Vivek Maddala is a four-time Emmy-winning composer who focuses on writing music for feature films, theater and dance productions, and television. He is known for composing music scores for independent movies such as '' Kaboom'', ''

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'', and the Peabody-winning '' American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs'', as well as for silent film restorations for Turner Classic Movies, including a 90-minute score for the Greta Garbo film ''

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'' (2002). Additionally, Maddala writes, produces, and performs as a multi-instrumentalist with various recording artists. He is a Sundance Lab Fellow for film composition, and has had work premiere at the

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, and Sundance film festivals. Maddala has received five Daytime Emmy nominations, with four wins, in the category of "Outstanding Music Direction and Composition."

Personal life

Vivek Maddala is the son of economist

G. S. Maddala Gangadharrao Soundalyarao "G. S." Maddala (21 May 1933 – 4 June 1999) was an Indian American economist, mathematician, and teacher, known for his contributions in the field of econometrics and for the textbooks he authored in this field. Bi ...

. He began playing music at age 3 and later studied jazz performance at the

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. He earned degrees in electrical engineering from the

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and pursued graduate studies at the

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Awards

*Grand Prize winner of the Young Film Composers Competition *

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Film Scoring Fellowship *JPFolks Soundtrack Album of the Year for ''The Patsy'' *Gold Medals at the Park City Film Music Festival for ''Wild Oranges'', ''They Turned Our Desert Into Fire'' and ''Grasshopper'' * BMI Conducting Fellowship * 2010 Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni * 2014 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (nomination), Best Score – Documentary * 2017 Daytime Emmy Awards (nomination), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition * 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards (win), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition * 2019 Annie Award (nomination), Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production * 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards (win), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition * 2020 Annie Award (nomination), Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production * 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards (win), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition * 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards (win), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition

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* * American film score composers American film people of Indian descent Living people Georgia Tech alumni University of Washington alumni American male musicians of Indian descent American musicians of Indian descent Writers from Gainesville, Florida Musicians from Gainesville, Florida American male film score composers 1973 births {{Composer-stub