Even if you haven't heard Richard Friedman's name before, we know you've heard his compositions. How do we know this? Because, from our Starship video clips to our "Welcome" mini movies, Rich Friedman composed and orchestrated all of the musical pieces on Myouterspace.com. The audio clips featured in our videos are just a small taste of what this talented composer is capable of creating.
Not to be confused with the Texas cowboy Richard "Kinky" Friedman, Myouterspace's Richard Friedman is most-definitely not kinky, but is a well-respected film and television composer working in Los Angeles. He has written over 600 pieces of music, which have been licensed worldwide.
In 1999 he scored the Warner Bros.' feature film, ''A Dog of Flanders.'' The ASCAP review board had submitted the score as a possible Academy Award nominee. Friedman also scored the urban family film, ''Uncle P,'' released by Beacon/New Line on DVD, Spring of 2007.
He also scored the PBS miniseries, ''Walking the Bible,'' based on the Bruce Feiler bestseller. That score was submitted for an Emmy nomination in 2006.
Friedman's hard-hitting dramatic orchestral music can be heard on movie trailers including Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, Van Helsing, Spider Man 2, as well as many other film promotional campaigns.
His success as a keyboard session musician has made him an in-demand performance artist, performing for prominent music software companies including Yamaha, East-West, Gigastudio, and Korg, to name a few. His formal training in the classics (Ph.D in Music Theory and History, Boston University), plus his performing and arranging experience in the Pop and Jazz worlds have allowed Friedman to work effectively in a wide array of musical styles. These range from nineteenth-century European Classical music in ''Dog of Flanders,'' to Urban, R& in ''Uncle P,'' and ethnic Middle Eastern and Biblica score in ''Walking the Bible.''
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