GENE PRITSKER Composer
Composer Gene Pritsker has written over 900 compositions, including chamber operas, orchestral and chamber works, electro-acoustic music, songs for hip-hop and rock ensembles, etc. All his compositions employ an eclectic spectrum of styles and are influenced by his studies of various musical cultures. Genes music has been performed all over the world at various festivals and by many ensembles and performers. He has worked closely with Joe Zawinul, orchestrating and arranging an album of his music for the Absolute Ensemble (the last recording Zawinul ever did)
READ GENE'S FULL BIO HERE
He has orchestrated such movies as :
- Perfume, Story of a Murderer
Starring Clive Owen (directed by Tom Tykwer)
- Anamorph
Starring Willem Dafoe (directed by Henry Miller)
Starring Jason Stratham and Robert De Niro. (directed by Gary McKendry)
- Gene is the lead orchestrator for and has additional music in the motion picture
Cloud Atlas, starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry directed by Tom Tykwer, Lana & Andy Wachowski. He has also written 'The Cloud Atlas Symphony' based on some of the musical material from the motion picture. The 6th movement of this symphony is used in the closing credits of the movie. The score form Cloud Atlas has been nominated for the Golden Globe award.
Preview music here. Listen to the premiere performance of The Cloud Atlas Symphony by Gene Pritsker
Other projects include:
- Lead Orchestrating the Netflix series Sense 8
(directed by Lana & Andy Wachowski)
- Lead Orchestrator & additional music for the TV Series Babylon Berlin
(directed by Tom Tykwer)
- Lead Orchestrating the new film Hologram for a King
starring Tom Hanks, (directed by Tom Tykwer)
- Lead Orchestrator & additional music The Darkness
starring Kevin Bacon (directed by Greg Mclean)
- Lead Orchestrator & additional music for the motion picture Jungle
starring Daniel Radcliffe (directed by Greg Mclean)
- Lead Orchestrator & additional music for the Cinemax Series Jett
starring Carla Gugino (directed by Sebastian Gutierrez)
- Lead Orchestrator & additional music for the Netflix Series Messiah
(directed by James McTeigue)
- Lead Orchestrator & additional music for the Series Leoprard Skin
(directed by Sebastian Gutierrez)
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