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Jonathan Price is an American composer of new opera, musical theatre, film and concert works.  His most recent musical Lao Jiu: The Musical, featuring a libretto in Mandarin and Chinese dialects, inaugurated The New Drama Centre in Singapore to packed houses and overwhelmingly rave reviews.  His latest film scores are for the feature Cyber Wars, released by New Line, and Necrosis, released by American World Pictures.  His opera The Lion and the Wood Nymph was a winner of New Opera Works' OIAM competition.

Jonathan's music for television has been heard on Showtime, The Discovery Channel, TLC, Oxygen, MTV, PAX, PBS, and Fox.  With playwright/lyricist Jeff Goode (The Eight: Reindeer Monologues), he composed the song "The Hubba Hubba Hula" for The Disney Channel's American Dragon: Jake Long as well as the musical Marley's Christmas, which was a finalist in the Search for New Voices in American Musical Theatre.  Their children's musical Rumpelstiltskin is published by Baker's Plays.

His music for film includes the features Peace & Riot, Necrosis, Cyber Wars, Rustin, and Dark Woods.  His work as a soundtrack producer and synthesist can be heard in An Unfinished Life, The Grudge, Runaway Jury, Shade, The Core, The Country Bears, The Shipping News, and Bandits.

He is currently composing the pentaptych opera ÆSOPERA, with libretti by Jeff Goode, Jan Michael Alejandro and the composer, to be presented in October 2011 by Social Arts at The Blinn House, Pasadena, directed by Kirk Smith.  This event is supported in part through Subito, the quick advancement grant program of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum.  He is also composing the holiday opera The Christmas Ogre with librettist Jeff Goode, to be produced at The Sierra Madre Playhouse in December 2012.

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Composer - Film & TV

Peace & Riot (2011)

Necrosis (2009)

The Closer She Gets (2006)

American Dragon: Jake Long (2005) TV Series

Cyber Wars (2004)

Torry Holt Golf Classic (2003) TV Series
Rustin (2001)
Vampire Night (2000)
Dog Story (2000)
“Fast Food Films” (1999)
TV Series
I Am Viet Hung (1999) (TV)
Dark Woods (1999)
“The Ultimate 10.…” (1999)
TV Series
“Movie Magic” (1998)
TV Series

Decay (1998)
 

 

Composer - Musical Theatre

Wandering Willows (2011)

Marley's Christmas (2006)

Lao Jiu The Musical (2005)

Who Killed Cock Robin? (1991)

Rumpelstiltskin (1990)

Dead Poets (1990)

Escape From Eldorado (1990)

 

 

Composer - Opera

The Christmas Ogre (2012)

Æsopera (2011)

The Gift of the Magi (2009)

The Queen & the Dragon (2009)

The Lion & the Wood Nymph (2007)
 

 

Soundtrack Producer - Discography
The Core (2003)

Shade (2003)
The Country Bears (2002)
The Shipping News (2001)
Bandits (2001)
The Glass House (2001)
 


Synthesist - Filmography
An Unfinished Life (2005)
The Grudge (2004)
Runaway Jury (2003)
Shade (2003)
The Core (2003)
The Country Bears (2002)
The Shipping News (2001)
Bandits (2001)


Orchestrator/Arranger - Filmography
Swordfish (2001)
Mimic 2 (2001)
Rustin (2001)
Love Songs (1999)


Score Coordinator - Filmography
Something the Lord Made (2004)
Love Songs (1999)
Urban Legend (1998)
Rounders (1998)
 


Engineer - Filmography
Runaway Jury (2003) (additional recording)
Shade (2003)
Bandits (2001) (additional recording and mixing)


 

Education

Graduate Certificate, Scoring for

           Motion Pictures and Television (1997)
B.M., Composition (1996)

B.A., Theatre Arts: Playwriting (1992)

IMDb.com listing for Jonathan Price.

 

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Unknown Productions

American World Pictures

Kid-O Films

The Disney Channel

New Line
Fox Sports

Showtime
Cinematrix
Shovel Guy
Fox
PBS Independent Lens
Razor Digital Entertainment
TLC
Discovery
Cinematrix
 

 

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SkyPilot Theatre, Los Angeles

Unknown Theater, Los Angeles

The Theatre Practice, Singapore

The Unusual Cabaret, Bar Harbor

The Unusual Cabaret, Bar Harbor

The Unusual Cabaret, Bar Harbor

The Unusual Cabaret, Bar Harbor

 

 

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The Sierra Madre Playhouse, Sierra Madre

Social Arts, Pasadena

The Secret Rose, North Hollywood

The Secret Rose, North Hollywood

New Opera Works, American Fork

 

 

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Intrada

Intrada
Intrada
Miramax
Columbia/Sony
Varese

 


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Miramax
Sony
Fox
RKO
Paramount
Disney
Miramax
Fox


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Warner Bros.
Dimension
Showtime
Showtime


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HBO
Showtime
Columbia TriStar
Miramax
 


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Fox
RKO
Fox


 

Education
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USC

University of Iowa
University of Iowa

 

 

 

 

   


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