Randall Bruce Meyers (born 1955) is an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

who has worked on music for films including ''

Scrooged ''Scrooged'' is a 1988 American Christmas fantasy black comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue. Based on the 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens, ''Scrooged'' is a modern re ...

'' (1988), ''

Stuart Little 2 ''Stuart Little 2'' is a 2002 American live-action/animated comedy film loosely based on E.B. White's novel ''Stuart Little''. Directed by Rob Minkoff and screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin, the film stars Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, and Jonathan ...

'' (2002) and ''

Drugstore Cowboy ''Drugstore Cowboy'' is a 1989 American crime drama film directed by the American filmmaker Gus Van Sant. Written by Van Sant and Daniel Yost and based on an autobiographical novel by James Fogle, the film stars Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Hea ...

'' (1989). Meyers resides alternately in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

and in

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; ) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is south of Trevi, north of Terni, southeast of Perugia; southeast of Florence; and north of Rome. H ...

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. He studied at the

Guildhall School of Music and Drama The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music school, music and drama school located in the City of London, England. Established in 1880, the school offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in all aspects of classical music and jazz al ...

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

from 1970 to 1974 and at the University for Music and Drama,

Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...

from 1975 to 1979.Randall Meyers - Music Information Centre Norway
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Filmography

*1986: ''Zinoberveien'' (short) *1989: ''

A Handful of Time ''A Handful of Time'' (''En håndfull tid'') is a 1989 Norwegian film directed by Martin Asphaug. Starring Espen Skjønberg, Camilla Strøm-Henriksen, Nicolay Lange-Nielsen and Bjørn Sundquist, the film also features Susannah York and Nigel Hawt ...

'' *1989: ''The Littlest Viking'' *1989: ''Den nye kapellanen'' (short) *1990: '' Dagens Donna'' *1990: ''Herman'' *1990: ''Svampe'' *1991: ''Hvitsymre i utslåtten'' (short) *1992: ''

Bat Wings ''Bat Wings'' () is a 1992 Norwegian drama film directed by Emil Stang Lund. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Diploma for Direction. The film features three sections, called Episodes, based upon ...

'' *1993: ''

The Last Lieutenant ''The Last Lieutenant'' () is a 1993 Norwegian film, directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Espen Skjønberg. It was released in the USA with English subtitles. Plot The old sea-captain retires, but the next day, German World War II inv ...

'' *1993: ''Michael Laudrup: A Football Player'' (documentary) *1993: '' The Telegraphist'' *1995: ''Shut Up and Listen!'' *1996: '' Virgins of Riga'' *1998: ''Huset på Kampen'' (short) *1998: ''I Weekend'' *1999: ''Bak Sofies verden'' (TV short documentary) *1999: ''Kongen som ville ha mer enn en krone'' (short) *1999: ''

Sophie's World ''Sophie's World'' () is a 1991 novel by Norwegian writer Jostein Gaarder. It follows Sophie Amundsen, a Norwegian teenager, who is introduced to the history of philosophy as she is asked "Who are you?" "Where does this world come from?" in a l ...

'' *2000: '' Beyond'' *2000: ''The Diver'' *2000: '' Odd Little Man'' *2000: ''Sofies verden'' (TV mini-series) *2003: ''Zenith'' (short) *2004: ''

Andreaskorset ''Andreaskorset'' (literally Andrew's Cross, released in English as ''The Crossing'') is a Norwegian erotic thriller film that premiered in 2004. The film received indifferent reviews, and it is perhaps best remembered as one of 2004's least vie ...

'' *2004: ''The Universe: Cosmology Quest'' (TV movie documentary, also directed) *2009: ''Palazzo Massacre'' (short)

References

External links

Randall Meyers website
1955 births American film score composers American male film score composers American expatriates in the United Kingdom American expatriates in Austria American expatriates in Norway American expatriates in Italy Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama Living people {{US-composer-stub