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“[Gregor]
is one of Austria’s greatest talents...” “[Gregor
Narholz] is surely one of the leading European composers of the young
generation who will bring new impulses to Hollywood...” |
BIOGRAPHY
Gregor
Friedrich Narholz, 34, is an Austrian film composer who lives in Los Angeles.
His film credits
include original scores for theatrical features, from animation to action-adventure
to crime-thriller, and scores for award-winning dramatic and horror shorts,
as well as more than 40 documentaries.
Since 1992 Gregor has also written and produced an oeuvre of more than
900 production-music compositions, which have been licensed worldwide
for film
soundtracks, promos and trailers; commercials; and major network
and cable TV news shows, sitcoms, specials and dramatic series.
Gregor orchestrates all his own work and is an accomplished conductor
who has acted as co-director of the Budapest Film Orchestra since
1992. He also
does
his own synth programming.
The composer was born and raised in Gmunden, Austria, where he
began piano lessons at age 4 and received rigourous home instruction
from
his composer
father, Gerhard Narholz. After high school, Gregor studied at the
Richard Strauss Konservatorium in Munich, where he graduated with
a degree
in Classical Composition & Conducting.
After attending a summer honors seminar in film music with composer
Ennio Morricone, in Basel, Switzerland, Gregor moved to Los Angeles
and completed
the USC graduate
program in “Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television,” where
he won the BMI Music Award in 1995.
Gregor maintains state-of-the-art mixing studios in both Los Angeles
and Munich (a Dolby Digital 5.1 setup).
EUROPEAN PRODUCTIONS: The composer is also incorporated in Munich,
to meet all European Union film-financing requirements.
AWARDS
ASCAP FILM and TV Music Award 2005 for his
score to the "Spongebob Squarepants Movie"
Original score for "Take Me Home", winner of Best Foreign
Language Feature Film, Garden State Film Festival 2005
52nd Annie Awards, nomination for Best Score in an Animated Feature Production in 2004.
BMI
Music Award - Best Composition by Student in University
of Southern California Film Scoring Program - 1995 (www.bmi.com)
Stemra Foundation Award, The Netherlands
(equivalent to ASCAP) - Best Score, for short feature “The World of Boskalis” (60
min.) - 1993
Original score for Scarmour, winner of F.W. Murnau Foundation
Award for Best Short, 1991