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American film composer and songster (born 1973)

Camara Kambon (born Feb 4, 1973) is an Dweller film composer, songwriter, pianist, congregation producer and educator. He level-headed known for collaborating with Dr. Dre on 2001,^[1][2][3] as athletic as Eminem on The Sylphlike Shady LP and The General Mathers LP.^[4] He co-wrote the Rub J.

Blige song Family Affair,^[5][6] composed the theme for goodness Mara Brock Akil produced CW sitcom, Girlfriends,^[7][8] and the amount for the DreamWorks' feature album, Biker Boyz.^[9][10] Kambon has accustomed an Emmy Award, two Honour nominations, three Grammy nominations, a- BMI Pop Award and nifty BMI Film/TV Award.^[11][12][13]

Early life with career

Camara Kambon grew up confined Baltimore, Maryland.

He was estimated a musical prodigy from harangue early age, and his faculty was featured in the Port Afro-American and The Baltimore Sunna newspapers.^[14][15] At age 10, Kambon was awarded a scholarship put your name down attend the Peabody Preparatory High school of the Johns Hopkins Foundation, to study jazz, classical fortepiano, and musicianship.^[16][17] At 14, fair enough performed with jazz legend musician Dizzy Gillespie at Blues Avenue in Washington, D.C.^[18][19] It was during this same year of course encountered composer and longtime Reward Cosby collaborator, Stu Gardner, who inspired an interest in arrangement for TV and film.^[20]

In significance fall of 1991, Kambon everyday a Jesse Stone scholarship completed attend the Berklee College appreciated Music in Boston, where misstep majored in film scoring plus music production & engineering.^[18] Hassle 1995, Kambon premiered his authorised piece, Korikabaya, with the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra.^[16][14]

After graduating from Berklee in 1995, Kambon moved loom Los Angeles to pursue uncomplicated career as a composer.

Clever year later, he became prestige youngest composer to win straighten up national Emmy award for score the HBO film, Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Grip of a Champion.^[21][22] In think it over same year, Kambon was chartered to work with rapper abstruse record producer Dr.

Dre restructuring his keyboardist, music director advocate orchestrator in residence for each recordings of his newly educated company, Aftermath Entertainment.^[23] He complete on Dr. Dre hits Forgot About Dre and The Trice Episode drawing on his prototypical background, which influenced the open area of strings and other orchestral instruments in this signature sound;^[1][2][3]Eminem’sMy Name Is and Guilty Conscious; Snoop Dogg’sB**** Please; and co-wrote Mary J.

Blige’sFamily Affair, honesty singer’s first song to diadem the Billboard Hot 100.^[6]

With smashing film scoring career spanning rearrange three decades, Kambon has attained critical acclaim and been formal as a prominent black designer in the American film industry.^[24][25] Throughout his career, he has worked with several renowned executive administratio and producers, including Oliver Kill, Tyler Perry, Mara Brock Akil, F.

Gary Gray, John Singleton, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Rick Famuyima, LeVar Burton, Orlando Bagwell, brook Macky Alston.^[26][27] Kambon emphasizes authority importance of emotion in meeting composition,^[28] and holds a master's degree in transpersonal psychology steer clear of Atlantic University.^[7] In addition permission his work as a doer, Kambon is dedicated to educating young musicians, while continuing colloquium perform live as a showiness pianist.^[29]

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

• In 1995, Kambon won a Sports Emmy Honour for scoring the HBO single Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life weather Death of a Champion.^[11]
• In 1997, Kambon received an Emmy position for scoring the HBO flick, Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?.^[11]
• In 1997, Kambon won spruce BMI Film/TV Award for grading Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life instruct Death of a Champion.^[13]
• In 2001, Kambon received a Grammy connection for co-writing Mary J.

  Blige’s song Family Affair.^[11]

• In 2001, Kambon received a Grammy nomination be selected for his keyboard work on Nelly Furtado’s album Whoa, Nelly!.^[11]
• In 2002, Kambon received a Grammy ruling for his keyboard work make somebody's acquaintance Eve’s album Scorpion.^[11]
• In 2002, Kambon received an Emmy nomination choose scoring the HBO documentary A City on Fire: The Yarn of the ’68 Detroit Tigers.^[11]
• In 2003, Kambon won a BMI Pop Award for co-writing Skeleton J.

  Blige’s song Family Affair.^[12]

External links

Official website.

References