Bruce Faulconer
Bruce Faulconer (born September 10, 1951) is an American musician, composer and record producer. He writes music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, and various instrumental, and choral music groups. He is best known for writing (as well as composing some of) the replacement scores for episodes of "Dragon Ball Z" which aired in the United States from 1999 to 2003. He is the owner and founder of Faulconer Productions, and CakeMix Recording studio. Education. Bruce Faulconer received advanced musical training in composition at the University of Texas with composers Hunter Johnson, Karl Korte, Joseph Schwantner, and Eugene Kurtz . While studying at the University of Texas at Austin, he was awarded a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree in Composition. He has also received two Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships from the Ohio State University as a composer in residence. Career. Faulconer had recorded much of his music at CakeMix Recording, most notably 243 episodes of the English dub of the series "Dragon Ball Z" on Cartoon Network. He also scored 3 seasons of "Your New House" on the Discovery Channel, "Your House and Home", "To Life" on iLife, "Reality of Speed" on Spike and Speed Channel, "Bass Champs" on HDNet and  the Outdoor Channel, and sound design for 2 seasons of the infamous "Cheaters" in syndicated television. He also worked on sound design and surround sound mix for the movie adaptation of "", and audio post for HD shows including "Higher Definition", "PASSPORT LOVE", and "Higher Definition Take 2". In 2013, Faulconer composed the music for the feature film, Bystander Theory. His television music for Dragon Ball Z, commissioned by FUNimation, began with season 3, episode 67/68 in 1999 and continued through the end of the series in 2003 with episode 291. The series received ratings as the Nielsen Number One Rated  show in Children's Programming for Cable TV in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Faulconer created a 9 album soundtracks series with almost 9 hours of the Faulconer Productions "Dragon Ball Z" television musical score, which was recorded and mastered at CakeMix Recording. Despite the fact that Faulconer takes credit for all of this soundtrack, he has composed only around 10% of the music. The majority of the Faulconer Productions music was made by Scott Morgan, Mike Smith and 12 tracks were worked on by Julius Dobos. Awards. Faulconer's music has been acknowledged by numerous national and international performances and  first prizes from competitions sponsored by organizations including the Elkhart Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Worth Symphony, the World Saxophone Congress (second prize), as well as recognition from the International Gaudeamus Music Week, the Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo, and the Texas Manuscript Archives. Commissions. Faulconer has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, Midwestern Composers Alliance, McLean-Paris Foundation, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, violist David Lowe, Bethany College, Texas Composers Forum, Texas Sesquicentennial Commission, North Texas City Faire Arts Project, the MacDowell Colony, and BMI. Faulconer has also received commissions from the Voices of Change, Bethany  College, Marygrove College, and the University of Texas Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Other commissioned works composed by Faulconer include film scores ("Scenes in the Dark", "Lebensborn", ""), PBS National Television documentaries ("Tornado Alert", "Fiesta in the Sky", "Fire! What You Need to Know", "Locked Out of the American Dream", "The Writing Coach"), and commercial music production for television and radio. One of his many commissions, "Washington-on-the-Brazos, a Symphonic Poem", received a premiere by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The San Antonio Symphony also performed "Washington-on-the-Brazos" on tour in Texas and performed it for the National League  of Cities Mayoral National Conference. Faulconer also has guest conducted the Mesquite Symphony in performances of "Washington-on-the-Brazos". The music for the feature film "Scenes in the Dark", a musical play within a movie, was scored and music-produced by Faulconer and won a prestigious Gold Award in the Houston International Film Festival.