Ian Hultquist is an American

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and

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. Hultquist is best known for his score for ''

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'' and for being a founding member of the band

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. He is also known for his works on movies such as '' Mommy Dead and Dearest'', ''

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'', '' My Blind Brother,'' ''

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and Dead City.''

Career

After graduating from

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, Hultquist became a founding member of the indie band

in 2007 and acted as their music director while on tour. This pulled him away from film composing for a while and in 2010 he and his wife Sofia Hultquist created their side project 'Aislyn'. In 2013 he was introduced to documentary filmmaker

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who quickly hired him to score his film Ivory Tower. Around the same time, while on set for a Passion Pit music video, Hultquist would also meet and befriend actor

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, who would then hire Hultquist to score his feature film 'Animals'. From there, Hultquist's composing career burgeoned as he began to compose music for films at

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and

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. In October 2014, he officially left Passion Pit.

Personal life

Hultquist is married to fellow composer and musician Sofia Hultquist.

Works and awards

Hultquist has composed dozens of soundtracks and film scores for both film and TV. He is best known for scoring ''

'' and for being a founding member of the band

. He is also known for his works on movies such as '' Mommy Dead and Dearest'', ''

'', '' My Blind Brother'' and ''

''.Ian Hultquist
on imdb.com He also composed score for

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's '' Dickinson'' with

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, as well for the

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series '' The Walking Dead: Dead City''.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hultquist, Ian 1985 births Living people 21st-century American composers 21st-century American male musicians American film score composers American indie pop musicians American male film score composers American male television composers American television composers Berklee College of Music alumni Musicians from San Diego