Randy Miller (composer)

Randy Miller is a Los Angeles based film, television and media composer from Ellenville, New York.[1]

Randy Miller
Background information
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor, arranger
Websitewww.randymiller.com

Early Career Composing Credits

A few of 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[2] (film, Clive Barker), Dreamrider (film, James Earl Jones), Darkman II: The Return of Durant (film, Sam Raimi), And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (film), Heaven and Earth (film, Oliver Stone, additional music), The Soong Sisters[3] (film, Vivian Wu), and Without Limits (film, Robert Towne, Tom Cruise).[4]

Later Composing Credits

The Heart of Nuba[5], Spartacus (USA Network mini series)[6], Amargosa (Oscar documentary finalist)[7], The Freedom to Marry[8], Handy Manny (Disney TV series), 2002 Firestarter 2: Rekindled, Yellow Rock [9] Jack and the Beanstalk[10] , Shanghai Red[11], Prancer Returns[12] Go Tigers![13] , Most Valuable Players[14], Extinction Soup.[15][16]

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[17], The Fast and the Furious[18], Contagion[19], What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali, Breakthrough, The Best of Enemies, Stealth, Rememory, Zoolander, Summer Wars, The Flintstones[2], The Sandlot, Tremors, Hoffa, Tommy Boy[20], Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, The Company You Keep, Coneheads, I Love Trouble, Driven, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Miles From Home.

His work for recording artists, Michael Franti and Spearhead[21], Kitaro, Nathan Pacheco[22], Sir Anthony Hopkins and BT[2] includes string arrangements, orchestrations and conducting assignments.

Miller has composed industrial music for Walt Disney Imagineering.[23]

Multimedia/Immersive

In addition to working in the recorded medium, Miller has composed music for live multimedia immersive events such as: The Marvel Experience[24][25] and Impressions of the West Lake (directed by Zhang Yimou).[26]

Background

Miller is the son of vocalist and entertainer Muriel King. At a young age he worked as a keyboardist/arranger in many hotels of the Catskills Mountains.[27][28] He is currently on the faculty at Emerson College Los Angeles.[29][30] He has a music composition degree from Berklee College of Music and continued his advanced studies in film scoring at the University of Southern California. Miller studied piano with the Bostonian pedagogue Mme. Margaret Chaloff. He maintains recording facilities in Calabasas, CA and at his Sequoia National Forest retreat.

Scores as Composer (Partial list)

Awards
  • 1997 The Soong Sisters, Golden Horse Award - Best Original Film Score[31]
  • 1998 The Soong Sisters, Hong Kong Film Award - Best Original Film Score[32]
  • 2001 Prancer Returns, Video Premiere Award - Best Original Score[33]
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References
  1. "Rex Sikes' Movie Beat". www.rexsikes.com. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  2. "Randy Miller | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  3. Elley, Derek; Elley, Derek (1997-03-16). "The Soong Sisters". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  4. Burlingame, Jon; Burlingame, Jon (1999-01-21). "Crix pick forgotten treasures". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  5. "'The Heart of Nuba': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  6. Lowry, Brian; Lowry, Brian (2004-04-11). "Spartacus". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  7. Koehler, Robert; Koehler, Robert (2000-04-19). "Amargosa". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  8. "'The Freedom to Marry': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  9. "Yellow Rock". movie-wave.net. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  10. "Randy Miller Hired to Score "Jack and the Beanstalk" :: Film Music Magazine". Retrieved 2019-01-19.
  11. "Shanghai Red". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  12. Fries, Laura; Fries, Laura (2001-11-19). "Prancer Returns". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  13. Holden, Stephen (2001-09-21). "FILM REVIEW; Carrying the Ball for a Favorable Vote". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  14. Anderson, John; Anderson, John (2010-08-05). "Most Valuable Players". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  15. "Extinction Soup Soundtrack (2014)". www.soundtrack.net. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  16. "Fund This Film: 'Extinction Soup' Could Be The Next 'Blackfish'". Film School Rejects. 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  17. "Cliff Martinez scores Game Night". ScoringSessions.com. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  18. "THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001)". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  19. "Cliff Martinez - Contagion (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  20. "TOMMY BOY". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  21. "The Sound of Sunshine - Michael Franti & Spearhead | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  22. "Nathan Pacheco - Walt Disney Records: D000469592 | Buy from ArkivMusic". www.arkivmusic.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  23. "Randy Miller scores Animation Magic for Disney Fantasy Cruises". ScoringSessions.com. 2012-05-21. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  24. Times, Music (2015-02-04). "Randy Miller Talks The Marvel Experience, Writing Music For S.H.I.E.L.D., Spider-Man, & Avengers [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW]". Music Times. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  25. "THE MARVEL EXPERIENCE Tour Features Original Music by Composer Randy Miller". Rama's Screen. 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  26. "Randy Miller to score Hopkins' 'Slipstream' :: Film Music Magazine". Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  27. Parke, Henry C. (2013-08-26). "Henry's Western Round-up: 'YELLOW ROCK' COMPOSER RANDY MILLER ON SCORING FOR WESTERNS". Henry's Western Round-up. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  28. writer, CHRIS WIELAND, Staff. "COMPOSER BUILDS A CAREER ON FILM SCORES". Sun-Sentinel.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  29. "BMI Goes to Emerson College to Talk Music for Media". BMI.com. 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  30. "Randy Miller | Faculty". Emerson College - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  31. "第34届台湾电影金马奖 TaiPei Golden Horse Film Festival'1997 1997". award.mtime.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  32. "第17届香港电影金像奖 The 17th Hong Kong Film Awards 1998". award.mtime.com. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  33. Hettrick, Scott; Hettrick, Scott (2001-10-24). "'Snow White' & Barbie win vid awards". Variety. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
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