Graeme Revell Graeme Revell

Born: 23 October 1955, Auckland, New Zealand.

Biography:
Prolific New Zealand-born composer Graeme Revell graduated from the University of Auckland with degrees in economics and politics. Despite being classically trained in piano and French horn, Revell initially embarked upon a career in the private sector - he was a regional planner in Australia and Indonesia, and an orderly in a psychiatric hospital. While working at the psychiatric hospital he formed the industrial rock band SPK with some of the more musically-inclined patients, which combined his own industrial and electronic tendencies with unique samples, some of which he recorded while walking around the wards! His involvement with SPK – specifically the single "In Flagrante Delicto" - led to an invitation from Australian directing duo George Miller and Phillip Noyce to score their suspense thriller, "Dead Calm" (1989). Revell's innovative music earned him an Australian Academy Award for Best Original Score, and set in motion a successful career in film music. Since then, Revell has scored many successful and critically acclaimed motion pictures including "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992), "Body of Evidence" (1993), "The Crow" (1994), "From Dusk Til Dawn" (1995), “Chinese Box” (1997, for which he won a Golden Osella award at the Venice Film Festival), "The Saint" (1997), "Spawn" (1997), "The Negotiator" (1998), "The Siege" (1998), "Lara Croft - Tomb Raider" (2001), "Blow" (2001), "High Crimes" (2002) and "Daredevil" (2003), many of which make use of his rhythmic, world-music driven sensibilities and a strong symphonic tradition.

Reviews:
The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D, Aeon Flux, Assault on Precinct 13, The Big Hit, Blow, Bride of Chucky, Body of Evidence, The Chronicles of Riddick, Daredevil, Gossip, Harsh Times, Lara Croft - Tomb Raider, Man of the Year, The Negotiator, Pitch Black, Red Planet, The Ruins, The Saint, The Siege, Sin City and Three to Tango

Filmography:
Pineapple Express (2008), Street Kings (2008), The Ruins (2008), The Condemned (2007), Darfur Now (2007), Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007), Marigold (2007), Bordertown (2006), Harsh Times (2006), Man of the Year (2006), The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005), Aeon Flux (2005), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (2005), The Fog (2005), Goal! The Dream Begins (2005), Sin City (2005), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Open Water (2004), Walking Tall (2004), Daredevil (2003), Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Out of Time (2003), Below (2002), Collateral Damage (2002), High Crimes (2002), Anne Frank (2001), Blow (2001), Double Take (2001), Human Nature (2001), Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (2001), Attraction (2000), Dune (2000), Gossip (2000), Pitch Black (2000), Red Planet (2000), Titan A.E. (2000), Bats (1999), Buddy Boy (1999), Idle Hands (1999), The Insider (1999), Three To Tango (1999), The Big Hit (1998), Bride of Chucky (1998), Dennis Strikes Again (1998), Lulu On The Bridge (1998), The Negotiator (1998), Phoenix (1998), The Siege (1998), Strike! (1998), Chinese Box (1997), The Saint (1997), Spawn (1997), Suicide Kings (1997), The Craft (1996), The Crow: City of Angels (1996), Fled (1996), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Race the Sun (1996), Basketball Diaries (1995), Down Came A Black Bird (1995), Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995), Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), Strange Days (1995), Tank Girl (1995), The Tie That Binds (1995), The Crow (1994), No Escape (1994), S.F.W. (1994), Street Fighter (1994), Body of Evidence (1993), Boxing Helena (1993), The Crush (1993), Ghost in the Machine (1993), Hard Target (1993), Hear No Evil (1993), Deadly (1992), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), The People Under the Stairs (1992), Traces of Red (1992), Love Crimes (1991), Until the End of the World (1991), Child's Play 2 (1990), Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990), Till There was You (1990), Bangkok Hilton (1989), Dead Calm (1989), Spontaneous Combustion (1989).

Highest Grossing Films as at end of 2007 (adjusted for inflation):
Lara Croft – Tomb Raider ($164.1m), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle ($150.2m), Daredevil ($120.4m), Freddy vs. Jason ($97.0m), The Saint ($94.7m), The Crow ($85.9m), Spawn ($84.6m), The Negotiator ($67.2m), Blow ($66.3m), The Chronicles of Riddick ($65.9m)

Links:
Official Site maintained by Phil Castillo

The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D Assault on Precinct 13 Basketball Diaries Below The Big Hit Blow Body of Evidence Bride of Chucky Chinese Box Chronicles of Riddick Collateral Damage The Craft The Crow The Crow: City of Angels Daredevil Dead Calm Dune Eaters of the Dead (Rejected 13th Warrior score) Freddy vs. Jason From Dusk Till Dawn The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Hard Target Harsh Times Human Nature Idle Hands The Insider Lara Croft - Tomb Raider Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie The Negotiator No Escape Open Water Out of Time The People Under the Stairs Phoenix Pitch Black/Bride of Chucky Red Planet The Saint S.F.W. The Siege Sin City Spawn Strange Days Street Fighter Suicide Kings Tank Girl Three To Tango Titan A.E. Until the End of the World


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