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Chandra

Shove me inthe shallow water before I get too deep

About Me


~ Chandra composes music for film ~
Chandra was born and raised near Seattle, Washington, and began her musical studies at the age of six, playing piano in her family's living room to the kitchen timer. After three intense years of studying the classical world of composing and the technical aspects of film scoring, Chandra graduated in Summer of 2005 from Berklee College of Music with a professional diploma in Film Scoring and a second diploma in Composition. She immediately moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue her professional career.
Chandra's first year in Los Angeles was filled with many wonderful opportunities. She was first awarded the coveted Society of Composers and Lyricist's Mentoree Program, where she met many industry professionals and interned for Alf Clausen on The Simpsons for several months. Chandra began meeting established composers and assisting them with their work, including Christopher Young (Ghostrider, Lucky You), Harry Gregson-Williams (Flushed Away, Shrek 3, Déjà Vu) and currently is working for Steve Jablonsky (Desperate Housewives, Transformers). Chandra wrote additional music for the Warner Bros. film Saving Shiloh and continues to compose for independent films.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/3/2006
Band Website: chandracogburn.com
Band Members: So many people have contributed their time, energy and talent to work on my music. You know who you are, and I thank you whole-heartedly. I could not be where I am now without this love and support, and am filled with gratitude for these opportunities to work together.
Influences: FILM:
Jon Brion
Tan Dan
Danny Elfman
Michael Giacchino
Elliot Goldenthal
Jerry Goldsmith
Harry Gregson-Williams
Steve Jablonsky
Basil Poledouris
Bernard Hermann
James Newton Howard
Ennio Morricone
Thomas Newman
Rachel Portman
John Powell
Gustavo Santaolalla
Howard Shore
Alan Silvestri
Yann Tiersen
John Williams
Christopher Young
Hans Zimmer

CLASSICAL:
Bela Bartok
Ludwig van Beethoven
Hector Berlioz
Frederic Chopin
Aaron Copland
Claude Debussy
Edward Grieg
Charles Ives
Paul Hindemith
Leos Janacek
Gyorgy Ligeti
Gustav Mahler
Felix Mendelsohn
Olivier Messiaen
Krzysztof Penderecki
Sergei Prokofiev
Maurice Ravel
Gioacchino Rossini
Erik Satie
Jean Sibelius
Dmitri Schostakovich
Richard Strauss
Igor Stravinsky
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Richard Wagner

CONTEMPORARY:
Tori Amos
Fiona Apple
Bad Plus
Bjork
Jeff Buckley
Esquivel
Ella Fitzgerald
Ben Harper
Diana Krall
Alanis Morrissette
Prince
Radiohead
Nina Simone
Rufus Wainwright
Tom Waits

Record Label:
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Why Im becoming a vegetarian

If you have a few minutes, please watch this movie. It's so important to be conscious of what you are are eating and participating in:Meet Your Meat .....
Posted by Chandra on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:18:00 PST

Cheers

"Well you see, Norm, it's like this...A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first....
Posted by Chandra on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:58:00 PST

triskaidekaphobia

..tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh.., noun:A morbid fear of the number 13 or the date Friday the 13th.-------------------------Thirteen people, pledged to eliminate triskaidekaphobia, fear of the number 13, ...
Posted by Chandra on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:15:00 PST

Eyes on Darfur

www.eyesondarfur.orgTHE CRISIS"The crisis in Darfur, in western Sudan, has led to some of the worst human rights abuses imaginable, including systematic and widespread murder, rape, abduction and forc...
Posted by Chandra on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:07:00 PST

TRANSFORMERS

More than meets the eye...For those of you who haven't heard from me in the last two months, I've been in the deep dark abyss of Transformers--the movie. I helped the composer Steve Jablonsky, with ju...
Posted by Chandra on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:45:00 PST

Zorba the Greek

~~Memorable quotes for Alexis Zorbas (1964)~~Alexis Zorba: If a woman sleeps alone, it puts a shame on all men. Alexis Zorba: Damn it boss, I like you too much not to say it. You've got everthing exce...
Posted by Chandra on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:59:00 PST

STALKING FEET

Girl stalks boy, girl loses boy, boy stalks girl back. A thriller-turned comedy from Joyce Simons (www.joycesimons.com) Original music by Chandra Cogburn (www.chandracogburn.com) Produced by Seattle F...
Posted by Chandra on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:46:00 PST