Biography

As a musician, performer and recording artist, Brian McOmber has collaborated with Björk, David Byrne, Doudou N'Diaye Rose, Deer Tick, Kurt Ballou (Converge), Marijuana Deathsquads, Mira Calix, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Solange, The Roots, Yeasayer and St. Vincent. After studying evolutionary morphology and percussion with AC Burke and Pheeroan akLaff at Wesleyan University, Brian joined the Grammy-nominated indie rock band Dirty Projectors and played on many of the group's most critically acclaimed albums. McOmber has performed for audiences across six continents at venues such as The Barbican Centre, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Dakar Fashion Week, Disney Hall, Fuji Rock, Glastonbury, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman, Lincoln Center, Lollapalooza, Madison Square Garden, Primavera Sound and Radio City Music Hall.

As a film and TV composer, Brian has contributed to Emmy, Oscar, Peabody and Independent Spirit Award-winning narrative and documentary releases from companies such as A24, Amazon Studios, Fox Searchlight, HBO, Jigsaw Productions, Magnolia, MRC, NEON, Frontline PBS, Showtime, and T-Street Productions. He has composed and performed on dozens of original soundtracks including those for Trey Edward Shults' hybrid horror films, Krisha and It Comes At Night, Penny Lane's bizarro documentaries, Hail Satan? and Nuts!, Danielle Krudy and Bridgette Salvage Cole's dark thriller, Blow The Man Down, Nia DaCosta's emotional thriller, Little Woords, Rick Rowley's investigative documentaries, 16 Shots and Documenting Hate, and Anurag Kashyap's Hindi-language thriller, Ugly.

Brian was named as one of Filmmaker's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in 2016 and The Hollywood Reporter went on to describe him as, "One of the best composers working in film today".

Most recently, McOmber worked on the score for Chloe Domont's feature film, Fair Play, staring Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor. The film premiered at Sundance 2023 and is a co-production between T-Street, Star Thrower Entertainment and MRC. McOmber also has featured musical contributions in the Sundance award-winning documentary, "20 Days In Mariupol" (Frontline PBS).

When not scoring films, he studies Lyme Disease, the Origins or Form and serves as resident drummer for the American music group, Marijuana Deathsquads.
- IMDb mini biography by: White Bear PR