Brandon Moore (born November 25, 1976) is an American

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's Aliens Ate My Homework (2018) and the sequel Aliens Stole My Body (2020) featuring the voice talents of

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, and the IFS Festival's Best Drama winner The Year I Did Nothing (2019). Brandon has been a musician since an early age and a life-long film music fan. Upon completing his undergrad in music theory and composition in Fort Worth, TX, he moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's Film Scoring program. Brandon has composed a wide range of scores for a variety of film projects and genres. His music has played in film festivals all over the world for as long as he's been an active composer in Hollywood.

Biography

Early life

Brandon Moore grew up listening to film scores and performing music in his native

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. His father John Moore (1942-2011) was an architect and his mother Cheryl Ford-Mente, a communications director for non-profit organizations, was heavily involved in Dallas-Fort Worth community theater as an actress and fundraiser and host of a local cable talk show "Around Arlington." Brandon's parents encouraged him to start playing music at an early age. He switched from piano, viola, and finally settling on the trombone in high school. Brandon credits his dad for his introduction to film music:

My dad would buy these soundtrack albums. He had a wide range of vinyl, but he occasionally had a pop soundtrack album and a score album here and there, but there were three that I remember listening to a lot: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi and Superman: The Movie. And I wore these records out, scratched them and everything. I was probably about 11 years old when I realized they were all written by John Williams.

Education

In 1999 he graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Music degree in music theory and composition. That same year he moved to Los Angeles to study film scoring professionally at the

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's Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. At USC, Brandon had the privilege of studying under accomplished film composers

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Discography

Soundtracks

Works

Films

Series

Audio Dramas

Concert Works

*''Aura Collage'' for Solo Trombone and Brass Ensemble **World premiere held at the 2024 International Trombone Festival in Fort Worth, Texas performed by Dr. Dave Begnoche and the Center Stage Brass on June 1st at Pepsico Hall on the campus of

. **Instrumentation: Solo Trombone, 4 Trumpets, 2 Alto Horns, Tenor Trombone, Euphonium, Bass Trombone and Tuba. *''Firethorn'' for Trombone Octet **Written for the Red River Trombones "8x8x8" series and performed at the 2019 International Trombone Festival held in Muncie, Indiana at

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. The world premiere with its additional 2nd movement was performed by the TCU Trombone Choir for the 2021 TCU Trombone Summit concert. *''The Alien'' for Theremin, Clarinet, Trombone and Narrator **Instrumental accompaniment to poem recitation, first performed in 2013 Los Angeles, California in dedication to author

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. *''The Cylindrical Sea'' for Alto Saxophone, String Quartet and Xylophone *Nonet for Flute, Clarinet, French Horn, Bassoon, String Quartet and Percussion *Brass Quintet *Flute Duet No. 1 *''Triumvirate'' for 2 Trumpets and Trombone *''Faith of Our Fathers'' hymn arrangement for Brass Ensemble (Live Oak House)

Awards, nominations and recognition

Wins

202
Hollywood Blood Horror Festival
Winner - Best Original Score, Brandon Moore - Don't Raise The Dead (The Board Game)

Nominations

201
Audio Verse Awards
Finalist - Original Compositions for Self-Contained Productions and Original Compositions for Dramatic Productions - episod
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Earbud Theater
2012 Park City Film Music Festival Award Nomination for Best Impact of Music in a Documentary
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- Best Impact of Music in a Documentary Finalists

Retrieved on October 17, 2018

References/Notes and references

External links

Official WebsiteBrandon Moore
on

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