Blake Neely (born April 28, 1969) is an Emmy Award-winning American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He has been nominated for three

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for his work on ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', and won the Emmy (2021) for '' The Flight Attendant''.

Early life

Neely was born in

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. He fell in love with piano at an early age after hearing the music of Steely Dan and Rush. His father was a rancher and professor, and his mother a journalist and author. He studied linguistics at the

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Work

Neely has contributed to and been credited on dozens of film and TV projects over the years, such as ''

'' (which earned him a 2003

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nomination for the theme), the first three ''

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'' films, ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' The Great Buck Howard''. Other film projects in which he is the sole composer are '' Elvis and Anabelle'', '' Starter for 10'', and ''

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''. In addition, Neely has composed the music for over twenty television series, including ''

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'' and '' You''. He has frequently collaborated with

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, including on ''

'', '' Jack & Bobby'', '' Brothers & Sisters'', ''

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'', '' Dirty Sexy Money'', '' Political Animals,'' '' Blindspot'', and the

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'', ''

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'', ''

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,'' ''

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'' and ''

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.'' He has also been credited alongside several well-known composers such as

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(for his work on the Mythodea project as arranger and conductor), and

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. As an author, he has written over 25 instrumental method books such as the best-selling piano method ''Piano For Dummies''.''Piano for Dummies'' at Amazon.com
/ref> He recorded his score for an HBO documentary on

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at the

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on February 23, 2008.

Discography/Filmography

References

External links

Cow on the Wall
Official Website *

an

SoundtrackNet Page

Blake Neely at ScoringSessions.com

Blake Neely at 8dio.com
1969 births Living people American film score composers University of Texas alumni People from Paris, Texas {{NorthAm-composer-stub