Thomas Morse
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Thomas Morse (born June 30, 1968) is a composer of film and concert music.
Life and composing career
[edit]He began his musical career while in high school, writing his first orchestral work. After receiving a bachelor's degree in composition from the University of North Texas, Morse began a composition master's degree at USC in Los Angeles, changing over to the film scoring program in the second year.[1]
In the years that followed, Morse composed orchestral scores for more than a dozen feature films including The Big Brass Ring, based on an Orson Welles script, with William Hurt & Miranda Richardson who received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance; The Sisters (Maria Bello & Elizabeth Banks); and The Apostate (with Dennis Hopper), as well as the noted orchestral score for Jerry Bruckheimer's CBS series The Amazing Race.[2]
Working parallel in the field of popular music, he created string arrangements on songs for numerous artists including a posthumous Michael Hutchence release entitled Possibilities.[3]
In 2013 he signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Music Sales Group in New York, parent company of G. Schirmer.[4][5]
Notable music for film and television
[edit]Notable music for film and television:[6]
- 2014 Come Back to Me[7]
- 2005 The Sisters[8]
- 2001–2005 The Amazing Race (69 Episodes)[9]
- 2001 Lying in Wait[10]
- 2000 The Apostate[11]
- 1999 The Big Brass Ring
Opera
[edit]- 2017 Frau Schindler[12]
Other works
[edit]- 2013 Code Novus (album)[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Marcos, Cuevas. "Thomas Morse Short Bio". Music Sales Classical. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ Thomas Morse at IMDb
- ^ "Michael Hutchence - Michael Hutchence". Discogs. 1999. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Umjubelte Uraufführung der Oper "Frau Schindler"". MUSIK HEUTE (in German). 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Frau Schindler". stanmus.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ "Thomas Morse". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ Come Back to Me, 25 July 2014, retrieved 2019-03-19
- ^ The Sisters, 26 June 2008, retrieved 2019-03-19
- ^ "Thomas Morse". IMDb.
- ^ Lying in Wait, 17 December 2002, retrieved 2019-03-19
- ^ The Apostate, 5 September 2000, retrieved 2019-03-19
- ^ "Frau Schindler". stanmus.com. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
- ^ Code Novus I by Thomas Morse, February 2014, retrieved 2019-03-19