Theo Green is an ASCAP Award-winning British composer and Oscar winning sound designer. He is known for his music for The Gambler,[1] House at the End of the Street,[2] his Academy Award nominated sound design for Blade Runner 2049 [3][4][5] and his Academy Award winning sound design for Dune.[6]
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| Born | Oxford |
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| Website | Official Website |
Early life
editGreen was in the New College Choir as a chorister of New College School[7][8] in Oxford and later studied at Abingdon School[9] and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.[10]
Film and TV
editTheo Green’s work on Denis Villeneuve’s Dune won an Oscar for his sound design, and signaled the reunion of Theo Green and Hans Zimmer, who worked together on Blade Runner 2049.[11] Zimmer worked very closely with Green on Dune[12] with Green's composition "Tooth of Shai Hulud" providing the score for early scenes on Arrakis.[13] In 2017, Green was the Sound Designer for Denis Villeneuve's film Blade Runner 2049[14][15] and composed additional musical cues.
In 2014 Green teamed up with director Rupert Wyatt for a third time with Paramount Pictures' The Gambler,[16] starring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Brie Larson and Jessica Lange. Theo Green composed original music for the film.
In 2009 Theo Green wrote the score for Warp Films' thriller Hush,[17] directed by Mark Tonderai. In 2012 he teamed up with Mark Tonderai a second time for the Jennifer Lawrence-starring suspense thriller, House at the End of the Street, creating a score that was awarded the ASCAP PRS Film Award. The film occupied the top position at the US Box Office on its opening weekend, going on to make over $45m from a budget under $7m.[18] Since then, Green has composed the scores for Kidulthood director Menhaj Huda's Comedown, Steve Barker's follow up to his film "Outpost" - Outpost: Black Sun and Shan Khan's Honour starring Paddy Considine.
2008's BAFTA and BIFA-winning The Escapist[19][20][21] was Green's first feature, as sound designer and additional composer, having collaborated with director Rupert Wyatt previously on the short film, "Get The Picture".[22]
Awards and nominations
editIn 2022 Theo Green won an Academy Award for Best Sound and a BAFTA for Dune. In 2018 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing, as Sound Designer for Blade Runner 2049[23] and a BAFTA for Best Sound, Blade Runner 2049,[24] and won the MPSE Golden Reel Award [25][26]
Green's score for House at the End of the Street was awarded the ASCAP PRS Film Award in 2013.[27]
Film credits
edit- Dune (2021)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- The Gambler (2014)
- Honour (2013)
- House at the End of the Street (2012)
- Comedown (2012)
- Lemon (2011)
- Outpost: Black Sun (2011)
- Blue Moon Rising (2010)
- Prowl (2010)
- Dread (2009)
- Hush (2009)
- The Escapist (2008)
- Get the Picture (2004, Short)
References
edit- ^ [1]: The Gambler Official Site.
- ^ [2]: House at the End of the Street Composer Interview.
- ^ [3]: MPAA Theo Green Interview.
- ^ [4]: Sound and Picture Interview.
- ^ [5]: 2018 Oscars Winners and Nominees
- ^ [6]: Timothée Chalamet Gets His Knives Out in Exclusive Dune Scene
- ^ [7] Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine:New College Choir
- ^ "Academy Awards Success". New College School. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ [8]:Abingdon School
- ^ [9]:Panda Gossips.
- ^ "Composer Hans Zimmer on the musical worlds of Dune and No Time to Die". The Hindu. 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Dune: Hans Zimmer on Composing the Sci-Fi Epic's Otherworldly Score". IGN. 15 October 2021.
- ^ "Dune". Soundtrack.net. 24 November 2023.
- ^ [10]:Cinemontage Magazine.
- ^ [11]:Soundworks Collection.
- ^ "AFI FEST REVIEW – THE GAMBLER | Very Aware: The Movie Blog | Movie and TV news, reviews and other goodness". Archived from the original on 24 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.:Very Aware Review - The Gambler
- ^ [12]: TCM Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ The Numbers: House at the End of the Street Box Office
- ^ British Independent Film Awards Archived 16 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine:BIFA Winners 2008
- ^ [13]:Lloyds TSB BAFTA Scotland Awards 2008
- ^ The Irish Times: The Escapist review.
- ^ [14]:Get The Picture
- ^ [15]:Oscar Sound Editing Nomination for Blade Runner 2049
- ^ [16]:BAFTA Film Awards
- ^ [17]:MPSE Golden Reel Winner
- ^ [18]:MPSE Golden Reel
- ^ [19]:ASCAP Honors Top PRS Songwriters and Composers.