Kevin Blumenfeld is an American composer best known for his ongoing work with director Charles Hood.

Early life and career

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Blumenfeld was raised in Los Angeles. After finishing high school, he studied film scoring, orchestration and electronic music at the Hamilton Academy of Music.[1] Blumenfeld gained his first professional music experiences by working for Hans Zimmer as a music intern, taking on minor uncredited roles in the soundtracks of Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, Matchstick Men and The Ring.[2]

Blumenfeld’s first independent composing credit was on director Charles Hood’s debut feature Freezer Burn. Blumenfeld and Hood would form an ongoing relationship, with the former working on every one of the latter’s subsequent projects, including short films, his follow-up feature Night Owls, and his television series for Go90, In the Vault.[3] Blumenfeld also served as composer on the Walking Dead webisodes series Cold Storage, The Oath and Torn Apart.[4] Blumenfeld also worked extensively with director Adam Rifkin, scoring his films Shooting the Warwicks and Director’s Cut.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 Director's Cut Composer Director: [Adam Rifkin]
2015 Shooting The Warwicks Composer Director: [Adam Rifkin]
2015 Night Owls Composer Director: Charles Hood
2012 First Kiss Composer
2011 Final Sale Composer Director: Andrew C Erin
2011 Confined Composer Director: [Andrew C Erin]
2007 Simple Things Composer Director: Andrew C Erin
2007 Freezer Burn Composer Director: Charles Hood

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2017 In the Vault 4 episodes Director: [Charles Hood]
2017 Play By Play 8 episodes Director: [Charles Hood]
2013 The Walking Dead: The Oath 3 episodes Director: Greg Nicotero
2012 The Walking Dead: Cold Storage 4 episodes Director: Greg Nicotero
2011 The Walking Dead: Torn Apart 6 episodes Director: Greg Nicotero

References

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  1. ^ "8 Things You Didn't Know About "In The Vault" Composer Kevin Blumenfeld". Buzzfeed.com. Retrieved October 7, 2017.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Soundtracks Archives - CutPrintFilm". CutPrintFilm. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "'Night Owls': Film Review". HollywoodReporter.com. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "Q&A: Composer Kevin Blumenfeld on Making Music for go90's IN THE VAULT and THE WALKING DEAD Webisodes - Daily Dead". DailyDead.com. October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
  5. ^ Inc., Structured Abstraction (2016). "Director's Cut - Calgary Underground Film Festival". www.CalgaryUndergroundFilm.org. Retrieved October 7, 2017. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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