Graham Reynolds

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Graham Reynolds


Birth_name = Graham Eric Reynolds
Born = birth date|1971|3|5|mf=y
Frankfurt, Germany (U.S. Army Base)
Instrument = Piano, drums
Occupation = Bandleader, Pianist, Composer
Years_active = 1995-Present
website = http://www.grahamreynolds.com/ 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 CDs, as well as the soundtrack for Richard Linklater’s motion picture "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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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".

Miscellaneous

Reynolds is a vegan and does not drink or smoke.

As a free-lance writer, he scripts feature articles and book reviews for the "Austin Chronicle".

Reynolds teaches music theory and composition at the Austin Chamber Music Center.

External links

* [http://cornellsun.com/node/23178 Graham Reynolds Interview and Feature Article]
* [http://grahamreynolds.com Graham Reynolds' official site]
* [http://www.goldenarmtrio.net/ Golden Arm Trio's official site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1199960/ Graham Reynolds at IMDB]
* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Archive/author?oid=oid%3A181005 "Austin Chronicle" articles by Graham Reynolds]
* [http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=189512489 A podcast interview] with [http://www.hoorayforhumans.org/ Hooray for Humans] on "iTunes".