John Roderick Graham is an American film composer. He is best known for his film scores to ''
Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV'' and the score for the
taiga drama ''
Kirin ga Kuru''. He is also known for the scores to
''The Royal Treatment'' (film), ''
Bitch Slap'', ''
Lange Flate Ballær 2'', and ''
American Strays
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''. He won first prize for Best Original Score for his music in "Alleged" at the Michigan Film Festival, and won Best Soundtrack Album for his score for Long Flat Balls II at the Just Plain Folks awards.
Life and career
Graham was born in
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...
. During his youth he studied at
Charterhouse School
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in
Surrey, England, studying singing and orchestral writing. Graham began his career singing and playing in bands, while studying traditional orchestral music. After Charterhouse, Graham pursued his studies at
Williams College,
Stanford University
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, and
UCLA, focusing more and more on film music over time.
Graham's first film score was written for ''Full Contact'', a film directed by
Rick Jacobson, whom he has also worked with at other times, including, most recently, on "
''The Royal Treatment'' (film)". He has also worked with
James Brolin
James Brolin (, born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin; July 18, 1940) is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin.
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on "The Royal Hearts," ''My Brother's War,'' and
Pensacola: Wings of Gold.
Graham also works with
Immediate Music
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, and his music has been featured in the trailers for ''
Avatar'', ''
Edge of Darkness'', "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," "
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian" (Fox), "
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)" ''
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'', and others.
On March 8, 2019, it was announced that Graham would be the composer for the 59th
taiga drama ''
Kirin ga Kuru''.
He is the first American composer to score a taiga drama since they began in 1963.
See also
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Harald Zwart
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James Brolin
James Brolin (, born Craig Kenneth Bruderlin; July 18, 1940) is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globes and an Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 27, 1998. He is the father of actor Josh Brolin.
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American film score composers
American male film score composers
People from Charlottesville, Virginia
American music arrangers
Williams College alumni
Living people
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Stanford University alumni
People educated at Charterhouse School
Year of birth missing (living people)