Julian Wass (born November 10, 1981) is an American television writer, director,

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, producer, and

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from Los Angeles, California. He is the son of actors

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and

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Music for films

Julian Wass first came to prominence with his score for

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's '' The Freebie'', which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Subsequent scores include the ''

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''-influenced brass score for

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' '' The Do-Deca-Pentathlon'', the marimba inflected ''

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'', directed by Dax Shepard, and the "gauzy" analog synthesizer score for his wife

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's feature debut ''

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''.

Television writing and directing

While working as the composer on the HBO series

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, Wass began to write and direct episodes of the series, the first being a musical episode co-written with Mark Duplass and starring

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Production work

Wass co-produced all three

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albums, and in 2011, collaborated with bandmate Adam Samuel Goldman to co-produce Los Angeles based singer-songwriter

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's fourth album, ''Silver Silver''. That same year, he produced three tracks for the

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mixtape ''Blackberry Ku$h''; Wass would later co-produce, along with .L.W.H., their critically acclaimed album ''Chandelier'' in its entirety. In 2013, Wass collaborated with Lefse Records to release the compilation ''MITSUDA'', a tribute to the Japanese

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composer

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, which featured beats from

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, and

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among others, all based on samples from Mitsuda's soundtracks.

Discography

Film scores

* '' Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom'' (2010) (with Adam Goldman) * '' The Freebie'' (2010) * '' Brother's Justice'' (2010) * '' The Do-Deca-Pentathlon'' (2012) * '' Nesting'' (2012) * ''

'' (2012) * ''Beauty CULTure'' (2012) (as

) * ''Teddy Bears'' (2013) * ''

'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''Lost for Life'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2015) * '' Other People'' (2016) * '' Blue Jay'' (2016) * '' The Miseducation of Cameron Post'' (2018)

Albums

* ''Crystals'' (2011, Self-released) * ''MITSUDA'' (2013, Lefse Records)

Productions

– '' Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune's Made'' (

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, 2009) *

– ''Part II: The New December'' (

, 2010) *

– ''Blackberry Ku$h'' (2011) *

– ''Chandelier'' (2011) *

– ''Silver Silver'' (

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, 2012) *

– ''The False Alarms'' (

, 2013)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wass, Julian Living people American film score composers Place of birth missing (living people) American male film score composers 1981 births