Keegan DeWitt
Keegan DeWitt | |
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| Photo by James Goncalves Photo by James Goncalves | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 8, 1982 |
| Origin | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, singer-songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Izumi Records |
| Website | www.keegandewitt.com, www.wildcubmusic.com |
Keegan DeWitt (born April 8, 1982) is an American film composer, singer-songwriter and actor raised in Oregon now residing in Brooklyn and Nashville.
Early life
Keegan was born in Bend, Oregon.[citation needed]
Film composing career
In 2013, DeWitt composed the score for the Oscar Award Winning documentary short "Inocente", directed by Sean & Andrea Fine and edited by Jeff Consiglio. In the same year he would also attend the Sundance Film Festival with 2 films. The first, "This Is Martin Bonner" by Chad Hartigan, was the winner of the NEXT Audience Award and the second "Life According To Sam" was produced in conjunction with HBO to air in the fall of '13.
In 2005 DeWitt composed the score for New York Times Critic's Pick Dance Party USA and in 2007 he scored Quiet City, which was also a NY Times Critic's Pick and Independent Spirit Awards nominee.[1]
DeWitt completed the score for Cold Weather, which premiered at the 2010 South by Southwest film festival and was bought and released by IFC Films.[2] He also took part in the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with two films.[3] The first, a documentary titled "The Good Life" [HBO], directed by Sean Fine and his wife Andrea Nix-Fine. The second, a narrative titled "This Is Martin Bonner", directed by close friend Chad Hartigan.
He has also done commercial work for Facebook, Merrell, Lincoln, Amtrak, Country Time Lemonade, Save The Children and others. He is also known in cycling world for his scores of the viral Rapha Cycling videos.[4]
Often collaborators include: Barry Jenkins, Aaron Katz, Chad Hartigan, Facebook, Sean Fine, Cherie Saulter (Director and producer of Myth Of The American Sleepover), Rapha and others.
Recording career
Most recently, DeWitt has teamed with fellow Nashville, TN artist Jeremy Bullock to form Wild Cub. They released a debut LP in August (January UK release) of "Youth", a 13 song full length. Wild Cub has been part of SXSW, Bonnaroo, CMJ and other prominent festivals and has received coverage from PASTE,[5] MTVHive.com,[6] Wall Street Journal,[7] SPIN,[8] IFC.com,[9] RCRDLBL,[10] The Line of Best Fit(UK),[11] Clash Music (UK)[12] and more.
While working as an actor and composer in New York, DeWitt also began working as a performing songwriter in New York's Lower East Side. During this time he was developing demos and recording regularly with Roman Candle, a band featuring his sister Timshel, as well as her husband Skip Matheny and his younger brother Logan Matheny (also of The Rosebuds) on drums.[13]
In 2010, Keegan released Nothing Shows under the Daytrotter label. Paste named him one of the 10 best solo artists of 2010 as well as Best of What's Next.[14][15]
Keegan's "Two Hearts" is the theme song to MTV's Friendzone series [16]
He has songs featured in "How I Met Your Mother", "Hart of Dixie" and "Revenge" as a solo artist.
In 2013, DeWitt was nominated for an Academy Award for his work scoring the film Inocente Carreño.[17]
References
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/391481/Quiet-City/overview
- ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/movies/04cold-weather.html
- ^ http://www.indiewire.com/festival/sundance_film_festival
- ^ http://www.rapha.cc/rapha-continental-andy-hampsten
- ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/1000words/2012/10/cmj-day-three---photos-and-recap.html
- ^ http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/08/06/wild-cub-youth-album-stream/
- ^ http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/10/16/cmj-music-marathon-12-acts-to-watch/
- ^ http://www.spin.com/articles/wild-cub-embark-on-moonlit-adventure-in-drive-video?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
- ^ http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/08/premiere-wild-cub
- ^ http://rcrdlbl.com/2012/07/26/premiere_wild_cub_straight_no_turns
- ^ http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/song-of-the-day/wild-cub-x-kisses-straight-no-turns-best-fit-premiere-113203
- ^ http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/wild-cub-running
- ^ http://www.romancandlemusic.com/
- ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2010/12/10-best-new-solo-artists-of-2010.html
- ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2010/10/best-of-whats-next-keegan-dewitt.html
- ^ "Two Hearts” chosen as MTV Theme Song http://keegandewitt.com/2011/10/02/two-hearts-chosen-as-mtv-theme-song/
- ^ https://twitter.com/keegandewitt/status/289548049733271553
External links
- Keegan DeWitt (official website)
- Keegan DeWitt MySpace profile
- Keegan DeWitt at IMDb
- Profile of DeWitt in American Songwriter
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