Logan Nelson (born November 11, 1996) is an American composer who has composed scores for films, video games, and modern dance productions. In 2018, he received the

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Award for Best Young International Composer by the

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He
is known for his work with

Kris Bowers Kristopher Bowers (born 1989) is an American composer and pianist. He has composed scores for films, video games, television and documentaries including ''Bridgerton'', '' Green Book'', ''Madden NFL'', '' Dear White People'', and ''Kobe Bryant's ...

, where he composed additional music on the scores to '' Green Book'', ''

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'' and '' For the People''.

Life and education

Nelson was born and raised in Wichita,

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. In his early years, he "fell in love with" the viola and studied piano and composition with local professors. Nelson attended the

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where he majored in Music Composition and minored in Cinematic Arts. At USC, he studied music composition with

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and film scoring with

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; Nelson worked closely with the

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School of Dance and a solo violinist to "sample unique and interesting violin textures that elater produced into electronic elements" in collaboration with student choreographers, the project concluded with two performances. Nelson worked on over 30 original short film scores at USC. His score for ''Pepper'' was named Best Original Score by the NYC Indie Film Awards.

Career

In his first summer in

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, Nelson was offered a prestigious position as an assistant for film composer Hans Zimmer's, Remote Control Productions. Following this, he began working as the composition assistant for

. With Bowers, Nelson assisted on the scores to television projects like

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and

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. Additionally, Nelson wrote additional music with Bowers on the

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selection,

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, as well as the

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selection, ''Unstoppable''. His most recent project with Bowers was

Green Book (film) ''Green Book'' is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Peter Farrelly. Starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali, the film is inspired by the true story of a 1962 tour of the Deep South by African American pianist Don Shi ...

. Logan just finished collaborating with documentary filmmaker

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on a piece with

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and

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about Mt. Everest. He recently scored the romantic comedy, '' Straight Up''. The film was produced by Valparaiso Pictures and stars actress

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. Nelson also produces music for the synth-pop duo, LightHouse. Their song, Nebula, was described by NEST HQ (

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) as "mature, highly-refined synth-pop brilliantly contrasting bright, summery sounds with ghostly, melancholy vocal harmonies and a dark, echoing flair to the production." LightHouse was just featured in FLAUNT Magazine.

Awards and honors

* Winner,

Award for Best Young International Composer, 2018 * Winner,

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, 2015 and 2016

References

External links

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Logan Nelson on InstagramLogan Nelson on TwitterOfficial Website
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