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Hans Zimmer
Hans Zimmer
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Junkie XL
Junkie XL
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Michael Stearns
Michael Stearns
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Klaus Badelt
Klaus Badelt
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Tina Guo
Tina Guo
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Julius Dobos
Julius Dobos
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Nick Glennie-Smith
Nick Glennie-Smith
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Mark Mancina
Mark Mancina
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James Newton Howard
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Geoff Zanelli
Geoff Zanelli
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David Kristian
David Kristian
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Loren Nerell
Loren Nerell
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Martin Tillman
Martin Tillman
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BT
BT
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Michael Brook
Michael Brook
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Marty Paich
Marty Paich
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Robert Rich
Robert Rich
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Tapani Rinne
Tapani Rinne
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Chuck Wild
Chuck Wild
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Henry Jackman
Henry Jackman
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Solar Fields
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Isao Tomita
Isao Tomita
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Jóhann Jóhannsson
Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Ludwig Göransson
Ludwig Göransson
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John Powell
John Powell
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Max Richter
Max Richter
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Jay Rifkin
Jay Rifkin
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Mike Einziger
Mike Einziger
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Michael McCann
Michael McCann
composer for TV, video games and film
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Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams
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Mort Garson
Mort Garson
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Vangelis
Vangelis
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Woob
Woob
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Steve Jablonsky
Steve Jablonsky
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
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Nox Arcana
Nox Arcana
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Gjøran Sæther
Gjøran Sæther
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Mel Wesson
Ambient Music Designer

Mel Wesson

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Ambient Music Designer

Mel Wesson (born 12 February 1958) is a British film, TV and video game composer and ambient music designer. He is a highly influential 'musical sound designer' in Hollywood having worked on many blockbuster films, yet his sound is often hard to describe or even identify. He is probably best known for his collaboration work with Hans Zimmer and has contributed with both ambient music design and music to some of last decades biggest Hollywood blockbusters. He has also made numerous production music CDs for Extreme Music which loosely feature some of the atmospheric textures in his world of ambient music design.

On the Inception premiere in Hollywood, Wesson and Zimmer designed an outdoor sound installation using the atmosphere and soundscapes from the movie itself, exclusively for the audience. In Wesson's own words: "Hans wanted the audience to remain within the Inception dreamscape as they left the LA Inception Premiere. In order to achieve this I put together a 40-minute soundscape designed to surround the audience as they followed the mirrored walkway from the Gaumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood to the nearby after-show reception. The soundscape comprised of ambience from the movie, together with a few well chosen FX from Inception sound designer Richard King."