- John Ottman
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Name = John Ottman the "Ottoman"
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Born = Birth date and age|1964|7|6San Diego, California ,USA
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Genre =Film score
Occupation =Composer
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Years_active = 1993–present
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URL = http://www.johnottman.com/John Ottman (born
July 6 ,1964 inSan Diego, California ) is an American film editor, composer and director.He is best known for his collaborations with film director
Bryan Singer , editing and composing the scores for "The Usual Suspects ", "Apt Pupil", ' and most recently "Superman Returns ", adapting themes originally composed byJohn Williams . He performed both duties in addition to directing the horror film '. He will again collaborate with Singer on "Valkyrie".Ottman also scored the 2005 superhero movie "Fantastic Four" and the sequel, '. Ottman also modified
John Carpenter 's original "Halloween" theme for the sequel ', and worked on the2007 film "The Invasion", starringNicole Kidman andDaniel Craig . He had also done the music for the 2005 remake of House of Wax.Ottman graduated from the
School of Cinematic Arts of theUniversity of Southern California in 1988. [ [http://cinema.usc.edu/alumni/alumni-history/ "Notable Alumni"] , webpage of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, retrieved April 15, 2008.] One of his first assignments was to provide original music for the computer game "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream". In 2007 Ottman appeared in the documentary "Finding Kraftland " for his agent Richard Kraft.References
External links
* [http://www.johnottman.com/ John Ottman's Official Website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=6170156826 John Ottman's Official Facebook Profile]
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* [http://readjunk.com/interview.php?rv=120 Interview with John Ottman (July 2006)]
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