Kurt Oldman
Kurt Oldman is a Swiss born composer of music for television and film.
Early life and career
Oldman was born in Switzerland to parents who were both musicians. His father attended the Conservatory of Music in Fribourg. His grandfather and great-grandfather were also classical musicians. Oldman received musical training at the Fribourg Conservatory and the Lucerne Swiss Jazz School in Lucerne, Switzerland. As a young child he was inspired by several film music scores, including the score for E.T. The first film that Oldman scored was Endless Escape, a 2.5 hours Swiss-produced feature docu-drama. Previous to this he had not worked in a professional capacity as a film composer, having not worked in the industry previously. After this he attended film scoring classes at UCLA during the beginning part of his career.
Career
Oldman produces music mainly for films, using his knowledge of guitar music to add guitar dynamics to the film scores where appropriate. He has also produced orchestral and other forms of music for the films he has worked on. Feature-length films he served as a composer for include Killer Holiday, (Lionsgate) 2013, Babysitter Wanted, Neighbor, All Along,Tapia, Holiday Baggage, King of Paper Chasin,The Confidant, Callous, Marco Polo and Hot Rod Horror. He is known for using alternative sounds as a part of his scores, implementing them into his electronic instruments for musical adaptation. The kinds of guitars he has worked with include acoustics, electrics and mandolins.
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