Scott Unrein
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Scott Unrein
| image = Scott unrein.jpg
| caption = Scott Unrein in 2018
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1976|11|13}}
| birth_place = Portland, Oregon
| instrument = french horn, piano, guitar, vocal
| genre = minimalism, postminimalism, Film score, classical, experimental, electronica, ambient
| occupation = musician, composer, teacher, record producer
| years_active = Early 2000s–present
| label = Irritable Hedgehog, redbirdsong workshop
| associated_acts = The Oregon Time Machine
| website = {{url|scottunrein.org}}
}}
Scott Unrein (born November 13, 1976) is an American composer and performer of electronic and acoustic music.
History
=Early life and education=
Unrein was born in Portland, Oregon, United States. He was raised in Salem, Oregon, and attended South Salem High School graduating in 1995.
He attended University of Puget Sound where he studied music and theatre. He then attended University of Oregon graduating with a master's in composition. In 2004, Unrein moved to Kansas City, MO where he attended school at the University of Missouri and pursued a doctorate in composition. While there, he taught music at University of Missouri and Kansas City Kansas Community College.{{cite web |url=http://scottunrein.org/about/ |title=Scott Unrein |website=scottunrein.org |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728005936/http://scottunrein.org/about/ |archive-date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}
=Career=
His pieces, often for small groups and unusual instrument combinations are slow and quiet, using modular cells of process-driven music. He uses a modified western graphic notation to create ambiguous and complex counterpoint between instruments and instrument groups. Often included under the category of postminimalist and ambient West Coast-based composers, composer and music critic Kyle Gann compared his music favorably{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.artsjournal.com/postclassic/2008/09/musically_at_home_in_the_land.html |title=Musically At Home in the Land of Fountains and BBQ |publisher=Artsjournal.com |date=2008-09-14 |accessdate=2013-11-27}} to composer Harold Budd.
From 2006 to 2011, he produced and hosted a podcast, NonPop, a radio-like program (74 total episodes) covering new music and new releases of studio albums.{{cite web |url=http://www.nonpopmusic.com:80/ |title=NonPop |website=www.nonpopmusic.com:80 |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208122322/http://www.nonpopmusic.com:80/ |archive-date=8 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}
He has released several albums of music{{cite web |url=http://www.scottunrein.org/recordings/ |title=Scott Unrein |website=www.scottunrein.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315175148/http://www.scottunrein.org/recordings/ |archive-date=2012-03-15}} and has announced upcoming projects for film and television.{{cite tweet|number=1046794667692457987|user=scottu|title=So pleased to be involved with scoring @brian_padian’s new feature film @SisBroMovie! Check out the teaser trailer.… |date=1 October 2018}}
Discography
=Solo=
- bird-drawn in the sky of light, (2024) Irritable Hedgehog Music
- A Rising Space, (2018) redbirdsong workshop
- down the sky they sing, (2020) redbirdsong workshop
=collaborations=
- The Putney Cascade on The Putney Project, Vol. 1, (2012) Irritable Hedgehog Music
- Nacre on Nat Evans: The Tortoise, (2015) independent release
=Film work=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Director ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2023
|Devin Tau |Composer |
| 2020
|Brian Padian |rowspan=4|Composer |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Studio ! Episodes ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2019-2023
|Microagressions |Northern Flicker Films, Amazon Prime Video |12 |Composer |
References
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External links
- [http://www.scottunrein.org/ Official website]
- [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9335874/ IMDb]
- [http://www.nonpopmusic.com/ NonPop blog]
- [http://conservatory.umkc.edu/news-release-detail.cfm?id=99 Composer/Alum David McIntire Releases New CD on His Record Label, "Irritable Hedgehog"]
- [http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/MACCM/festival/nmaf28/ 28th Annual New Music & Art Festival, featured composer]
- [http://www.atlanticcenterforthearts.org/images/pdfs/may_august_07.pdf Associate Artist in Residence @ The Atlantic Center for the Arts]
- [http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2006/12/21/music.html Stocking Stuffers from Planet Eugene]
- [http://www.21st-centurymusic.com/ML210009.pdf 21st Century Music -- September 2000, Volume 7, Number 9 "Leading the Oregon Cheer for New Music. 26."]
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Category:American male classical composers
Category:American classical composers
Category:Postminimalist composers
Category:American ambient musicians