Douglas Romayne
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Douglas Romayne is a composer in Los Angeles who scores TV and film.
[edit] Buffyverse
Composer Douglas Romayne has scored 8 seasons of television in five years, plus 25 films, including features, documentaries, and some excellent short films by emerging directors. His big break was being asked by Joss Whedon to score the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He met Whedon while working for Chris Beck on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" musical "Once More, with Feeling," on which he was the Assistant Music Director. Following scoring "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Romayne went on to score seasons four and five of "Angel" with composer Rob Kral. Other series Romayne has scored include Miracles for Touchstone TV/ABC/Greenwalt Productions "Day Break" for Touchstone TV/ABC and Duck Dodgers for Warner Bros. Animation. On Duck Dodgers the three-member scoring team (Robert J. Kral, Douglas Romayne and Zoran Boris) won the Annie Award For Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Series ( Rob Kral received award).
He released "Expressing the Inexpressible," a compilation of 8 film scores available at iTunes and CD BABY, where it is an editor's selection. Film Score Monthly's Steven A. Kennedy wrote, “...This album...is a fabulous demonstration of Romayne's ability to create melodic, large-sounding scores in many genres...This release is highly recommended for those interested in hearing a voice that we can only hope will move on to more high profile assignments..." and Mark Hasan of KQEK wrote, "It's hard to come out from under the shadow of a cult TV series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, but this compilation CD featuring selections from 8 scores by Douglas Romayne is both a superb promo for the composer's skillful writing, and an addictive album, particularly for film music fans wanting music with a rich, elegant orchestral sound...” For music, go to Romayne's Official Site
Memorable tracks by Douglas Romayne from Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy (season 7) and "Angel" (seasons 4 and 5) include the following:
- "In Westbury Field" which plays when Giles is introduced in England ("Lessons")
- The suite of "Istanbul" "Just In Time" and "Lesson One" is the score to the opening sequence of 7.01 - from a slayer being chased, then murdered in Turkey to Buffy training Dawn to fight vampires to Buffy's worries about the new school ("Lessons")
- "On The Mend" which plays when Buffy helps Willow heal from the Gnarl ("Same Time, Same Place")
- "Another Way Out" which plays when Angel, Wes, Lilah, Fred and Connor are trying to escape the Beast, set loose at Wolfram and Hart ("Habeas Corpses")
- "Chasing Lilah" which plays in Angel 4.12 ("Calvary")
- "Cordy's Journey" which plays over a montage of scenes showing that Cordy is possessed ("Inside Out")
- "The Hellmouth" which plays when Spike magically appears in Angel's office straight from Buffy 7.22 ("Unleashed")
- "Puppet Fight" which plays when Angel, transformed into a puppet, has a showdown with evil puppets taking over the lives of children in LA ("Smile Time")
- "One Day To Live" which plays while Angel and the gang try to save Fred from dying of a mystical disease ("A Hole in the World")
Music from Buffy, Angel and other television series and films can be heard at http://www.douglasromayne.com/music.html
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TELEVISION
“BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER”
20th Century Fox/Mutant Enemy
composer
episode 7.01 “Lessons”
episode 7.03 “Same Time, Same Place,”
director/producer Joss Whedon
cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon
“ANGEL”
20th Century Fox/Mutant Enemy
composer: additional music
season four episodes 4.08-4.21,
season five episodes 5.01-04,5.06-5.11,5.13-5.21
producers Joss Whedon, Jeff Bell, David Greenwalt
cast: David Borneanaz, James Marsters, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards
“MIRACLES”
Touchstone TV/Greenwalt
composer: additional music
episodes 1.02-1.13
pr. David Greenwalt, wr. Richard Hatem
