GRAHAM REYNOLDS
Biography
Austin, Texas based composer-bandleader Graham Reynolds creates, performs, and records music for film, theater, dance, rock clubs and concert halls with collaborators ranging from Richard Linklater to DJ Spooky to the Rude Mechs and the Austin Symphony Orchestra. As bandleader of the jazz-based but far reaching Golden Arm Trio, Reynolds has repeatedly toured the country and released five critically acclaimed albums. As Co-Artistic Director of Golden Hornet Project with Peter Stopschinski, Reynolds has produced more than fifty concerts of world-premier alt-classical music by more than sixty composers, as well as five symphonies, two concertos and countless chamber pieces of his own. Reynolds music has been heard through-out the world on TV, on stage, in films, and on radio, from HBO to Showtime, Cannes Film Festival to the Kennedy Center, and BBC to NPR. His score to the 2006 Robert Downey, Jr. feature "A Scanner Darkly" was named Best Soundtrack of the Decade by Cinema Retro magazine. His awards include the Lowe Music Theater Award, four Austin Critics' Table awards, the John Bustin Award, an Amp Award, five Austin Chronicle Best Composer wins, a B. Iden Payne Award, Meet the Composer and Map grants, as well as support from the National Endowment for the Arts for several projects. Upcoming works include the score to "Bernie", a Jack Black/Shirley MacLaine feature, and an instrumental hip-hop soundtrack for PBS/CPB funded documentary "The Learning", filmed in the Philippines and Baltimore. In January 2011, Reynolds simultaneously released two albums on Innova Recordings. DUKE! Three Portrait of Ellington explores America’s greatest composer from three perspectives. The Difference Engine: A Triple Concerto is a recording of Reynolds’ symphonic piece for cello, violin and piano backed by string orchestra.
Press
“Dynamic...Wonderful...Glorious…the brilliant Graham Reynolds’ original orchestrations perfectly fit every moment.”
- Ain’t It Cool News
“Power-jazz…crossbreeding classical futurism and punk esprit.” - Rolling Stone
“Whatever's going on inside the head of the Golden Arm Trio,it must be one hell of a movie.” - BBC
"Mastermind Graham Reynolds draws inspiration from Sonic Youth and Henry Cowell at once, treading the line that these two influences share: deconstructed and innovative recastings of any and all musical materials."
- Village Voice
“Daring …Seamless…Irresistible…Graham Reynolds scores films, conducts unconventional symphonies, and rewrites the rules of modern jazz.” - SF Weekly
“Eerily evocative …Rich and Inventive” - Variety
- Ain’t It Cool News
“Power-jazz…crossbreeding classical futurism and punk esprit.” - Rolling Stone
“Whatever's going on inside the head of the Golden Arm Trio,it must be one hell of a movie.” - BBC
"Mastermind Graham Reynolds draws inspiration from Sonic Youth and Henry Cowell at once, treading the line that these two influences share: deconstructed and innovative recastings of any and all musical materials."
- Village Voice
“Daring …Seamless…Irresistible…Graham Reynolds scores films, conducts unconventional symphonies, and rewrites the rules of modern jazz.” - SF Weekly
“Eerily evocative …Rich and Inventive” - Variety
Music
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After several years immersed in Ellington's canon, Graham has released DUKE! Three Portraits of Ellington, his exploration of America's greatest composer in three modes: full band, experimental string extracts and remixes combining elements of the first two.
Caravan Caravan
String Abstraction #3 (Cotton Tail) String Abstraction #3 (Cotton Tail)
Old Kings (Remix by Gabriel Prokofiev) Old Kings (Remix by Gabriel Prokofiev)
Caravan Caravan
String Abstraction #3 (Cotton Tail) String Abstraction #3 (Cotton Tail)
Old Kings (Remix by Gabriel Prokofiev) Old Kings (Remix by Gabriel Prokofiev)
In fusing a loose concerto format with the story of Charles Babbage and his invention The Difference Engine, Reynolds' composing voice finds itself in a work that is intense and driving, beautiful and intimate, personally expressive and broadly accessible all at the same time.
Movement II: Ada Movement II: Ada
Movement III: Cam Stack & Crank Handle Movement III: Camstack & Crank Handle
The Cogwheel Brain (Octopus Project remix) The Cogwheel Brain (Octopus Project remix)
Movement II: Ada Movement II: Ada
Movement III: Cam Stack & Crank Handle Movement III: Camstack & Crank Handle
The Cogwheel Brain (Octopus Project remix) The Cogwheel Brain (Octopus Project remix)
Cult of Color, the groundbreaking dance collaboration with visual artist Trenton Doyle Hancock and Ballet Austin artistic director Stephen Mills was the most acclaimed Austin production of 2008, resulting in one of Graham's most far ranging works and richly imagined works.
A World Without Color A World Without Color
Sesom's Dream Sesom's Dream
The Miracle Machine The Miracle Machine
A World Without Color A World Without Color
Sesom's Dream Sesom's Dream
The Miracle Machine The Miracle Machine
The Tick Tock Club, The third Golden Arm Trio album is part movie soundtrack, part crime jazz, part classical tribute, part boisterous rock & roll, interweaving themes and motifs that recur in different guises.
The Tick Tock Club The Tick Tock Club
The Duchess of Parma The Duchess of Parma
DSCH DSCH
The Tick Tock Club The Tick Tock Club
The Duchess of Parma The Duchess of Parma
DSCH DSCH
Graham's innovative score to Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly, an adaptation of the Philip K. Dick novel has been widely acclaimed as one of the best film scores of the decade.
Aphids Aphids
Strawberry Pie Strawberry Pie
Sex, Beer and Pills Sex, Beer and Pills
Little Blue Flowers Little Blue Flowers
Aphids Aphids
Strawberry Pie Strawberry Pie
Sex, Beer and Pills Sex, Beer and Pills
Little Blue Flowers Little Blue Flowers
Why The Sea is Salt, Graham's second full length release is a collection of compositions inspired by the fairy tale of the same name and prominently features The Tosca String Quartet. Named one of the Best Austin Albums of the Decade by The Austin Chronicle.
Finster Crumley Finster Crumley
The Ship at the Bottom of the Sea The Ship at the Bottom of the Sea
Finster Crumley Finster Crumley
The Ship at the Bottom of the Sea The Ship at the Bottom of the Sea
Graham's recording debut with his super-charged performing group The Golden Arm Trio is a constantly morphing trip through hard, beat-driven jazz, experimental sounds and classical lyricism.
The Doomsday Clock The Doomsday Clock
Bigwig Bigwig
Three Inch Golden Lillies Three Inch Golden Lillies
The Doomsday Clock The Doomsday Clock
Bigwig Bigwig
Three Inch Golden Lillies Three Inch Golden Lillies
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Graham Reynolds & The Golden Arm Trio
l-r: Jeremy Bruch, Graham Reynolds, Utah Hamrick
photo by Aubrey Edwards
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l-r: Jeremy Bruch, Graham Reynolds, Utah Hamrick
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