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Nathan Furst (born July 4, 1978) is an American television and film composer. [1]
Furst is the son of Lorraine (Wright) and actor Stephen Furst. Furst is the husband of Britlin Lee. Furst's first major film was the 1998 film A Moment of Confusion. He then went on to compose music for other films such as the Bionicle trilogy ( Bionicle: Mask of Light , Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui and Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows ), Dust to Glory , Lake Placid 2 , Lake Placid 3 and Act of Valor . Some of the television shows for which he has composed are The Real World and Max Steel . His more recent scores include Waiting for Lightning, Need for Speed , Cold Moon , and 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain . He is a frequent collaborator with director Scott Waugh, having scored all of his films since Act of Valor.
After they remained unreleased for over a decade, Furst officially released his scores for the Bionicle films in 2017. Furst has described these scores as some of his best work due to the amount of creative freedom he was given. [2]
Year | Title | Director(s) | Notes |
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1998 | A Moment of Confusion | Billinjer C. Tran | |
1999 | Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure | Stephen Furst | |
2000 | Stageghost | ||
2001 | Hollywood Remembers Walter Matthau | Dawn Ostlund | Television documentary |
2003 | Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure | Nick Marck | Television film |
Bionicle: Mask of Light | David Molina and Terry Shakespeare | Direct-to-DVD | |
2004 | Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui | ||
2005 | Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows | ||
Dust to Glory | Dana Brown | Documentary | |
BIONICLE: Shadow Play | Billy Jones and Craig Russo | Video short | |
2006 | Magma: Volcanic Disaster | Ian Gilmour | Television film |
Though None Go with Me | Armand Mastroianni | ||
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb | Russell Mulcahy | ||
Basilisk: The Serpent King | Louie Myman | ||
Game Day | Stephen Furst | ||
2007 | Already Dead | Joe Otting | |
Navy SWCC | Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh | Documentary short | |
Grendel | Nick Lyon | Television film | |
Point of Entry | Stephen Bridgewater | ||
Murder 101: College Can Be Murder | John Putch | ||
Lake Placid 2 | David Flores | ||
Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost | Eleanor Lindo | ||
2008 | Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid | ||
Roxy Hunter and the Secret of the Shaman | |||
Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween | |||
Ghost Voyage | James Oxford | ||
Shark Swarm | James A. Contner | ||
Copperhead | Todor Chapkanov | ||
A Gunfighter's Pledge | Armand Mastroianni | ||
2009 | Relative Stranger | Charles Burnett | |
Under New Management | Joe Otting | ||
2010 | Movin' In | Griff Furst | |
Lake Placid 3 | Television film | ||
Making a Scene | Unknown | Television documentary series 2 episodes | |
2011 | Love's Christmas Journey | David S. Cass Sr. | Television film |
The Inheritance | Robert O'Hara | ||
Maskerade | Griff Furst | ||
2012 | A Taste of Romance | Lee Rose | |
Act of Valor | Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh | ||
Waiting for Lightning | Jacob Rosenberg | Documentary | |
Strawberry Summer | Kevin Connor | Television film | |
The Seven Year Hitch | Bradford May | ||
2013 | 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded | Roel Reiné | |
2014 | Need for Speed | Scott Waugh | |
The Date Escape | Fernando Raigoza Jr. | Short | |
2015 | The Talk | Joe Otting | |
2016 | Saltwater | A.B. Stone | Second unit director Television film |
Cold Moon | Griff Furst | ||
2017 | 6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain | Scott Waugh | |
Trailer Park Shark | Griff Furst | Co-writer Television film | |
2018 | Curse of the Dream Witch | Co-director Television film | |
2023 | Hidden Strike | Scott Waugh | |
57 Seconds | Rusty Cundieff |
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