An increasingly busy career finds Bruce Kiesling active in a wide variety of musical enterprises, with the thrust of his work focusing on his careers as film composer and classical music conductor. Bruce’s background is quite diverse with musical training in conducting, film school, harpsichord performance, and theater and piano work in both popular and classical genres.
- 08/02/10 - Bruce joins Jason Alexander and Lonny Price for "Song"
- Bruce has joined the cast and crew of Reprise Theatre Co's production of THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG starring Jason Alexander. Lonny Price directs this production which opens the end of September. More information and tickets can be found at www.reprise.org
- 7/09/10 - Music for "Land of Higher Peace" completed
- Bruce just completed the score for the Ethiopian documentary "Land of Higher Peace." This moving portrait co-produced by Mark Ezra Stokes and James Kicklighter ("Di Passaggio") profiles the daily struggles in the small Ethiopian village of Gondar, as seen through the eyes of a group of American missionaries.
- 06/15/10 - Composition begins on score for "StaleMate"
- StaleMate is nearing picture lock and the composition process has already begun. Starring Josh Randall and Sheetal Sheth, the film is looking fantastic and the music will play a significant role in the storytelling in this well written and beautifully acted feature.
- 03/05/10 - "En Route" scroing begins
- Recording of live musicians for "En Route" was completed today. The score will be edited and combined with electronic elements before the final mix is delivered next week. Directed by Colin Levy. More soon on this very promising short film.
- 9/09/09 - LA Phil/YOLA program
- Bruce was named conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) program at the EXPO Center. His first undertaking there was to prepare the orchestra for a debut appearance at the Hollywood Bowl where they appeared with the LA Phil's new Music Director Gustavo Dudamel.
- 09/01/09 - "Wesley" Completed
- Composition and live recording of the orchestra for the period feature has been completed. The orchestra was outstanding in the series of seven days of recording sessions. Samples are avaiilable on the music player page.
- 05/08/09 - "1915" Finalist for Student Academy Award
- "1915" is a Finalist for the 2009 Student Academy Awards,. The film was also the winner of the Director's Guild of America Award for Best Student Director, received a Gold Coast Award from the Hollywood East Film Festival, and will screen at the Tupelo Film Festival and Beaufort International Film Festival.
> Tupelo Film Festival Website
Current Projects
- StaleMate
- Feature: The Gilder Frontier
- > Official Website
- The 9th Dot
- Video-Cast: Studio 13 NYC
- > Studio 13 Website
Completed Projects
- Wesley
- Feature: Foundery Pictures
- > Welsey Official Website
- Seven Days of Yellow
- Feature: Ebony Egg Productions
- > Ebony Egg Website
- Foresight
- Feature: Dagtype Films
- > Dagtype Films Website
- Di Passaggio
- Feature: JamesWorks Entertainment
- > Di Passaggio Website
- A Noise of Many Waters
- Feature: Middleway Pictures
- > Middleway Pictures Website