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7 REASONS GETTING FEEDBACK IS RARE

4th November 2020

HOW DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IN FEEDBACK?

18th September 2020

THE PATHS TO A BEST SCORE OSCAR NOMINATION.

24th January 2017

WHY IS RACHEL PORTMAN SUCH AN ACCLAIMED AND SUCCESSFUL COMPOSER DESPITE THE PREPONDERANCE OF MEN IN HER FIELD?

5th November 2016

PERSPECTIVE: IT’S NOT THE KETCHUP

23rd June 2016

THE DOWN SIDE OF MAKING AN MAKING AN ARGUMENT BASED ON UNSUBSTANTIATED FACTS:

16th May 2016

OVERUSE AND MEANINGLESS USE OF THE WORLD “TALENTED.”

12th April 2016

HOW DO YOU DEFINE AN AMAZING WORK ETHIC AND HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT WORK ETHIC TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL MEDIA COMPOSER?

4th April 2016

THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAYING YOUR MUSIC TO OTHERS

3rd April 2016

DISCOURAGEMENT: HOW DOES DISCOURAGEMENT IMPACT YOU AND YOUR CAREER CHOICES?

1st April 2016

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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.

Art & Kraft

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HOW DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IN FEEDBACK?

CAREER DISTANCE REALITY CHECK

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THE POWER OF “AND THEREFORE…”

WHY IS RACHEL PORTMAN SUCH AN ACCLAIMED AND SUCCESSFUL COMPOSER DESPITE THE PREPONDERANCE OF MEN IN HER FIELD?

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES

MUSIC MATTERS

PERSPECTIVE: IT’S NOT THE KETCHUP

THROWING IN THE TOWEL

THE DOWN SIDE OF MAKING AN MAKING AN ARGUMENT BASED ON UNSUBSTANTIATED FACTS:

THE 24-SECOND TEST

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?

OVERUSE AND MEANINGLESS USE OF THE WORLD “TALENTED.”

THE DANGERS OF SELF-DELUSION

HOW DO YOU DEFINE AN AMAZING WORK ETHIC AND HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT WORK ETHIC TO BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL MEDIA COMPOSER?

THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAYING YOUR MUSIC TO OTHERS

DISCOURAGEMENT: HOW DOES DISCOURAGEMENT IMPACT YOU AND YOUR CAREER CHOICES?