Brandon Moore is an American composer known for Universal's Aliens Ate My Homework , the comedy-horror series Killer Sisters' Midnight Hour for Hulu, and the feature adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Chrysalis. Brandon was a musician at an early age and a life-long film music fan. Upon completing his undergrad in music theory and composition in Fort Worth, TX, he moved to Los Angeles to attend USC's Film Scoring program. Brandon has composed a wide range of scores for a variety of film projects and genres. His music has played in film festivals all over the world for as long as he's been an active composer in Hollywood.
Biography
Early life
Brandon Moore grew up listening to film scores and performing music in his native Arlington, Texas. His father John Moore was an architect and his mother Cheryl Ford-Mente, a communications director for non-profit organizations, was heavily involved in Dallas-Fort Worthcommunity theater as an actress and fundraiser and host of a local cable talk show "Around Arlington." Brandon's parents encouraged him to start playing music at an early age. He switched from piano, viola, and finally settling on the trombone in high school. Brandon credits his dad for his introduction to film music:
My dad would buy these soundtrack albums. He had a wide range of vinyl, but he occasionally had a pop soundtrack album and a score album here and there, but there were three that I remember listening to a lot: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi and Superman: The Movie. And I wore these records out, scratched them and everything. I was probably about 11 years old when I realized they were all written by John Williams.
Education
In 1999 he graduated from Texas Christian University with a Bachelor of Music degree in music theory and composition. That same year he moved to Los Angeles to study film scoring professionally at the University of Southern California's Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. At USC, Brandon had the privilege of studying under accomplished film composers Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin and Christopher Young.
Discography
Soundtracks
Works
Films
Series
Audio Dramas
Concert Works
Awards, nominations and recognition
Nominations
2018 Finalist - Original Compositions for Self-Contained Productions and Original Compositions for Dramatic Productions - episode for 2012 Park City Film Music Festival Award Nomination for Best Impact of Music in a Documentary -
