Kevin Blumenfeld Explained

Kevin Blumenfeld is an American composer best known for his ongoing work with director Charles Hood.

Early life and career

Blumenfeld was raised in Los Angeles. After finishing high school, he studied film scoring, orchestration and electronic music at the Hamilton Academy of Music.[1] Blumenfeld gained his first professional music experiences by working for Hans Zimmer as a music intern, taking on minor uncredited roles in the soundtracks of Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men and The Ring.[2]

Blumenfeld’s first independent composing credit was on director Charles Hood’s debut feature Freezer Burn. Blumenfeld and Hood would form an ongoing relationship, with the former working on every one of the latter’s subsequent projects, including short films, his follow-up feature Night Owls, and his television series for Go90, In the Vault.[3] Blumenfeld also served as composer on the Walking Dead webisodes series Cold Storage, The Oath and Torn Apart.[4] Blumenfeld also worked extensively with director Adam Rifkin, scoring his films Shooting the Warwicks and Director’s Cut.[5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Director's CutComposerDirector: [Adam Rifkin]
2015Shooting The WarwicksComposer Director: [Adam Rifkin]
2015Night OwlsComposerDirector: Charles Hood
2012First KissComposer
2011Final SaleComposerDirector: Andrew C Erin
2011ConfinedComposerDirector: [Andrew C Erin]
2007Simple ThingsComposerDirector: Andrew C Erin
2007Freezer BurnComposerDirector: Charles Hood

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017In the Vault4 episodesDirector: [Charles Hood]
2017Play By Play8 episodesDirector: [Charles Hood]
20133 episodesDirector: Greg Nicotero
20124 episodesDirector: Greg Nicotero
20116 episodesDirector: Greg Nicotero

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 8 Things You Didn't Know About "In The Vault" Composer Kevin Blumenfeld. Buzzfeed.com. October 7, 2017.
  2. Web site: Soundtracks Archives - CutPrintFilm. CutPrintFilm. October 7, 2017.
  3. Web site: 'Night Owls': Film Review. HollywoodReporter.com. October 7, 2017.
  4. Web site: Q&A: Composer Kevin Blumenfeld on Making Music for go90's IN THE VAULT and THE WALKING DEAD Webisodes - Daily Dead. October 3, 2017. DailyDead.com. October 7, 2017.
  5. Web site: Director's Cut - Calgary Underground Film Festival. Structured Abstraction. Inc.. 2016. www.CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org. October 7, 2017.