GARY GUNN
composer | music producer | audiovisual
Gunn's film resume includes composing the original score for A Thousand and One, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and received over 50 awards nominations. It also landed Gunn FFCC and ICSA Best Score nominations. He is also the composer of the Peabody Award winning TV series David Makes Man and the 3x Emmy nominated documentary, Master of Light (HBO), for which he also received an IDA Documentary Award nomination for Best Music Score. His singular artistic perspective has garnered attention from leading luminaries, including being selected for Oprah's Super Soul 100 list. His recent work has received exceptional praise from the likes of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, & Variety. Gunn was born and raised in Washington, D.C. and lives in New York City.
Tying it together is a phenomenal score by Gary Gunn
- The Guardian
Gary Gunn’s gorgeous score
- New York Times
Gunn's symphonic music swells and swirls giving a heroic kind of dignity
- Variety
Gary Gunn's alternately delicate and lush musical score lends lyricism to scenes that often burst with barely contained anger and violence
- Washington Post
Another standout element worth celebrating is Gary Gunn’s beautiful score. His work is really unique and vibrant
- Medium
Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winning Film: A Thousand and One
Focus Features / Directed by AV Rockwell
Composer: Gary Gunn
Multimedia Installation: Human Soundscapes: Musical Portraits
Exhibited At FoST (NYC) and Summit Air (Utah)
Director & Composer: Gary Gunn
Installation: Ascend. A Night Pavillion
Exhibited at TED Conference
Composer & Sound Designer: Gary Gunn
Peabody Winning TV Series: David Makes Man
Created by: Tarell McCraney (Moonlight)
Executive Producers: Oprah, Michael B. Jordan, Dee Harris-Lawrence
Composer: Gary Gunn
Installation: Dormouse
Exhibited at the 14th Factory
Chief Composer & Musical Director: Gary Gunn
Focus Features Film 2023 Sundance Grand Jury Winner / Gotham Award Winner Composer
PBS Independent Lens Feature Documentary Composer
Documentary ABFF Grand Jury Winner Composer
CGI / Motion Capture Event Musical Direction