Blake Neely

Blake Neely (born 1969 in Paris, Texas) is an Emmy© Nominated composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor, and author. His father was a rancher and his brother Tom Neely [http://www.iwilldestroyyou.com/] is an artist in Los Angeles.

Neely has been credited on dozens of film and TV projects over the years such as: Everwood (which earned him a 2003 Emmy nomination for the theme), all three Pirates of the Caribbean films, King Kong (2005), The Last Samurai and many more. Other film projects in which he is the sole composer are "Elvis and Anabelle", "Starter for 10", and "The Wedding Date". In addition he has composed the music for over twenty television series.

He has frequently collaborated with Writer / Director / Producer Greg Berlanti (Everwood, Jack & Bobby, Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series), Eli Stone, Dirty Sexy Money. He has also been credited alongside several well known composers such as the late Michael Kamen, James Newton Howard, Vangelis, and Hans Zimmer.

As an author he has written over 25 instrumental method books such as the best-selling piano method Piano For Dummies [http://www.amazon.com/Piano-Dummies-Blake-Neely/dp/0764551051] .

He recorded his score for a new HBO documentary on David McCullough at the Conway Studios in Hollywood on February 23 2008.cite news | author=Dan Goldwasser | url=http://www.scoringsessions.com/news/128 | title=Blake Neely scores the HBO documentary "David McCullough: Painting with Words" | publisher=ScoringSessions.com | date=2008-02-27 | accessdate=2008-02-27 ]

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* [http://www.everwoodmusic.com/blake-neely.html Everwood Music Biography]
* [http://www.cowonthewall.com Cow On The Wall - Official site for Blake Neely]
* [http://www.soundtrack.net/composers/database/?id=1187 SoundtrackNet Page]
* [http://www.scoringsessions.com/composers/1187/ Blake Neely at ScoringSessions.com]