Graham Reynolds

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Graham Reynolds

Background information
Birth name	Graham Eric Reynolds
Born	March 5, 1971(1971-03-05) Frankfurt, Germany (U.S. Army Base)
Occupation(s)	Bandleader, Pianist, Composer
Instrument(s)	Piano, Drums
Years active	1995-Present

Graham Reynolds is a composer, bandleader, pianist and drummer based in Austin, Texas who works constantly in theater, dance, film, concert halls, and nightclubs. His compositions include five symphonies, two operas, a violin concerto, more than a dozen one movement string quartets and countless chamber music pieces. His band, Golden Arm Trio, is a loose collective of which Graham is the only permanent member. The group has toured throughout the United States and in Europe and has released three critically acclaimed CD's, as well as last year’s major motion picture soundtrack for Richard Linklater’s “A Scanner Darkly”. Recent release “The Tick-Tock Club” charted top ten at public and college radio stations throughout the country and up into Canada. Graham’s film scores include five feature films, dozens of short films, animated shorts, and more than 20 silent films. Last year he had his second film premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, the German documentary “All About Tesla”. Theater works range from recorded incidental music to fully scored musicals with live accompaniment on more than a dozen productions. Graham is the resident composer with Salvage Vanguard Theater and a company member with the Rude Mechs.

1 Golden Arm Trio
2 Golden Hornet Project
3 Compositions
4 Film
5 Theater
6 Dance
7 Miscellaneous
8 External links

[edit] Golden Arm Trio

Reynolds’ regular performance and recording vehicle, Golden Arm Trio, is a band in name only, with Reynolds the sole constant member. The Austin, Texas based band has performed throughout the US, released three CDs in addition to the soundtrack to the Warner Brothers’ film A Scanner Darkly.

[edit] Golden Hornet Project

Along with fellow composer Peter Stopschinski, Reynolds is Co-Artistic Director of Golden Hornet Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization the commissions, presents and records new music. This is Reynolds primary outlet for composed music in which he is not the performer. The organization produces between four and six concerts a year.

[edit] Compositions

Reynolds prolific output includes five symphonies, two operas, string quartets, and countless chamber music pieces, in additional to the work with Golden Arm Trio and in film, dance, and theater.

[edit] Film

Of Reynolds' many film scores, the soundtrack to Richard Linklater’s A Scanner Darkly is the most prominent. The 2006 Warner Brothers’ release featured Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder. The soundtrack was released by Lakeshore Records.

Syndicated radio-show host and documentary filmmaker Alex Jones has become Reynolds' most frequent film collaborator.

Other features have included The Journeyman, Moonlight by the Sea, All About Tesla, Gretchen, I’ll Come Running, and others.

Live film-collage artist Luke Savisky is another frequent collaborator. The multi-projectionist has been a featured artist at the Sundance Film Festival and tours regularly.

[edit] Theater

Reynolds composes regularly for theater and is a member of two theater companies, Rude Mechs and Salvage Vanguard Theater. Rude Mechs are an internationally known experimental theater company that has toured throughout the United States and in Europe. Salvage Vanguard has been touring nationally with the live sci-fi radio serial The Intergalactic Nemesis and plans are under way to premiere Off-Broadway in 2009.

Evel Knievel vs. Godzilla: Soundtrack to the Play Stadium Devildare was released on CD in 2004. More of Reynolds’ theater music is featured on Golden Arm Trio albums.

[edit] Dance

Reynolds has composed for dance through out his career, most recently completing a concert length ballet with Ballet Austin called Cult of Color: Call to Color with choreographer Stephen Mills and visual artist Trenton Doyle Hancock. Other dance collaborators have included choreographers Yakov Sharir, Andrea Ariel, Ellen Bartel, Margery Segal, and others.

The full score to Cult of Color was released on CD and online in April 2008, and music from other dance pieces are featured on Golden Arm Trio’s Why the Sea is Salt and The Tick-Tock Club.