Keefus Ciancia

Keefus Ciancia
Birth name	Keith Ciancia
Also known as	Keefus Green
Born	November 6, 1972
Genres	Rock, pop, hip hop, ambient, experimental
Instruments	Keyboards
Years active	1991–present
Associated acts	Unloved, Vincent and Mr. Green, T-Bone Burnett, Everlast, Benji Hughes
Website	cianciamanagement.com/Keefus

Keith Ciancia better known as Keefus Green or Keefus Ciancia, is an American-born musician (keyboards/piano), composer and producer.^[1]

Life and work

Keefus Ciancia began a relationship with T-Bone Burnett^[2] as a session musician after being heard on a local radio station in Los Angeles. Keefus later co-producered on a few T-Bone projects such as the Coen Brothers' film The Ladykillers and Cassandra Wilson's Thunderbird.^[3] He is currently the co-composer with Burnett for the HBO series True Detective.^[4]

Keefus has recently scored the soundtrack for Strangerland^[5] and co-produced and co-wrote Jeff Bridges's latest release, The Sleeping Tapes.^[6]

Discography

Movies^[7]

Title	Credits	Year
Ali	Music Composer	2001[8]
Spider-Man 2	Composer – Featured Song	2001[9]
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Piano, Keyboards, producer, engineer, Loops[10]	2002
Cold Mountain	Piano[11]	2003
Crossing Jordan	Keyboards[12]	2003
Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Soul of a Man	Marimba[13]	2003
Ladykillers	Producer, Associate Producer, Keyboards, Programming, Multi Instruments[14]	2004
Walk the Line	Vocals[15]	2005
Don't Come Knocking	Composer/Performer[16]	2005
Shadowboxer	Composer[17]	2005
K7	Composer[18]	2006
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film)	Keyboards[19]	2006
Superbad	Keyboards, Farfisa Organ[20]	2007
The Poughkeepsie Tapes	Composer[21][22]	2007
Across the Universe	Musician: Los Angeles[23]	2007
Saving Grace	(Composer/Music for 4 seasons and Title track)[24]	2008–2010
The Ghost Brothers	Musician/keyboards (Song Titles: That's Me / Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Me)[25]	2009
Knockout	Musician[26]	2011
The Details	Musician, Producer ("Yes, I'm Your Angel")[27][28]	2011
Motel Life	Composer	2011[29]
Good Vibrations	Composer[30]	2011
Brandon Generator	Composer, producer[31]	2011
The Hunger Games	Keyboards	2011
A Place at the Table	Composer[32]	2014 - 2012
Nashville– Season 1	Composer, producer	2012–2013
Diana	Composer, producer	2013[33]
The Fall Season 1 & 2	Composer, producer[34]	2013 - 2015
True Detective - Season 1 & 2	Composer[35]	2014 - 2015
As Above, So Below	Composer[36]	2014
Strangerland	Composer[37]	2015
Criminal Activities	Composer[38]	2015

