“One of the best composers working in film today”
As a musician, Brian McOmber has collaborated with Björk, David Byrne, Doudou N’Diaye Rose, Deer Tick, Kurt Ballou (Converge), Marijuana Deathsquads, Mira Calix, Paul Wiancko (Kronos Quartet), The Roots, Yeasayer and St. Vincent. After studying evolutionary morphology, disease ecology and percussion with AC Burke, Dustin Brisson and Pheeroan akLaff, Brian joined the Grammy-nominated band, Dirty Projectors. He has performed for audiences across six continents at venues such as The Barbican Centre, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Disney Hall, Fuji Rock, Glastonbury, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman, Lincoln Center, Lollapalooza, Madison Square Garden, Primavera Sound and Radio City Music Hall.
As a film and TV composer and music producer, Brian has contributed to multiple Oscar, Emmy, Peabody and Independent Spirit Award-winning narrative and documentary releases from A24, The Associated Press, Amazon Studios, Fox Searchlight, HBO, Jigsaw Productions, Magnolia, MRC, National Geographic, Netflix, NEON, Frontline PBS, Showtime and T-Street Productions. He has composed and performed on dozens of original soundtracks including those for Chloe Domont’s romantic thriller, FAIR PLAY, Trey Edward Shults’ hybrid horror films, KRISHA and IT COMES AT NIGHT, Penny Lane’s bizarro documentaries, HAIL SATAN? and NUTS!, Danielle Krudy and Bridgette Salvage Cole’s dark comedy, BLOW THE MAN DOWN, Anurag Kashyap’s Hindi thriller, UGLY, Nia DaCosta’s crime drama, LITTLE WOODS, and Rick Rowley’s investigative documentaries 16 SHOTS and DOCUMENTING HATE.
Brian most recently contributed to Jordan Dykstra’s score for the 2024 Oscar and BAFTA winning documentary, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL. Upcoming projects include a score for the feature documentary, MISTRESS DISPELLER, an episode for the National Geographic Series, PHOTOGRAPHER, and a new album with the American music group, MARIJUANA DEATHSQUADS.
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NEWS:
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL wins the Oscar for “best documentary”
AP and PBS wins BAFTA for 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
Indiewire’s best Thanksgiving movies of all time (#3 - ‘KRISHA’)
Marijuana Deathsquads on Fox News
Marijuana Deathsqauds at THE GREAT BEYOND
Peabody Awards: “Micheal Flynn’s Holy War” wins - News
Pitchfork: Dirty Projectors and Björk share new unreleased music (2023)
SXSW: Tom Brown receives Special Jury Award for Animation Directing “Christopher at Sea”
Chloe Domont’s FAIR PLAY sells for $20 Million (Sundance)
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL wins 2023 Sundance Film Festival audience award
FRONTLINE wins George Polk Award for “American Insurrection”
“Stranger Than Rotterdam” wins Sundance 2022
The Watt From Pedro Show INTERVIEW with Brian McOmber
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: ‘Fair Play’ Composer on Capturing the “ticking time bomb”
