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13th December 2018

How Composers Get Signed, Sold, and Serviced in the Media Music Industry

27th October 2018

WHY YOUR MUSIC ISN’T BREAKING DOWN DOORS

23rd October 2018

MEDIA COMPOSERS ARE SELLING A SERVICE, NOT A PRODUCT.

23rd October 2018

AGENTS FOR ACTORS VS. COMPOSERS

21st October 2018

10 WAYS TO HELP READ A SITUATION

18th October 2018

THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMEONE…

15th September 2018

10 TAKEAWAYS FROM MY “THAT’S FROM DISNEYLAND: POP-UP EXHIBIT AND AUCTION”

29th August 2018

‘That’s From Disneyland’ – Press Highlights

31st July 2018

PINAR TOPRAK IS SCORING CAPTAIN MARVEL!!

15th June 2018

WHAT IS “EXPOSURE” AND WHAT IS ITS VALUE?

13th June 2018

ONE OF THE TOP SESSION SINGERS, BARAKA MAY, POSTED THIS:

12th June 2018

ANNOUNCING – “SESAC SCORES: THE BECK DIVERSITY PROJECT”

8th June 2018

WOMEN MEDIA COMPOSERS: A CULTURAL SHIFT

5th June 2018

ACCESS IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE COMMODITIES IN ADVANCING ONE’S CAREER

1st June 2018

I HAD NEVER DIRECTED A SHOW UNTIL I WAS 55. IT IS NOW A BIG PART OF MY LIFE.

28th May 2018

TEACHING AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS, EXPANDING ONE’S HORIZONS, AND EMBRACING ONE’S GEEKY PASSIONS.

24th May 2018

WHAT BECAME OF THE 2014 AFM VIDEO AGREEMENT?

14th May 2018

HOW I SOLD A COMPOSER… BY HIDING HIS NAME

5th May 2018

Business lessons from a Hot Dog vendor

21st April 2018

WHAT IS “EXPOSURE”. WHY DO I NEED IT? WHAT IS IT WORTH?

21st April 2018

HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL EMAIL PITCH

12th April 2018

COMPARING TRACKS: COMPOSER VS. A.I.

9th April 2018

AM I GOING TO MAKE IT? 10 WAYS TO FACE THE WORRY

4th April 2018

ADDING A NEW CAREER LATER IN LIFE

16th March 2018

THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS: MICHAEL GIACCHINO

5th March 2018

THE EXTRAORDINARY IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS: JOHN WILLIAMS

4th March 2018

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: A HISTORIC LOOK AT “THE BOTTOM”

1st March 2018

UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC TERMS: WHY COMPOSERS CAN’T BE IN A “RACE TO THE BOTTOM”

28th February 2018

“YOU WANT IT WHEN?!” AND CUSTOMER CONTEMPT.

17th February 2018

10 WAYS TO MAKE MORE MONEY AS A COMPOSER

15th February 2018

DON’T BE “CRANAL” (cranial + anal)

12th February 2018

ANOTHER MEDIA MUSIC GENRE: GERMAINE FRANCO SCORES PANDA ATTRACTION

10th February 2018

SPREADING MEDIA MUSIC AROUND THE GLOBE

8th February 2018

PINAR TOPRAK: SUPERWOMAN SCORING KRYPTON

8th February 2018

10 TIPS TO RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL COMPOSING BUSINESS

7th February 2018

Richard Kraft is the co-owner of Kraft-Engel Management, one of the world’s leading agencies specializing in representing film, theatre, television and video game composers, songwriters and music supervisors. (Read more)

Richard and his partner Laura Engel are also the producers of stage productions and live film music concert experiences including Danny Elfman’s Music From The Films of Tim Burton which had its premiere at Royal Albert Hall and has toured around the world. Richard was also the creative director and producer of the highly acclaimed Disney’s The Little Mermaid in Concert at The Hollywood Bowl. Richard and Laura produced the Emmy Award-winning PBS broadcast Live From Lincoln Center – Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton and Danny Elfman Halloween at The Hollywood Bowl – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas In Concert – Live to Film which sold out The Hollywood Bowl two nights in a row on October 31st and November 1st, 2015 and is returning this Halloween weekend. Additionally, they executive produced the historic Danny Elfman & Tim Burton 25th Anniversary Music Box which received a Grammy nomination for Best Box Set.

Richard is also directing and producing the upcoming concerts A Whole New World of Alan Menken debuting at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts and Evil Dead Live in Concert: A Halloween Experience premiering at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.

Prior to starting his own company in 1991, Richard was an agent at ICM and started his career working with several of his musical heroes such as Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein and Henry Mancini. Kraft once ran Varese-Sarabande Records where he executive produced over 150 soundtrack albums. His award-winning feature-length documentary, Finding Kraftland played at over 75 film festivals around the world.