Randy Miller is a Los Angeles-based film, television and media composer from

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Early life and education

Miller is the son of vocalist and entertainer Muriel King. At a young age he worked as a keyboardist and arranger in hotels in the Catskill Mountains in

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. Miller has a music composition degree from

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. He continued advanced studies in film at the

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. Miller studied piano with the Bostonian pedagogue Mme. Margaret Chaloff. He maintains recording facilities in

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retreat.

Career

Miller is currently on the faculty at

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Composing credits

Miller's early career composing credits include: ''

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'' (TV series), ''The Outer Limits'' (1995 TV series), '' Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth'' (film, Anthony Hickox), ''Dreamrider'' (film,

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), '' Darkman II: The Return of Durant'' (film,

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), '' And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird'' (film), Heaven & Earth (film,

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, additional music), '' The Soong Sisters'' (film, Vivian Wu), and ''

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'' (film,

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). ''The Heart of Nuba'', ''

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'' (USA Network mini series), ''Amargosa'' (Oscar documentary finalist), ''The Freedom to Marry'', Handy Manny (Disney TV series), 2002 '' Firestarter 2: Rekindled'', ''Yellow Rock'' ''

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'', ''Shanghai Red'', '' Prancer Returns'' ''Go Tigers!'', '' Most Valuable Players'', and ''Extinction Soup''.

Other work

Miller has done extensive work for other film composers including:

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, BT,

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, David Newman and Robert Folk as an additional composer, arranger, conductor and orchestrator on films such as: '' Game Night'', ''

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'', Contagion, '' What's My Name: Muhammad Ali'', ''Breakthrough'', ''The Best of Enemies'', ''

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'', ''Rememory'', ''

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'', ''Summer Wars'', ''The Flintstones'', ''

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'', '' Tremors'', '' Hoffa'', '' Tommy Boy'', '' Police Academy 6: City Under Siege'', The Company You Keep, Coneheads, I Love Trouble, ''Driven'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. His work for recording artists, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Kitaro, Nathan Pacheco,

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and BT includes string arrangements, orchestrations and conducting assignments. Miller has composed industrial music for

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Multimedia

In addition to working in the recorded medium, Miller has composed music for live multimedia immersive events such as: The Marvel Experience and ''Impressions of the West Lake'' (directed by

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Scores as composer

*1988 ''The Boy from Hell'' (film) *1988 ''Doctor Hackenstein'' (film) *1988 ''

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'' (film) *1988 '' Witchery'' (film) *1988 ''High Mountain Rangers'' (TV, additional music) *1989 ''Jesse Hawks'' (TV, additional music) *1989 ''Police Academy 6: City Under Siege'' (film, additional music) *1990 ''The Willies'' (film) *1990 ''Tremors'' (film, additional music) *1991 ''Toy Soldiers'' (film, additional music) *1991 ''Rock-A-Doodle'' (film, additional music) *1991 ''Black Magic Woman'' (film) *1991 '' And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird'' (film) *1991 ''Into the Sun'' (film) *1992 '' Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth'' (film) *1992 ''Santa's First Christmas'' (TV movie) *1993 ''A Case for Murder'' (TV movie) *1993 ''Dreamrider'' (film) *1994 ''Encounters: The Hidden Truth'' (TV series) *1994 ''

'' (TV series) *1994 ''The Ghen War'' (video game, live action music) *1995 '' Tommy Boy'' (additional music) *1995 '' Darkman II: The Return of Durant'' (video) *1996 '' Darkman III: Die Darkman Die'' (film) *1996 ''

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'' (TV series) *1996 '' Space Marines'' (film) *1996 '' The Right to Remain Silent'' (TV movie) *1997 ''Living in Peril'' (film) *1997 '' The Soong Sisters'' (film) *1997 '' Byzantine: The Betrayal'' (video game) *1998 ''Ground Control'' (film) *1998 ''

'' (film) *1998 ''Picture of Priority'' (film) *1999 ''

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'' (film) *1999 '' Pirates of the Plain'' (film) *2000 ''Amargosa (documentary)'' *2000 ''Time of Her Time'' (film) *2001 ''

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'' (documentary) *2001 ''Hitched'' (TV movie) *2001 '' Prancer Returns'' (film) *2002 '' Firestarter 2: Rekindled'' (TV mini-series) *2002 ''Astronauts'' (TV movie) *2003 ''Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks'' (film) *2004 ''

'' *2004 ''Vendetta: No Conscience, No Mercy'' (film) *2006 ''Last Time Forever'' (film) *2006 ''First Snow'' (additional music) *2006 ''Shanghai Red'' (film) *2007 ''Second Chance Season'' (documentary) *2008 '' Uncross the Stars'' (film) *2009 ''Summer Wars'' (film, additional music) *2009 ''

'' (film) *2010 ''Handy Manny's School for Tools'' (TV series) *2010 '' Most Valuable Players'' (documentary) *2011 ''Yellow Rock'' (film) *2012 ''Life's an Itch'' (film) *2012 ''Handy Manny'' (TV series) *2014 ''Extinction Soup'' (documentary) *2014 '' The Marvel Experience'' *2016 ''The Freedom to Marry'' (documentary) *2016 ''The Heart of Nuba'' (documentary) *2016 ''Sisters of the Groom'' (TV movie) *2016 ''Hometown Hero'' (TV movie) *2017 ''The Joneses Unplugged'' (TV movie) *2017 ''A Man for Every Month'' (TV movie) *2017 ''Happily Never After'' (TV movie) *2018 ''Brimming with Love'' (TV movie) *2018 ''Choices: I Won't Let Go'' (film)

Awards

* 1997 ''The Soong Sisters'', Golden Horse Award - Best Original Film Score * 1998 ''The Soong Sisters'', Hong Kong Film Award - Best Original Film Score * 2001 ''Prancer Returns'', Video Premiere Award - Best Original Score

References

External links

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"Randy Miller Talks The Marvel Experience, Writing Music For S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man, & Avengers"
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