Evan Evans (film composer)

Evan Evans
Background information
Born (1975-09-13) September 13, 1975
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) Composer, Conductor, Record Producer

Evan Edward Evans (born September 13, 1975 ) is an American film score composer.[1] He is the son of renowned jazz pianist Bill Evans, who died when Evan was a small boy.[2]

Evans was a child prodigy, learning to play piano at five, composing at nine, attending college at eleven, and composing professionally by twelve years of age.[3]

He generally composes for independent films. His compositions are often highly complex, dark and atmospheric.

Early Life and Education

Evans was born in Bergen County, New Jersey on September 13, 1975.

He showed an early propensity towards connecting music and drama. As early as two years old he slammed his hands down on the bass-end of the piano, left-hand then right-hand and back, making monster sounds and repeating "King Kong coming", showing an innate ability to communicate a visual, in this case of giant creature footsteps, with the sounds produced by musical instruments.

Evans father died two days after his fifth birthday on September 15, 1980, shortly after which his mother relocated him and his sister to San Clemente, California, to be close to where her maternal grandparents resided.

Evans began serious music studies at the age of five, starting with piano lessons in group Suzuki Method classes. Within a year his passion to become a concert pianist grew, and he began studying with various private piano teachers in a search for one that would challenge him and match his needs.

He attended University of California, Los Angeles and Nadia Boulanger Institute in Paris.[3] He apprenticed with several important entertainment industry personalities, including Argentinian film composer, concert composer and pianist Lalo Schifrin.[3]

Family

Evans has been married two times.

  1. Evans married composer Michele Rene Evans in May, 1999; they had three children - Elliot, Miranda and Jaden.[1] In 2009, they divorced amicably, sharing custody of all three children.
  2. Evans married Kathy Evans in August, 2013 in Puerto Morelos, a Caribbean fishing village close to Cancun, Mexico. They had one child - Camilla.

Personal Life and Other Interests

Evans is also a successful semi-professional poker player and is the author of several works offering winning tips.

Companies

  1. On the eve of the internet in 1998, Evans created one of the world's first fully automated online music libraries, CuePop, which connected music makers with media producers.
  2. In 1999 Evans founded the record label, E3 Records; E3 is named after his three initials.
  3. In 2005, Evans created The Composer Collective, a firm of global composers writing, for dozens of projects simultaneously, in teams.

Awards

  1. Best Original Score, "Game of Assassins", Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood (2013)
  2. Best Original Score, "Under Surveillance", Long Island International Film Expo (2006)

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 "Evan Evans" (2011) Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Vol. 112, Detroit: Gale, Biography in Context
  2. ↑ "Bill Evans". All About Jazz. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Biography". Evanevans.org. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Craddock, Jim (20 January 2005). Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2005. Thomson/Gale. p. 580. ISBN 978-0-7876-7470-0. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Kendall, Lukas (2002). Film score monthly. Soundtrack Club, Lukas Kendall. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

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