Kurt Farquhar
Kurt Farquhar is a Los Angeles based television and film composer. Farquhar is a five-time BMI award winner, including four for The King of Queens.[1] and one for The Game. He is best known for composing the scores for The King of Queens, Girlfriends, Moesha, Being Mary Jane, The Game, and Real Husbands of Hollywood. Farquhar's career is notable for having scored more primetime television series than any other African-American composer to date.
A native of Chicago, he is the youngest of five children. His musical education took him from the streets of Chicago to the famed Berklee College of Music in Boston, The National Conservatory of Music in Versailles, France, and Eastern Illinois University, where he studied with noted percussion teacher Johnny Lane. By the age of 12 Farquhar had already written his first symphonic work. During his early 20s, Farquhar performed with various jazz artists most notably grammy award winning trumpet player Freddie Hubbard. In his late 20s, Farquhar was the lead singer of the band, Big Slamm. They released their first single "Livin' Large" on Modern Records. This song went on to become the end title for the pilot episode of Livin’ Large, produced by Stephen J. Cannell . Farquhar went on to create theme songs and scores for a multitude of television shows and feature films. Farquhar is also the founder and CEO of True Music, a prominent music licensing catalog operating out of Pasadena, California, which has licensed music throughout broadcast and cable television as well as feature films.[2][3]
Works
Television
| Title | Year | Network |
|---|---|---|
| New Attitude | 1990 | NBC |
| Zoe Ever After | 2016 | BET |
| Here We Go Again | 2016 | TV One |
| Rachel Gunn, R.N. | 1992 | Fox |
| The Adventures of Baxter and McGuire | 2006 | Comedy Central |
| Thea | 1993-1994 | ABC |
| The Sinbad Show | 1994 | Fox |
| South Central | 1994 | Fox |
| My Brother and Me | 1994-1995 | Nickelodeon |
| Under One Roof | 1995 | CBS |
| C-Bear and Jamal | 1996-1997 | Fox |
| Smart Guy | 1997-1999 | The WB |
| Ned and Stacey | 1995-1997 | Fox |
| Cousin Skeeter | 1998-2001 | Nickelodeon |
| Sister, Sister | 1994-1999 | ABC / The WB |
| Commitments | 2001 | BET TV Movie |
| Moesha | 1996-2001 | UPN |
| Play'd: A Hip Hop Story | 2002 | VH1 Tv Movie |
| The Parkers | 1999-2004 | UPN |
| One on One | 2001-2006 | UPN Season 2 and 3 only |
| Soul Food | 2000-2004 | Showtime |
| Keke & Jamal | 2005 | Disney TV Movie |
| Second Time Around | 2004-2005 | UPN |
| The Proud Family | 2001-2005 | ABC/ Disney |
| Love, Inc. | 2005-2006 | UPN |
| The King Of Queens | 1998-2007 | CBS (Started with the Third Season) |
| All of Us | 2003-2007 | UPN |
| Girlfriends | 2000-2008 | UPN |
| Just Jordan | 2007-2008tv | Nickelodeon |
| Gym Teacher: The Movie | 2008 | Nickelodeon TV Movie |
| Russell Simmons Presents: Brave New Voices | 2009 | HBO |
| Lincoln Heights | 2007-2009 | ABC Family |
| K-Ci & JoJo… Come Clean | 2010 | TV One Docu-series |
| Free Agents | 2011 | NBC |
| Triggers: Weapons That Changed the World | 2011-2013 | American Heroes Channel |
| Real Husbands of Hollywood | 2013-Present | BET |
| Dancing In September | 2000 | HBO TV Movie |
| A.N.T. Farm | 2011 | Scored The Pilot Only Disney |
| Single Ladies | 2011-Present | Centric /VH1 (Seasons Three and Four) |
| Being Mary Jane | 2013-Present | BET |
| Light Girls | 2015 | Oprah Winfrey Network TV Movie |
| The Game | 2006-Present | UPN/ BET |
| Stitchers | 2015-Present | ABC Family |
| The Fright Night Files | 2014 | TV One |
| Keyshia Cole: All In | 2015-Present | BET |
| Reed Between the Lines | 2011 | BET |
| Keyshia & Daniel: Family First | 2012 | BET |
| Soluna | 2004 | Scored Pilot |
| The Next 15 | 2016 | TV One |
| Cuts | 2004 | Scored Pilot |
| Saving Jason | 2003 | Scored Pilot |
| In the House | 1995-1999 | NBC/ UPN |
| Def Comedy Jam: Primetime | 1994 | HBO |
| Bill Bellamy's Who's Got Jokes? | 2006-2009 | TV One |
| Blendin | 2006 | Scored Pilot |
| Cousin Skeeter | 1998 | Nickelodeon |
| The Kurt Franklin Show | 1998 | Pilot |
| Claude’s Crib | 1997 | USA Network |
| The Famous Jett Jackson | 1998-2001 | Disney |
| Matt Waters | 1996 | CBS |
| Dance 360 | 2004-2005 | Syndication |
| Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is | 2006-2008 | BET |
| The Corner | 2000 | HBO Miniseries |
| Roc | 1991-1994 | Fox |
| Jackee | 1989 | Pilot |
| The Royal Family | 1991-1992 | CBS |
| Drexell's Class | 1991-1992 | Fox |
Film
| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| The Perfect Match | 2016 | Bille Woodruff |
| What Love Will Make You Do | 2015 | Lisa Haynes |
| Dark Girls | 2012 | Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry |
| 96 Minutes | 2011 | Aimee Lagos |
| Lifted (2011 film) | 2011 | Lexi Alexander |
| Pastor Brown | 2009 | Rockmond Dunbar |
| Miles From Home | 2006 | Ty Hodges |
| Not Easily Broken | 2009 | Bill Duke |
| Cover (film) | 2007 | Bill Duke |
| Gas | 2004 | Henry Chan |
| Room 302 | 2001 | Short Film |
References
- ↑ BMI News: Kurt Farquhar
- ↑ "Kurt Farquhar Composer". kurtfarquhar.com.
- ↑ "News - BMI.com". BMI.com.