Biography
From the diverse ethnic instruments and percussion of Battlestar Galactica to the dramatic orchestral horror of Scream 4, Brandon Roberts’ music can be found all over the music scoring world today.
Surrounded by the eclectic musical scene of his hometown, Carmel, CA, Brandon developed his musical interests at a young age earning awards from Clint Eastwood and The Monterey Jazz Festival. In 1995 he began studies at the University of Southern California where he composed for many of the jazz ensembles. In addition, he began writing for orchestra and soon entered into the prestigious USC Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television graduate program. Here he studied with industry greats including Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin and Christopher Young.
Upon graduating from the University of Southern California, Brandon continued composing for independent films, television and albums in a wide range of styles. In 2001, he composed the music for the Chinese/American theatrical release, Hi, Frank, for which he conducted and recorded in China with the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra. His score for the dramatic film, Back Up, Please, earned him an award at the Houston Worldfest Film Festival in 2003, and his orchestral arrangements for the Jeremy Camp albums Stay (2002) and Restored (2004) have earned him two gold albums.
In addition to orchestral and film composition, Brandon’s band project, The Abstract Sound, provides a unique array of textural music and ambience for several albums as well as his own film scores. Recently, The Abstract Sound completed Music for Space Travel, an ambient album for yoga and meditation and is presently working on their new EP based on Alice in Wonderland.
Brandon has orchestrated on and prepared music for Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (Bruce Willis), Underworld 2: Evolution (Kate Beckinsale), Alvin and the Chipmunks (Jason Lee), The Pursuit of Happyness (Will Smith) and the ABC TV show Pushing Daisies. His arrangements can be found in the video game world as well including the award winning Medal of Honor: Rising Sun, SOCOM: US Navy Seals 4, and Dark Void for Playstation 3.
In 2007, Brandon became additional composer on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles for Fox and SyFy’s, Eureka. During this time, he also became the head orchestrator on the highly acclaimed Battlestar Galactica and continued through to its successful finale in 2009. Most recently, he composed music for the CBS/Eqal internet series, Harper’s Globe, Fox’s action television series, Human Target, the Battlestar Galactica movie, The Plan, and ABC’s remake of the hit sci-fi classic, V.
Brandon’s current and upcoming composing projects include and the comedy feature film, Rock Barnes, a soon-to-be-announced Sony video game, and Wes Craven’s, Scream 4.
Brandon Roberts currently resides in Los Angeles, California.