Biography
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Born
28 April 1969 (age 56)
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Born In
Paris, Lamar County, Texas, United States
Blake Neely (born April 28, 1969) is an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards for his work on Everwood, The Pacific, Pan Am, Pamela, a Love Story, Good Night Oppy, and won the Emmy (2021) for The Flight Attendant.
Born in Paris, Texas, he found music at the early age of four on the family piano. With piano teachers encouraging him to learn the classics but also write his own, he quickly found a passion for composing. After being rejected from music school at the University of Texas, he was driven to teach himself and pursue a career in music. His father was a rancher and professor, and his mother a journalist and author.
In addition to his own projects, Neely has worked as a co-composer, conductor, and orchestrator with such masters as Michael Kamen, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, and Vangelis.
He has been a featured lecturer on film music at the Sundance Institute, University of Southern California, Columbia College, UCLA, Hollywood Music Workshop Vienna, Conservatory of Music Puerto Rico, NYU, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and his alma mater, The University of Texas. He is a board member of Education Through Music Los Angeles. And he is also the author of “Piano for Dummies.”
Neely’s studio, Cow On the Wall Studios, is located in Los Angeles.
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