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Gregory Russell Kuehn is an American composer, songwriter, musician and producer.


Career


As a performing musician

Kuehn's career began in Orange County's early punk scene, when he left his classical piano studies at
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icons T.S.O.L. Together they made the album '' Beneath the Shadows'', still a highly regarded and influential work. Following his tenure in T.S.O.L., he spent several years as a recording and touring musician working with artists including
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Composing film scores

Kuehn got his start in film working on the score for cult classic '' Repo Man'', on which he arranged music and played keyboards. Since then, Kuehn has scored numerous films, including '' Confessions of a Superhero'' and '' Meet the Hitlers'', both directed by Matt Ogens and produced by film maker Morgan Spurlock, ''A Small Section of the World'', directed by Lesley Chilcott, and ''The Achievers'', ''The Story of The Lebowski Fans''. One of his songs was featured in the documentary '' The Other F Word'', directed by Andrea Nivens. He worked with producer Peter Jackson scoring the trailer for the Amy Berg directed doc, '' West of Memphis'', and has completed the score for '' Go North'' a new feature film directed by Matt Ogens, and starring Jacob Lofland, Sophie Kennedy Clark and Patrick Schwarzenegger. Kuehn composed the music for ''Shooting An Elephant'', a narrative short film featured in the 2016 Tribeca film festival, directed by JP Rothie and written by Alec Sokolow. ''Code Blue'', a short film Kuehn scored based on the T.S.O.L. song and the Jack Grisham short story, was featured in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Court Metrage (Short Film Corner).


Television and commercial work

Kuehn has composed the music for CNN Heroes, Stand Up 2 Cancer, Give it up For Greg Giraldo and The Daytime Emmys. Kuehn has scored hundreds of television commercials for clients including Toyota, Ancestry, HP, Subaru, MINI, Hyundai, Honda, Blue Shield, Nike, Adidas, DirecTV, Miller, Gatorade and Petco among many others. His company, Peligro Music and Sound is one of Los Angeles' most sought after boutique music houses.


Personal life

Kuehn's sons Elvis and Max Kuehn are both founding members of LA band FIDLAR, although Elvis left the band in 2022. Greg lives in Los Angeles, CA.


Discography

* T.S.O.L., '' Beneath the Shadows'' (1982) *
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, ''Criminals'' (1983) *'' Repo Man Soundtrack'' (1984) *''Suburbia Soundtrack'' (1984) * Cruzados, ''Cruzados'' (1985) *
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, '' Count Three & Pray'' (1986) *
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, ''Keeping up with the Joneses'' (1986) *''Echo Park Soundtrack'' (1986) * The Church, ''
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, ''Tits and Champagne'' (1989) *
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, '' Power of a Woman'' (1990) *Angel Ferreira, ''Angel'' (1991) *Candyman's Grooves, ''Acid Jazz'' (1992) *Guru, ''Loungin' Remix'' (1993) *
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and Supreme Music Program, ''Sweetheart'' (1999) * T.S.O.L., ''Divided We Stand'' (2003) * The Diffs, ''Self-Titled'' (2005) *
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, ''Criminal History'' (2008) * Duane Peters and the Great Unwashed, ''Beautiful Tragedy'' (2012) * Blacklist Royals, ''Die Young With Me'' (2014) *
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, V •••–(2016) * T.S.O.L., '' The Trigger Complex'' (2017) *Los Bolos, ''The Best of the Greatest Hits'' (2020)


References


External links


Peligro Music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuehn, Greg American male composers American composers American male songwriters American producers T.S.O.L. members