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Norman Ludwin

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Norman Ludwin
Dr. Norman Ludwin is a Los Angeles native who began his musical studies on piano with lessons from his father, and moved to the string bass at age 11. His passion for music led him to study the bassoon, clarinet, tenor sax, and trumpet. He is proud to have studied with Ray Brown, Henry Franklin, Barry Lieberman, and Buell Neidlinger. After graduation from the California Institute of the Arts, and studies at USC, he landed a job in the Florida Symphony in Tampa Florida.

Norman returned to L.A. in 1985 and began to work in the studios and in local orchestras. In the past 35 years he has worked on hundreds of movies, TV shows, and records as well has performed with the LA Opera, San Diego Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, and many others. Norman also works as an orchestrator including credits on "Jurassic World," "Star Trek: Into Darkness," "Inside Out," "Super 8" and "John Carter."

Norman received his Doctorate in Composition in 2007 and currently teaches in the UCLA Extension Film Scoring Program, the Los Angeles College of Music, the Film Scoring Academy of Europe, and ThinkSpace Education.

He travels extensively giving master classes in New York City, Washington D.C, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Halifax, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria, Brazil, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Kuala Lumbar.

He has delivered presentations to Local 6, 9-535, 10-208, 47, 76-493, 149, 161-710, 325, 571, and 802.
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Known for

Aaron Eckhart, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo, Hilary Swank, Bruce Greenwood, and DJ Qualls in The Core (2003)
The Core
5.5
  • Music Department(bass)
  • 2003
Super 8 (2011)
Super 8
7.0
  • Music Department(bass)
  • 2011
Andy Serkis in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
7.6
  • Music Department(bass)
  • 2014
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek
7.9
  • Music Department(bass)
  • 2009

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  • Day of Dragons (2019)
    Day of Dragons
    • orchestrator
    • Video Game
    • 2019
  • Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Dakota Johnson, Chris Hemsworth, Lewis Pullman, Cynthia Erivo, and Cailee Spaeny in Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
    Bad Times at the El Royale
    • musician
    • 2018
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Michelle Rodriguez, Bill Wise, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Mina Sundwall, Clarke Wolfe, Gillian Flynn, and Huck Milner in Incredibles 2 (2018)
    Incredibles 2
    • musician: bass
    • 2018
  • Alfonso Arau, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, Gael García Bernal, Dyana Ortelli, Herbert Siguenza, and Anthony Gonzalez in Coco (2017)
    Coco
    • musician: bass
    • 2017
  • Andy Serkis in War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
    War for the Planet of the Apes
    • musician: bassist
    • 2017
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
    Spider-Man: Homecoming
    • musician: score bassist
    • 2017
  • First Man (2017)
    First Man
    • musician
    • 2017
  • James Earl Jones, Forest Whitaker, Wen Jiang, Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen, Riz Ahmed, and Abrey Steve in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
    Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
    • musician: bass
    • 2016
  • Simon Pegg, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Sofia Boutella, and Chris Pine in Star Trek Beyond (2016)
    Star Trek Beyond
    • musician: bass
    • 2016
  • Jason Bateman, Tommy Chong, Bonnie Hunt, Tom Lister Jr., Maurice LaMarche, Idris Elba, Ginnifer Goodwin, Don Lake, Raymond S. Persi, Shakira, J.K. Simmons, Octavia Spencer, Alan Tudyk, Nate Torrence, and Jenny Slate in Zootopia (2016)
    Zootopia
    • musician: bassist
    • 2016
  • Chris Pratt in Jurassic World (2015)
    Jurassic World
    • musician: bass
    • orchestrator
    • 2015
  • Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Mindy Kaling in Inside Out (2015)
    Inside Out
    • orchestrator: bass
    • 2015
  • George Clooney and Thomas Robinson in Tomorrowland (2015)
    Tomorrowland
    • musician
    • musician: bass
    • 2015
  • Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum in Jupiter Ascending (2015)
    Jupiter Ascending
    • musician: bass
    • 2015
  • Andy Serkis in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
    Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    • musician: bass
    • 2014

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