Brian Carpenter (musician)

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Brian Carpenter is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter. He has composed music for theater, dance, animation, and film. His primary instrument is the trumpet. Most notable is his work with Beat Circus, a genre-bending ensemble of unorthodox instrumentation which spawned in the early-2000s and spans old-time Americana, cabaret, Eastern European music, and progressive music. He currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts.

In 2005 he composed the soundtrack for Providence-based director Lorelei Pepi's 2006 film Happy & Gay. In 2006 he worked with NY producer Martin Bisi to create the Beat Circus album Dreamland.

Contents 1 Selected Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 Films 2 References

[edit] Selected Discography

[edit] Albums

Beat Circus

• Ringleaders Revolt (Innova Records, 2004)
• Blood Boy (2007)
• Dreamland (2007)

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• Rivolta Silenziosa! (Cordless Recordings, 2006)
• Fighting Naked (Cordless Recordings, 2007)

[edit] Films

• Happy & Gay (Lorelei Pepi, 2006)

[edit] References

• Beat Circus. Retrieved on August 1, 2005.
• To Play Is The Thing. Retrieved on October 1, 2004.
• When The Circus Comes. Weekly Planet. Retrieved on May 26, 2005.