Robert J. Kral
| Robert J. Kral | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Robert Joseph Kral |
| Born |
5 July 1967 Medindie, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Film and TV music composer |
| Instruments | Piano, sampler, synthesiser, MIDI keyboard |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Transition, La-La Land, Bulletproof, Verve |
Robert Joseph Kral (born 5 July 1967 in Medindie, South Australia) is an Australian film and television composer. He scored the TV series, Angel (the spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), for most of the entire series (1999–2004, Seasons 1 through 5). In February 2005, a soundtrack album, Angel: Live Fast, Die Never, was released, with 18 out of 25 tracks composed by Kral. He also composed the scores for the TV series Miracles (2003) for ABC / Touchstone, Jake 2.0 (2003–04), Duck Dodgers (2003–05) for Warner Bros. Animation, The Inside (2005) for Fox Television, and the Lionsgate / Sci Fi series, The Lost Room (2006). His animated film scores include Superman: Doomsday (2007), Green Lantern: First Flight (2009), Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011) and Superman vs. The Elite (2012). He scored the animated TV series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010–13) and DVD feature film "Batman: Assault on Arkham" (2014). In 2005, Kral won an Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production, for his work on Duck Dodgers.
Robert Joseph Kral was born on 5 July 1967 in Medindie, South Australia. From four-years-old he started to learn the drums and then piano, the following year. At the age of 15 years he started writing music for full orchestra, with the symphonic work "The Revival of Zion". He studied music at the Elder Conservatorium of the University of Adelaide completing a Bachelor of Music. He was taught by Tristram Cary, United Kingdom-born film composer, for part of his degree. Kral later recalled "I was mostly interested in creating moods and atmospheres for stories ... I’ve always been captivated by how movies can move an audience emotionally, due in great part to a good score". After university he worked for the South Australian Film Corporation and Channel Nine sound departments. In 1988 he composed and performed the soundtrack for Thalassaemia, a Relative Chance, an instructional video, on "the genetics and spread of Thalassaemia" for Adelaide Children's Hospital.
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