Darius Holbert
Darius Holbert (born August 5, 1974 in Dallas, Texas) is a composer of film scores for movies, television and other media, as well as a songwriter, a touring and recording musician. He has composed music for numerous films including the feature documentary "Trophy Kids" (Peter Berg/HBO), "Hobo with a Shotgun" and "Old 37" and contributed original music to "Cedar Rapids", "Shrink", and "World's Greatest Dad", as well as such TV series as "American Horror Story", "Grey's Anatomy", "American Idol" and "Crash", among others, and an array of commercials, games and short films. "It seems like  Holbert can do just about anything in the music world," wrote "Movie Maker" correspondent Katie Garton. Holbert graduated from the Arts Magnet, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. Selected for the touring choir of the Texas Boy Choir in 1987, he joined their tour of Australia as a featured soloist and ultimately composed for and conducted an ensemble within the choir. He studied composition and arranging at London's Royal Academy of Music and the University of North Texas. He has performed and released several albums as a singer-songwriter under the stage  name dariustx, and has worked with Dave Brubeck, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Britney Spears, Diane Warren, Bobby Brown, Sophie B. Hawkins, Everlast (for whom he co-produced and played pedal-steel and six-string guitars, banjo, organ, keyboards and other instruments on the album "Songs of the Ungrateful Living") and Wu-Tang Clan, among many other artists, songwriters and musical organizations. He served as music director for hip-hop group House of Pain's 20th anniversary reunion tour. He has been commissioned to write operas, chamber works, and modern dance pieces. His work "When at Last I Leapt into the  Jaws" earned him finalist status in a collaboration between Composer's Voice and Movement Research. Darius has studios in Los Angeles and New York City and is a member of ASCAP, SCL, NARAS. Awards. For the 2018 feature documentary "The Crest" (Mark Covino) For the 2013 feature documentary "Trophy Kids" (Peter Berg/ HBO): For the 2012 short film "Oh, The Places You'll Go!": Other Honors