Paul Haslinger

Paul Haslinger (born 11 December 1962) is an Austrian-born composer and musician currently based in Los Angeles, California.

After studying classical music in Vienna, Austria, Haslinger joined the German electronic music group, Tangerine Dream in 1986. During the following 5 years he recorded a total of 15 albums with the group, participated in 4 international tours and collaborated on a number of soundtracks, including "Miracle Mile", "Near Dark", and "Shy People". The soundtrack album for the Miramar release Canyon Dreams, earned Haslinger his first Grammy nomination in 1991.

Haslinger decided to leave the group and move to Los Angeles in 1992. The Blue Room project, in collaboration with Peter Baumann, was recorded but never released on Private Music. Subsequently, Haslinger set up his own studio operation in West Hollywood, CA, named The Assembly Room, and released 3 solo albums, "Future Primitive" (1994), "World Without Rules" (1996), and "Score" (1999).

In 1998, he was asked to join the team around film composer Graeme Revell, working as a programmer and arranger for projects such as "Chinese Box", "The Negotiator", "The Siege", "Pitch Black", "Blow" and "". It was during this time that Haslinger decided to redirect his creative effort towards film scoring specifically and music-to-picture applications in general. After getting his start with a series of experimental Computer Graphic scores ("Planetary Traveler", "The Story of Computer Graphics"), he earned his first solo feature credit with the 2000 HBO film "Cheaters", which also marked the directorial debut of John Stockwell. The movie established Haslinger as a new voice in film scoring, blending song and score elements into a more integrated approach, aiming to combine the best of traditional orchestral scoring technique, with up to date music production, as it is typically only employed on album production. The approach was successful, and Haslinger has worked on every John Stockwell film since ("Crazy/Beautiful", "Blue Crush", "Into The Blue", "Turistas").

Steven Spielberg's 2002 "Minority Report" marks the first time Haslinger’s music was licensed to replace musical song elements used in the film soundtrack. To date, existing music of Haslingers’ has been licensed for over 20 feature films, including "Batman Begins", "The Mothman Prophecies" and "An Inconvenient Truth".

In 2003, Haslinger scored his first film to open No.1 at the US box office, "Underworld", directed by Len Wiseman. The score soundtrack was released on Lakeshore Records, and based on the success of this album Haslinger was approached by Canadian/French game developer UbiSoft in 2005 to write music for his first computer game, "Far Cry Instincts". The working relationship continues, and recently Haslinger has finished producing the music for "Rainbow Six Vegas", the latest in the Tom Clancy inspired series of computer games, to be released in late 2006.

Haslinger favors a recording studio based production style, working in close collaboration with musicians and using multi-tracking and non-linear editing techniques as part of his creative process. He describes the studio itself as his main instrument.

In recent years, a core group of collaborators has established itself around Haslinger, including jazz trumpet player Jon Hassell, Brian Williams (aka Lustmord), guitarists Adam Jones (Tool) and Peter Maunu, Lebanese musician AJ Racy, and singers Sussan Deyhim, Nona Hendryx and Lori Carson. This group was prominently featured in the score for the Showtime Mini-Series, "Sleeper Cell", now in its second season. The music for "" earned Haslinger his first Emmy nomination in 2006.

Current Feature Film releases include "Vacancy" (2007) and "Shoot Em Up" (2007) and the upcoming Kevin Connolly Directed Film, "Gardener Of Eden" which premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. Haslinger is completing a new album project entitled ‘3AM’, expected to be released in 2007.

Discography

olo

* "Shoot Em Up" (OST, 2007)
* "Vacancy" (OST, 2007)
* "Sleeper Cell 2: American Terror" (OST, 2007)
* "Turistas" (OST, 2007)
* "Crank" (OST, 2006)
* "Sleeper Cell" (OST, 2006)
* "Girl Next Door " (OST, 2004)
* "Underworld" (OST, 2003)
* "Crazy/Beautiful" (OST, 2001)
* "Score" (1999)
* "Planetary Traveler" (OST, 1998)
* "World Without Rules" (1996)
* "Future Primitive" (1994)

Coma Virus

* "Hidden" (1997)

