Richard Einhorn (born 1952) is an American composer.Einhorn graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1975, and studied composition and electronic music with Jack Beeson, Vladimir Ussachevsky, and Mario Davidovsky.His best-known work, Voices of Light (1994) is an oratorio scored for soloists, chorus, orchestra and a bell. It was inspired by Carl Theodor Dreyer's silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928). In the 1980s, he composed many horror and thriller film scores, including The Prowler and Sister, Sister. He also contributed to the soundtrack of Liberty! The American Revolution.In a recent New York Times article, Einhorn discussed his use of hearing loops to enjoy concerts with his hearing aid. [1]
I like to create pieces that have many layers of meaning, some of which contradict each other. The idea, then, is for the perceiver to put together his/her own meaning, to construct a personal narrative from a shared experience.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
2011
Documentary
American Experience
1997-2007
TV Series documentary 2 episodes
Dr. Zond Controls the Weather
2006
Video short
The New Medicine
2006
TV Movie documentary
Innovation: Life, Inspired
2004
TV Series documentary 1 episode
The Harriman Alaska Expedition Retraced
2003
TV Movie documentary
Imagining Robert: My Brother, Madness and Survival
2002
Documentary
Benjamin Franklin
2002
TV Mini-Series documentary 3 episodes
Evolution
2002
TV Series documentary 1 episode
David Macaulay: Mill Times
2001
Documentary
American Photography: A Century of Images
1999
TV Series documentary
Nature
1999
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Notes Alive! My Many Colored Days
1998
Video short
The Boyhood of John Muir
1998
American Masters
1998
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Tulennielijä
1998
Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life
1997
Documentary
The People's Plague: Tuberculosis in America
1995
TV Movie documentary
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
Documentary
ABC Weekend Specials
1995
TV Series 1 episode
David Macaulay: Roman City
1994
TV Movie documentary
A House in the Hills
1993
Darrow
1991
TV Movie
Closet Land
1991
Necessary Parties
1988
TV Movie
Sister, Sister
1987
Blood Rage
1987
Dead of Winter
1987
Tales from the Darkside
1986
TV Series 2 episodes
On the Wing
1986
Short documentary
National Geographic Explorer
1986
TV Series documentary 1 episode
The Prowler
1981
Eyes of a Stranger
1981
Don't Go in the House
1979
Shock Waves
1977
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Niagara Falls
2006
TV Movie documentary composer: incidental music
Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope
1999
TV Movie documentary composer: additional music
Wild by Law
1991
Documentary composer: theme music
Tales from the Darkside
1986
TV Series composer - 2 episodes
The Prowler
1981
music arranger
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Altiplano
2009
writer: "Fire of the Dove/Epilogue"
K-19: The Widowmaker
2002
writer: "Selections from 'Voices of Light'"
Liberty! The American Revolution
1997
TV Mini-Series music: "Freedom" / producer: "Freedom"
Closet Land
1991
performer: "Hernando's Hideaway"
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928
writer: "Voices of Light"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Notes for the Undead: Interview with Composer Richard Einhorn
$4 Million
