vivek Maddala

Vivek Maddala is an international award-winning composer and multi-instrumental performer. His music blends melodic symphony writing with syncopated jazz idioms and ethnic textures—from 19th-Century Romanticism to Afro-Cuban, modern rock to French Impressionism—resulting in an emotive frenzy of percussion, brass, woodwinds, and strings. In 2000, at the age of 26, Vivek won the first Grand Prize in the national Young Film Composers Competition and he was invited to study in the prestigious ASCAP Film Scoring program two years later. In July of 2002, Vivek was one of five composers featured in TCM’s Tribute to Great American Composers. In October of 2006, Vivek served as the guest conductor for the Third Angle New Music Ensemble, performing his work as part of their 2006-2007 concert season. Vivek’s film scoring background has been diverse: over the past six years, he has composed and orchestrated several acclaimed music scores for Turner Classic Movies, ranging from his 74-minute dramatic Ace of Hearts (2000) score, to his 90-minute lush score for the Greta Garbo film, The Mysterious Lady (2002); he composed the anthemic score for The Flag (2002), and the 80-minute orchestral score for the Marion Davies comedy, The Patsy (2004); recently, Vivek began scoring the restoration of Alfred Hitchcock’s, The Ring, and he completed a new 90-minute orchestral score for the suspense- thriller, Wild Oranges (2006). Independent films have become a primary medium for Vivek’s music: he composed the Indian-influenced rock score for Equation (2002); the jazz-infused romantic score for Martha's Bakery (2003); and a unique brand of Carnatic Indian music for Gidoo's Cosmic Crisis (2005). In the past year, Vivek completed scores for Omar & Fiona (2005), Moon Chasing (2005), Mother (2005), Portland at Play (2006), Catch Up (2006), Grasshopper (2006), Desert Into Fire (2007), Cold Snap (2007), and Nuclear Hurricane (2007)—all containing Vivek’s signature sound. In addition to film work, Vivek has written music for national TV spots as well as songs for pop/rock and jazz-fusion CD releases. Further, his music has been featured in news stories by NPR, the Associated Press, CNN, Variety, and Entertainment Tonight. When scoring films, Vivek goes beyond the primary functions of movie music—i.e., of supplementing and strengthening the visual and emotional components. He speaks with his own personal style, his own musical voice. He supplies a product that is not just background music, but that characterizes and frames the pictures—above all, serving the dramatic vision of the director. Elegant musical motifs, careful orchestration, and a wealth of instrumentation all combine to give Vivek's music a distinctive flavor that moves gracefully between tradition and innovation; with equal parts euphoria and introspection; frantic while elegant; drunken yet precise; and utterly human. Film Scores Composed by Vivek Maddala 2007 Nuclear Hurricane Action/ starring Jamie Luner and Jack Scalia (Regent Films / Suspense SciFi Channel) 2007 Walking Tall Comedy directed by Danielle Lurie (Elevate Films) 2007 Chosen Horror directed by Tod Ciaciuch (CK Filmworks) 2007 Cold Snap Action/ starring Vanessa Williams, Thomas Calabro, and Adventure Patrick Muldoon (Regent Films / SciFi Channel) 2007 They Turned Our Desert Into Fire Documentary/ directed by Mark Brecke (PBS) Drama 2006 Grasshopper Drama starring James Franco and Rachel Miner (AFI Films) 2006 Wild Oranges (1924) Drama/Thriller directed by King Vidor (MGM, Warner Bros./Turner) 2006 Portland at Play Documentary/ directed by Tony Barbon (Folklore Media) Comedy 2006 Catch Up Comedy directed by Xiaojin Bao (UCLA Animation) (animation) 2005 The Ring (1927) Drama/Suspense directed by Alfred Hitchcock (British International Pictures/Turner) 2005 Mother Drama directed by Xiaojin Bao (UCLA Animation) (animation) 2005 Moon Chasing Romantic directed by Xiaojin Bao (UCLA Animation) (animation) 2005 Omar and Fiona Drama/Romance directed by Eric Kmetz (American Film Institute) Film Scores (cont’d) 2005 Gidoo's Cosmic Crisis Drama/Comedy directed by Shivani Khanna (USC) (animation) 2004 The Patsy (1928) Romantic starring Marion Davies (MGM, WB/Turner) Comedy 2003 AT&T Wireless TV Ads directed by Tod Ciaciuch 2003 Martha’s Bakery Drama/Romance directed by Nobuhiro Hayashi (Shining Star Entertainment) 2002 Mysterious Lady (1928) Drama/Suspense starring Greta Garbo (MGM, Warner Bros./Turner) / Thriller 2002 Equation Drama/Suspense starring Bernard White (USC) 2001 The Flag (1927) Drama/Action directed by Arthur Maude (MGM, WB/Turner) 2000 Ace of Hearts (1921) Drama/Suspense starring Lon Chaney (MGM, Warner Bros./Turner) / Thriller