Kevin Manthei (born 1970 in

Maplewood, Minnesota Maplewood is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 42,088 at the 2020 census. Maplewood is ten minutes' drive from downtown Saint Paul. It stretches along the northern and eastern borders of Saint Paul. Maplewo ...

) is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Def ...

for

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, television, and video games.

Biography

Manthei grew up in Minnesota. He played the piano in his youth and played the trumpet in high school. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Music degree in Theory and Composition. He also studied at the University of Southern California under

Jerry Goldsmith Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929July 21, 2004) was an American composer and conductor known for his work in film and television scoring. He composed scores for five films in the ''Star Trek'' franchise and three in the ''Rambo'' franc ...

. He has collaborated with other graduates of the program,

Christophe Beck Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is a Canadian television and film score composer and conductor. He is a brother of pianist Chilly Gonzales. He is best known for his collaborations with Disney and its subsidiaries, which include co ...

and

Marco Beltrami Marco Beltrami (born October 7, 1966) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. He has worked in a number of genres, including horror ('' Scream'', '' Mimic, The Faculty, Resident Evil, The Woman in Black, A Quiet P ...

, writing additional music for Beck on the TV series ''

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'' and other shows, and composing additional music for Beltrami on films including ''

Scream 2 ''Scream 2'' is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars Neve Campbell, David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Elise Neal, ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Scary Movie 2'' and ''

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''. Manthei began his game writing career working on titles such as ''

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'', '' Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption'', ''

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'', '' Wizardry 8'', '' Twisted Metal: Black''. His other work on video game titles includes ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' StarCraft: Ghost'', ''

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,'' ''

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'', and ''

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''. For his work on ''

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'', Manthei received an

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nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music for an animated series. ''Invader Zim'' also led to ''

'' for

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as well as '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'' for Disney. In scoring with Warner Bros' television series ''

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'', he wrote the emo punk-inspired main title and score to the first season. Manthei also created music for shows like Cartoon Network's ''

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'' and Adult Swim's ''

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''. Manthei has also worked on scores for independent filmmakers such as ''

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''. He wrote the music for the feature films '' Justice League: The New Frontier'' and '' Batman: Gotham Knight'' and scored the animated series ''

''.
Official Bio

Scores

Film projects

Television projects

Video game projects

References

Visions in Sound - Batman Gotham Knight InterviewKevin Manthei and Dan Spitz Interview 2

External links

Kevin Manthei's Official Site
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