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. Along with his long time creative collaborator,

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, he has co-composed and produced several film and television soundtracks, including the

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series ''

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'' and the Coen brothers' ''The Ladykillers''. He has produced records for a variety of artists including Kimbra,

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, Nikka Costa and Cassandra Wilson. As a keyboardist and pianist he has performed with Mike Patton, Marc Ribot,

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, Father John Misty,

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and T Bone Burnett. He also co-produced and co-wrote ''

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'' with Jeff Bridges. Ciancia was the keyboardist for

, with whom he wrote and produced the Emmy nominated theme song for the TNT series '' Saving Grace''. In 1993 he met his wife, singer Jade Vincent, and together they formed the ten piece experimental big band, The Jade Vincent Experience which later became Vincent & Mister Green. They were signed to Mike Patton's label, Ipecac Recordings and have composed and recorded music for a variety of films and television series and specials including '' Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Ciancia has one daughter, writer Raven Violet Ciancia-Vincent, and lives in France where he and Jade continue to write, record and perform music together.

Career

Ciancia began a working relationship with

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as a session musician after being heard on a local radio station in Los Angeles. Keefus later co-produced on a few T-Bone projects such as the Coen Brothers' film '' The Ladykillers'' and Cassandra Wilson's album '' Thunderbird''. He is currently the co-composer with Burnett for the HBO series ''

''. The duo released the album '' The Invisible Light: Acoustic Space'' in 2019 with Jay Bellerose. Keefus has recently scored the soundtrack for ''

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'' and co-produced and co-wrote Jeff Bridges's latest release, ''

''.

Composing credits

Awards

*Emmy nomination for co-writing and producing the theme song for the hit television series ''Saving Grace'' (2010) * BMI award for music scoring (2010) * Won an Ivor Novello Award for Best TV Soundtrack for the series ''London Spy'' (2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ciancia, Keefus Living people American rock musicians 1972 births Place of birth missing (living people) American male songwriters