About

Recent work includes additional music for a few feature documentaries including Netflix’ Unknown: Killer Robots, Superpower (a feature doc produced and directed by Sean Penn centered around Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy), and A&E’s Kids In A Cage. New music has also been featured in trailer campaigns for Hulu’s Boston Strangler, Fantastic Beasts 3, and The Northman. Additionally, Brian has had several new albums released in April 2023 on Warner Chappell Production Music’s new label Scoremongers, headed up by Pat Weaver. 

In 2018 he moved into a new studio space in Burbank within the post-production facility Aura Sound and Color. Housing a collection of vintage and modern synthesizers, microphones, a Hammond Organ, a 1920’s Winter upright piano, a Bass Harmonica, a Talharpa, and an ever-growing variety of percussive noise-makers, the suite of rooms include a main writing room with a comfortably sized booth, as well as an additional smaller writing room and booth for an assistant or visiting artist or collaborator.

In 2012, Brian began a relationship with film makers David Dodson and Marius Balchunas, which has resulted in 10 feature films to date including the Russian Comedy of the Year in 2013 (8 First Dates),  The Landing (2017), and the most successful film in the history of Ukrainian cinema (Me You He She, 2018), starring Volodymyr Zelenskyy (the current President of Ukraine).

After completing degree programs in composition at Pepperdine and Arizona State University, Brian moved to LA. Working as a private piano teacher and pursuing independent artist recording projects led to his first job in 2004 as an assistant and orchestrator for Ron Jones on 9 seasons Family Guy and 4 seasons of American Dad. Throughout these years, he also began writing for various television shows on Discovery, National Geographic, History Channel, Hallmark, and others. He also co-founded a company with fellow composer, Erik Aho, called WaxLab Music that created custom music campaigns for clients including Honda, NatureMade, Adobe, and Activision.  Additionally, as a string arranger and keyboard player, he contributed to the albums of artists like Colbie Caillat, Camino, Brian May, and many other independent artists.

Additionally, In 2019, he and his wife Tricia Carr founded The Field Audio, an audio post production company that provides recording services for voice actors and podcasts. Recent projects include Final Fantasy XVI, A Million Little Things, S.W.A.T., Young Sheldon, Magnum P.I., and many international language projects for Netflix.