Jason Robert Solowsky (born November 9, 1977) is an American music composer for film and television. A classical pianist and guitar player, his compositions can be heard in over 100 films, many of which have been released by

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, Sony Pictures,

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, and

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among others.

Life and career

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Solowsky graduated from

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in 1995. He earned his

bachelor of music Bachelor of Music (BM or BMus) is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of a program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree, and the majority of work consists of pre ...

degree from Berklee College of Music in both film scoring and composition. He also graduated from the

USC Thornton School of Music The USC Thornton School of Music is a private music school in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1884 only four years after the University of Southern California, the Thornton School is the oldest continually operating arts institution in Los An ...

(Los Angeles, CA) scoring for motion pictures and television program where he studied with film composers such as Christopher Young, Elmer Bernstein and

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. Solowsky composed the score for several feature films including, Between Worlds (

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),''The Freemason'' (

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and Randy Wayne), Lionsgate's Assassin's Game'' ( Tom Sizemore,

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and

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), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's ''Forgiveness'' ( Richard T. Jones), Falsely Accused'' (

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, which is directed by former NFL star

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(

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and

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), ''American Bandits: Frank and Jesse James'' ( Peter Fonda, George Stults and

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), ''Turbulent Skies'' (

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, and

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), and ''Templar Nation'' (

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). He also has music featured in the Sony Pictures film ''American Crude'' (

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). In addition, he scored the films ''What Up?'' (

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), and ''Unemployed'' which were both distributed by Lionsgate. Other scores by Solowsky include the films ''Annabel Lee'', ''Nightbeasts'' (

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), ''Cage Free'' (

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), Dust of Life and ''For Love of Amy'' (directed by

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). Solowsky also scored the award-winning film ''Call To Action'' (

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). Solowsky's music was featured in the Universal Pictures film, A Question of Faith ( Richard T. Jones,

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and

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Personal life

Jason has been married to his wife Nina Solowsky (née Menezes) since 2009.

Select filmography

References

External links

* * * 1977 births American film score composers American male film score composers Berklee College of Music alumni USC Thornton School of Music alumni Musicians from Boston Living people {{US-composer-20thC-stub