ABOUT JEFF
Los Angeles-based composer Jeff Kryka ("krick-ah") has been awarded by Turner Classic Movies, ASCAP, the RMALA, and the Henry Mancini Foundation. As both a composer and orchestrator, his work has been featured in major motion pictures, TV-shows, video games, and heard in concert halls across the globe.
Originally from Rochester, MN, Jeff studied music composition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with composers Stephen Dembski and Laura Schwendinger, receiving his undergraduate degree in May 2006. In the fall of that year he began graduate work at the University of California-Los Angeles, studying with composers Paul Chihara and Roger Bourland. He received his masters degree in 2008, and his PhD in 2011. At UCLA he also studied film music with composers Charles Fox, Laura Karpman, and orchestration with Bruce Broughton. He has taught music theory, ear training, and composition at UCLA and the Colburn Conservatory of Music.
In 2006 Jeff was named the First Prize winner of the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition. His score was chosen out of a field of 650 international participants, and judged by award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer. In 2008 Jeff participated in ASCAP’s Film and Television Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis and was honored by the ASCAP Foundation as a recipient of the David Rose Scholarship and a grant from the RMALA.
In 2019 Jeff composed the score for the critically-acclaimed Disney+ documentary series The Imagineering Story, directed by Leslie Iwerks. The series focuses on the history and creation of the Disney theme parks around the world and the innovators who design and build them, beginning with Disneyland in 1955.
Recordings of Jeff's arrangements of music by J.S. Bach for string orchestra and solo violin, featuring violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and the English Chamber Orchestra, are available on eOne Records.
In addition to his own work, Jeff has served as an assistant and orchestrator for composers Michael Giacchino, Paul Chihara, Chris Tilton, and Laura Karpman.
Originally from Rochester, MN, Jeff studied music composition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with composers Stephen Dembski and Laura Schwendinger, receiving his undergraduate degree in May 2006. In the fall of that year he began graduate work at the University of California-Los Angeles, studying with composers Paul Chihara and Roger Bourland. He received his masters degree in 2008, and his PhD in 2011. At UCLA he also studied film music with composers Charles Fox, Laura Karpman, and orchestration with Bruce Broughton. He has taught music theory, ear training, and composition at UCLA and the Colburn Conservatory of Music.
In 2006 Jeff was named the First Prize winner of the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition. His score was chosen out of a field of 650 international participants, and judged by award-winning film composer Hans Zimmer. In 2008 Jeff participated in ASCAP’s Film and Television Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis and was honored by the ASCAP Foundation as a recipient of the David Rose Scholarship and a grant from the RMALA.
In 2019 Jeff composed the score for the critically-acclaimed Disney+ documentary series The Imagineering Story, directed by Leslie Iwerks. The series focuses on the history and creation of the Disney theme parks around the world and the innovators who design and build them, beginning with Disneyland in 1955.
Recordings of Jeff's arrangements of music by J.S. Bach for string orchestra and solo violin, featuring violinist Anne Akiko Meyers and the English Chamber Orchestra, are available on eOne Records.
In addition to his own work, Jeff has served as an assistant and orchestrator for composers Michael Giacchino, Paul Chihara, Chris Tilton, and Laura Karpman.
ORCHESTRATION CREDITS
FILM
An American Pickle (composer: Nami Melumad; themes by Michael Giacchino) Spider-Man: Far From Home (composer: Michael Giacchino) Jojo Rabbit (composer: Michael Giacchino) Bad Times at the El Royale (composer: Michael Giacchino) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (composer: Michael Giacchino) Incredibles 2 (composer: Michael Giacchino) Coco (composer: Michael Giacchino) Spider-Man: Homecoming (composer: Michael Giacchino) War for the Planet of the Apes (composer: Michael Giacchino) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (composer: Michael Giacchino) Doctor Strange (composer: Michael Giacchino) Star Trek Beyond (composer: Michael Giacchino) Zootopia (composer: Michael Giacchino) Jurassic World (composer: Michael Giacchino) Inside Out (composer: Michael Giacchino) Tomorrowland (composer: Michael Giacchino) Jupiter Ascending (composer: Michael Giacchino) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (composer: Michael Giacchino) TV Zoo (CBS series; composer: Chris Tilton) Alcatraz (Fox series; composers: Michael Giacchino, Chris Tilton, & Andrea Datzman) Fringe (Fox series; composer: Chris Tilton) VIDEO GAMES Assassin's Creed: Unity (composer: Chris Tilton) Sim City: Cities of Tomorrow (composer: Chris Tilton) Sim City (composer: Chris Tilton) Kinect Disneyland Adventures (composer: Laura Karpman) Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom (composer: Laura Karpman) THEME PARK ATTRACTIONS The Incredicoaster (Disney California Adventure; composer: Michael Giacchino) Inside Out Emotional Whirlwind (Disney California Adventure; composer: Michael Giacchino) STAGE / CONCERT Coco: Live in Concert (composer: Michael Giacchino) Up: Live in Concert (composer: Michael Giacchino) Jurassic World: Live in Concert (composer: Michael Giacchino) Star Trek Beyond: Live in Concert (composer: Michael Giacchino) Star Trek Into Darkness: Live in Concert (composer: Michael Giacchino) Star Trek: Live in Concert (composer: Michael Giacchino) |
COMPOSITION CREDITS
The Imagineering Story
(documentary series, dir. Leslie Iwerks) Traces of the Brush (feature documentary, dir. Eros Zhao) Still Here (feature film, dir. Vlad Feier) Sophie Gold, the Diary of a Gold Digger (feature film, dir. Carol Botar) Fluffo (animated short, dir. Steve McClean) How To Be A Female Director (film short, dir. Trisha Gum) Inside Out Thought Bubbles (Disney mobile app, additional music by) Yulan (ballet spectacle, orchestrations and additional music by) Quintessence (commission by Pacific Serenades) Robin Hood Fantasy (commission by the Laguna Beach Music Festival) Violin Nocturnes (commission by Anne Akiko Meyers) Tumbling (AFI Short, dir. Tina Salmassi) The D-Monster (AFI Short, dir. Kinga Suto) Deserted (AFI Short, dir. Nils Timm) Symphony No. 2 "American Pastoral" (for orchestra, 3 movements) Circles (winner of the UW-Madison Concerto Competition) Symphony No. 1 "Miniature" (for orchestra, 4 movements) |