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Gio Washington-Wright's L.A. Studio Musicians Tribute Site
In Brian Kilgore's diverse studio career he has played on over 400 albums, including popular music with Cold Play, Live, Shelby Lynne, Celeste Prince, Whitney Houston, Starship, Linda Rondstadt, Ricky Martin, Jody Watley, Robbie Nevil, Aerosmith, and Concrete Blonde, Afro-Cuban salsa with Clare Fischer and Francisco Aguabella, straight ahead jazz with Terry Trotter, Bill Watrous, Bill Cunliffe, and Bob Florence, jazz fusion with Kirk Whalum, Everette Harp, Dave Koz, Grant Geissman, and Warren Hill, and rap with NWA and Dr. Dre. His numerous TV/film credits include Pollock, A Bug's Life, Mighty Joe Young, A Perfect Storm, The Hulk, Spiderman II, The Bourne Supremacy, Troy, Van Helsing, I Robot, The Polar Express, Team America, Robots, Skeleton Key, and dozens more.
He has also performed live with Barbra Streisand, Teena Marie, Elton John, Billy Joel, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and many more.
Brian received his Bachelor of Music degree from California State University, Northridge in 1984, where he subsequently served on the faculty from 1992-1998. His ability to cover all aspects of percussion, from Afro-Cuban rhythms to orchestral percussion, to the extensive use of electronics and exotic sound effects, has made him a valuable player on the Los Angeles studio scene.
Check out some of Brian's Credits!Movies: Night At the Museum, Charlotte's Web, Blood Diamond, The Bridge to Terabithia, Fred Claus, Superman Returns, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Payback (Director's cut DVD), Stripes, Little Man, You, Me and Dupree, Ice Age II short-Crazy for Nuts, The Martian Child, The Nativity Story, Next, Chicago 10.
TV: Family Guy (weekly), American Dad (weekly), The Path to 9/11, One Life to Live, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Jingles: Staples, Land Rover, Coca Cola, Kashi, Visa, Mitsubishi (several percussion features-written by Stewart Copeland), Nissan, Pathfinder, Hewlett Packard, NBA, ESPN, Verizon, Mountain Dew (with Stewart Copeland), Target, Xbox, Microsoft, Creme Savers, Gatorade, NCAA
Live: Live Concert DVD with The Goo Goo Dolls, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with Santana, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with Kenny Loggins, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with Mariza, Jeff Bealâs score to the movie Pollack
Misc: Recorded intro to Faith Hill/ Tim McGraw live tour, Disney Theme Parks (recorded music for various live shows)
2012 Ted [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Walter Murphy Percussion
2011 Happy Feet Two [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Latin Percussion
2010 Music from Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Percussion
2010 The Town Harry Gregson-Williams Percussion
2010 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves [Original Video Game Soundtrack] Greg Edmonson Percussion
2009 Watchmen [Original Motion Picture Score] Tyler Bates Percussion
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Percussion
2009 Year One [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Theodore Shapiro Percussion
2008 Appaloosa [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Jeff Beal Percussion
2008 Hancock [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Percussion
2008 Nights in Rodanthe [Original Motion Picture Score] Jeanine Tesori Percussion
2008 Sex and the City: Original Motion Picture Score Aaron Zigman Percussion
2008 Tropic Thunder [Original Motion Picture Score] Theodore Shapiro Drums
2008 WALL-E [Original Score] Thomas Newman Percussion
2007 Bridge to Terabithia Percussion
2007 Hairspray [2007 Original Soundtrack] Percussion
2007 Transformers: The Score [Original Motion Picture Score] Steve Jablonsky Percussion
2006 Blood Diamond [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Soloist
2005 Elektra [Original Motion Picture Score] Christophe Beck Percussion
2005 Robots [Original Score] John Powell Percussion
2005 The Interpreter [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Newton Howard Percussion
2005 The Legend of Zorro [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Percussion
2005 The Skeleton Key [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Percussion
2004 Day After Tomorrow Harald Kloser Percussion
2004 Flight of the Phoenix [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Marco Beltrami Percussion
2004 The Bourne Supremacy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] John Powell Percussion
2003 Jeepers Creepers 2 [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Percussion
2003 The Missing [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] James Horner Ethnic Percussion
2003 Timeline [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Brian Tyler Percussion
2002 Black Hawk Down [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Hans Zimmer Percussion
2002 XXX [Original Motion Picture Score] Randy Edelman Percussion
2001 The Mummy Returns (Soundtrack) Alan Silvestri Percussion
1998 Mighty Joe Young [Original Soundtrack] James Horner Percussion