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blake neely

blake neely -lrb- born april 28 , 1969 -rrb- is an american composer , arranger , orchestrator , conductor , and author .
his father was a rancher and professor , his mother a capable journalist and his brother tom neely is an artist in los angeles .
neely has contributed to and been credited on dozens of film and tv projects over the years such as : `` everwood '' -lrb- which earned him a 2003 emmy award nomination for the theme -rrb- , on the first three `` pirates of the caribbean '' films , `` king kong '' , `` the last samurai '' , `` the great buck howard '' and many more .
other film projects in which he is the sole composer are `` elvis and anabelle '' , `` starter for 10 '' , and `` the wedding date '' .
in addition , neely has composed the music for over twenty television series , including cbs 's `` the mentalist '' .
he has frequently collaborated with writer/director/producer greg berlanti , including `` everwood '' , `` jack & bobby '' , `` brothers & sisters '' , `` eli stone '' , `` dirty sexy money '' , `` political animals '' and currently `` arrow '' and its spin-off series , `` the flash '' .
he has also been credited alongside several well known composers such as michael kamen , james newton howard , vangelis -lrb- worked on the mythodea project as arranger and conductor -rrb- , and hans zimmer .
as an author , he has written over 25 instrumental method books such as the best-selling piano method `` piano for dummies '' .
he recorded his score for a new hbo documentary on david mccullough at the conway studios in hollywood on february 23 , 2008 .
