FULL BIO
Martin Crane is a composer based in Brooklyn, New York. He began his professional music career in Austin, Texas as the singer, writer, producer of Brazos (2 million + plays on Spotify). He released two albums as Brazos - Phosphorescent Blues (Autobus 2010) and Saltwater (Dead Oceans 2013) - and toured nationally. Brazos’ records have been reviewed in The Observer, FADER, Pitchfork, SPIN among others, and Brazos' songs have been licensed on TV shows and in commercials.
Martin began working in film in 2013 as the music supervisor for the Oscar-nominated, Emmy award-winning documentary Cutie and the Boxer. Since then, Martin's scoring work has premiered at Cannes, Sundance, SXSW, Berlinale, Tribeca, and Full Frame. Commercial clients include Gucci, GE, Mazda, Capital One, Airwick, Ambev, Galaxo Smith Kline, and VICE. His most recent projects include Season 2, Episode 2 of NETFLIX’s Dirty Money and the Tribeca 2020 doc, Picture a Scientist.
His most recent work
TV
Original Score // Black Gold (2022) dir. Gabrielle Schonder & Zach Heinzerling (Paramount+)
Original Score // Dirty Money (2020) season 2, ep2 dir. Zachary Heinzerling (NETFLIX)
FEATURES
Original Score // Picture a Scientist (2020) feature doc dir. Ian Cheney & Sharon Shattuck (Tribeca 2020 Premier)
Original Score // Community First, A Home for the Homeless (2019) feature doc dir. Layton Blaylock (SXSW 2019 Premier)
Original Score // The Escape of Prisoner 614 (2018) feature dir. Zach Golden. Starring Ron Perlman, Martin Starr, Jake McDorman, and George Sample III
Additional Music // Jaddoland (2018) feature dir. Nadia Shihab. (2018 New Orleans Film Festival, 2020 Independent Spirit Truer Than Fiction Award)
Original Score // Loleh (in production) feature dir. Gino Fortebuono
Music Supervision // Cutie and the Boxer (2013) feature dir. Zachary Heinzerling. Emmy - Best Documentary, Cinema Eye Best Score, Academy Award Nomination Best Documentary
Additional Music // How to Let Go of the World and Love All The Things Climate Can't Change (2016) feature dir. Josh Fox
SHORTS
Original Score // The Pass (2022) short dir. Pepi Ginsberg (2022 Cannes Cinéfondation premier)
Original Score // Keys to the City (2022) short dir. Ian Moubayed
Original Score // Up in Arms (2022) short dir. Shelly Carmel
Original Score // Paper Geese (2021) short dir. Elizabeth Chatelain
Original Score // The Scientists Versus Dartmouth (2020) short doc dir. Sharon Shattuck
Original Score // Jello (2019) short dir. Zachary Heinzerling (Vimeo Staff Pick Premier)
Original Score // Miss America (2019) short dir. Pepi Ginsberg (2020 Wasserman 1st Prize recipient)
Original Score // La Obscuridad (2019) short dir. Jorge Sistos (2020 King Award for Screenwriting)
Original Score // Swimsuit (2019) short dir. Hasan A. Hadi
Original Score // Motherland (2018) short doc dir. Emily Mkrtichian and Jesse Soursourian (premiered 2018 Full Frame)
Original Score // Palm Trees and Power Lines (2018) short dir. Jamie Dack (2018 Cannes Cinéfondation premier)
Original Score // Cross My Heart (2018) short dir. Sontenish Myers
Original Score // Swallow Grass Snakes (2018) short dir. Pepi Ginsberg
Original Score // Monica (2018) short dir. Gustavo Milan
Original Score // Alba and June (2018) short dir. Pepi Ginsberg
Original Score // East Hell (2017) short dir. Callum Smith (ASCAP Film Scoring workshop at Columbia University)
Original Score // The Blue Dot (2016) short dir. Pepi Ginsberg
Original Score // Kingdom (2016) short dir. Bentley Heyman
