Hannis Brown is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of music, both in the concert
hall and as accompaniment to film in order to achieve maximum psychological and narrative
impact.
Brown’s film scores have premiered at such festivals and
venues as Slamdance, Newport Beach Film Festival, Fantasia
Film Festival, LA’s Dances With Films Festival, the Los
Angeles International Christian Film Festival, Hawaii’s
Ojai Film Festival, Ashville Film Festival, and the Los
Angeles Pacific Design Center. As a jazz guitarist, he has
performed under the direction of former Tonight Show
bassist Joel DiBartolo, Maria Schneider, John Abercrombie,
Bobby Shew, Ed Neumeister, and with poet Quincy Troupe.
In Los Angles Brown assisted noted film composer John
Frizzell on ABC’s “Moonlight” (2007) and on the film
FROM MEXICO WITH LOVE. He holds his B.A. in Music from
Northern Arizona University and his M.A. in Scoring for
Film and Multimedia from New York University.
Hannis Brown is currently working with a number of directors in New York and Los Angeles where he is becoming known for his unique and versatile compositional voice which pulls from such disparate influences as concert composers Bela Bartok and Penderecki, jazz great Charles Mingus, electronic musicians Aphex Twin and DJ Shadow and film composers Bernard Herrman and Elliot Goldenthal. He performs regularly with his own experimental rock and jazz groups.