Alan Koshiyama(I)
- Composer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Music Department
Award winning composer, Alan Koshiyama's debut into the world of film
and television music began when Dick Wolf Productions/Universal MCA
"Law & Order" producers asked him to compose the score for their
independent short and TV pilot, "The Toothfairy Gets Greedy." Since
then, his music has entertained audiences worldwide through an
impressive resume of feature film, television, and national commercial
work with credits ranging from Disney, ABC, TBS, ESPN, and PBS, to Time
Warner/Turner Original Productions, The Hallmark Channel, The Discovery
Channel, and 20th Century Fox Atomic.
Koshiyama's music can be heard on the movies, "National Lampoon's
Thanksgiving Reunion" for 20th Century Fox, "The Gambler, the Girl, and
the Gunslinger" for Hallmark Channel Original Movies, and Lions Gate
Films, "Fugitive Hunter." Koshiyama's original score for the movie,
"Dead Dogs," helped earn the film "Best American Independent Award" at
the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival. Variety Magazine
calls Koshiyama's music, "...evocative."
Television shows include "Teenage Confidential," an ABC Afterschool
Special, "Alaska's Bush Pilots" for Turner Original Production's "Wild
Life Adventures" series, as well as video games for Electronic Arts,
musical toys for Walt Disney, and a theme park-style submarine ride
attraction at Catalina Island. Koshiyama composed the music score for
Namco's 30th Anniversary Pac-Man release for Nintendo Wii, titled
"Pac-Man Party." A collection of Koshiyama's work can be heard at The
Museum of Television and Radio in New York and Los Angeles.
Classically trained on piano and clarinet as a child, it wasn't until
Koshiyama "fell in love and later became obsessed" with the art of jazz
when he began to branch out into other forms of commercial music. His
talent has taken him worldwide to such venues as the National
Philharmonic Concert Hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia to the prestigious
North American Monterey Jazz Festival. Yet the orchestra, what he calls
a "canvas for emotion," remains his prominent choice of colors.
Koshiyama is an affiliate of BMI and also serves as Worship Music
Director at Adventure Christian Church in Northern California, U.S.A.
and television music began when Dick Wolf Productions/Universal MCA
"Law & Order" producers asked him to compose the score for their
independent short and TV pilot, "The Toothfairy Gets Greedy." Since
then, his music has entertained audiences worldwide through an
impressive resume of feature film, television, and national commercial
work with credits ranging from Disney, ABC, TBS, ESPN, and PBS, to Time
Warner/Turner Original Productions, The Hallmark Channel, The Discovery
Channel, and 20th Century Fox Atomic.
Koshiyama's music can be heard on the movies, "National Lampoon's
Thanksgiving Reunion" for 20th Century Fox, "The Gambler, the Girl, and
the Gunslinger" for Hallmark Channel Original Movies, and Lions Gate
Films, "Fugitive Hunter." Koshiyama's original score for the movie,
"Dead Dogs," helped earn the film "Best American Independent Award" at
the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival. Variety Magazine
calls Koshiyama's music, "...evocative."
Television shows include "Teenage Confidential," an ABC Afterschool
Special, "Alaska's Bush Pilots" for Turner Original Production's "Wild
Life Adventures" series, as well as video games for Electronic Arts,
musical toys for Walt Disney, and a theme park-style submarine ride
attraction at Catalina Island. Koshiyama composed the music score for
Namco's 30th Anniversary Pac-Man release for Nintendo Wii, titled
"Pac-Man Party." A collection of Koshiyama's work can be heard at The
Museum of Television and Radio in New York and Los Angeles.
Classically trained on piano and clarinet as a child, it wasn't until
Koshiyama "fell in love and later became obsessed" with the art of jazz
when he began to branch out into other forms of commercial music. His
talent has taken him worldwide to such venues as the National
Philharmonic Concert Hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia to the prestigious
North American Monterey Jazz Festival. Yet the orchestra, what he calls
a "canvas for emotion," remains his prominent choice of colors.
Koshiyama is an affiliate of BMI and also serves as Worship Music
Director at Adventure Christian Church in Northern California, U.S.A.