RYAN WHITTIER

I’m currently creating and compiling a small collection of short solo piano works.  Some are brand new, and some are from recent years.  The moods of the pieces are generally nostalgic and wistful – some with a touch of mystery - and each of the compositions for this collection has a quality that makes it particularly effective as film score… a few of the pieces have already appeared as such.  I plan to release a recording of the pieces in 2013.

I had the pleasure of providing the music score for this Great Gifts from Crayola commercial.  For the music, I provided an adaptation of my Miracle On 22nd Street theme reprise, and created an instrumental end tag of ‘partridge in a pear tree’ to match the rest of Crayola’s holiday commercial campaign.  It was lots of fun to do, and I love the way the commercial turned out.

Ken Burns: On Story from Redglass Pictures on Vimeo.

The brand new short documentary film “Ken Burns: On Story“, which I scored for Redglass Pictures, made its web debut on The Atlantic.  The film features the legendary Ken Burns discussing what he finds most compelling about the art of storytelling.  I was honored to compose and perform the music for it.

I am honored to be the recipient of a 2011-2012 ASCAPLUS award. This award “recognizes your creative contributions to American music this past year”.

I recently finished the original music for Redglass Pictures’ brand new short film about “millenials” for Mercer (a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies).  It was a fun and challenging project for me, since the soundtrack needed elements of indie, folk, and good old fashioned rock’n'roll; it gave me the opportunity to feature guitars and a vocal cameo, which I hadn’t done on a soundtrack since 2005.

Here’s a link to the short documentary film ‘Miracle on 22nd Street’, as featured on The New York Times home page on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day, 2010:

Miracle on 22nd St from Redglass Pictures on Vimeo. I composed and recorded all the music in the week leading up to the debut of this true story of a genuine Christmas mystery by Sarah Klein and Tom Mason of Redglass Pictures.  I’m honored that Vimeo creator Blake Whitman gave a personal shout-out to the documentary, as well as to the music in its own right.