Luke Flynn

Luke Flynn
Background information
Born (1988-03-17) March 17, 1988 (age 36)
Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)Composer
WebsiteOfficial website

Luke Flynn (born 1988, in Dubuque, Iowa) is an American composer of film, television, and concert music. He is most widely known for his compositions Rift, for orchestra, and Beneath the Wave, for SATB chorus.

In the film industry, he has composed the scores for several movies, including Holmes and Watson (2018); his film music credits include numerous other titles, such as Frozen II, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, La La Land, and many others.

Flynn graduated summa cum laude from Butler University with a masters of music composition, where he studied with Michael Schelle, and was a graduate assistant in both music composition and music technologies.[citation needed] He graduated summa cum laude from Clarke University, with a Bachelor of Arts in music composition, where he studied with Amy Dunker, and was the recipient of the Francis J. O’ Connor Memorial Award, Clarke University's most prestigious award given to a single graduating senior.[1] Flynn also studied music composition at 鹿児島国際大学, the International University of Kagoshima in Japan, with Japanese composer Tadashi Kubo.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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  2. ^ MusicSpoke, “Meet the Composer” Kurt Knecht (President), 2015, accessed August 30, http://hear.musicspoke.com/blog/meet-the-composer-luke-flynn[permanent dead link].
  3. ^ MusicSpoke, “Luke Flynn Biography” Kurt Knecht (President), 2015, accessed August 30, http://musicspoke.com/composer/lukeflynn/.
  4. ^ Society of Composers, Inc., “Luke Flynn Biography” Mike McFerron (webmaster), 1994-2015, accessed August 30, http://www.societyofcomposers.org/members/LukeFlynn/ Archived 2016-02-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ Alliance Publications, Inc., “Our Published Composers” Anita Smisek (President), 2015, accessed August 30, http://www.apimusic.org/composers.html#F.
  6. ^ Imagine Music Publishing, “Our Composers: Luke Flynn” Ric Jones (President), 2013, accessed August 30, http://stores.imaginemusicpublishing.com/luke-flynn/.
  7. ^ Clarke University: Student Award Profiles”, 2012, accessed September 12, http://www.clarke.edu/page.aspx?id=7462.