Neely, Blake 1969–

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Neely, Blake 1969–

PERSONAL

Born April 28, 1969, in Paris, TX.

Addresses:

Agent—The Gorfaine Schwartz Agency, 4111 West Alameda Ave., Suite 509, Burbank, CA 91505. Manager—Robert Urband and Associates, 8981 Sunset Blvd., Suite 311, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career:

Composer, conductor, and orchestrator.

Awards, Honors:

Emmy Award nomination, outstanding main title theme music, 2003, for Everwood.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Orchestrator, The Iron Giant (animated), Warner Bros., 1999.

Orchestrator, Frequency, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Conductor and orchestrator, Vangelis: Mythodea—Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey, 2001.

Conductor and orchestrator, Crazy/Beautiful, Buena Vista, 2001.

Music preparation, The Shipment, Promark Entertainment Group, 2001.

(Uncredited) Orchestrator, Collateral Damage, Warner Bros., 2002.

Additional orchestrations, Blade II, New Line Cinema, 2002.

Music preparation and orchestrator, High Crimes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002.

Additional music conductor and orchestrator, K-19: The Widowmaker (also known as K*19: The Widowmaker, K-19—Showdon in der Tiefe, and K-19: Terreur sous la mer), Paramount, 2002.

Conductor and orchestrator, Blue Crush, Universal, 2002.

Orchestrator, The Recruit, Buena Vista, 2003.

Orchestrator, Ned Kelly (also known as Ned Kelly: Public Enemy No. 1), Focus Features, 2003.

Conductor, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (also known as P.O.T.C.), Buena Vista, 2003.

Additional orchestrator, Open Range, Buena Vista, 2003.

Conductor, score arranger, and score programmer, The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003.

Conductor, Something's Gotta Give, Columbia, 2003.

Orchestrator, Against the Ropes (also known as Die Promoterin and The Promoter), Paramount, 2004.

Additional conductor, Secret Window, Columbia, 2004.

Conductor, The Day After Tomorrow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Conductor, Suchimuboi (animated; also known as Steamboy), Triumph Films, 2004.

Conductor, score synthesizer programmer, and synthesizer orchestra, Catwoman, 2004.

Conductor, music producer, and orchestrator, First Daughter, 2004.

Conductor, Spanglish, 2004.

Music conductor and orchestrations, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Lionsgate, 2004.

Conductor, The Island, DreamWorks, 2005.

Music score producer and orchestrator, King Kong (also known as Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World and Peter Jackson's "King Kong"), Universal, 2005.

Conductor, Nacho Libre, Paramount, 2006.

Score producer, Starter for 10, Picturehouse, 2006.

Music conductor, Click, Sony, 2006.

Conductor, The Prestige, Buena Vista, 2006.

Conductor, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (also known as P.O.T.C. 3 and Pirates 3), Buena Vista, 2007.

Conductor, The Simpsons Movie (animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

Conductor, Michael Clayton, Warner Bros., 2007.

Orchestrator, Enchanted, Buena Vista, 2007.

Film Appearances:

Himself, The Blood Pact: The Making of "Blade II" (documentary), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Television Orchestrator; Miniseries:

(Uncredited) Band of Brothers, HBO, 2001.

Feast of All Saints (also known as Anne Rice's "The Feast of All Saints"), ABC, 2001.

Television Orchestrator; Specials:

S & M: Metallica with Michael Kamen Conducting the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, 1999.

WRITINGS

Film Scores:

It's the Cheese (short), Choice Entertainment, 2003.

Oedipus (short; also known as Oedipus: The Movie), 2004.

Frog-g-g!, Vital Fluid, 2004.

First Daughter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

The Wedding Date, Universal, 2005.

Get Froggged!: Behind the Scenes of "Frog-g-g!" (documentary short), Go Kart Films, 2005.

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (animated short documentary), IMAX, 2005.

Starter for 10, Picturehouse Entertainment, 2006.

Sugar Boxx, 2006.

Elvis and Anabelle, Goldcrest Films International, 2007.

Film Additional Music:

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (also known as P.O.T.C.), Buena Vista, 2003.

The Last Samurai (also known as The Last Samurai: Bushidou), Warner Bros., 2003.

Something's Gotta Give, Columbia, 2003.

King Arthur (also known as King Arthur: Director's Cut), Buena Vista, 2004.

Catwoman, Warner Bros., 2004.

The Island, DreamWorks, 2005.

King Kong (also known as Kong: The Eighth Wonder of the World and Peter Jackson's "King Kong"), Universal, 2005.

RV (also known as RV: Runaway Vacation and Die chaoscamper RV), Columbia, 2006.

(Uncredited) The Da Vinci Code, Sony, 2006.

Film Songs:

First Daughter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004.

Television Theme Music; Series:

Everwood, The WB, 2002-2006.

Jack & Bobby, The WB, 2004-2005.

Television Additional Music; Miniseries:

Revelations, Sci-Fi Channel, 2005.

(Uncredited) Into the West, TNT, 2005.

Television Scores; Movies:

The Samurai, 2003.

Kat Plus One, 2004.

Brothers & Sisters: A Family Matter, 2007.

Television Scores; Specials:

The True Story of Seabiscuit, Arts and Entertainment, 2003.

Television Scores; Pilots:

Related, The WB, 2006.

Pushing Daisies, ABC, 2007.

Dirty Sexy Money, ABC, 2007.

Eli Stone, ABC, 2007.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Fox, 2008.

Television Scores; Episodic:

Conquest, 2002.

Everwood, The WB, 2002-2006.

Wild West Tech, History Channel, 2003-2004.

Dr. Vegas, CBS, 2004.

Jack & Bobby, The WB, 2004-2005.

Related, The WB, 2005.

What About Brian, ABC, 2006-2007.

Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 2006-2007.

Notes from the Underbelly, ABC, 2006-2007.

Traveler, ABC, 2007.

Dirty Sexy Money, ABC, 2007.

Television Additional Music; Episodic:

Revelations, NBC, 2004-2005.

DVD Scores:

A Date with Debra: The Wedding DVD (documentary short), Universal Home Entertainment, 2005.

Books:

Wrote Piano for Dummies.

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