Randin Graves

Now an award-winning film composer of orchestral, electronic and world music and a renowned expert on the Australian didjeridu, Randin started his artistic career as a self-taught electronic musician and guitarist in Del Mar, California. His formal study began at the California State Summer School for the Arts in 1991, followed by a B.A. cum laude in music composition from the prominent "new music" program at the University of California at San Diego. While there, he began his passionate study of world music. From 1996 to 2003, he focused on his own label, Ginger Root Records, while also composing, arranging and providing voices for children's educational website starfall.com and continuing to be involved in theatre and the occasional film project. In 2003, Randin was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to travel to Australia and undertake a master's degree, working with traditional masters of the yidaki, or didgeridoo, in a remote Aboriginal community called Yirrkala. He stayed for five years and launched the Mulka Project Aboriginal multimedia archive and training centre. Managing Mulka gave him experience in all areas of short film production, and he produced and scored several of the centre's short films. 'Gatapangawuy Dhawu (2008)' was part of an installation that won the 3D Work Award at the 2008 Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards and Two Brothers at Galarra (2008) received the 2010 Park City Film Music Festival Director's Choice Gold Medal for Excellence in Performance/Experimental Films. On his return to the USA in 2009, Randin dedicated himself full time to film music, scoring films from all over the country and beyond from his home studio and full scoring stage. Since then, he has scored nine independent features, more than 70 shorts and webisodes, and many corporate projects, including promotional videos for Amazon.com. His work has received awards and nominations from the Action on Film International Film Festival, the Park City Film Music Festival, The Art Institute of Salt Lake City, the 48 Hour Film Project, the Salty Horror International Film Festival, the UAE Arab Film Studio, and the Filmed in Utah Awards.