Logan Nelson (born November 11, 1996) is an American composer who has composed scores for films, video games, and modern dance productions. In 2018, he received the

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Award for Best Young International Composer by the

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. He composes music for The Morning Show with

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Life and education

Nelson was born and raised in Wichita,

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. In his early years, he "fell in love with" the viola and studied piano and composition with local professors. Nelson attended the

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where he majored in Music Composition and minored in Cinematic Arts. At USC, he studied music composition with

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and film scoring with

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; Nelson worked closely with the

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School of Dance and a solo violinist to "sample unique and interesting violin textures that he later produced into electronic elements" in collaboration with student choreographers, the project concluded with two performances.

Career

Logan Nelson has composed the music for Seasons 2 and 3 of the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ drama, '' The Morning Show'', in collaboration with

. He also scored the romantic comedy, ''

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''. The film was produced by Valparaiso Pictures and stars actress

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. As a collaborator with

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, Logan wrote music for Netflix’s critically acclaimed ''

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,'' as well as the Oscar-winning film, '' Green Book.'' Additionally, Logan has worked at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions. Nelson also produces music for the synth-pop duo, LightHouse. Their song, Nebula, was described by NEST HQ (

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) as "mature, highly-refined synth-pop brilliantly contrasting bright, summery sounds with ghostly, melancholy vocal harmonies and a dark, echoing flair to the production." LightHouse was just featured in FLAUNT Magazine.

Awards and honors

* Winner,

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Screen Music Award for Top Rated Series ( The Morning Show), 2024 * Winner,

Award for Best Young International Composer, 2018 * Winner,

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, 2015 and 2016

References

External links

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