Kurt Oldman
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| Nationality | Swiss |
| Alma mater | Conservatory of Music in Fribourg and Lucerne Swiss Jazz School |
| Occupation | Film composer and musician |
Kurt Oldman is a Swiss born composer of music for television and film.
Oldman was born in Switzerland to parents who were both musicians. His father attended the Conservatory of Music in Fribourg. His grandfather and great-grandfather were also classical musicians. Oldman received musical training at the Fribourg Conservatory and the Lucerne Swiss Jazz School in Lucerne, Switzerland. As a young child he was inspired by several film music scores, including the score for E.T. The first film that Oldman scored was Endless Escape, a 2.5 hours Swiss-produced feature docu-drama. Previous to this he had not worked in a professional capacity as a film composer, having not worked in the industry previously. After this he attended film scoring classes at UCLA during the beginning part of his career.
Oldman produces music mainly for films, using his knowledge of guitar music to add guitar dynamics to the film scores where appropriate. He has also produced orchestral and other forms of music for the films he has worked on. Feature-length films he served as a composer for include Killer Holiday, (Lionsgate) 2013, Babysitter Wanted, Neighbor, All Along,Tapia, Holiday Baggage, King of Paper Chasin,The Confidant, Callous, Marco Polo and Hot Rod Horror. He is known for using alternative sounds as a part of his scores, implementing them into his electronic instruments for musical adaptation. The kinds of guitars he has worked with include acoustics, electrics and mandolins.
Television shows he has composed for include Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, Stalked: Someone's Watching, I Shouldn't Be Alive, Dr. G: Medical Examiner , Infested!, Monsters Inside Me, The Clinic, Say Yes to the Dress, Motor City Motors, 100 Most Shocking Music Moments, Celebrity Ghost Stories, Black Gold, Hollywood Inc., Dirty Bomb Diaries, and The Good Wife. Oldman has also worked on the scores for television pilots and short films. In 2010 he was nominated for the Best Score - Short award at the Action on Film Awards for his work on Stained. Michael Allen reviewed the score for Killer Holiday, listing it as "well composed".
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