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Randy Miller (composer)

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Randy Miller is an American film and television score composer, conductor, and arranger.[1]

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Early life

Miller was raised in New York State and South Florida. He is the son of vocalist and entertainer Muriel King.[2]

Career

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Composing credits

Miller's early career composing credits include: M.A.N.T.I.S. (TV series), The Outer Limits (1995 TV series), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth[3] (film, Anthony Hickox), Dreamrider (film, James Earl Jones), Darkman II: The Return of Durant (film, Sam Raimi), And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (film), Heaven & Earth (film, Oliver Stone, additional music), The Soong Sisters[4] (film, Vivian Wu), and Without Limits (film, Robert Towne, Tom Cruise).[5]

The Heart of Nuba,[6] Spartacus (USA Network mini series),[7] Amargosa (Oscar documentary finalist),[8] The Freedom to Marry,[9] Handy Manny (Disney TV series), 2002 Firestarter 2: Rekindled, Yellow Rock [10] Jack and the Beanstalk,[11] Shanghai Red,[12] Prancer Returns[13] Go Tigers!,[14] Most Valuable Players,[15] and Extinction Soup.[16][17]

Other work

Miller has done extensive work for other film composers including: Cliff Martinez, BT, Marcelo Zarvos, David Newman and Robert Folk as an additional composer, arranger, conductor and orchestrator on films such as: Game Night,[18] The Fast and the Furious,[19] Contagion,[20] What's My Name: Muhammad Ali, Breakthrough, The Best of Enemies, Stealth, Rememory, Zoolander, Summer Wars, The Flintstones,[3] The Sandlot, Tremors, Hoffa, Tommy Boy,[21] Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, The Company You Keep, Coneheads, I Love Trouble, Driven, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, and Miles from Home.

His work for recording artists, Michael Franti and Spearhead,[22] Kitaro, Nathan Pacheco,[23] Sir Anthony Hopkins and BT[3] includes string arrangements, orchestrations and conducting assignments.

Miller has composed industrial music for Walt Disney Imagineering.[24]

Multimedia

In addition to working in the recorded medium, Miller has composed music for live multimedia immersive events such as: The Marvel Experience[25][26] and Impressions of the West Lake (directed by Zhang Yimou).[27]

Academia

Miller is currently on the faculty at Emerson College in Los Angeles.[28][29]

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Scores as composer

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Awards

  • 1997 The Soong Sisters, Golden Horse Award – Best Original Film Score[30]
  • 1998 The Soong Sisters, Hong Kong Film Award – Best Original Film Score[31]
  • 2001 Prancer Returns, Video Premiere Award – Best Original Score[32]

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