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WHAT DOES THE EXPRESSION “THERE’S A REASON THEY CALL IT ‘SHOW BUSINESS’” MEAN TO YOU?

6th September 2019

WHAT DOES “GETTING YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR” MEAN TO YOU?

5th September 2019

WHAT DOES “PAYING YOUR DUES” MEAN TO YOU?

4th September 2019

CONSIDER THE SOURCE: Experts on not scoring films. 

4th September 2019

INFORMATION REQUESTED

28th August 2019

I WANT… THEREFORE…

27th August 2019

FREE SAMPLES TO AN ENTIRE NATION

20th August 2019

STOP TURNING TO MEDIA MUSIC COMPOSING FOR VALIDATION FROM OTHERS

16th August 2019

SHOOTING FOR THE STARS (and things that are closer)

8th August 2019

CHEER ON OUR HEROES

5th August 2019

INTERNATIONAL COMPOSER BRAVERY WEEK (August 5-11, 2019)

2nd August 2019

THE EMPOWERMENT OF “THEREFORE, I AM GOING TO…”

1st August 2019

OVERCOMING MY SPEECH IMPEDIMENT AND SOCIAL ANXIETY

31st July 2019

ALOOF-ENGAGING-NEEDY: FIND YOUR SPOT IN THAT SPECTRUM.

30th July 2019

DON’T COUNT OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY

26th July 2019

THERE IS NO FORMULA IN CALCULATING COMPOSER FEES BASED ON A PROJECT’S BUDGET

25th July 2019

CAREER DISTANCE REALITY CHECK

23rd July 2019

“DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB” CAN SOMETIMES BE GOOD ADVICE.

13th July 2019

COMPOSER YOUTUBE CHALLENGE

9th July 2019

WHO IS BETTER COMPENSATED?

8th July 2019

BUILDING AND COMPENSATING YOUR TEAM

30th June 2019

STREAMING

29th June 2019

AN EXERCISE IN ASKING FRESH QUESTIONS

28th June 2019

SHIT.  FUCK.  DAMN…  NEXT!!!!

25th June 2019

HOLDING OUT FOR THE BEST

12th June 2019

GAINING TRACTION 

11th June 2019

AGENTS TAKING ON NEW TALENT

11th June 2019

HOW DO YOU… AND OTHERS DEFINE “WORKING FOR FREE”?

29th May 2019

HOW I USED “I WILL NOT READ YOUR FUCKING SCRIPT” TO GET A DIRECTOR TO READ MY FUCKING SCRIPT.

21st May 2019

10 RULES TO CONSIDER USING BEFORE CALLING SOMEONE A “SCUMBAG”:

11th May 2019

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
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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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