Recordings

Title	Artist/Band	Credits	Year
An Evening at the Zoo	Psychodelic Zombiez	Keyboards	1993[39]
Beyond the Palace Wall	Paragon Taxi	Piano, Keyboards	1993
Jazz in the Present Tense	The Solsonics	Keyboards	1993
Bop Gun	Ice Cube	Keyboards	1993
Fo Life	Mack 10	Keyboards	1993
Cool Struttin ,The Pacific	Jazz Alliance	Keyboards	1994
N Gatz We Truss	South Central Cartel	Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer, Claves	1994
Nut-Meg Sez "Bozo the Town"	Weapon of Choice	Keyboards, Vocals	1994
Back to Reality	Jeune	Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Moog Lead	1995
Highperspice	Weapon of Choice	Keyboards, Vocals	1996
I Am L.V.	L.V.	Keyboards	1996
Radio Oddyssey	Various Artists	Keyboards	1996
Moy	The Jade Vincent Experiment	Producer, composer, Musician	1996
Concepto	Sol d'Menta	Keyboards	1998
Nutmeg Phantasy	Weapon of Choice	Keyboards	1998
Whitey Ford Sings the Blues	Everlast	Keyboards, Performer	1998
Another True Fiction	Jerry Toback	Moog Synthesizer	1999
Eat at Whitey's	Everlast	Bass, Keyboards, Band	2000
Loud Rocks	Various Artists	Keyboards	2000
You Know, for Kids	Hate Fuck Trio	Moog Synthesizer, Claves, Wurlitzer	2000
Id	Macy Gray	Synthesizer, Farfisa Organ, Composer	2001
Motherland	Natalie Merchant	Piano, Keyboards	2001
Stimulated, Vol. 1	Various Artists	Keyboards	2001
C'mon, C'mon	Sheryl Crow	Organ, Keyboards, Clavinet, String Samples	2002
Soul of John Black	The Soul of John Black	Keyboards, producer, engineer, Associate Producer	2003
Thousand Kisses Deep	Chris Botti	Piano, Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer, Synthesizer Bass	2003
Color Me Funky	Weapon of Choice	Keyboards	2004
Forthemasses	OPM	Piano, Moog Synthesizer	2004
On How Life Is/The Id	Macy Gray	Composer	2004
Shamrocks and Shenanigans: The Best of House of Pain	House of Pain/Everlast	Bass, Keyboards	2004
Unfinished Symphony	Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra	Moog Synthesizer, Claves	2004
Very Best of Macy Gray	Macy Gray	Keyboards, Farfisa Organ	2004
White Trash Beautiful	Everlast	Organ, Keyboards	2004
Hell Yes (Re- Mix)	Beck	Re-Mix, producer, Musician	2005
E-Pro (Re-Mix)	Beck	Re-Mix, producer, Musician	2005
Vincent & Mr. Green	Vincent & Mr. Green	Producer, composer, Musician	2005
Extraordinary Machine	Fiona Apple	(Keyboards)	(2005)
Retrospective 1990–2005 (Deluxe Edition)	Natalie Merchant	Hammond B3	2005
SLIMKID3's Cafe	Tré Hardson	Musician, producer, Composer	2006
Thunderbird	Cassandra Wilson	Bass, Piano, Strings, arranger, Bass (Electric), Keyboards, Programming, producer, engineer, Synthesizer Strings	2006
True False Identity	T-Bone Burnett	Piano, Keyboards	2006
Twenty Twenty: The Essential T Bone Burnett	T-Bone Burnett	Marimba	2006
Women + Country	Jakob Dylan	Keyboards	2006
Endless Highway: The Music of The Band	Various Artists	Keyboards	2007
Hundred Miles or More: A Collection	Alison Krauss	Piano	2007
Story	Brandi Carlile	Keyboards	2007
Good Day	Priscilla Ahn	Piano, Harpsichord, Keyboards	2008
Legend of Kung Folk, Pt. 1	Ben Taylor	Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming, Moog	2008
Lenka	Lenka	Drums, Keyboards	2008
A Love Extreme	Benji Hughes	Composer, producer, performer, Re-mixing, Mixing, Audio Production	2008
Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford	Everlast	Bass, Piano, composer, Drums, Keyboards, Programming, producer, Engineer	2008
Pain Language	DJ Muggs vs Plant Asia	Keyboards	2008
Pebble to a Pearl[40]	Nikka Costa	Clavinet, Moog Synthesizer, Voice Box	2008
Blood from Stars	Joe Henry	Piano, Keyboards, Vibraphone	2009
Closer to You: The Pop Sides	Cassandra Wilson	Piano, Keyboards, Producer	2009
Devil's Halo	Me'Shell Ndegéocello	Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Producer	2009
Lal Meri	Lal Meri	Keyboards, Musician	2009
Love Don't Make You Juliet	Brandi Shearer	Piano, Keyboards	2009
Stranger Here	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Piano, Keyboards	2009
Levitate	Bruce Hornsby	Musician, re-mixer	2009
Mini Mansions	Mini Mansions	Co-Producier, Mixer, Keyboards	2010
We Walk This Road	Robert Randolph & the Family Band	Keyboards	(2010)
Smash Up	Vincent & Mr. Green	Keyboards, Piano, Producer	2010
The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album)	Elton John	Keyboards	2010
Pro*Whoa	Nikka Costa	Producer, Keyboards, Piano	2010
The Long Surrender	Over the Rhine	Keyboards	2010
Pine	A Fine Frenzy	Producer, Keyboards, Piano	2011
Storm & Grace	Lisa Marie Presley	Keyboards	2011
Reverie	Joe Henry	Keyboards, Piano	2011
Hunger in America	T-Bone Burnett	Keyboards	2011
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive	Steve Earle	Keyboards	2011
Weather	Me'Shell Ndegéocello	Co-producer, Keyboards Piano	2011
Vows	Kimbra	Producer, Keyboards	2012
The Hunger Games	The Secret Sisters, Neko Case, Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars, Kid Cudi, Birdy	Keyboards	2012
The Diving Board	Elton John	Keyboards	2013
More Light	Primal Scream	Bells, Piano[41]	2013
The Life Acoustic	Everlast	Composer	2013
TBC	CeeLo Green	Keyboards	2014
True Romance	Charli XCX	Keyboards	2014
Burnt Norton	Lana Del Rey	Composer	2015

