Stephen Ridley is a composer and orchestrator based in Los Angeles. His music features acoustic percussion instruments and electronics blended with the traditional orchestra. Stephen received his Masters in Music Composition from UCLA, where he was a student of legendary film composer Jerry Goldsmith.

Stephen was recently selected to participate in BMI’s ‘Conducting for Film’ seminar, and was hired to underscore ABC’s 2009 Academy Awards Promo campaign, a project which was helmed by director John Singleton.

Previously, he composed and conducted a large orchestral score for the short film parody 'The Sharktank Redemption', which aired on HBO networks and is part of the special edition DVD release of 'The Shawshank Redemption'. After cutting his teeth on various student and short films, he served as a pre-production music consultant and supervisor on the feature film 'Stranger Than Fiction' in 2005, and on a similar project still in development at MGM.

Stephen is also very active in the world of concert and academic music. Several of his concert works for percussion are published and distributed by C. Alan Music Press. His experimental works 'Pitch/Pulse' and 'Animism for Prepared Timpani and Playback' have enjoyed many performances, both domestic and international.

Stephen's credits and resumé:
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