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Bill Conn - Composer

Modern Scoring With A Groove !

About Me

Los Angeles-based composer/producer Bill Conn creates scores for film, television, and interactive media. With a twenty-five year career as a composer, studio musician, and live performer, Conn is an experianced professional whose work can be heard throughout the world. His style of blending modern electronic music with contemporary classical, creates musical scores that enhance the emotional and visual experiance of the audience. His first scoring break came in 1997 when he was asked to join the staff at Media Ventures and became a member of Academy Award winning composer Hans Zimmers team. For the next three years, he worked directly with Zimmer on such films as Gladiator and Prince Of Egypt as well as other Media Venture composers including John Powell, Jeff Rona and Harry Gregson-Williams. In 2001, after colloborating with several indivduals and teams, Conn decided to launch Conn Artist Music Group (C.A.M.G.), a full service audio production company providing quality music, sound design, and voice-over recording. His clients include Dreamworks, Sony, Vivendi Universal, Disney, Discovery Channel, PBS, InfoSpaceMobile, Cingular, Samsung, Microsoft, and Harmonix. Throughout his career, Conn has remained current with all things musical. He is a graduate of The Berklee College of Music as well as The Grove School of Music. He has also studied composition privately with Jack Smalley and conducting with William Kittering. In addition, he is an active member of the Game Audio Network Guild, The Society of Composers and Lyricists, Film Music Network, and B.M.I.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/9/2006
Band Website: connartistmusicgroup.com
Influences:

    Primary Influences: The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Hermann, and Henry ManciniClassical: Beethoven, Chopin, R. Strauss, Debussy, Stravinsky, Copeland, Atterberg, Rouse, Tavener, Ravel, Bartok, Holst, LigetiFilm Composers: Ennio Morricone, Eric Serra, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, James Newton Howard, Thomas Newman, Michael Giacchino, Howard Shore, Mark IshamElectronic: Aphex Twin, The Crystal Method, Brian Eno, Genuine, Nightmares on Wax, DJ Cheb, Fila Brazila, Lemon Jelly, Zero One, Prodigy, Talvin SinghModern Rock:Saliva, Linkin Park, Nine Inch Nails, Incubus, Revis, Overwhelming Colorfast, Nirvana, Manson, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Kings X, Chevelle, P.O.D., Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, Fuel, Janes Addiction, DeftonesRock/Pop: Yes, ELP, Genesis, The Grateful Dead, Deep Purple, The Beach Boys, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chicago, Tears for Fears, King CrimsonPeople: Jimmy Page, George Martin, Annie Lenox, Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Bonzo, Peter Gabriel, Bill Laswell, Daniel Lanois, Tony Iommi, Cyndi Lauper, Kelly Clarkson, Dave Grohl, Dave Navarro, Ann Wilson, Stevie WonderJazz: Bill Evans, Chick Corea, Jerry Hey, Sara VaughanTeachers: Jack Smalley, Dick Grove, William Kittering, Michael Marra, John Novello

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Basil Poledouris R.I.P

We lost we one of the greats today. Here as reported by Film Music News:" Veteran Film Composer Basil Poledouris Dies at 61Emmy Award winning film and television composer Basil Poledouris passed away ...
Posted by Bill Conn - Composer on Thu, 09 Nov 2006 09:35:00 PST

J Land

Just a quick word on the birth of this one. The inspiration for this came from my good friend Michael Levine. It came from a discussion we were having about how the lyrics of such artists as Bob Dylan...
Posted by Bill Conn - Composer on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 07:55:00 PST

What The&?

Hi,Welcome, come on in and thanks for stopping by. My name is Bill and I'm a composer but I guess you already figured that one out. Being as this is MySpace and all.First off I have to say (and no bu...
Posted by Bill Conn - Composer on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:01:00 PST