RICK DEJONGE - Composer
Rick DeJonge is a graduate of the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program from USC and holds a Master's of Art and Bachelor's of Music from Western Michigan University. Rick has been writing music for orchestra and wind ensemble for over 20 years and for the Boston Brass the last 7 years. You can hear his symphonic works on Summit Records. In 2007 one of Rick’s pieces on Summit Records was submitted by the record label for a Grammy in the category of Contemporary Composition. Many of Mr. DeJonge’s symphonic works have been preformed at many music education conferences including the National MENC, Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Ohio MEA, CBDA, Colorado MEA, Western MENC, Eastern MENC, South Carolina MEA, Georgia MEA, the American Bandmasters Association, North Carolina MEA and the Western International Band Clinic. Rick has had commissions with The Annapolis Symphony, Elkhart Symphony, New Jersey Pops Orchestra, Williamsport Symphony, Capital University, Indiana State University, California State Long Beach, Charlotte Catholic High School, The Air Force Band of the Golden West, Band of Flight from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Seika Girls High School Band from Fukuoka, Japan and currently Lassiter High School.
As a film composer, Mr. DeJonge has worked on several films and with great composers such as Christopher Young, David Spear, Jack Smalley, and Pete Anthony. As an orchestrator, Rick worked with composers on television promos including shows like “Beautiful People”, “Lost”, “The West Wing” and “CSI Miami”. As a conductor, Rick has conducted his own scores at Paramount Studios, Fox Studios, and Firehouse Studios in Pasadena, California. . DeJonge’s score for the action film “Fighting With Anger” contained a song by the composer which won Best Original Song at the New York Independent Film Festival and was recorded by Willie Nelson. Rick’s latest soundtrack to the motion picture suspense thriller “Deeper and Deeper” was released this past summer and has received rave reviews. Mr. DeJonge is currently in pre-production for the film “Moral Obligation” starring Academy Award winner Margaret O’Brian and Peter Fonda. Rick is a member of ASCAP along with his film music publishing company, Dream Notes Music