Kyle Okaly
Composer of Music for Visual Media
My name is Kyle Okaly. I'm a Los Angeles-based composer who has done work for film, games, and web videos with a background in programming and degrees in music, new media, and computer science. Check out some of my work below.
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Music
You can listen to excerpts of my film/game scores here. For more, check out my Bandcamp page. I also have some songs over here.
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News
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Future Stuff:
I'll be scoring this animated Portal short in the months to come. You can follow it on Facebook and Twitter.
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7/19/2013
Girl Most Likely, which was scored by Rob Simonsen and debuted at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, is released in select theaters in the U.S.
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7/5/2013
The Way Way Back is released in U.S. theaters.
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5/17/2013
The English Teacher, with a score composed by Rob Simonsen, is released in select theaters.
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2/24/2013
Mychael Danna wins the Oscar for Best Original Score with his work on Life of Pi!
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1/25/2013
The Way Way Back, scored by Rob Simonsen, is sold to Fox Searchlight in one of the most expensive deals in Sundance history.
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1/13/2013
Mychael Danna's score for Life of Pi wins the Golden Globe!
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12/3/2012
Snooze, a short comedy about time travel by Alex Jacobs, is selected as a finalist in the first Parameter short film competition by The Onion's A.V. Club.
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11/18/2012
The Christmas Tree, directed by Angel Kristi Williams, makes its TV debut.
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8/16/2012
The Christmas Tree takes 2nd place at the inaugural One Lens Film Festival.
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5/4/2012
Sticky Pancakes, directed by Justin Burquist, debuts at the 2nd Annual Imperial Valley Film Festival.
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4/24/2012
La Llorona wins a Silver Palm Award at the 2012 Mexico International Film Festival.
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1/28/2012
La Llorona, directed by Juan Guardado, is selected as a Gold Award Winner at the 2011 California Film Awards.
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11/5/2011
The Christmas Tree, directed by Angel Kristi Williams, is awarded Best in Show at the 2011 Weisman Award Exhibition.
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7/2/2011
Fljott, by CalamitySoft, is released for iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad.
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About
I grew up in Rahway, New Jersey with three primary interests:
- Composing/performing music
- Filming/editing terrible homemade movies with friends
- Programming/playing video games
I pursued all three in college (majoring in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communcation along with Computer Science at RPI), where I eventually realized I was most interested in combining them: composing music to fit the dramatic needs of film, games, and visual media in general.
This realization led me to Columbia College Chicago's Music Composition for the Screen graduate program, where I earned an MFA in 2011. At Columbia, I studied with Andy Hill, former vice-president of music production at Walt Disney Studios, as well as award-winning composers Hummie Mann, Mike Reagan, and Ron Fish.
Since then, I've moved to Los Angeles, assisted other film composers (including Christophe Beck, Rob Simonsen, and Academy Award-winner Mychael Danna) and composed music for several short films and games.
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Contact
If you're working on something that you think could be improved by adding music, get in touch!