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Paris native scores music for HBO film
Staff Report
Published March 13, 2010
TV viewers in Northeast Texas can take in the work of Paris native and Emmy-nominated composer Blake Neely this Sunday when HBO premiers “The Pacific,” a ten-part miniseries based on the book by the same name.
The film is produced by the same production team — including Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks — that brought audiences “Band of Brothers,” a film that Neely worked on as orchestrator. Along with Hans Zimmer and Geoff Zanelli, Neely serves as co-composer of the score for “The Pacific.”
Neeley is among the busiest composers in Hollywood. Since his Emmy-nominated scoring for “Everwood,” he was worked on more than 50 television series and films, including the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, “First Daughter,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Jack and Bobby,” “Dirty, Sexy Money,” and “Eastwick.” He also won ASCAP Awards for his work on “Brothers and Sisters” and “The Mentalist.” Neely also has composed for video games and commercials.
A 1987 graduate of Paris High School, he is the son of longtime Paris residents Bill and Bonnie Neely. He attended the University of Texas in Austin and after graduation went to work for Disney’s Hollywood Records. He began freelance work in 1996 arranging music and writing method books such as “Piano for Dummies,” and the award-winning series, “FastTrack Music Instruction.”
He has worked with such well-known composers, arrangers and musicians as Michael Kamen, Vangelis, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer, George Michael, Metallica, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, the Kirov Orchestra, the Kodo drummers, the London Metropolitan Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Northwest Sinfonia.
Neely’s publishing company is called Cow on the Wall.
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