Brian Ralston (born April 12, 1974) is a composer and musician living in

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. Ralston is a 2020 Hollywood Music In Media Awards winner for his contemporary classical piece "I think I'm Quite Ready For Another Adventure" inspired by Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings 2nd age. Brian is a graduate of the

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and the

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Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. Brian's latest film's are the 2022 Sci-Fi feature '' Silent River'' written and directed by

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and the coming of age love drama '' About Him & Her'' directed by Ice Mrozek, produced by Independence Hall. Brian has also scored the 2017 drama Being Rose starring Cybill Shepherd, James Brolin and Pam Grier. In 2012 he scored the 20th Century Fox inspirational sports film Crooked Arrows, starring

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, directed by

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. He has also composed music for the television series ''

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'' (Season 4) and scores to the theatrical motion pictures '' 9/Tenths'', directed by

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('' Pleasantville'') starring

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and Dave Ortiz, the Magnolia Pictures teen heist movie

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directed by

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and starring

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and

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, and the dramatic feature

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directed by Luke Kasdan, starring Beau Bridges, Mischa Barton and Ryan Kwanten. Ralston was a producer and composer on a 2005 short comedy film entitled ''The Receipt'' starring

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and

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that has appeared in over 15 film festivals to date and won many awards including Best Comedy at the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival 2005, Best Short - Audience award at the Breckenridge Film Festival 2005 and the Gold Medal of Excellence for Ralston's score at the Park City Film Music Festival 2005. Ralston also won an Aurora Award in 2005 for his score to The Receipt. In the 2007 Park City Film Music Festival, Ralston won a gold medal for Best Use of Music in a Feature Film for his score to 9/Tenths. Ralston plays the trumpet and piano, though trumpet is his primary instrument. He was a featured trumpet soloist in the 1998

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halftime show. Ralston also currently teaches in the film scoring certificate program at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles. His classes include the Digital Performer Workshop, The Business Of Film Music and the Advanced MIDI II: Electronic Composition for Film and Television class.UCLA Extension Instructor Bio Page
UCLA Extension Website

References

External links

Official Brian Ralston Website
* * * * * * * * * * * * American film score composers American male film score composers USC Thornton School of Music alumni University of Arizona alumni 1974 births Living people {{US-composer-20thC-stub, Ralston, Brian