Instruments Guitar, piano Name Douglas Romayne Genres Film score | Years active Since 2002 Role Composer | |
Occupation(s) Composer, conductor, orchestrator, music producer, songwriter, instrumentalist Albums Expressing the Inexpressible Education University of Chicago, University of Southern California Music director Forever's End, H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer, Three Days, Entity Nine Similar People Robert Duncan, Tony Jay, Christophe Beck, Walter Murphy | ||
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Douglas Romayne (born June 21, 1974) is a composer writing music for moving pictures (television, film, new media). He is Irish, Scottish and Croatian and works out of his home production studio in Venice, California.
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Romayne studied music and advanced orchestration at the University of Chicago and DePaul University with Cliff Colnot, Chicago Symphony Orchestra new music conductor and took private composition studies with composer Hans Wurman, father of Alex Wurman. He studied film scoring at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program, where he was taught by Christopher Young and Elmer Bernstein among others. He won the BMI Film Music Award, the PCFMF Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Film Music, Best Use of Score nomination by The Film & TV Music Academy and co-scored the Duck Dodgers episode "Invictus Interruptus" that won the Annie Award for Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production.
Two years after graduating from USC, Romayne was invited by Joss Whedon to score his cult series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Since then, Romayne has scored 8 seasons of television and over 30 films. He met Whedon while working for Chris Beck as Assistant Music Director on the Emmy-nominated Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical "Once More, with Feeling". Following Buffy Romayne co-scored seasons four and five of Whedon's "Angel" for Fox, David Greenwalt's supernatural thriller Miracles, Rob Bowman's action-packed series starring Taye Diggs "Day Break" for Touchstone TV and Warner Bros. Animation's Looney Toons series Duck Dodgers.
Romayne's film work scoring independent features and documentaries includes the Screamfest Crystal Skull winner H.H.Holmes'; studio projects include additional music on "Big Fat Liar", The Skulls III and The Skulls II for Universal, Stealing Harvard for Sony, "Interstate 60" for Samuel Goldwyn Films; and short projects include a strong showing of award-winning films by emerging director including Rocketboy – honored with Best Comic Film award (Comic-Con), Best Film (Malibu Celebration of Films Festival), Gold Medal for Musical Excellence (PCFMF) and Best Use of Score (Film & TV Music Academy) – among many others.
Buffyverse
Memorable tracks by Douglas Romayne from Buffy (season 7) and Angel (seasons 4 and 5) include the following:
Albums
Douglas Romayne's first film score album "Expressing the Inexpressible" is a compilation of 8 film scores available at iTunes, MovieScore Media and CD Baby, where it is an editor's choice selection.
Film Score Monthly's Steven A. Kennedy wrote, "...This album...is a fabulous demonstration of Romayne's ability to create melodic, large-sounding scores in many genres...This release is highly recommended for those interested in hearing a voice that we can only hope will move on to more high profile assignments..."
Mark Hasan of KQEK wrote, "It's hard to come out from under the shadow of a cult TV series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, but this compilation CD featuring selections from 8 scores by Douglas Romayne is both a superb promo for the composer's skillful writing, and an addictive album, particularly for film music fans wanting music with a rich, elegant orchestral sound..."
Credits
TELEVISION (short list)
"BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER"
20th Century Fox/Mutant Enemy
composer
episode 7.01 "Lessons"
episode 7.03 "Same Time, Same Place,"
director/producer Joss Whedon
cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendon
“ANGEL”
20th Century Fox/Mutant Enemy
composer: additional music
season four episodes 4.08–4.21,
season five episodes 5.01-04,5.06–5.11,5.13–5.21
producers Joss Whedon, Jeff Bell, David Greenwalt
cast: David Borneanaz, James Marsters, Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards
“MIRACLES”
Touchstone TV/Greenwalt
composer: additional music
episodes 1.02–1.13
pr. David Greenwalt, wr. Richard Hatem
cast: Skeet Ulrich, Angus Macfadyen, Hector Elizondo, Jacob Smith
“DAY BREAK”
Touchstone TV
composer: additional music
episodes 1.02–1.04
pr. Rob Bowman
cast: Taye Diggs, Moon Bloodgood, Adam Baldwin, Andrea Battle
“DUCK DODGERS”
Warner Bros Animation
composer: additional music
season one episodes 1.02–1.06,1.09–1.13,
season two episodes 2.01- 2.13,
season three episodes 3.01–3.11,3.13
pr. Tony Cervone, Spike Brandt
cast: Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Tia Carerre, Michael Dorn,
awards: Annie Award, Outstanding Music For An Animated Television Show
WOLF GIRL
aka BLOOD MOON
USA Network
composer: additional music
dir. Thom Fitzgerald, pr. Donald Kushner
cast: Tim Curry, Shawn Ashmore, Shelby Fenner
FILM (short list)
THE SKULLS III
Universal Home/Newmarket Group/Original Film
composer: additional music
dir. J. Miles Dale, pr. Neal Moritz
cast: Clare Kramer, Barry Bostwick, Bryce Johnson
THE SKULLS II
Universal/Original Films
composer: additional music
dir. Joe Chappelle, pr. Neal Moritz
cast: Nathan West, Lindy Booth, Aaron Ashmore
STEALING HARVARD
Revolution Studios/Imagine/Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures
composer: source music
orchestrator, conductor
dir. Bruce McCulloch, pr. Susan Cavan, writer Peter Tolan,
exec. pr. Chris Brancato, Howard Lapides, Maureen Peyrot, Bert Salke
cast: Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann
INTERSTATE 60:Episodes Of The Road
Fireworks Entertainment/Seven Arts/Firecorp Xi/Samuel Goldwyn Films/Screen Media
composer: source music
orchestrator
director/writer Bob Gale, pr. Peter Bray, Neil Canton,Ira Deutchman
cast: Michael J. Fox, Gary Oldman, Christopher Lloyd, Amy Smart, James Marsden
BIG FAT LIAR
Tollin/Robbins, Universal Pictures
composer: source music
orchestrator
dir. Shawn Levy, wr. Brian Robbins, Dan Schneider, pr. Michael Tollin, dp. Jonathan Brown
cast: Paul Giamatti, Frankie Muniz, Amanda Bynes, Amanda Detmer, Sandra Oh
PATCHING CABBAGE
SignalhFilms
composer
dir. Peter Rhoads, dp. Jonathan Brown
cast: Amanda Detmer, Lance Barber
ROCKETBOY
composer
dir. Justin Guerrieri, pr. Veronica Shamo-Garcia, Arvin Chen, dp. Joseph White
cast: Robert Picardo, Hunter Gomez and David Clennon
THE TRUTH ABOUT FACES
composer
dir. Lindsey Shockley, pr. Julie Sifuentes and John Blair dp. Steven Edell
cast: Hanna Hall and Julie Pop
Songs
Accountant's Dream
Suite For Beatrix
Leaving Work
Escape To Fiji
Daughters and Doubts
A Place So Pure
Welcome - Dr Wayland
Six Percent Chance
A New Agenda
First Winter Storm
Rocket In Flight
Roger's Rocket
Morgana's Gift
Something Unusual
I Miss Her
Photographic Memories
Because I Can
De-Termination
Finding Shelter
Ann
The Tree
Beautiful
Unspoken
Time Machine
Sophie
Morning
Clean Slate
Baby Steps
Angel
Tomatoes
Storage
Best Laid Plans