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7th January 2018

ONE OF THE PERKS OF BEING IN SHOW BUSINESS IS BEING IN SHOW BUSINESS.

6th January 2018

REJECTION: YOUR NEW FAVORITE THING

4th January 2018

Q: WHY DOESN’T THAT TALENTED COMPOSER WORK MORE?

2nd January 2018

RECIPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2018: MORE PRACTICE. MORE EXPERIENCE

2nd January 2018

TURNING SITUATIONS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE

21st December 2017

BUSINESS ADVICE: WHY I GIVE IT AND WHAT IT’S BASED UPON

21st December 2017

SURVEY… HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK COMPOSER MINIMUMS WOULD NEED TO BE TO QUALIFY FOR NOT “WORKING FOR FREE?”

19th December 2017

THE ART OF DEALMAKING: UNDERSTANDING AND WEIGHING BUCKETS OF COMPENSTATION

3rd December 2017

ATTENTION COMPOSERS: A MOST IMPORTANT EXERCISE

1st December 2017

JUDGING OTHERS’ MUSIC: AN EXPERIMENT IN PERSPECTIVE

23rd November 2017

THE PROS AND CONS OF GHOSTWRITING

17th November 2017

“TALENT AGENTS DON’T GET YOU WORK”. IS THAT REALLY TRUE?

14th November 2017

DEMOING: THE COST OF CUSTOMER ACQUISITION

12th November 2017

HOW THIS FORUM LED TO PURE IMAGINATION

8th November 2017

GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO DIVERSE AND FRESH TALENT- THE WONKA ORCHESTRA

7th November 2017

HOW I DECIDED TO BE A TALENT AGENT AND NOT A TALENT SCOUT.

14th October 2017

SCORING BEAR’S FIRST #1 FILM: DETERMINING A DIRECTION AND PURSUING IT

14th October 2017

POOR COMMUNICATIONS: A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

9th October 2017

NOSTALGIA AIN ‘T WHAT IT USED TO BE.

8th October 2017

PLEASE DON’T PRIVATE MESSAGE ME.

21st September 2017

THANKS TO ALL MY FRIENDS FOR HELPING ME BATTLE MY OWN VERMICIOUS KNIDS.

20th September 2017

ASSUME THE OTHER PERSON DOESN’T REMEMBER YOU.

12th September 2017

HOW WELL-KNOWN AND REMEMBERED ARE FILM COMPOSERS?

12th September 2017

A BRILLIANT POST BY LUKAS KENDALL!

11th September 2017

WHO TO LOOK AT IN DETERMINING THE COURSE OF YOUR CAREER.

11th September 2017

HOW YOUR PERSONAL CONSTITUTION IMPACTS YOUR OPTIONS.

9th September 2017

CHANGING MY PERCEPTION: COMPOSERS HELPING OTHER COMPOSERS

4th September 2017

DREAMS COME TRUE: AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY…

3rd September 2017

IT TAKES MORE THAN TALENT: HOW STUDIOS AND PRODUCERS JUDGE COMPOSERS

26th August 2017

ANOTHER BUCKET LIST ITEM ACCOMPLISHED: BEING INTERVIEWED BY LEONARD MALTIN!

25th August 2017

HOW TO STEP OUT OF A SOLITARY MINDSET INTO A SOCIAL INDUSTRY.

25th August 2017

WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY ABOUT YOU BEHIND YOUR BACK?

23rd August 2017

IS MEDIA MUSIC COMPOSING A RICH PERSON’S GAME?

21st August 2017

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.