Programmer for Graeme Revell

* "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (OST, 2001)
* "Red Planet" (OST, 2000)
* "The Siege Soundtrack" (OST, 1998)
* "The Negotiator" (1998)
* "Phoenix" (OST, 1998)
* "The Chinese Box" (OST, 1997)

With Lightwave

* "Bleue Comme Une Orange" (2004)
* "Mundis Subterraneus" (1995)
* "Tycho Brahe" (1993)

With Tangerine Dream

* "Vault IV" (2004)
* "Zoning" (OST, 1996)
* "Catch Me If You Can" (OST, 1994)
* "Deadly Care" (OST, 1992)
* "L'Affaire Wallraff" (OST, 1991)
* "Canyon Dreams" (OST, 1991)
* "Dead Solid Perfect" (OST, 1990)
* "Melrose" (1990)
* "Destination Berlin" (1989)
* "Lily On the Beach" (1989)
* "Miracle Mile" (OST, 1988)
* "Optical Race" (1988)
* "Live Miles" (1988)
* "Shy People" (OST, 1987)
* "Three O'Clock High" (OST, 1987)
* "Near Dark" (OST, 1987)
* "Tyger" (1987)
* "Underwater Sunlight" (1986)

Filmography

olo

* "Death Race" (2008)
* "" (2008)
* "Prom Night" (2008)
* "Shoot 'Em Up" (2007)
* "Gardener Of Eden" (2007)
* "Vacancy" (2007)
* "" - Television Series (2006)
* "Turistas" (2006)
* "" - Video Game (2006)
* "Crank" (2006)
* "N'Vidia" - Original Music for E3 Connvention (2006)
* "" - Video Game (2006)
* "Far Cry Instincts" - Video Game (2005)
* "Into The Blue" (2005)
* "" - Television Series (2005)
* "The Girl Next Door" (2004)
* "Underworld" (2003)
* "Bring It On Again" (2003)
* "Blue Crush" (2002)
* "Crazy/Beautiful" (2001)
* "Dharmok's Gate" (2000)
* "Cheaters" (2000)
* "Story of Computer Graphics" (1999)
* "Planetary Traveler" (1997)

Programmer for Graeme Revell

* "" (2001)
* "Blow" (2000)
* "Red Planet" (2000)
* "Titan A.E." (2000)
* "Pitch Black" (2000)
* "The Siege" (1998)
* "The Negotiator" (1998)
* "Phoenix" (1998)
* "Chinese Box" (1997)

With Tangerine Dream

* "Rainbow Drive" (1989)
* "Catch Me If You Can" (1989)
* "The Man Inside (L'Affaire Wallraff)" (1989)
* "Destination Berlin" (1989)
* "Dead Solid Perfect" (1988)
* "Miracle Mile" (1988)
* "Zoning" (1987)
* "Red Nights" (1987)
* "Tonight's The Night" (1987)
* "Deadly Care" (1987)
* "Shy People" (1987)
* "Three O'Clock High" (1987)
* "Near Dark" (1987)
* "Canyon Dreams" (1987)
* "City of Shadows / Nightmare City" (1986)
* "Red Heat" (1986)

Collaborators

* Justin Meldal-Johnsen
* Steve Tavaglione
* Joey Waronker
* Jason Falkner
* Jon Hassell
* Adam Jones
* Nona Hendryx
* Sussan Deyhim
* Brian Williams (aka Lustmord)
* Graeme Revell
* Robert Rich
* AJ Racy
* Pete Maunu
* Diego Stocco
* Charlie Campagna
* Lori Carson
* Edwin Wendler
* Bernard Locker
* Mike Kumagai
* Jason Jones
* Ron McLeod
* Joeseph Williams
* Bart Hendrickson
* Alex Kharlamov
*Loren Nerell

Awards

* Grammy Nomination (w/ Tangerine Dream) - "Canyon Dreams" (1991)
* Emmy Nomination - "Sleeper Cell" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.haslinger.com Paul Haslinger's Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/phaslinger Paul Haslinger's Official Myspace Page]
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* [http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/film+composer Interview with Paul Haslinger on Being a Film Composer]

Sources

* [http://www.haslinger.com Paul Haslinger's Official Website]