Norman Ludwin

Dr. Norman Ludwin is a bassist, composer, orchestrator, and teacher who worked as bassist on the first seasons of , , and as well as on . More recently, he worked as bassist on and as additional orchestrator on .
Born in Sherman Oaks, Ludwin attended the California Institute of Arts where he graduated with a bachelors degree in Performance in 1977. Following several years als musician, mostly as bassist, he continued his studies and received his masters degree in Composition from the California State University at Northridge in 2003. He completed his studies in 2007 when he earned his doctorate in composition from the Claremont Graduate University.
As performer, Ludwin worked with the Mozart Camerata, the South Bay Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony in the Glen, the San Diego Symphony, LA Chamber Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, LA Opera, Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony and the Long Beach Symphony as well as the Florida Symphony and the Natal Philharmonic in Durban South Africa. Beside working as instructor and teacher at the UCLA Extension Film Music Department and at the Claremont Community School of Music, he has also released two CDs and owns the world's largest catalog of double bass music at his website, .
Working in the film and television business since 1985, Ludwin has performed in the soundtracks for television series such as (1995, starring Lanei Chapman and Tucker Smallwood), (1995-1996), Superman (1997-1998), King of the Hill (1997-1999, starring the voices of Pamela Adlon and Stephen Root), J.J. Abrams' (2001-2002), Las Vegas (2003-2004, starring Nikki Cox), Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci's Fringe (2008-2009, music by Michael Giacchino), (2004-2010, starring Daniel Dae Kim and Terry O'Quinn), Undercovers (2010-2012), and Alcatraz (2012, starring Leon Rippy).
Film work include (1986), (1987), (1988), (1988), (1989), (1990), (1991), Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991), (1992), (1992), (1993), (1993), (1993), (1994), (1994), (1995), (1995), (1996), (1996), (1997), (1998), (1998), (1998) and (1999), (1999), (1999), (2000), (2001), (2003), (2004) and (2007), Kirk Thatcher's (2005), (2005), (2005), (2006), (2007), (2008), (2009), (2011), (2011), (2011), (2011), and (2012).
More recently, Ludwin performed as bassist on the animated short film Toy Story of Terror (2013), (2014), and (2015) and worked as orchestrator on the animated feature Inside Out (2015). In the more recent years, Ludwin normally worked for composer and orchestrator Michael Giacchino.
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