Producer

Title	Studio/Artist	Credits	Year
Moy	The Jade Vincent Expeiment	Producer	(1996)
Ali	Columbia Pictures	Producer	(2001)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood	Warner Brothers	Producer	(2002)
Ladykillers	Touchstone Pictures	Producer	(2004)
Vincent & Mr. Green	Vincent & Mr. Green	Producer	(2005)
Hell Yes (Re-Mix)	Beck	Producer	(2005)
E-Pro (Re-Mix)	Beck	Producer	(2005)
SLIMKID3's Cafe	Tré Hardson	Producer	(2006)
Thunderbird	Cassandra Wilson	Producer	(2006)
Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford	Everlast	Producer	(2008)
A Love Extreme	Benji Hughes	Producer	(2008)
Closer to You: The Pop Sides	Cassandra Wilson	Producer	(2009)
Devil's Halo	Me'Shell Ndegéocello	(2009)
Pro*Whoa	Nikka Costa	Producer	(2010)
Smash Up	Vincent & Mr. Green	Producer	(2010)
Pines	A Fine Frenzy	Producer, Keyboards, Piano	(2012)
Weather	Me'Shell Ndegéocello	Co-producer, Keyboards Piano	(2011)
Mini Mansions	Mini Mansions	Co-producer	(2012)
Vows	Kimbra	Co-producer	(2012)
oxoxoxoxox	Benji Hughes	Co-producer	(2013)
This Is Where We Are	Priscilla Ahn[42]	Co-producer	(2013)
You Only Live Forever (ep)	John Gold	Co-producer	(2014)
The Golden Echo	Kimbra	Producer	(2014)

Awards

• Emmy nomination for co-writing and producing the theme song for the hit television series Saving Grace (2010)^[43]
• BMI award for music scoring (2010)^[44]

References

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6. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20245-sleeping-tapes/
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9. "Why do film and TV composers like to work in pairs?".
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11. "Keefus Ciancia is an original founding member of Weapon of Choice with Lonnie Marshall.".
12. "Credits of Crossing Jordar".
13. "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Soul of a Man by Original Soundtrack credits by Keith Ciancia/Keefus Ciancia (marimba)".
14. "The Ladykillers (2004) Soundtracks Credits".
15. "Walk the Line Production Credits".
16. "Don't Come Knocking (2005) Soundtracks Credits". Internet Movie Databas IMDB.
17. "Don't Come Knocking (2005) Soundtracks Credits of Keefus Ciancia".
18. "K7 / Cast & Crew".
19. "Fun with Dick and Jane product description".
20. "Original Soundtrack Superbad [Credits] Keefus Green".
21. "The Poughkeepsie Tapes Music Credits".
22. "THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES CAST + CREW".
23. "Across the Universe/Music Department".
24. "Saving Grace (TV Series) Music".
25. "Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County Credits of Keefus Ciancia".
26. "Born to Fight (2011) "Knockout" Music depertment".
27. "The Details Song Credits".
28. "Jeff Bridges announces solo album debut album".
29. "The Motel Life (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)".
30. "GOOD VIBRATIONS Cast and Credits read all". TORINO FILM FESTIVAL.
31. "General Discussion: PR: The Motel Life (Holmes/Ciancia)".
32. "Music for ‘A Place at the Table’".
33. "‘Diana’ Soundtrack Details".
34. "Season 1 Episode 5: The Vast Abyss".
35. "Music for ‘True Detective’: T Bone Burnett Digs Deep for Eerie HBO Drama". HBO.
36. "Keefus Ciancia Scoring ‘As Above, So Below’". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
37. "Keefus Ciancia Scoring ‘ Strangerland’".
38. "Keefus Ciancia Scoring ‘Criminal Activities’".
39. "Psychodelic Zombiez An Evening At The Zoo". Retrieved 11 December 2014.
40. http://www2.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/nikka-costa/
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42. "Priscilla Ahn Talks With Keefus Ciancia About 'This Is Where We Are'". Youtube(priscillaahn)chennel.
43. "Keefus Ciancia Filmography". The New York Times.
44. "LARRY GOLDINGS RESIDENCY PART 2 : NEW SOUNDS WITH GABE NOEL + ZACH HARMON + KEEFUS GREEN AND SPECIAL GUESTS".