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31st January 2020

HOW Alan Zachary AND Michael Weiner MANIFESTED A MUSICAL EPISODE OF “ONCE UPON A TIME” WITH THEM AS THE SONGWRITERS

1st March 2017

THE PATH OF SEVEN DEMOS TO LAND A CAREER-CHANGING FILM

26th January 2017

HOW AN UNACCEPTABLE “NO” BECAME A RESOUNDING “YES”

22nd January 2017

TRUE CONFESSION: TAKING A GIANT RISK WITH JERRY GOLDSMITH

22nd January 2017

WHY THE COMPOSER IN THIS VIDEO IS NEVER GOING TO HAVE A CAREER.

17th January 2017

HOW MANY OF THE 692 FILMS OF 2016 DID YOU APPLY FOR?

29th December 2016

HOW MANY OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WILL YOU PURSUE IN 2017?

29th December 2016

HOW TO GET A JOB ON A GREAT FILM.

8th December 2016

TIP #3 FOR ALL COMPOSERS (BUT ESPECIALLY WOMEN): BE SEEN AND HEARD

27th November 2016

TIP #2 FOR ALL COMPOSERS (BUT ESPECIALLY WOMEN): Constantly pound on doors like you are a salesperson (Because you are):

23rd November 2016

TIP FOR ALL COMPOSERS (BUT ESPECIALLY WOMEN): SEND YOUR MUSIC TO MUSIC EDITORS.

23rd November 2016

PICKING COMPOSERS: IT’S EITHER “OH, HELL YEAH” OR IT’S “NO”

12th November 2016

THE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES OF COMPOSERS HIRED TO DO THE TOP 50 SUPERHERO FILMS.

5th November 2016

FELLOW COMPOSERS: THE LOW HANGING FRUIT

5th September 2016

BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP (AND STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE PLANS OF OTHER MOUSETRAP MAKERS.)

11th August 2016

FAME AS A PATH TO MORE OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES

6th July 2016

REJECTION: CONGRATULATIONS! – Part One

1st July 2016

REJECTION: CONGRATULATIONS – Part Two

1st July 2016

IF YOU WANT TO CATCH FISH, GO WHERE THE FISH ARE

16th 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.