COMPOSERS Marcus Trumpp   From subtle yet suspenseful melodies in Hollow Man 2 and The Breed to action-packed movie scores such as Live Free or Die Hard, film composer Marcus Trumpp has shown immense orchestral and electronic skill. Over the past decade, Marcus Trumpp has written, orchestrated and recorded music for film, television, commercials and multimedia in the US, Germany, England and China. A classically trained musician from Stuttgart, Germany, Trumpp's scores combine the richness of the Old World with the restless energy of his adopted homeland in the New World. Since his arrival in Hollywood in 1998, Trumpp has collaborated on a broad range of projects. These include box office hits 10,000 BC, I Robot, Alien vs Preadator, Red Eye and Underworld: Evolution, as well as video and computer games Medal of Honor and James Bond: From Russia with Love, and smaller independent work such as Vikaren and The Persistence of Dreams. His career in composing music for film started in 1994 when he wrote the score for the award-winning German picture My Grandfather and The Man in the Moon. In 1998, Trumpp attended the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program at the University of Southern California where he received training from such film music luminaries as Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin, and Leonard Rosenman. Upon completion, ASCAP selected Trumpp to attend its Film Scoring Workshop, which made one of his biggest dreams come true – To work with members of the Hollywood Studio Symphony. Trumpp continues to work with some of the world’s most outstanding musicians, composers and orchestrators. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. FEATURE FILM CREDITS Composer BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE EDKO Film/Pathe (2008) Director Chris Nahon 10,000 BC Legendary Pictures/Warner Bros (2008) Director Roland Emmerich (additional music) THE EYE Lions Gate/ C/W (2008) Director David Moreau (additional music) LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD 20th Century Fox (2006) Director Len Wiseman (additional music) THE BREED First Look Media/ DEJ Prod (2006) Director Nicholas Mastandrea HOLLOW MAN 2 Red Wagon Productions/Sony (2006) Director Claudio Fäh RED EYE Dreamworks (2005) Director Wes Craven (additional music) Orchestrator MR MAGORIUM’S WONDER EMPORIUM Mandate Pictures/FilmColony/Walden-Fox (2007) Director Zach Helm 3:10 TO YUMA Lionsgate Films (2007) Director James Mangold Academy Award nomination Best Score OMEN 666 20th Century Fox (2006) Director John Moore THE INVISIBLE Spyglass Entertainment/ Walt Disney Studios (2006) Director David Goyer UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION Lakeshore Entertainment/ Screen Gems (2006) Director Len Wiseman XXX: STATE OF THE UNION Sony Pictures/Revolution Studios (2005) Director Lee Tamahori FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX 20TH Century Fox/ Davis Entertainment (2004) Director John Moore AVP: ALIEN VS PREDATOR 20th Century Fox/ Davis Ent. (2004) Director Paul WS Anderson I, ROBOT 20th Century Fox/Davis Ent/Laurence Mark Prod (2004) Director Alex Proyas HELLBOY Sony Pictures/Revolution Studios (2004) Director Guillermo Del Toro BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH Universal Studios (2003) Director Mark Griffiths HALLOWEEN: RESURRECTION Miramax Films/ Dimenion (2002) Director Rick Rosenthal BALTO 2: WOLF QUEST Universal Cartoon Studios (2002) Director Phil Weinstein < BACK TO COMPOSERS