cast: Skeet Ulrich, Angus Macfadyen, Hector Elizondo, Jacob Smith
“DAY BREAK”
Touchstone TV
composer: additional music
episodes 1.02-1.04
pr. Rob Bowman
cast: Taye Diggs, Moon Bloodgood, Adam Baldwin, Andrea Battle
“DUCK DODGERS”
Warner Bros Animation
composer: additional music
season one episodes 1.02-1.06,1.09-1.13,
season two episodes 2.01- 2.13,
season three episodes 3.01-3.11,3.13
pr. Tony Cervone, Spike Brandt
cast: Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Tia Carerre, Michael Dorn,
awards: Annie Award, Outstanding Music For An Animated Television Show
WOLF GIRL
aka BLOOD MOON
USA Network
composer: additional music
dir. Thom Fitzgerald, pr. Donald Kushner
cast: Tim Curry, Shawn Ashmore, Shelby Fenner
“A&E: INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS”
A&E/Kurtis Productions
composer
episodes “Range War” & “Earth In The Hot Seat”
pr. Bill Kurtis
“A&E: THE NEW EXPLORERS”
A&E/Kurtis Productions
composer
episode “Search For The Origins Of Life”
pr. Bill Kurtis
FILM
THE SKULLS III
Universal Home/Newmarket Group/Original Film
composer: additional music
dir. J. Miles Dale, pr. Neal Moritz
cast: Clare Kramer, Barry Bostwick, Bryce Johnson
THE SKULLS II
Universal/Original Films
composer: additional music
dir. Joe Chappelle, pr. Neal Moritz
cast: Nathan West, Lindy Booth, Aaron Ashmore
STEALING HARVARD
Revolution Studios/Imagine/Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures
composer: source music
orchestrator, conductor
dir. Bruce McCulloch, pr. Susan Cavan, writer Peter Tolan,
exec. pr. Chris Brancato, Howard Lapides, Maureen Peyrot, Bert Salke
cast: Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann
INTERSTATE 60:Episodes Of The Road
Fireworks Entertainment/Seven Arts/Firecorp Xi/Samuel Goldwyn Films/Screen Media
composer: source music
orchestrator
director/writer Bob Gale, pr. Peter Bray, Neil Canton,Ira Deutchman
cast: Michael J. Fox, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Amy Smart, James Marsden
BIG FAT LIAR
Tollin/Robbins, Universal Pictures
composer: source music
orchestrator
dir. Shawn Levy, wr. Brian Robbins, Dan Schneider, pr. Michael Tollin, dp. Jonathan Brown
cast: Paul Giamatti, Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Sandra Oh
PATCHING CABBAGE
SignalhFilms
composer
dir. Peter Rhoads, dp. Jonathan Brown
cast: Amanda Detmer, Lance Barber
THREE DAYS
Poya Pictures
composer
dir. Adrian Fulle, pr. David J. Miller, dp. Michael S. Ojeda
cast: Marc DiCarlo, Heidi Fecht, Amanda Armato
ROCKETBOY
composer
dir. Justin Guerrieri, pr. Veronica Shamo-Garcia, Arvin Chen, dp. Joseph White
cast: Robert Picardo, Hunter Gomez and David Clennon
ENTITY: NINE
composer
dir. Brad Kean, pr. Eric Wostenberg, Gabriel Lichstein, Jennie Chamberlain
cast: Matthew Glave, Larry Poindexter, Michael Shamus Wiles, Keri Safran
H.H. HOLMES: America’s First Serial Killer
Facets/Waterfront
composer
dir. John Borowski
cast: Tony Jay
THE TRUTH ABOUT FACES
composer
dir. Lindsey Shockley, pr. Julie Sifuentes and John Blair dp. Steven Edell
cast: Hanna Hall and Julie Pop
SHE WORE A YELLOW SCRUNCHY
composer
dir. Alexandra Apostolakis, pr. Terry Dunlop and Bob Warpehoski, dp. Charlene Wang
cast: Danielle Hartnett and Andrea Sixtos
FREEDOMLAND
composer
dir. JC Schroder, exec pr. Stephen Murray, dp. Christopher Hill
cast: Darren Bailey, Katie Quinn and Eric Peterman
SHELTER
composer
dir. Luke Hutton, pr. Lauren Wagner, dp. Elizabeth Santoro
cast: Rebecca Lowman, Jody Jaress, John Ross Clark, Alexandra Westmore, Jeff Marlow
ANTEBODY
composer
dir. James Gleason, pr. Melissa Hook, dp. Nick Saglimbeni
cast: Henry LeBlanc, Kristin Carey, Pierre Stahrre, Herb Mendelsohn, John Rocha
BEYOND THE SILENCE
composer
dir. Luci Kwak, pr. Brandon Thomas, dp. Jay P. Lipa
cast: Jennifer Pennington, Kathryn Glass and Carole Balkan
THE JACKALOPE
composer
dir. Joseph Guerrieri, pr T.L. Kittle, dp. Nick Saglimbeni
cast: Leighton Meester, Brendan Shanahan
SUNDAY PAPER p.2b
composer
dir. Eric Towner, pr. Terrence Liff, dp. David Dolnik
cast: Travis Philipsen, Johnny Holiday, Ellie Wyman
THE DOZEN
aka THE MUFFIN MAN
composer
dir. Chad Rocco, pr. Russ Gray, Eric Conner, Matthew Hsu
cast: Misti Traya
PAPER CUT
composer
dir. Eric Towner, animator, Greg Towner
