Jeremy Turner (composer)

Jeremy Turner
File:Jeremy Turner studio.jpg Jeremy Turner at Avatar Studios
Background information
Born	(1975-06-18) June 18, 1975 Sewickley, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician
Instruments	Cello
Associated acts	Low City, yMusic, S. Carey, Sufjan Stevens, The National
Website	hearjt.com

Jeremy Turner (born 1975 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist living in Los Angeles.

Biography

Jeremy Turner began playing the piano and the cello as a young child. After his family moved to Michigan where his father was Director of Admissions at Michigan State University, Turner attended East Lansing High School. He then furthered his musical studies at The Juilliard School as a pupil of Harvey Shapiro. In 1997, before graduating Juilliard, Turner joined The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at just 21 years old, becoming one of the youngest members to ever join the ensemble. At the end of his first season Turner was invited by Maestro James Levine to join the Met Chamber Ensemble in its inaugural year. In 2005 he took a leave of absence from the Met to be the interim Principal Cellist of The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in New Zealand. After returning to the Met in 2006, Turner played his final season in 2011 before leaving the orchestra to pursue composition. He lives in Los Angeles with his fiancee, the actress and writer Rachel Blanchard.

Composer/Performer

Turner has recorded with musicians such as Paul McCartney, David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, and The National, has performed with various artists that include Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell, and Arcade Fire and as a conductor has appeared twice at the LACMA Art + Film Gala. In 2013, he collaborated on original music with James Murphy for the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, directed by Mike Nichols. As a composer, Turner has won the International Documentary Association award for best music, was a 2015 Sundance fellow, and was named in NPR Music's Favorite Songs of 2014. He received the AICP Award for best original music for his score to Google's first ever television commercial, "Parisian Love", which debuted during the broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV . He has performed on Saturday Night Live with My Morning Jacket, the Late Show With David Letterman with Dirty Projectors, and performed with Renee Fleming at the opening of Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. In 2015 he composed music for Chris Doyle's exhibition "Night Lights at Wave Hill", featuring the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Turner is a member of Low City, a musical duo based in Brooklyn. In 2014 he appeared with Simon Spurr in the September issue of Vanity Fair

Selected Film Scores

• Americana (2016)
• ESPN 30 for 30: First Pitch (2015)
• This Time Next Year (2014)
• Black Gold by PES (2014)
• Narco Cultura (2013)
• A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)

Theme Songs

• A Year in Space (2015)
• Independent Lens (2014–)

Selected Album Appearances

• LCD Soundsystem - Christmas Will Break Your Heart (2015 DFA Records)
• GIVERS - New Kingdom (2015 Glassnote Records)
• yMusic – Balance Problems (2014 New Amsterdam Records)
• Museum of Love – Museum of Love (2014 DFA Records)
• Gabriel Kahane – The Ambassador (2014 Sony Masterworks)
• The National – Trouble Will Find Me (2013 4AD)
• Citizen Cope – One Lovely Day (2012 Rainbow Recordings)
• Teddy Thompson – Bella (2011 Verve Forecast Records)
• Hercules and Love Affair – Blue Songs (2011 Moshi Moshi Records)
• Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz (2010 Asthmatic Kitty)
• Free Energy – Stuck on Nothing (2010 DFA Records)
• Akron/Family – Akron/Family (2005 Young God Records)
• David Byrne – Grown Backwards (2004 Nonesuch Records)
• Joss Stone – The Soul Sessions (2003 S-Curve Records)
• Mariah Carey – Charmbracelet (2002 Island Records)

External links

• IMDB, Turner's film credits
• Turner's official website, where his music can be heard
• Turner's publishing company, where his music can be licensed