Brandon Campbell is an American music composer for film, TV and video games and is best known for his music contributions to TV series' like Game of Thrones and Person of Interest and movies such as The Thinning and The Great Wall. After graduating from the University of Rochester he interned at Hans Zimmer's studio, Remote Control Productions and later served as an assistant to Ramin Djawadi. Campbell ventured off on his own in with the film Where Love Found Me, and later that year wrote the music for the thriller The Thinning.[1][2]
Brandon Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | music composer for film, TV and video games |
| Years active | 2010 - present |
| Known for | music contributions to TV series' like Game of Thrones and Person of Interest |
As an additional composer Campbell has written music for TV shows, films and video games like Breakout Kings (2011–2012), Medal of Honor: Warfighter (2012), The House of Magic (2013), Person of Interest (2011–2016), The Strain (2014–2017), Dracula Untold (2014), Warcraft (2016), Gears of War 4 (2016), Prison Break (2005–2017), A Wrinkle in Time (2018), The Ravine (2021) and Eternals (2021). In 2018, Campbell composed the score for the drama-comedy Funny Story.[3] He co-composed the score for the film Slender Man with Ramin Djawadi, created additional music for Gears 5 and co-composed the second episode of Apple TV+'s series Amazing Stories with Djawadi.
Campbell is also composing music for Netflix's The Letter for the King. He also scored music for Pacific Rim: The Black, the anime series based on Pacific Rim and Pacific Rim: Uprising.[4]
Campbell co-composed music for the Amazon Games video game New World[2][5] and the Square Enix video game The Diofield Chronicle with Djawadi.[6]
Campbell received an Daytime Emmy Award in 2021 for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Daytime Program for Netflix's The Letter for the King.
In 2022, he scored the Josh Duhamel starrer Blackout.
Credits
edit| Year | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lunch Breaks | |
| 2011-2015 | Game of Thrones | TV Series, 50 episodes
[2] Additional Music Score by Ramin Djawadi |
| 2011-2016 | Person of Interest | TV Series, 95 episodes
Additional Music Score(Season 3-5) |
| 2013 | Storytelles | TV Series, 6 episodes |
| Unfinished Business | Short | |
| 2014 | Haunting Ian | |
| Dracula Untold | ||
| Additional Music
Score by Ramin Djawadi | ||
| The Strain | Additional Music
Score by Ramin Djawadi | |
| 2014-2017 | ||
| 2015 | Person of Interest | TV Series, soundtrack |
| I Hate Myselfie, I Hate Myselfie 2 | Composer | |
| 2016 | The Great Wall | Additional Music
Score by Ramin Djawadi |
| Warcraft | ||
| Gears of War 4 | ||
| Where Love Found Me | ||
| It Gets Worse | ||
| The Thinning | ||
| The Lottery | ||
| 2017 | Prison Break | TV Series, 3 episodes |
| Fatal Crossing | ||
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time | Additional Music
Score by Ramin Djawadi |
| Funny Story | ||
| Westworld | TV Series, 5 episodes
Additional Music | |
| Slender Man | Co-composed with Ramin Djawadi | |
| The Thinning : New World Order | ||
| 2019 | Political | |
| Gears 5 | Additional music
Score by Ramin Djawadi | |
| 2020 | Amazing Stories | TV Series, 1 episode
Co-composed with Ramin Djawadi |
| Elephant | Additional Music
Score by Ramin Djawadi | |
| The Letter For The King | TV Series, 6 episodes[1] | |
| 2021 | New World | Video Game[2] |
| Eternals | Additional Music
Score by Ramin Djawadi | |
| Pacific Rim : The Black | TV Series, 14 episodes | |
| The Ravine | Additional Music
Score by Ramin Djawadi | |
| 2022 | Greatness Code | TV Series, 3 episodes |
| The Diofield Chronicle | Video Game
Co-composed with Ramin Djawadi | |
| His Dark Materials | Additional Music for season 3 (8 episodes)
Score by Lorne Balfe | |
| Blackout | ||
| 2023 | Doomsday: Last Survivors | Videogame single written with Trenton |
| Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey | ||
| Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Additional Music
Score by Lorne Balfe | |
| Life on Our Planet | ||
| 2024 | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | |
| Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F | ||
| Fallout | Additional Music (1 episode)
Score by Ramin Djawadi |
References
edit- ^ a b "Composer Brandon Campbell on Scoring Netflix's The Letter for the King, Hans Zimmer, & COVID-19". Motion Picture Association. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ a b c d "Ramin Djawadi and Brandon Campbell Bring Their Blockbuster Composing Talents to Amazon's New World". SPIN. 2021-09-22.
- ^ "Ramin Djawadi & Brandon Campbell to Score Sylvain White's 'Slender Man'". Film Music Reporter. 2018-01-02.
- ^ "Pacific Rim: The Black Anime Soundtrack Coming March 5". Anime Trending. March 1, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
- ^ Brown, Andy (2021-09-21). "The 'New World' soundtrack was created by 'Game Of Thrones' composers". NME. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ "The DioField Chronicle Shares Video Previewing Soundtrack By Game Of Thrones Composers - Noisy Pixel". 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2024-04-30.