Vivek Maddala
{{short description|American music composer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Vivek Maddala
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| caption = Vivek Maddala during a 2016 soundcheck
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| birth_place = Rochester, New York
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| instrument = Drums, piano, guitar, bass, Hammond organ, conductor
| genre = Film score, Classical, big band, jazz, rock, funk, R&B, World
| occupation = Composer, musician, record producer, recording engineer, inventor
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| website = [http://www.maddala.com maddala.com]
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Vivek Maddala is a four-time Emmy-winning composer who focuses on writing music for feature films, theater and dance productions, and television. He is known for composing music scores for films such as Kaboom, Highway, and the Peabody-winning American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, as well as for silent film restorations for Turner Classic Movies, including a 90-minute score for the Greta Garbo film The Mysterious Lady (2002).{{Cite web |url=http://ttbook.org/book/vivek-maddala-film-scores |title=Vivek Maddala on film scores | to the best of our KNOWLEDGE |access-date=2013-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113024213/http://www.ttbook.org/book/vivek-maddala-film-scores |archive-date=2017-01-13 |url-status=dead }} Additionally, Maddala writes, produces, and performs as a multi-instrumentalist with various recording artists. He is a Sundance Lab Fellow{{cite web | url = http://www.sundance.org/festival/article/musical-minds/ | title = Musical Minds | publisher = Sundance.org | access-date = 22 January 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110202021113/http://www.sundance.org/festival/article/musical-minds/ | archive-date = 2 February 2011 | url-status = dead }} for film composition, and has had work premiere at the Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, and Sundance film festivals.{{cite web | url = http://www.maddala.com | title = Vivek Maddala's Official Website | publisher = N/A | access-date = 16 June 2013 }} Maddala has received six Emmy nominations, with four wins, in the category of "Outstanding Music Direction and Composition."{{Cite web|url=https://www.bmi.com/news/entry/bmi-congratulates-its-2020-daytime-emmy-winners|title=BMI Congratulates its 2020 Daytime Emmy Winners|date=27 July 2020}}
Maddala has served as Composer-in-Residence at Columbia College Chicago and has guest lectured in various graduate and undergraduate music programs.{{cite web | url = https://issuu.com/columchi/docs/42804_22_mus_deptbrochure-issuu | title = Columbia College Chicago: Music Brochure 2022}} Since 2021, he has authored a column for Stereogum where he analyzes pop music for general audiences from the perspective of a composer and producer.{{cite web | url = https://www.stereogum.com/category/columns/in-theory/ | title = "In Theory" column for Stereogum}}
Personal life
Vivek Maddala is the son of economist G. S. Maddala. He began playing music at age 3 and later studied jazz performance at the Berklee College of Music.{{cite news|last=DeYoung|first=Bill|title=Local Composer Scores Silent Film|newspaper=Gainesville Sun|date=October 24, 2000}} He earned degrees in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and pursued graduate studies at the University of Washington.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
Awards
- Grand Prize winner of the Young Film Composers Competition{{cite web |title=TCM breathes new life into silent-film library, young careers |url=http://onlineathens.com/stories/011906/living_20060119017.shtml |publisher=Online Athens |access-date=11 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112517/http://onlineathens.com/stories/011906/living_20060119017.shtml |archive-date=4 March 2016 |date=19 January 2006}}
- ASCAP Film Scoring Fellowship{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/news/ascap-workshop-day-2-1117988764/|title = ASCAP Workshop, Day 2|date = 10 July 2008}}
- JPFolks Soundtrack Album of the Year for The Patsy{{Cite web |url=http://www.jpfolks.com/MusicAwards/2006/Winners/Album.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004135548/http://www.jpfolks.com/MusicAwards/2006/Winners/Album.htm |archive-date=2017-10-04 |url-status=dead }}
- Gold Medals at the Park City Film Music Festival for Wild Oranges, They Turned Our Desert Into Fire and Grasshopper{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534540/awards|title=Vivek Maddala|website=IMDb}}
- BMI Conducting Fellowship{{Cite web|url=http://www.bmi.com/photos/entry/539441|title = 12TH Annual Conducting Workshop Continues Acclaimed BMI Tradition|date = 12 August 2009}}
- 2010 Council of Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni{{Cite web |url=http://www.coe.gatech.edu/content/engineering-inducts-some-its-finest |title=Engineering Inducts Some of its Finest | the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech |access-date=2013-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720032746/http://www.coe.gatech.edu/content/engineering-inducts-some-its-finest |archive-date=2010-07-20 |url-status=dead }}
- 2014 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (nomination), Best Score – Documentary{{cite web |url=http://www.hmmawards.com/2014-music-in-visual-media-nominees/ |title=Music Awards Los Angeles {{!}} Music Awards Hollywood |website=www.hmmawards.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111050615/http://www.hmmawards.com/2014-music-in-visual-media-nominees |archive-date=2015-01-11}}
- 2017 Daytime Emmy Awards (nomination), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition{{Cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/daytime-emmys-dreamworks-21-nominations-tops-animation-competition/|title = Daytime Emmys: DreamWorks' 21 Nominations Tops Animation Competition|date = 24 March 2017}}
- 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards (win), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/daytime-creative-arts-emmy-awards-winners-2018-list-1202378665/|title = Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards: 'Bold and the Beautiful', 'Sesame Street' Top Winners|date = 28 April 2018}}
- 2019 Annie Award (nomination), Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2019-annie-award-nominations-complete-list-1165091/item/best-animated-feature-1165093|title = Annie Awards: 'Incredibles 2,' 'Ralph' Lead Feature Nominees; 'Mary Poppins Returns' Also Nominated|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 3 December 2018}}
- 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards (win), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/daytime-emmys-2019-creative-arts-winners-list-1202607372/|title = Daytime Emmys Creative Arts Awards: 'Young and the Restless', 'Sesame Street' Among Winners|date = 4 May 2019}}
- 2020 Annie Award (nomination), Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-annie-award-winners-complete-list-1258805/item/best-animated-feature-2020-annie-award-winners-1269738|title = 'Klaus' Wins Big at Annie Awards for Animation|website = The Hollywood Reporter|date = 25 January 2020}}
- 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards (win), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/daytime-emmys-winners-2020-sesame-street-1234716898/|title = Daytime Emmys Announce Kids, Animation, Lifestyle Awards: 'Sesame Street' Among Big Winners|date = 27 July 2020}}
- 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards (win), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/daytime-emmys-children-animation-winners-list-1235022323/|title=Lupita Nyong'o, Mark Hamill Among Daytime Emmy Children's and Animation Winners|date=18 July 2021}}
- 2022 Children's and Family Emmy Awards (nomination), Outstanding Music Direction and Composition{{Cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/CAFE-Nominations-with-Credits-11.23-at-1000.pdf|title=CAFE-Nominations-with-Credits-2022-11-08-1600.pdf}}
- 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (nomination), Best Score – Streamed Animated Film{{cite web|url=https://www.hmmawards.com/2022-hmma-nominations/ | title=2022 HMMA Nominations}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.maddala.com}}
- {{IMDb name|0534540|Vivek Maddala}}
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Category:American film score composers
Category:American film people of Indian descent
Category:University of Washington alumni
Category:American male musicians of Indian descent
Category:American musicians of Indian descent
Category:Writers from Gainesville, Florida
Category:Musicians from Gainesville, Florida
Category:American male film score composers
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