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 George Shaw is a rapidly rising
composer who has worked on Hollywood and independent films. He is
a versatile composer with the skill for crafting rich orchestral
tapestries as well as crafting cutting edge sounds to match the visual
images in movies.
Shaw is currently scoring
TREASURE OF THE TEMPLARS,
an Indiana Jones fan film, which has been dubbed the “True Indy 4” by
diehard fans all around the world. A true labor of love, the
feature-length film was shot on a shoestring in three countries over
four years, and boasts impressive production values. Recent films
include MARCUS, which was
recently released
on DVD by Warner Home Videos, and the score album released by Movie
Score Media. J-OK’EL (starring
Tom Parker, Dee Wallace)
had a theatrical release in Mexico, and the music won a Gold Medal for
Artistic Excellence at the 2007 Park City Film Music Festival, which
claims to be "the first film festival in the world singularly
recognizing the contributions of composers and their music to film." PURITY also won a Gold Medal for
Best Impact of Music at the 2006 festival, in addition to two Gold
Medals Shaw garnered for Best Impact of Music in animation and a Gold
Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Film Music Composition for
Independent Film.
 In addition to composing, Shaw has orchestrated on
a number of films, including GHOST
RIDER (starring Nicolas Cage), THE DARWIN AWARDS (starring
Winona Ryder, Joseph Fiennes), KISS, KISS, BANG, BANG
(starring Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr.), and ROBOTECH: THE SHADOW CHRONICLES.
Shaw’s string arrangements and orchestrations can also be heard on Nural’s debut album “The Weight of
the World” from Hopeless Records,
and singer/songwriter Kari Kimmel’s first solo album “A Life in
the Day.”
Shaw studied composition and film scoring at the University of Southern
California Thornton School of Music, taking part in its world-class
Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. He also
participated in the 2004 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop and the 9th Annual
BMI Conducting Workshop. Shaw was also a 2007 fellow in Film
Independent’s
Project: Involve, a filmmaker mentorship program that paired him with
Emmy-nominated composer Christopher
Lennertz (MEET THE SPARTANS,
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, MEDAL OF HONOR:
EUROPEAN ASSAULT, SUPERNATURAL).
Shaw plays clarinet,
piano, guitar, and a variety of exotic woodwind instruments from around
the world, and is currently training to become a virtuoso Rockband
videogame drummer. George resides in Los Angeles, where he can surf and
snowboard in the same day.
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