Brandon Roberts (composer)

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Brandon Roberts (born 1976 or 1977) [1] is an American composer for film and television. He, along with Marco Beltrami, won the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Score) for Free Solo (2018). [2] He also collaborated with Beltrami on the CBS All Access series The Twilight Zone (2019-2020). [3] He also composed the score for the 2018 film Unbroken: Path to Redemption . [1] [4]

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He is from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. [1] He attended the University of Southern California. [4]

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  2. Pond, Steve (September 14, 2019). "Creative Arts Emmy Emmys, Day 1: Complete List of Winners". TheWrap. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  3. D'Alessandro, Anthony (June 19, 2019). "Composers Marco Beltrami & Brandon Roberts On Taking 'Twilight Zone' Into A New Musical Dimension – Crew Call Podcast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  4. 1 2 Gardiner, Emmy (October 12, 2018). "Japanese artillery and spiritual turmoil: 'Unbroken' composer walked 'a delicate tightrope' for film's score". Deseret News. Retrieved May 19, 2024.