Bruce Babcock

Bruce H. Babcock (born in Pasadena, CA) is an Emmy-winning composer of music for television, film, and the concert stage. He has earned eight Emmy nominations for his work in television. A member of BMI, he has received eight BMI TV/Film Awards, and has conducted and orchestrated for such films as "King Kong" (score by James Newton Howard), "Die Hard With a Vengeance" with "Die Hard 2: Die Harder" (score by Michael Kamen), "Lethal Weapon" (score by Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton), and "Spider-Man 3" (score by Christopher Young with additional music by Deborah Lurie and John Debney along with original themes by Danny Elfman).

Biography
Bruce holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in music composition from California State University, Northridge. While still a student, Bruce won a Young Musicians Foundation (Los Angeles) competition for his "Music for String Orchestra." He has spent most of his career writing music for television and film, learning his craft from such Hollywood luminaries as Hugo Friedhofer, Earle Hagen and Paul Glass.

Bruce was composer in residence at the 2005 Santa Barbara Chamber Music Festival. His "Night Songs," was premiered by The Donald Brinegar Singers in January of 2006. The Debussy Trio 2010 album "Look Ahead" (Klavier Records) includes Bruce's "SpringScape," the winning piece in their 2006 Composition Competition. His "irrational exuberance" is the first track on the 2008 Douglas Masek CD "EclectSax" (Centaur Records). His string quartet "the present moment" was performed in October of 2009 as part of the 30th Anniversary Season of the Armadillo String Quartet. His compositions were performed at the Beverly Hills International Music Festival in 2006 and 2010.

He has been commissioned by Pacific Serenades, The Santa Barbara Chamber Music Festival, The USC Thornton School of Music Horn Ensemble, The Los Angeles Trombone Quartet, Los Angeles Philharmonic member and UCLA professor saxophonist Douglas Masek and UCLA Professor of Voice and Opera Studies Juliana Gondek.

His latest work is a song cycle entitled "This Is What I Know," Four Poems of Dorothy Parker, for soprano, alto saxophone and piano.