| 词条 | Alan Howarth (composer) |
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Alan Howarth is an American composer and sound designer who has worked on soundtracks for Hollywood films including the Star Trek and Halloween series, and is known for his collaborations with film director and composer John Carpenter. Childhood and early careerAlan Howarth grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. Playing music in local rock bands, he opened for national touring acts including The Who and Cream.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} He then began to create original music in bands Braino and Pi Corp, using synthesizers. From 1976 he provided synthesizer support for fusion jazz band Weather Report,{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} which relocated him to Los Angeles. His main career break came in 1979, when he met the sound effects team for The Motion Picture, and was taken on as a sound designer for the following six Star Trek films.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} Films{{Like resume|date=June 2016}}Howarth's collaborations with John Carpenter include: Escape from New York, Halloween II, Season of the Witch, Christine, Big Trouble in Little China, Prince of Darkness and They Live. His music has been featured in films like The Osterman Weekend, The Lost Empire, Retribution, The Return of Michael Myers, The Revenge of Michael Myers, The Curse of Michael Myers, The Dentist and The Dentist 2, Boo, Evilution, Basement Jack, Hansel and Gretel, Zombie Night, and Brutal. His award-winning sound designs have appeared in The Motion Picture, The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Final Frontier, and The Undiscovered Country, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Poltergeist, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, The Little Mermaid and Total Recall. His team received Academy Award awards for Best Sound Effects for The Hunt for Red October and Bram Stoker's Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} Live performanceHowarth performs his film scores in live concert to excerpts from the films, and has performed in Geneva, Kraków, St. Petersburg, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, London and Paris.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS8MdFmC-9Q] Sound technologyHowarth pioneered immersive multi-channel surround sound systems with Steven Taylor's "Dimension Audio" that included the early prototype theatrical 48.4 systems that are now known as Dolby Atmos and DTS sound immersion. His current research has resulted in founding of RA Music, which holds several worldwide patents{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} for the conversion of standard musical recordings into tunings of the Natural Frequency Spectrum as defined by nature, science and ancient architecture.{{clarify|date=June 2016}} [1][2][3][4][5][6]References{{BLP primary sources|date=June 2016}}1. ^{{cite web|title=HYPER-REALITY: ALAN HOWARTH's Synthesized Scores and Specialized Sound Effects|url=http://alanhowarth.com/press-articles.html|publisher=alanhowarth.com|accessdate=12 October 2013}} 2. ^ 3. ^{{cite web|title=Feeling the Sounds of Alan Howarth|url=http://constructinghorror.com/index.php?id=142|publisher=constructinghorror.com|accessdate=12 October 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Sci Fi Horror movie composer Alan Howarth Brutal interview - Without|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bftLu804vrI|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=12 October 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Alan Howarth with Emeralds Interview|url=http://www.self-titledmag.com/2011/12/13/the-self-titled-interview-alan-howarth-emeralds-part-two/}} Natural Frequencies 6. ^{{cite web|title=Alan Howarth Media Credits|url=http://alanhowarth.com/credits.html}} Feature Film Composer and Sound Design Credits External links
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