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Adam Balazs

About Me

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Adam Balazs began playing the piano at the age of seven. He completed his musical studies at the Béla Bartók Conservatory majoring in Composition. In 1998, in pursuit of his musical career, Adam moved to the United States. Over the past few years, he has worked on several film projects as the composer, producer and arranger.

As a film composer, Adam's work includes the score for The Elephant King starring Ellen Burstyn and Jonno Roberts (Official Selection - Tribeca Film Festival 2006), Out of Omaha starring Lea Thompson, Dave Foley and Patricia Richardson , Arizona Seaside, Slingers, Security , Hot Lunch ("Best Feature" - Woods Hole Film Festival, Red Bank Int. Film Festival, Coney Island Film Festival), My Name is Alan, The Valley of Tears, Shock Act("Best Narrative Short" - Tribeca Film Festival), All About You, Lucky Man, The Killer Next Door starring Billy Dee Williams and The Library starring Brian Greenberg and Eric Weiner (Grand Prize - Brooklyn Film Festival). His music was featured in the soundtrack of Bedazzled (featuring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley) and in the hit-show "Friends " (NBC), among others.

Adam's commercial credits include HBO (network and off-channel image), Cinemax (complete network re-design for Cinemax , and all multiplex channels ), NBC-News , Coca-Cola , Sirius XAct and Armani Exchange . He also wrote music for C-NBC (In Profile ) and MS-NBC ( Headliners and Legends ).

Adam..s most recent symphonic composition entitled Path of the Extraordinary premiered at Carnegie Hall in New York on October 15 th, 2006.

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Member Since: 28/09/2006
Band Website: www.adambalazs.com
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

'EL CAMINO' GETS GREAT REVIEWS

'El Camino', the movie I scored last year starring Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) and Leo Fitzpatrick (The Wire) got a limited theatrical release in the US this month. The film got really good reviews from ...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:31:00 GMT

'BUTTERFLY EFFECT 3' five-minute score suite

My 5-minute suite from 'The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations' is part of the '8 Songs To Die For' soundtrack compilation album featuring music from the movies of the After Dark Horrorfest III. Link t...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:06:00 GMT

BE3 Songs REWIND and STREET LIFE

For reference listening, check out the YouTube links, for high quality copies, visit the iTunes store. ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:46:00 GMT

BUTTERFLY EFFECT 3: REVELATIONS songs REWIND and STREET LIFE

The movie I most recently scored, 'The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations' opens in 250 theaters in the US nationwide on Jan 9th, 2009.The film plays as part of the Horrorfest III (8 Films to Die For) ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:53:00 GMT

THE ELEPHANT KING HAS NO. 1 BOX OFFICE PER SCREEN AVERAGE IN THE US!!!!

Yes, indeed! The Elephant King has the NUMBER 1 Box Office per screen average in the US.Check out the links to Variety and Box Office Mojo Friends, it'd be nice to enjoy this just a little longer...&n...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:43:00 GMT

THE ELEPHANT KING premiere in NYC and LA (Oct 17th & 24th)

THE ELEPHANT KING (a great and thought-provoking movie I worked on) finally hits theaters next weekend!!!The movie opens in NYC on Oct 17th at the Angelika Film Center (NYC) and will come to the West ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:23:00 GMT

LAURAS ZEST (Project Runway) and CHIANG MAI NIGHTS on iTunes

Laura’s Zest from the Project Runway Finale (Season 3) and the club version of Chiang Mai Nights (from the "Elephant King") are available on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody, etc.Please...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:57:00 GMT

ADAM BALAZS SOUNDTRACKS on iTunes

Dear Friends,Hope this finds you well! As of today, three of my most recent soundtrack albums ("The Elephant King", "El Camino" and "My Name is Alan") are available on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Napster,...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:52:00 GMT

OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE UPDATED!

Lots of music and video updates on my site! Please check it out here  Happy listening! :)
Posted by on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 08:29:00 GMT

CALIFORNIA DREAMING on Showtime and at Blockbuster

California Dreaming (a.k.a. Out of Omaha), a movie I scored last year is on Showtime. Please check your local Showime outlet for schedule. The film is also available on Showtime On Demand. Also, the m...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 13:11:00 GMT