Lee Brooks
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Lee Raymond Brooks is a composer
and sound designer for film.
for stage, film and television. He has scored original music and created sound design for a variety of films, working with talent such as Isabella Rossellini
, Kronos Quartet
, Ethel (string quartet)
and the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. His work was recognized by the Student Academy Awards (This is not a Picture), and by the Mid-Atlantic Film Festival for Best Dramatic Score (Empty).
Since 2009, he has composed music for the Oslo Freedom Forum
, a conference about human rights with an "ongoing campaign to defend and promote human freedom around the world." In 2009, he scored the theme to open the conference and introduce speakers. For 2010, in addition to a new version of the theme, he was commissioned to write his second and third string quartets, recorded by Ethel (string quartet)
and presented during the conference.
He has worked as a Music Producer at Grey Advertising
in New York since 2007.
2000s
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and sound designer for film.
Biography
Lee Brooks is a composerComposer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
for stage, film and television. He has scored original music and created sound design for a variety of films, working with talent such as Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Rossellini
Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini is an Italian actress, filmmaker, author, philanthropist, and model. Rossellini is noted for her 14-year tenure as a Lancôme model, and for her roles in films such as Blue Velvet and Death Becomes Her.-Background and early life:Rossellini is a...
, Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan...
, Ethel (string quartet)
Ethel (string quartet)
ETHEL is a New York based string quartet that was co-founded in 1998 by Ralph Farris, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Todd Reynolds, violin; and Mary Rowell, violin. Unlike most string quartets, ETHEL plays with amplification and integrates improvisation into its performances...
and the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. His work was recognized by the Student Academy Awards (This is not a Picture), and by the Mid-Atlantic Film Festival for Best Dramatic Score (Empty).
Since 2009, he has composed music for the Oslo Freedom Forum
Oslo Freedom Forum
Oslo Freedom Forum is a conference about human rights first held in May 2009 in Oslo, Norway. Founded by the Human Rights Foundation. According to Thor Halvorssen , "the Oslo Freedom Forum is an intimate gathering where leaders who are transforming the world present effective solutions and...
, a conference about human rights with an "ongoing campaign to defend and promote human freedom around the world." In 2009, he scored the theme to open the conference and introduce speakers. For 2010, in addition to a new version of the theme, he was commissioned to write his second and third string quartets, recorded by Ethel (string quartet)
Ethel (string quartet)
ETHEL is a New York based string quartet that was co-founded in 1998 by Ralph Farris, viola; Dorothy Lawson, cello; Todd Reynolds, violin; and Mary Rowell, violin. Unlike most string quartets, ETHEL plays with amplification and integrates improvisation into its performances...
and presented during the conference.
He has worked as a Music Producer at Grey Advertising
Grey Global Group
Grey Group is a global advertising and marketing agency, whose slogan is providing solutions - with headquarters in New York City, and 432 offices in 96 countries, operating in 154 cities — organized into four geographical units: North America; Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin...
in New York since 2007.
Filmography
The following list consists of select films for which Brooks provided the sound design, score and/or songs. Those films for which he provided sound design are in bold.2000s
- Outside the Box (2002)
- The Rub (2002)
- Janey's Curse (2003)
- One Moment, One Day (2003)
- Sidestreet (2003) - Theme Song "Down She Goes"
- Something and Denodra (2003) - Arrangement of song "Man Out There"
- My Big, Fat Martian Wedding (2004)
- NYU Tonight News Theme (2004)
- This is not a Picture (2004)
- AfterWords (2005)
- The Bet (2005)
- Brake (2005)
- Bummed (2005)
- A Burlap Christmas (2006)
- Empty (2005)
- Oswald Cornelius' Last One-Night Stand (2005)
- The Time Machine (2006)
- The Wrath of Norm Polanski (2006)
- Always the Nice Ones (2007)
- Film School (2007)
- The Morning After (2007)
- 20812081 (film)2081 is a 2009 science fiction short film, which premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 29, 2009. It is directed and written by Chandler Tuttle...
(2008) - Dead Fish (2008)
- Flat Love (2008)
- Holy Sapien (2008)
Stage
2000s- A Concert of Original Works (2005)
- A Chance to Breathe (2004) Performed by NASHA (Indian Fusion Dance Troupe)
- SEX: a.k.a. Wieners & Boobs (2004) NYC Stage Production of play by Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Showalter, and David Wain
- Lee Brooks: Presenting His Works for Stage and Screen (2005)