Original Score // Hugh the Hunter (2015) short dir. Zachary Heinzerling (Sundance Premier)
Original Score // Americana (2014) short dir. Zach Heinzerling. Produced by Parkwood Entertainment (Beyoncé Knowles)
DOCUMENTARY / BRANDED DOC
Original Score // Gucci x Garage (2019)
Original Score // Baker Hughes Brand Video (2019)
Original Score // Hydrow Brand Video (2019)
Original Score // Ambev: Brewers on Tap (2018)
Original Score // GE Short animations x5 (2018)
Original Score // Lasker Prizes x3 (2018) doc shorts dir. Flora Lichtman (NYTimes Link)
Original Score // Cynthia For New York - Tax the rich. Fix the subway (2018) - branded doc short
Original Score // Flonase: Hero Activation (2018) - branded doc short dir. Alec Sutherland
Original Score // Ubuntu Nozi's Story (2018) - doc short dir. Alec Sutherland
Original Score and Sound Design // GE Droneweek 2017, Episodes 1-5 (2017) - doc series dir. Zach Golden, Alec Sutherland. Shown on VICELAND
Original Score and Sound Design // An (Animated) Tour of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts (2017) short doc dir. Perrin Ireland
Original Score and Sound Design // Executive Order 9066 - Japanese American Internment (2017) - short doc dir. Flora Lichtman
Original Score // Vito Acconci | Where We Are Now (Who Are We Anyway?) (2016) - short doc dir. Zachary Heinzerling. Produced by MoMA
Original Score // Katharina Grosse | Rockaway! (2016) short doc dir. Sam Fleischner. Produced by MoMA
Original Score // Carolina Herrera - Refined Irreverence Celebrating her 35 year retrospective at SCAD (2016) short doc dir. Ryan Dickie
Original Score // Airwick: Give the Gift of Home (2015) branded doc short dir. Zachary Heinzerling produced byDroga5
Original Score // Mazda Rebels: Phil and the Mighty Mushroom (2015) short doc dir. Zachary Heinzerling. Produced by Vice UK.
Original Score and Sound Design // Animated Life: The Living Fossil Fish (2015) doc short NYT Op Doc dir. Flora Lichtman and Sharon Shattuck - 2016 Emmy Nomination: Outstanding Special Class - Short Format Daytime Program
Original Score and Sound Design // Animated Life: Mary Leakey (2015) doc short NYT Op Doc dir. Flora Lichtman and Sharon Shattuck - 2016 Emmy Nomination: Outstanding Special Class - Short Format Daytime Program
Original Score // Lasker Prizes (2015) doc short dir. Flora Lichtman
Original Score // How saber-toothed cats grew their mouth swords, Flu - The Great Migration (2015) doc short dir. Flora Lichtman and Sharon Shattuck and made possible by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
PODCAST
Original Score // Every Little Thing (2017) podcast dir. Flora Lichtman produced by Gimlet Media
PRODUCTION
Mixing and Production // NARC – Infinite Mine LP (Inscape, 2017)
Mixing and Sound Design // Ian Chang - Spiritual Leader (Kowloon Records, 2017)
Production Mixing Writing // Martin Crane - Physical Therapy (Inscape, 2015) reviewed in: Interview Magazine - FADER - Flood Magazine - KCRW
Production // NARC - EP
Production Writing Singing // Brazos - Saltwater (Dead Oceans, 2013) reviewed in: The Guardian - Line of Best Fit - Relix
Production Writing Singing // Brazos - Phosphorescent Blues (Autobus, 2010) reviewed in: Relix
EDUCATION
NYU Film Scoring Workshop (2018)
ASCAP/Columbia University Film Scoring Workshop (2017) taught by Alex Steyermark
Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas at Austin (2002 – 2007) Major: Plan II Honors
SKILLS
Pro Tools, Kontakt scripting, Vienna Ensemble Pro, Ableton, Sibelius, Cuebase, JavaScript
ORIGINAL MUSIC
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