BRUCE SPRINGSTEIN, SINÉAD O’CONNOR, TOTO, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, JIMMY SMITH, and
MANY MORE.
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