Jeff Grace

Jeff Grace is a composer who has scored films with appearances at Toronto, Venice, New York, Rotterdam, South by Southwest, Los Angeles, TriBeCa and Sundance film festivals. Jeff’s recent projects include Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff, Jim Mickle’s Stake Land (winner of the People’s Choice Award in the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival’s 2010 Midnight Madness section), and Ti West’s acclaimed The House of the Devil.   Active as a composer for concert and stage, Jeff was selected for American Opera Projects’ Composers and the Voice Series where he was awarded the Tobias Picker Chair, entailing a mentorship with the celebrated composer. Jeff is also active as an orchestrator and arranger with credits including Lucia Micarelli (HBO’s Treme), Lady Gaga, Fredrick Doci, and numerous films.   From 2001-2004 Jeff worked as an assistant to Academy Award® winning composer Howard Shore on such projects as Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and Martin Scorsese’s The Gangs of New York. In the years prior, Jeff worked as an assistant to legendary jazz composer/producer/arranger Gil Goldstein working on projects for artists such as Pat Metheny and Roy Hargrove. 1998 marked the beginning of Jeff’s film and music career working as a composer and producer at the New York music house Ruggieri Music where he also worked with composer Robert Ruggieri on his scores for A Hymn For Alvin Ailey (ballet and film) and Double Exposure (ballet) for The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre.