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Porter, Dave (Composer)

LC control no.no2015000225
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Personal name headingPorter, Dave (Composer)
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Associated countryUnited States
Field of activityMusic Composition (Music) Television music Motion picture music
AffiliationSarah Lawrence College
Profession or occupationComposers Television composers Film composers
Found inWikipedia, January 2, 2015 (Dave Porter (composer); American composer who wrote the opening theme, as well as the original score for the television series Breaking Bad. At Sarah Lawrence College, Porter studied classical and electronic music composition)
IMDb, January 2, 2015 (Dave Porter (II); composer; studied classical and electronic music composition at Sarah Lawrence College, and started his professional career at Philip Glass' studio in New York City)
Dave Porter website, January 2, 2015: bio (Dave Porter began his musical training at the piano at age five, and began composing as a teen. He studied classical and electronic music composition at Sarah Lawrence College, and started his professional career at Philip Glass' studio in New York City. Dave is best known as the series composer for the Emmy-acclaimed drama "Breaking Bad" on AMC, scoring all 62 episodes and creating its iconic theme. Dave was recently awarded the inaugural ASCAP Composer's Choice Award as Best Television Composer of 2013. He was the series composer for ABC's "Red Widow," the documentary "Bigger, Stronger, Faster", which premiered at Sundance and is currently airing on Showtime, and the horror film, "Smiley." His music also appears in the dramatic films "The Oh in Ohio", "Ultraviolet", and "Vacancy")
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Associated languageeng