James Reynolds (born 1953) studied contemporary music under
John Adams
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of t ...
, as well as percussion at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and composition in Cologne under
Michael von Biel. Informed by many different influences – from
Neue Musik, Broadway and European music theatre to avant-garde synthpop – Reynolds’ compositions explore the combination of words, sounds and images. He was Composer in Residence at the Stiftung Laurenz-Haus in Basel and Visiting Artist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For over three decades, he has written music for literary productions, thrillers, fairytales and children’s radio plays for
West German Radio (WDR/Cologne). His compositions for music theatre, dance-theatre, film and television productions are performed and broadcast for and to an international audience.
James Reynolds lives in Berlin.
Productions (selected)
Music theatre
* POE – Dreamworlds (Melodram) Stadttheater Bremerhaven, Bremerhavener Symphoniker 2019
* Ghost Knight, Deutsche Oper am Rhein Duisburg & Düsseldorf 2019
* Ghost Knight,
Opera Bonn 2017
* Tucholskys Spiegel, Chamber Opera Festival Rheinsberg 2017
* A Throw of the dice will never abolish chance, Sydney Conservatory of Music 2017
* Das Moses-Jahwe-Projekt, WDR Köln 2005
* Vergeltung, WDR Köln 2003
* Die Prozedur, WDR Köln
* Fantasy1, Viola d’amore Society New York, HR Frankfurt 1987
Theatre and dance
* Sammlung Prinzhorn,
Theater Heidelberg
* Über das Marionettentheater, Accor Festival for Alternative Theatre, Israel
* Fürst Pücklers Utopia,
Staatstheater Cottbus
* Felix Nussbaum, Stadttheater Osnabrück
* Die Bibel als Theater, Stadttheater Bern, Jewish Museum New York, Accor Festival for Alternative Theatre in Israel
* Maestro, Salzburger Landestheater
* Amerika,
Theater Bremen
Theater Bremen (Bremen Theatre) is a state theatre in Bremen, Germany, with four divisions for opera, straight theater, dance, and student programs. Its venues are located in a city block, connected in architecture and seating up to 1,426 spectato ...
* RATS,
Bonn Opera
Theater Bonn (also known as the Stadttheater Bonn) is the municipal theatre company of Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is an organization that produces operas, musicals, ballets, plays, and concerts. It operates several performance venu ...
* Tanzmarathon, Bonn Opera
* Die Mäusehochzeit w/ Michael Villmow,
Opera Cologne, Philharmonie Cologne
Films
* Der Schatz von Timbuktu – eine Rettungsgeschichte,
Arte
Arte (; (), sometimes stylized in lowercase or uppercase in its logo) is a European public service channel dedicated to culture.
It is made up of three separate companies: the Strasbourg-based European Economic Interest Grouping ARTE, plu ...
2016
* Der Vietnam Krieg: Gesichter einer Tragödie,
ARD (Gold World Medal, New York Festivals 2016) 2015
* Frauen und Ozeane, Arte 2015
* Geliebte Feinde, Arte (episodes 3-5-8-9) 2013/2014
* Auf Expeditionsreise nach Madagaskar, Arte 2013
* Auf Expeditionsreise durch Australien, Arte 2013
* Auf Expeditionsreise durch Tansania, Arte 2013
* Auf Expeditionsreise an die Küste Costa Ricas, Arte 2013
* Verborgenes Venedig, Arte 2012
* Das Land der Dogon, Arte 2012
* Opfer und Verführer, Arte 2010
* Wohin treibt der Islam,
ZDF
ZDF (, short for Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen; ; "Second German Television") is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. It is run as an independent nonprofit institution, which was founded by all fe ...
2010
* Akte Theo: Ungelöst – Eine Baseler Spurensuche, Arte 2010
* Chaim (Winner Short Tiger Filmpreis München, Winner "Best Docu", Woodstock Film Festival) 2006 / 2007
Radio plays
* Illegal,
Deutschlandfunk 2017
* Der Untergang Jerusalems, WDR 2015 / 2016
* GastSpiele, WDR, Funkhaus Europa 2015
* Narrenteufel, WDR 2007
* Aladin, WDR 2007
* Gilgamesch, WDR 2006
* Moses und die Wüste der Wunder, WDR 2004
* Salammbô, WDR 2004
* Ein Job, WDR 2003
* Lügen im Dunkeln, WDR 2002
* Die Räuber von Liang Schan Moor, WDR 2004
* Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker, WDR 2002
* Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray, WDR 2000
* Die Prozedur, WDR 2000
* Die letzte Reise der Titanic, WDR, NDR, HR 2000
* Odysseus, WDR
External links
*
"Biography James Reynolds" stadttheaterbern.ch
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Living people
1953 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male composers