Randy Miller (composer)

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Randy Miller
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Background information
Born1955or1956(age 68–69)
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) Composer, conductor, arranger
Website www.randymiller.com

Randy Miller (born 1955or1956) [1] is an American film and television score composer, conductor, and arranger. [2]

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Early life

Miller was raised in New York State and South Florida. He is the son of vocalist and entertainer Muriel King. [1]

Career

Composing credits

Miller's early career composing credits include: M.A.N.T.I.S. (TV series), The Outer Limits (1995 TV series), Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth [3] (film, Anthony Hickox), Dreamrider (film, James Earl Jones), Darkman II: The Return of Durant (film, Sam Raimi), And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (film), Heaven & Earth (film, Oliver Stone, additional music), The Soong Sisters [4] (film, Vivian Wu), and Without Limits (film, Robert Towne, Tom Cruise). [5]

The Heart of Nuba, [6] Spartacus (USA Network mini series), [7] Amargosa (Oscar documentary finalist), [8] The Freedom to Marry, [9] Handy Manny (Disney TV series), 2002 Firestarter 2: Rekindled , Yellow Rock [10] Jack and the Beanstalk , [11] Shanghai Red, [12] Prancer Returns [13] Go Tigers!, [14] Most Valuable Players , [15] and Extinction Soup. [16] [17]

Other work

Miller has done extensive work for other film composers including: Cliff Martinez, BT, Marcelo Zarvos, David Newman and Robert Folk as an additional composer, arranger, conductor and orchestrator on films such as: Game Night , [18] The Fast and the Furious , [19] Contagion, [20] What's My Name: Muhammad Ali , Breakthrough, The Best of Enemies, Stealth , Rememory, Zoolander , Summer Wars, The Flintstones, [3] The Sandlot , Tremors , Hoffa , Tommy Boy , [21] Police Academy 6: City Under Siege , The Company You Keep, Coneheads, I Love Trouble, Driven, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey , and Miles from Home .

His work for recording artists, Michael Franti and Spearhead, [22] Kitaro, Nathan Pacheco, [23] Sir Anthony Hopkins and BT [3] includes string arrangements, orchestrations and conducting assignments.

Miller has composed industrial music for Walt Disney Imagineering. [24]

Multimedia

In addition to working in the recorded medium, Miller has composed music for live multimedia immersive events such as: The Marvel Experience [25] [26] and Impressions of the West Lake (directed by Zhang Yimou). [27]

Academia

Miller is currently on the faculty at Emerson College in Los Angeles. [28] [29]

Scores as composer

Awards

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