Evan Evans (film composer)
{{COI|date=September 2021}}
{{short description|American film score composer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{infobox musical artist
| name = Evan Evans
| birth_name = Evan Edward Evans
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|9|13}}
| image = Evan Evans Headshot.jpg
| caption = Evan Evans
| birth_place = Bergen County, New Jersey
| instrument = Piano
| genre = Jazz, contemporary
| occupation = Composer
}}
Evan Edward Evans (born September 13, 1975 in Bergen County, New Jersey) is an American film score composer.{{cite news|author=RHYTHM ZAVERI|title=Hollywood Music Director Evan Evans Makes His Indian Debut with "Vazhiye"|url=https://asianmoviepulse.com/2020/03/hollywood-music-director-evan-evans-indian-debut/|accessdate=16 March 2020|work=Asian Movie Pulse|date=14 March 2020}}"Evan Evans" (2011) Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television, Vol. 112, Detroit: Gale, Biography in Context He is the son of jazz pianist Bill Evans.{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=6592|title=Bill Evans|publisher=All About Jazz|accessdate=3 October 2011}}
He attended University of California, Los Angeles and Nadia Boulanger Institute in Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.evanevans.org/2000/01/biography.html|title=Biography|publisher=Evanevans.org|accessdate=3 October 2011}} He apprenticed with several important entertainment industry personalities, including Argentinian film composer, concert composer and pianist Lalo Schifrin.
He generally composes for independent films.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
In 1999 he founded the record label, E3 Records; E3 is named after his three initials.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
Evans is also a semi-professional poker player and is the author of several works offering winning tips.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
Family
Evans married composer Michele Rene in May 1999; as of 2011, they had three children, Elliot (2000), Miranda (2005) and Jaden (2008). In 2024, Jaden released an album of Bill Evans covers.{{Cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Mark |date=2024-10-24 |title=Jaden Evans releases album tribute to his grandfather |url=https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/10/24/jaden-evans-releases-album-tribute-to-his-grandfather/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Jazz Journal |language=en-GB}}
He has one step-sister, Maxine.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
Filmography
- Joe Joe Angel & the Dead Guy (1997)
- Coyote (1997)
- Killers (1997)
- Something Between Us (short) (1999)
- Crimson Wings (short) (1999)
- A Table for One (1999)
- NewsBreak (2000){{cite book|last=Craddock|first=Jim|title=Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 2005|url=https://archive.org/details/videohoundsgolde00jimc|url-access=registration|accessdate=3 October 2011|date=20 January 2005|publisher=Thomson/Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-7470-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/videohoundsgolde00jimc/page/580 580]}}
- TripFall (2000)
- Future Murder (2000)
- Firestorm Rising (2001)
- Miss Wonton (2001)
- Crawl Space (short) (2001)
- Altered Species (2001)
- The Keeper (2002)
- Until Death (2002)
- Killers 2: The Beast (video) (2002) {{cite book|last=Kendall|first=Lukas|title=Film score monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVgJAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 October 2011|year=2002|publisher=Soundtrack Club, Lukas Kendall}}
- Revelation (2002)
- Hunting Humans (video) (2002)
- Crave (2003)
- American Almanacs: A Living History (video documentary) (2003)
- Pizza: The Movie (2004)
- Evilution (short) (2004)
- Bollywood and Vine (video) (2004)
- Hoboken Hollow (2006)
- Under Surveillance (2006)
- Blacklist: Recovering the Life of Canada Lee (documentary) (2008)
- Jack Rio (2008)
- MARy (2008)
- Skeletons in the Desert (2008)
- The Poker Club (2008)
- Vegan Love (short) (2009)
- Never Surrender (2009)
- Playing in Darkness (short) (2009)
- Changing Hands (2010)
- The Bay (TV series) (2010–11)
- Programming the Nation? (documentary) (2011)
- Night of the Templar (2011)
- War Flowers (2011)
- You're Nobody 'til Somebody Kills You (2011)
- The Southside (2012)
- The Gauntlet'' (2012)
- Gambit (2017)
- Gambit: Play for Keeps (2020)
- Vazhiye (2021){{cite news |author=Shilpa Nair Anand |title='Vazhiye': A 'found footage' film in Malayalam|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vazhiye-one-of-the-first-found-footage-films-in-malayalam-is-ready/article33221726.ece |accessdate=28 April 2021|website=The Hindu|date=1 December 2020}}{{cite news |title=Evan Evans to compose Malayalam's first found footage film 'Vazhiye'|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2020/sep/18/evan-evans-to-compose-malayalams-first-found-footage-film-vazhiye-2198269.html |accessdate=28 April 2021|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=18 September 2020}}
References
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External links
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Category:American film score composers
Category:American male film score composers
Category:People from Bergen County, New Jersey
Category:UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture alumni
Category:American male pianists