Brian L.H. Gunter is a passionate and experienced film composer. When in his element, Brian is blending symphonic and chamber scoring orchestras with modern synth and guitar. Brian strives to approach each score fresh with his own style while leaning into his influences like Benjamin Wallfisch, Alan Silvestri, Nicholas Britel, Ludwig Göransson, or James Newton Howard, grounding each score with Brian’s own twisted take on story immersive sound design. Having scored for a range in feature and short films from horror, drama, comedy or animation, the one thread that marks a score from Brian comes from his highly empathic drive to identify the essential emotional markers of the story and its characters, and using the environments of those characters to organically tie the score to their emotional cores. As someone on the neurodivergent spectrum (autism & ADHD), Brian has always been deeply connected with of emotion, experiencing them more intensely that most, and has resulted with him viewing life through a unique lense. Brian attributes growing up with film and other visual media with their accompanying scores in particular for being able to develop his perspective, he says ,”Being neurodivergent adds an extra ten layers of difficulty processing and contextualizing emotion. In myself, and of others. Music makes me feel emotions in a very clear way. The visual nature of film and musical scores helped me contextualize emotion in a specific and effective way for me. So, in a very genuine sense my being able to score films and provide emotional support for visual storytelling feels a lot like giving back to what helped make me who I am.” The result has been a diverse and at times eclectic, but cohesive body of work. Whether through classic orchestra, chamber ensembles, swing bands, electronic hybrid, musical theater, or highly stylized period work. Not as a “Jack of all trades”, but as someone who thrives creatively to overcome limitations and always deliver to any project. Brian’s personal style, musical tastes, and emotional connection to serve the story is always at its heart.…

Brian L.H. Gunter

Brian L.H. Gunter is a passionate and experienced film composer. When in his element, Brian is blending symphonic and chamber scoring orchestras with modern synth and guitar. Brian strives to approach each score fresh with his own style while leaning into his influences like Benjamin Wallfisch, Alan Silvestri, Nicholas Britel, Ludwig Göransson, or James Newton Howard, grounding each score with Brian’s own twisted take on story immersive sound design. Having scored for a range in feature and short films from horror, drama, comedy or animation, the one thread that marks a score from Brian comes from his highly empathic drive to identify the essential emotional markers of the story and its characters, and using the environments of those characters to organically tie the score to their emotional cores. As someone on the neurodivergent spectrum (autism & ADHD), Brian has always been deeply connected with of emotion, experiencing them more intensely that most, and has resulted with him viewing life through a unique lense. Brian attributes growing up with film and other visual media with their accompanying scores in particular for being able to develop his perspective, he says ,”Being neurodivergent adds an extra ten layers of difficulty processing and contextualizing emotion. In myself, and of others. Music makes me feel emotions in a very clear way. The visual nature of film and musical scores helped me contextualize emotion in a specific and effective way for me. So, in a very genuine sense my being able to score films and provide emotional support for visual storytelling feels a lot like giving back to what helped make me who I am.” The result has been a diverse and at times eclectic, but cohesive body of work. Whether through classic orchestra, chamber ensembles, swing bands, electronic hybrid, musical theater, or highly stylized period work. Not as a “Jack of all trades”, but as someone who thrives creatively to overcome limitations and always deliver to any project. Brian’s personal style, musical tastes, and emotional connection to serve the story is always at its heart.…

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Brian L.H. Gunter is a passionate and experienced film composer. When in his element, Brian is blending symphonic and chamber scoring orchestras with modern synth and guitar. Brian strives to approach each score fresh with his own style while leaning into his influences like Benjamin Wallfisch, Alan Silvestri, Nicholas Britel, Ludwig Göransson, or James Newton Howard, grounding each score with Brian’s own twisted take on story immersive sound design.

Having scored for a range in feature and short films from horror, drama, comedy or animation, the one thread that marks a score from Brian comes from his highly empathic drive to identify the essential emotional markers of the story and its characters, and using the environments of those characters to organically tie the score to their emotional cores. As someone on the neurodivergent spectrum (autism & ADHD), Brian has always been deeply connected with of emotion, experiencing them more intensely that most, and has resulted with him viewing life through a unique lense. Brian attributes growing up with film and other visual media with their accompanying scores in particular for being able to develop his perspective, he says ,”Being neurodivergent adds an extra ten layers of difficulty processing and contextualizing emotion. In myself, and of others. Music makes me feel emotions in a very clear way. The visual nature of film and musical scores helped me contextualize emotion in a specific and effective way for me. So, in a very genuine sense my being able to score films and provide emotional support for visual storytelling feels a lot like giving back to what helped make me who I am.”

The result has been a diverse and at times eclectic, but cohesive body of work. Whether through classic orchestra, chamber ensembles, swing bands, electronic hybrid, musical theater, or highly stylized period work. Not as a “Jack of all trades”, but as someone who thrives creatively to overcome limitations and always deliver to any project. Brian’s personal style, musical tastes, and emotional connection to serve the story is always at its heart.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Film Composer at Freelance
January 1, 2020 - Present
• Responsible for composing, recording and producing the musical score and songs for films and other visual media. • Recording and development of signature sound designs for the score as approved/requested by the film’s director. • Delivery of all final STEMs on time, and formatted to the required specs as detailed by the production. • Delivery of final music masters additionally preppared for streaming and/or physical media release. • Provide regular and articulate communication and updates/demos with the creative leads (i.e. directors and producers), and any other appropriate post production team members (i.e. editor, and sound designer, etc.) to develop and maintain a cohesive overall soundtrack and score together. • Working closely with the director to ensure my appropriate and accurate understanding of character, story, and style expectations for the score. • Interpreting the director’s brief and additional notes into musical context to appropriately underscore the desired emotional context of the films story and visuals. • Responsible for 100% accurate sync to the master production timecode with zero errors. • Preparation of score manuscript, or reduced manuscript and DAW files as required to deliver for orchestration for live recording session players. • Management of the films dedicated scoring budget to produce and acquire any and all necessary tools, and to arrange for/hire outside live musicians and recording studio bookings as necessary while staying within the given budget. • Creation and transmission of the final score and songs cue sheets to the appropriate production team members for timely submission to my performance rights association (BMI).

Education

Music Composition & Cello Performance at University of Idaho: Lionel Hampton School of Music
September 3, 2025 - September 3, 2025
Audio Production at Art Institute of Seattle
September 3, 2025 - September 3, 2025
Bachelor of Business at WGU
September 3, 2025 - September 3, 2025

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services
    uniE608 Action/Adventure Audio Reel
    This playlist of action and adventure style tracks are packed with energy, yet remain dynamic, and building in intensity. Whether it’s a grand orchestra, driving and pulsing synths, electronic beats, or pounding war drums, These tracks are all designed for exciting stories and to keep the audience on the edge of their seats! Twine portfolios do not allow the full track list to show, but each track in this playlist will automatically continue as the current track ends. https://soundcloud.com/brian-gunter/sets/action-adventure?si=7813fb4b9a294b7f895e26cd26319622&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing…