Randy Miller (composer) explained

Randy Miller
Genre:Film score
Occupation:Composer, conductor, arranger

Randy Miller (born) is an American film and television score composer, conductor, and arranger.[1]

Early life

Miller was raised in New York State and South Florida. He is the son of vocalist and entertainer Muriel King.[2]

Career

Composing credits

Miller's early career composing credits include: M.A.N.T.I.S. (TV series), The Outer Limits (1995 TV series), [3] (film, Anthony Hickox), Dreamrider (film, James Earl Jones), (film, Sam Raimi), And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (film), Heaven & Earth (film, Oliver Stone, additional music), The Soong Sisters[4] (film, Vivian Wu), and Without Limits (film, Robert Towne, Tom Cruise).[5]

The Heart of Nuba,[6] Spartacus (USA Network mini series),[7] Amargosa (Oscar documentary finalist),[8] The Freedom to Marry,[9] Handy Manny (Disney TV series), 2002 Firestarter 2: Rekindled, Yellow Rock [10] Jack and the Beanstalk,[11] Shanghai Red,[12] Prancer Returns[13] Go Tigers!,[14] Most Valuable Players,[15] and Extinction Soup.[16] [17]

Other work

Miller has done extensive work for other film composers including: Cliff Martinez, BT, Marcelo Zarvos, David Newman and Robert Folk as an additional composer, arranger, conductor and orchestrator on films such as: Game Night,[18] The Fast and the Furious,[19] Contagion,[20] , Breakthrough, The Best of Enemies, Stealth, Rememory, Zoolander, Summer Wars, The Flintstones, The Sandlot, Tremors, Hoffa, Tommy Boy,[21] , The Company You Keep, Coneheads, I Love Trouble, Driven, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, and Miles from Home.

His work for recording artists, Michael Franti and Spearhead,[22] Kitaro, Nathan Pacheco,[23] Sir Anthony Hopkins and BT includes string arrangements, orchestrations and conducting assignments. Miller has composed industrial music for Walt Disney Imagineering.[24]

Multimedia

In addition to working in the recorded medium, Miller has composed music for live multimedia immersive events such as: The Marvel Experience[25] [26] and Impressions of the West Lake (directed by Zhang Yimou).[27]

Academia

Miller is currently on the faculty at Emerson College in Los Angeles.[28] [29]

Scores as composer

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rex Sikes' Movie Beat . 2019-01-31 . www.rexsikes.com.
  2. Web site: Composer Builds a Career On Film Scores. Chris. Wieland. Sun-Sentinel.com. 2 May 1993 . en-US. 2019-01-17.
  3. Web site: Randy Miller Credits. AllMusic. en-us. 2019-01-17.
  4. Web site: The Soong Sisters. Elley. Derek. 1997-03-16. Variety. en. 2019-01-17.
  5. Web site: Crix pick forgotten treasures. Burlingame. Jon. 1999-01-21. Variety. en. 2019-01-17.
  6. Web site: 'The Heart of Nuba': Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 5 April 2018. en. 2019-01-17.
  7. Web site: Spartacus. Lowry. Brian. 2004-04-11. Variety. en. 2019-01-19.
  8. Web site: Amargosa. Koehler. Robert. 2000-04-19. Variety. en. 2019-01-17.
  9. Web site: 'The Freedom to Marry': Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 10 March 2017. en. 2019-01-17.
  10. Web site: Yellow Rock. movie-wave.net. 13 July 2013. en-GB. 2019-01-17.
  11. Web site: Randy Miller Hired to Score "Jack and the Beanstalk" :: Film Music Magazine. 2019-01-19.
  12. Web site: Shanghai Red. The Hollywood Reporter. 11 July 2007. en. 2019-01-17.
  13. Web site: Prancer Returns. Fries. Laura. 2001-11-19. Variety. en. 2019-01-17.
  14. News: Film Review; Carrying the Ball for a Favorable Vote. Holden. Stephen. 2001-09-21. The New York Times. 2019-01-17. en-US. 0362-4331.
  15. Web site: Most Valuable Players. Anderson. John. 2010-08-05. Variety. en. 2019-01-17.
  16. Web site: Extinction Soup Soundtrack (2014). www.soundtrack.net. 2019-01-17.
  17. Web site: Fund This Film: 'Extinction Soup' Could Be The Next 'Blackfish'. 2013-12-14. Film School Rejects. en-US. 2019-01-17.
  18. Web site: Cliff Martinez scores Game Night. 2018-02-23. ScoringSessions.com. en-US. 2019-01-17.
  19. Web site: The Fast and the Furious (2001). Library of Congress. 2019-01-17.
  20. Web site: Cliff Martinez - Contagion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Discogs. 6 September 2011 . en. 2019-01-17.
  21. Web site: Tommy Boy. Library of Congress. 2019-01-17.
  22. Web site: The Sound of Sunshine - Michael Franti & Spearhead Credits. AllMusic. en-us. 2019-01-17.
  23. Web site: Nathan Pacheco - Walt Disney Records: D000469592 Buy from ArkivMusic. www.arkivmusic.com. 2019-01-17.
  24. Web site: Randy Miller scores Animation Magic for Disney Fantasy Cruises. 2012-05-21. ScoringSessions.com. en-US. 2019-01-17.
  25. Web site: Randy Miller Talks The Marvel Experience, Writing Music For S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man, & Avengers [Exclusive Interview]]. 2015-02-04. Music Times. en. 2019-01-17.
  26. Web site: The Marvel Experience Tour Features Original Music by Composer Randy Miller. 2015-02-16. Rama's Screen. en-US. 2019-01-17.
  27. Web site: Randy Miller to score Hopkins' 'Slipstream' :: Film Music Magazine. 2019-01-17.
  28. Web site: 2016-04-22 . BMI Goes to Emerson College to Talk Music for Media . 2019-01-17 . BMI.com . en.
  29. Web site: Randy Miller Faculty". Emerson College - Google Search . 2019-01-17 . www.google.com.
  30. Web site: 第34届台湾电影金马奖 TaiPei Golden Horse Film Festival'1997 1997. award.mtime.com. 2019-01-17.
  31. Web site: 第17届香港电影金像奖 The 17th Hong Kong Film Awards 1998. award.mtime.com. 2019-01-17.
  32. Web site: 'Snow White' & Barbie win vid awards. Hettrick. Scott. 2001-10-24. Variety. en. 2019-01-17.

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