Scott Glasgow (born c. 1976) is an American film composer, conductor, and musician known for his work on numerous feature films and other visual media. He has composed scores for a variety of genres, including science fiction, horror, and action films, and has been recognized for his ability to blend traditional orchestral elements with contemporary production techniques.

Education and career

Glasgow has a

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from

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and a

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from the

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in 2001 where he was a student of Conrad Susa. He studied with

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at the Aspen Music Festival 2002 and was in the ASACP Film Scoring program in 2004. Since 2005 has made his career as a film composer with over 20+ studio features to date. He also teaches at the university level, with classes in film scoring at CSUN

and UCLA

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. He has contributed addition music to films, TV and games including video games ''

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'' and CBS ''

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'' and feature films '' Captain America: Civil War''. In 2018, the

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commissioned Glasgow to write an original musical score for

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. It premiered during a concert screening at

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on on October 13, 2018 with

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conducting.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (2002) – assistant composer * '' The 5 Coolest Things'' (2003) – composer * '' Wrong Turn'' (2003) – assistant composer * ''

Runaway Jury ''Runaway Jury'' is a 2003 American legal thriller film directed by Gary Fleder and starring John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz. An adaptation of John Grisham's 1996 novel '' The Runaway Jury'', the film pits lawyer We ...

'' (2003) – score technical assistant * ''

An Unfinished Life ''An Unfinished Life'' is a 2005 American drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, and based on the Mark Spragg novel of the same name. The film stars Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, and Morgan Freeman. It is the story of a gruff Wyoming ranche ...

'' (2005) – score coordinator * ''

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'' (2004) – score preparation * ''

The Grudge ''The Grudge'' is a 2004 American supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Shimizu, written by Stephen Susco, and produced by Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Takashige Ichise. A remake of Shimizu's 2002 Japanese horror film '' Ju-On: The ...

'' (2004) – score coordinator (uncredited) * '' Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King'' (2004) – orchestrator * '' Nine Lives'' (2005) – score preparation * '' Build or Bust'' (2005) – additional music * ''

The Skeleton Key ''The Skeleton Key'' is a 2005 American supernatural folk horror film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kate Hudson, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt, Peter Sarsgaard, and Joy Bryant. The screenplay by Ehren Kruger follows a New Orleans hospice n ...

'' (2005) – score preparation * '' Chasing Ghosts'' (2005) – composer * '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' (2006) – composer * '' Hack!'' (2006) – composer * ''

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'' (2007) – composer * '' Bone Dry'' (2007) – composer * '' The Gene Generation'' (2008) – composer * '' Lo'' (2008) – composer **IFMCA Award Nominee** * '' The Bridge to Nowhere'' (2009) – composer * ''

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'' (2009) – composer * ''

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'' (2010) – composer * '' National Lampoon's 301: The Legend of Awesomest Maximus'' (2010) – composer * ''

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'' (2013) – composer * ''

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'' (2013) – composer * '' The Wedding Pact'' (2013) – composer * '' Secrets of a Psychopath'' (2014) – composer * '' Poker Night'' (2014) – composer * '' The Curse of Sleeping Beauty'' (2015) – composer **HMMA Award Winner** * '' Captain America: Civil War'' (2016) – composer (additional music) * '' Ghosthunters'' (2016) – composer * '' Stasis'' (2017) – composer * ''Slay Belles'' (2018) – composer * '' The Ninth Passenger'' (2018) – composer * '' Trauma Therapy'' (2019) – composer * '' Slayer: The Repentless Killogy'' (2019) – composer * '' Attack Of The Unknown'' (2020) – composer * ''

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'' (2020) – composer * '' Cosmic Sin'' (2021) – composer * ''Manipulated'' (2021) – composer * '' Bloodthirst'' (2022) – composer * '' Deathcount'' (2022) – composer * '' The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact'' (2022) – composer * '' The Night Of The Tommyknockers'' (2022) – composer * '' Unsinkable'' (2024) – composer

Discography

* '' Chasing Ghosts'' (2005) – Movie Score Media * '' Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles'' (2006) – Varèse Sarabande * '' Hack!'' (2006) – Movie Score Media * '' Bone Dry'' (2008) – Intrada Records * ''

(2009) – Movie Score Media'' * '' The Gene Generation'' (2009) – Varèse Sarabande * '' Lo'' (2010) – Movie Score Media * ''

'' (2013) – Varèse Sarabande * '' Secrets of a Psychopath'' (2015) – Movie Score Media * ''

'' (2015) – Intrada Records * '' Poker Night'' (2015) – Movie Score Media * ''

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'' EP (2017) – Fourteen Kings Music * '' Stasis'' (2017) – Fourteen Kings Music * '' Slay Belles'' (2018) – Fourteen Kings Music * '' The Ninth Passenger'' (2018) – Fourteen Kings Music * '' Trauma Therapy'' (2019) – Fourteen Kings Music * ''

'' (2020) – Fourteen Kings Music * '' Attack Of The Unknown'' (2020) – Fourteen Kings Music * '' Cosmic Sin'' (2021) – The Orchard * '' Manipulated'' (2021) – Fourteen Kings Music

List of compositions (concert music)

* "Mass" for Mixed Choir (a cappella) * "Betelgeuse" for Solo Amplified Cello with digital effects * "Gothic Fragments" for mixed instruments * "Piano Trio 'Earthquake'" for Piano Trio (inspired by the 1994 Northridge, California Earthquake) * "Three" (slow movement from Piano Trio, simplified for children's level playing). * "Silver Sound" for Two Percussionists * "Hyper-Reality" for Orchestra * "Temporal Fuges" for String Quartet * "Wind Quintet ' Winter Music'" for Woodwind Quartet * "Tenebrae" for String Orchestra * "Petrarch Songs" for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (based on text of

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). * "The Prince Of Venosa" (an Opera In Two Acts with a Prologue and Epilogue – based on the life of Don Carlo Gesualdo). * "Sappho Songs" for Medium Voice and Piano (based on text of

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). * "Dreams Of Poe" for Choir and Orchestra (based on the dream poetry of

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). (2005) Three Movements : 1. A Dream 2. Dream 3. Dreams

Other works

*"The Turning Wheel" for Solo Guitar (1987) *"Serenade" for Solo Guitar (Wedding Celebration) (1998)

Awards

In 2010 Glasgow was nominated for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film by the

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for his work on director Travis Betz's romantic comedy horror film Lo. In 2016 Glasgow won a Hollywood Music in Media Award, in the category for best original score in an independent film, for his work on The Curse of Sleeping Beauty.

References

External links

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Scott Glasgow's homepage

Scott Glasgow's MySpace Music page

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