Nathan Barr (born February 9, 1973; also known as Nate Barr) is an American film and television

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and

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. His television scores include '' True Blood'', '' The Americans'', '' Carnival Row'', and ''

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''. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music in 2020 for his work on the miniseries ''

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Life and career

Barr started studying music in Tokyo,

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at the age of four. He studied cello and English literature at Skidmore College. In 1996, Barr moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in composing film and television scores. One of his first jobs was working under the tutelage of Hans Zimmer on the films '' As Good as It Gets'' and '' The Prince of Egypt''. After 8 months with Zimmer, Barr landed an agent and branched out on his own. Since then, Barr has scored a large array of feature films and TV series, including all episodes of

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's series '' True Blood''. In 2009, Barr co-wrote and produced a song with Pete Townshend for FX's '' The Americans'' called “It Must Be Done” and in 2005 Barr hired Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top to play guitar on his score for '' The Dukes Of Hazzard''.

Filmography

Film

Television series

Awards

* 2010

BMI Award The BMI Film & TV Awards are accolades presented annually by Broadcast Music, Inc., honoring songwriters, composers, and music publishers in various genres. Based in the United States, the awards include the BMI Christian Awards, BMI Country Awards ...

for Original Score for '' True Blood'' Season 2 (

) * 2009 Hollywood Media in Music Award for Best Score for '' True Blood'' (

) * 2009

for Original Score for '' True Blood'' (

) * 2006

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Primetime Emmy Award The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...

, rowspan="4", Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music , '' The Americans'' , , rowspan="2", , - , '' Hemlock Grove'' , , - ! scope="row" rowspan="3", , '' Carnival Row'' , , rowspan="4", , - , rowspan="2", ''

'' , , - , rowspan="2", Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special , , - ! scope="row" rowspan="1", , '' A Very British Scandal'' ,

References

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