Marcus Trumpp

Biography

Marcus Trumpp (16 March 1974, Stuttgart, Germany) learned to play the piano at the age of four and wrote his first musical composition when he was only eight years old. In 1993, he graduated from high school in his native Germany and wrote a theater musical, entitled "Metropol", which was performed in Stuttgart (Germany) and received much critical acclaim. His career in composing music for film started in 1994 when he wrote the score for the award-winning German picture "My Grandfather and The Man in the Moon". In 1998, Marcus attended the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program at the University of Southern California where he received training by such film music luminaries as Elmer Bernstein, David Raksin, and Leonard Rosenman. Since graduation, he has written, orchestrated and recorded music for film, television, commercials and multimedia in the US, Germany, England and China. Furthermore, he has written various concert pieces, such as "The Manipulator Suite", a classical piece for large orchestra which premiered in Munich, Germany in 2001. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Filmography Music Department: 2012 The Woman in Black (composer: additional music) 2011/I Anonymous (composer: additional music, orchestrator) 2011 Green Lantern (orchestrator) 2011 Scream 4 (composer: additional music) 2011 Soul Surfer (composer: additional music) 2011 Gnomeo & Juliet (orchestrator) 2010 My Soul to Take (composer: additional music) 2010 The Last Airbender (orchestrator) 2010 Jonah Hex (composer: additional music, orchestrator) 2010 Repo Men (composer: additional music) 2009 V (TV series) (composer: additional music - 1 episode) – A Bright New Day (2009) (composer: additional music - uncredited) 2009/I 2012 (composer: additional music) 2009 Knowing (composer: additional music) 2008 Max Payne (orchestrator) 2008 Amusement (composer: additional music) 2008 10,000 BC (additional orchestrator, composer: additional music) 2008 The Eye (composer: additional music) 2007 Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (orchestrator - uncredited) 2007 3:10 to Yuma (orchestrator) 2007 Live Free or Die Hard (composer: additional music, orchestrator) 2007 The Invisible (composer: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator - as Marcus Trumpt) 2007 Vikaren (orchestrator) 2006 The Omen (orchestrator) 2006 Hollow Man II (video) (orchestrations) 2006 Dr. Dolittle 3 (video) (composer: additional music) 2006 Underworld: Evolution (composer: additional music) 2005 Gun (Video Game) (composer: additional music) 2005 Red Eye (composer: additional music, orchestrator) 2005 The Deal (orchestrator) 2005 xXx: State of the Union (orchestrator) 2005 Cursed (composer: additional music, orchestrator) 2004 Flight of the Phoenix (orchestrator) 2004 The Punisher (Video Game) (orchestrator) 2004 AVP: Alien vs. Predator (additional orchestrator - as Marcus Trump) 2004 I, Robot (orchestrations) 2004 Hellboy (orchestrator) 2004 Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (Video Game) (orchestrator) 2003 Beethoven's 5th (video) (orchestrator) 2003 Hollywood Homicide (orchestrator - uncredited) 2002 The 4th Tenor (orchestrator) 2002 Legwork (short) (orchestrator) 2002 Saint Sinner (TV movie) (orchestrations) 2002 Halloween: Resurrection (orchestrator) 2002 Balto: Wolf Quest (video) (orchestrator) 2002 Stolen Summer (orchestrator) 2002 Hi Frank! (orchestrator) 2001 A Day in Their Lives: WWI Fighter Pilot (TV documentary) (music arranger) 2001 A Day in Their Lives: Conquistador (TV movie) (music arranger) 2001 Runners (orchestrator) 2000 A Diva's Christmas Carol (TV movie) (orchestrator) 2000 Young Americans (TV series) (music arranger)