Lee Brooks Media Information

Lee Brooks is a composer for stage, film and television. He has scored original music and created sound design for a variety of films, dance shows, conferences, events, and Web content, working with talent such as Isabella Rossellini, Kronos Quartet, Ethel (string quartet) and the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. His work was recognized by the Student Academy Awards (This is not a Picture), and by the Mid-Atlantic Film Festival for Best Dramatic Score (Empty). Since 2009, he has composed music for the Oslo Freedom Forum, a conference about human rights with an “ongoing campaign to defend and promote human freedom around the world.” In 2009, he scored the theme to open the conference and introduce speakers. For 2010, in addition to a new version of the theme, he was commissioned to write his second and third string quartets, recorded by Ethel (string quartet) and presented during the conference. While attending NYU as a composition student, Lee collaborated with Tony Award-winning Broadway composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa, assisting in the production of “A Little Princess.” He also worked with the New York City Opera on their ongoing New Composers series.