Dustin O'Halloran
Dustin O'Halloran (born September 8, 1971) is an American composer and pianist. Aside from releasing music as a recording artist, O'Halloran is a film and TV composer, as well as one half of ambient act A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Early life. O'Halloran was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and spent most of his childhood in Hawaii and Los Angeles. While studying art at Santa Monica College, he met singer Sara Lov, with whom he founded indie rock band Dévics in 1998. When the group signed with Bella Union in 2001, they relocated to Romagna, Italy, where O'Halloran  lived for seven years. Career. Solo work. In 2004, O'Halloran released his first record as a solo artist, "Piano Solos". He has since released three more solo records, the latest of which is "Lumiere" (2011), which featured contributions by Peter Broderick and Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid), and was mixed by Jóhann Jóhannsson. In 2019, O'Halloran signed with Deutsche Grammophon and released his first EP on the label, entitled "Sundoor". A Winged Victory For The Sullen. With A Winged Victory for the Sullen, his collaboration with Adam Wiltzie, O'Halloran has released three studio albums, "A Winged Victory for the  Sullen" (2011), "Atomos" (2014) and "The Undivided Five" (2019). The second of which was also the original score for the identically titled dance piece by choreographer Wayne McGregor and his company Wayne McGregor Random Dance. In 2015, they were invited to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London as part of the BBC Proms. The duo scored their first film together in 2016, entitled "In the Shadow of Iris" by French director Jalil Lespert. In 2019, A Winged Victory for the Sullen signed with UK-based indie label Ninja Tune. Film score works. Since the release of "Piano Solos  Volumes 1" and "2" in 2004 and 2006, O'Halloran has gone on to score a number of films and TV shows. These include Sofia Coppola's 2006 film "Marie Antoinette", and Drake Doremus’ "Like Crazy" (2011), which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. In 2014, O’Halloran worked on Indian drama "Umrika", which won the Audience Award at Sundance, and gave him his first opportunity to compose for a full string orchestra. In the same year he was also asked to provide the music for "Transparent", the acclaimed TV series created by Jill Soloway for Amazon Studios. O'Halloran was awarded  the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for his original theme for "Transparent" in 2015. In 2016, O’Halloran collaborated with Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) on the score for the Oscar-nominated film "Lion". The score of the film was nominated for many major awards including the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Critics’ Choice Awards. He has since collaborated with Bertelmann on a number of other scores, including Ammonite (2020) starring Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet. Personal life. Dustin O'Halloran divides his time between Reykjavík and Los Angeles.