Kevin Manthei

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Kevin Manthei
OccupationComposer
Website kevinmantheimusic.com

Kevin Manthei is an American composer for film, television, and video games.

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Biography

Manthei grew up in Minnesota. [1] He played the piano in his youth and played the trumpet in high school. He graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Music degree in Theory and Composition. He also studied at the University of Southern California under Jerry Goldsmith. He has collaborated with other graduates of the program, Christophe Beck and Marco Beltrami, writing additional music for Beck on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other shows, and composing additional music for Beltrami on films including Scream 2 , Scream 3 , The Faculty , Scary Movie 2 and Resident Evil . [2]

Manthei began his video game scoring career working on titles such as Panzer General II , Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption , Sacrifice , Wizardry 8 , Twisted Metal: Black . His other work on video game titles includes Kung Fu Panda , Marvel Universe Online , Upshift Strikeracer , Xiaolin Showdown , Ultimate Spider-Man , City of Villains , The Sims 2 , StarCraft: Ghost , Shrek 2, Silent Hunter II , and Shark Tale .

For his work on Invader Zim , Manthei was nominated for a Best Music Score An Animated Television Production Annie Award in 2001. [3] Invader Zim also led to Xiaolin Showdown for Warner Bros. Animation as well as Brandy & Mr. Whiskers for Disney. In scoring with Warner Bros' television series Johnny Test , he provided the punk rock-infused main title and score to the first season. Manthei also created music for shows like Cartoon Network's Generator Rex and Adult Swim's Robot Chicken .

Manthei has also worked on scores for independent filmmakers such as for The 24th Day . He wrote the music for the feature films Justice League: The New Frontier and Batman: Gotham Knight , for which he was nominated for another Annie Award, Music in a Feature Production, in 2008, [4] [1] and scored the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man . [2]

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Film projects

Television projects

Video game projects

References

  1. 1 2 Manthei, Kevin (September 8, 2009). "Red Carpet at Annie Awards with Composer Kevin Manthei, Ben Burt, Bill Plympton" (Interview). Interviewed by Desiree Anderson; Brett Howell. Actors Reporter. Retrieved May 30, 2024– via YouTube.
  2. 1 2 "Meet Us". Kevin Manthei. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2025.
  3. ↑ "29th Annie Awards: Best Music Score An Animated Television Production". ASIFA-Hollywood. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ "36th Annie Awards: Music in a Feature Production". ASIFA-Hollywood. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
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