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FACING YOUR FEAR OF LOOKING FOOLISH

7th May 2019

STOP LURKING

6th May 2019

I LOVE TO LAUGH

5th May 2019

EVERYONE IS BRANDING THEMSELVES

5th May 2019

THE ON-RAMP TO THE CAREER HIGHWAY

30th April 2019

SCORING SHORT FILMS GOOD DEAL = BAD DEAL = SAME DEAL

29th April 2019

THE MEANING OF WORDS

8th April 2019

HUSTLE

7th April 2019

DOES AGE MATTER?

7th April 2019

LIFE IS A JOURNEY

5th April 2019

COMPOSER DISRUPTION #3 – SOUND MOVIES (1927)

4th April 2019

SOME REAL PERSPECTIVE POSTED ON PINAR TOPRAK’S FACEBOOK PAGE:

3rd April 2019

COMPOSER DISRUPTION #2 – RADIO (1920’s)

3rd April 2019

COMPOSER DISRUPTION #1 – THE PHONOGRAPH (1890’s)

2nd April 2019

DISRUPTION AND PROSPERITY

29th March 2019

GET LIVID

24th March 2019

“SEND A FEDEX LETTER INSTEAD OF AN EMAIL.”

21st March 2019

MUSIC and CUSTOM MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY and STOCK PHOTOS

17th March 2019

MUSIC AND THE FASHION ARTS: HAUTE COUTRE and READY-TO-WEAR.

15th March 2019

CREATING COMPOSERS’ ASSISTANTS GUIDELINES

14th March 2019

THE POWER OF INDIVIDUAL CAREER INVESTING CHOICES

7th March 2019

SHOW ME. SHOW ME. SHOW ME.

7th March 2019

ONE OF MY PROUDEST MOMENTS IN OVER 30 YEARS OF BEING AN AGENT.

5th March 2019

AS A PRODUCER/DIRECTOR WHY I LIKE WORKING WITH CREATIVES WHO HAVE TEAMS

28th February 2019

THE LIFE OF PIES

18th February 2019

HOW TO GIVE 100% and LET GO 100%

12th February 2019

EXPERIENCE: LEARNING THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW YOU NEVER KNEW.

10th February 2019

RANK YOUR EIGHT PRIORITIES…

8th February 2019

MEDIA MUSIC AND HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

1st February 2019

THE EXPERIENCE OF INEXPERIENCE

23rd January 2019

A BROADER PERSPECTIVE

23rd January 2019

COMMISSIONS

15th January 2019

SAW THIS TODAY REGARDING 25% CASH REBATES FOR SCORES RECORDED IN TENNESSEE:

13th December 2018

THE LONG GESTATION OF DREAMS…

25th November 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

HOW SOON TO BECOME JADED?

22nd 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

10 WAYS NOT TO GET HIRED

6th 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
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About the Author

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.

Richard on working with the greats

  • TRUE CONFESSION: TAKING A GIANT RISK WITH JERRY GOLDSMITH

    22nd January 2017
  • THE BEYONDNESS OF THINGS: MY BITTERSWEET RELATIONSHIP WITH BARRY. JOHN BARRY.

    22nd May 2016
  • MY SAVIOR, ELMER BERNSTEIN

    22nd May 2016
  • FINDING FAMILY WITH BASIL POLEDOURIS

    22nd May 2016
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