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Ryan Rapsys

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Ryan Rapsys
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Ryan Rapsys is a Los Angeles-based film composer and electronic music producer. He scored the film Little Pink House (2017), starring Oscar-nominated actress Catherine Keener and Emmy-nominated actress Jeanne Tripplehorn. He also scored the documentary Can We Take a Joke? (2015), featuring Gilbert Gottfried, Penn Jillette and Adam Carolla. His music has been used in Dateline NBC (1992) and Today (1952), among many others.

Rapsys's composing style mixes elements of classical, experimental, ambient and electronic music to create unique, hybrid compositions that focus on very specific and subtle emotions. He's has also released electronic music under the aliases Transistorface, Microquasar and Pineriver. Rapsys also composes classical concert music.

(2016) Located in Los Angeles with his wife, writer Christine Rapsys, and dog, Lily, Ryan Rapsys continues to compose and arrange music for film, documentary and commercial projects as well as for various production music libraries.
BornDecember 3, 1980
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BornDecember 3, 1980
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  • Awards
    • 3 wins & 2 nominations

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Music team for Little Pink House
Recording the score for a documentary about a North Korean defector. Features the Korean instrument kayageum performed by Subin Jeong.
Ryan Rapsys and Mark Orr in Stay (2016)
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Ryan Rapsys at the Minnesota Film & Television Board Black & White Ball 2009.

Known for

Jeanne Tripplehorn, Catherine Keener, and Miranda Frigon in Little Pink House (2017)
Little Pink House
6.5
  • Composer
  • 2017
Blood Born (2021)
Blood Born
4.4
  • Composer
  • 2021
Ira Glasser in Mighty Ira (2020)
Mighty Ira
7.4
  • Composer
  • 2020
Shawn Pyfrom, Bridget O'Neill, Chase Fein, Julia Voth, Hannah Victoria Stock, Sterling Hurst, Sophie Kargman, Zach Brown, Drew Matthews, Mariana Novak, Joseph Curtis Callender, Remington Jay Perregaux, and Elliott Sancrant in Hard Surfaces (2017)
Hard Surfaces
6.6
  • Composer
  • 2017

Credits

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Composer

  • Like Nothing Happened
    • Composer
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Who Done It: The Clue Documentary (2022)
    Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
    • Composer
    • 2022
  • Matt Walsh in What Is a Woman? (2022)
    What Is a Woman?
    • Composer (music by)
    • 2022
  • Blood Born (2021)
    Blood Born
    • Composer
    • 2021
  • Red Pawn (2021)
    Red Pawn
    • Composer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Laundro-Matt (2020)
    Laundro-Matt
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Ira Glasser in Mighty Ira (2020)
    Mighty Ira
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Ross Everett and Claire Woolner in When It's Good (2020)
    When It's Good
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Andy Davoli and Edem Atsu-Swanzy in The Demon of Doctor Knotts (2019)
    The Demon of Doctor Knotts
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Nailed (2019)
    Nailed
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Shawn Kathryn Kane, Carson Nicely, and Sam Kaminer in Different Quake (2019)
    Different Quake
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Angels in Rocket Field (2019)
    Angels in Rocket Field
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Tank Man (2019)
    Tank Man
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Sitting in the 80's
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • The Shooting Gallery (2018)
    The Shooting Gallery
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Crispian Belfrage, Catherine Black, Matthew Boyd, Ryan Rapsys, Rich Ceraulo Ko, Matthew Tully Brown, Suzanne Birrell, Jason Stare, Micah Joe Parker, and David Proffitt in Girl Trip (2018)
    Girl Trip
    • Composer
    • Short
    • 2018

Music Department

  • Balancing the Scales
    • music supervisor
    • Completed
    • 2016
  • Ryan Gielen, Rob Bradford, Patrick James Lynch, and Chris Bombardier in Bombardier Blood (2019)
    Bombardier Blood
    • music supervisor
    • 2019
  • Sydney Miller in Innocuous (2018)
    Innocuous
    • music supervisor
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Lenny von Dohlen in Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story (2018)
    Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
    • additional music by
    • 2018
  • Project X (2018)
    Project X
    • composer: additional music
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn, Catherine Keener, and Miranda Frigon in Little Pink House (2017)
    Little Pink House
    • musician: trombone
    • 2017
  • We the Internet TV (2015)
    We the Internet TV
    • music production
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Stingrays (2016)
    Stingrays
    • music supervisor
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Journey to Space (2015)
    Journey to Space
    • additional orchestration
    • music preparation
    • 2015
  • Daylight Come (2014)
    Daylight Come
    • orchestrator
    • 2014
  • Because These Kids Are... (2013)
    Because These Kids Are...
    • music supervisor
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Complexion (2013)
    Complexion
    • music supervisor
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Holiday Beach (2011)
    Holiday Beach
    • music editor
    • 2011

Sound Department

  • The Broken Spirit
    • re-recording mixer
    • sound designer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • The Current: Explore the Healing Powers of the Ocean (2014)
    The Current: Explore the Healing Powers of the Ocean
    • sound editor
    • 2014
  • Wind Song
    • foley artist
    • Short
    • 2013
  • Holiday Beach (2011)
    Holiday Beach
    • re-recording mixer
    • sound editor
    • 2011
  • Halfway Where? (2010)
    Halfway Where?
    • re-recording mixer
    • sound designer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • The Descrying
    • re-recording mixer
    • sound designer
    • Video
    • 2010
  • Nina's New BFF
    • re-recording mixer
    • sound designer
    • Video
    • 2009
  • Footprints and a Flower
    • re-recording mixer
    • sound designer
    • Short
    • 2007

Videos2

Dramatic Scoring Reel
Demo Reel 9:06
Dramatic Scoring Reel
Light Scoring Reel
Demo Reel 7:28
Light Scoring Reel

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • December 3, 1980
    • Duluth, Minnesota, USA
  • Spouse
    • Christine RapsysJune 26, 2010 - present
  • Other works
    The Novus Arcadia (2007) full-length music CD

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    Grew up on a lake in northern Minnesota near Duluth.

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