Jonathan Galland Film Composer San Francisco, CA Jonathan Galland is a French music composer, currently established both in San Francisco, California and Paris, France. His work for motion pictures (ranging from feature-length documentary, to animated shorts and music for advertisements) has received to this day over seventy international music awards from over 15 countries. The various accolades include a "Best Composer Award", a "Critics Choice Award", numerous outstanding achievements and awards of excellence, as well as a “Soundtrack of the Year” award. In 2020, Galland was also nominated twice for a Crystal Pine Award from the International Sound & Film Music Festival in Croatia, alongside Alberto Iglesias, Gabriel Yared, Thomas Newman, Max Richter, Alexandre Desplat and James Newton Howard, among others. Galland’s music has been discussed on various podcasts, and has been mentioned in trade publications such as Music Connection magazine. His soundtrack for "The Ribbon" has also received in-depth reviews and analysis by film critics and film music bloggers. Aside from been distributed worldwide through today’s biggest commercial download platforms such as Apple Music and Amazon, Galland’s music can frequently be heard on internet radios such as StreamingSoundtracks.com Classically trained since the age of six as a violinist and through the French music schools, Galland progressively developed a passion for writing music to motion pictures. He completed his MFA in Music Production and Sound Design for Visual Media, with an emphasis on Film Scoring at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. Galland is affiliated to SOCAN as well as the Recording Academy (known for their Grammy Awards) and is an approved submitter to the Academy Awards in the “Best Original Score” category. Galland is also a voting member of the 2021 World Soundtrack Awards in Belgium and has also been a voting member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) where has served numerous times on the judges’ panel of the prestigious JUNO Awards.
