Paul Hartwig

Owner/Composer at Hartwig Music
Music Composer

Los Angeles, California

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June 2015

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About Paul

Paul W. Hartwig
Woodland Hills, CA 91364

Education

Berklee College of Music-Boston MA University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Music Composition Associate’s Degree- Business Administration and Management

Kaplan University Minnesota
Certified Real Estate Agent

Creative Director & Composer

Emmy Award Winning composer with over 30 years of experience scoring, composing and directing creative projects. Written music for over 5,000 TV commercials and 28 ﬁlms including music for the World Cup. Recipient of 14 Minnesota Music awards for composition and production management.

Major Awards:

Emmy Recipient- Outstanding Achievement in Entertainment
Grandfather’s Birthday- 2000-2001 – Composer (22 other international awards)

Sundance Film Festival Award Winner- Best Picture and Production
Backroads (Bearwalker)- 2000- Composer

Lake Placid Film Festival Award Winner- Feature Film Documentary
Poles Apart- 2000-2001- Composer

Project Management & Musical Leadership

Hartwig Music 1987-Present
Owner and Lead Director
Directed a creative team throughout the entire music composition process.
Marketing, sales and business development.
Studio financials and forecasting.
Scheduling and coordination of client meetings and projects.
Train individuals on how to properly record artists (Vocal and Instrumental).
Collaborate with a team on a vision for the project.
Responsible for the final mixing and tweaking of the composition.

Limited Warranty 1980-1987
Founder and Keyboardist
Signed with Atlantic Records.
The final winners of the show Star Search.
Responsible for marketing and show coordination.
Toured London with Tina Turner.
Recorded at Paisley Park with Prince.

Unique traits: Writes original Music for Film & TV

Gender:
Male

Height:
5' 8"

Weight:
160

Body type:
Slim

Hair color:
Brown

Eyes:
Blue

Ethnicity:
Other

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Credits

The Wagon (2019)
Film Composer
Ascendant: Origins of Je'daii (2018)
Film Composer
Becoming Iconic (2018)
Film Music department
Making the Portrait's Secret (2017)
Film (Documentary) Composer Add a Plot »
The Mob: A Woman's Revenge (2017)
Film (Crime) Composer Maria becomes daddy's little girl very quickly only to see him killed in cold blood on her tenth birthday. She vows to avenge his killer.
The Portrait's Secret (2017)
Film (Drama) Composer Add a Plot »
Empire of the Heart (2017)
Film Composer
Trust Fund (2017)
Film Music department
The Stooge (2016)
Film (Mystery) Composer The story follows a downtrodden but determined man who seeks work as a magician's assistant and soon realizes that the world of magic reveals more surprises than he could ever have imagined.
A Taste of Revenge (2016)
Film (Drama) Composer Add a Plot »
Bornless Ones (2016)
Film Composer
B-Roll (2016)
Film Composer
Slash 3 (2015)
Film (Drama, Horror and Thriller) Composer 5 months after Jack Anderson and Jonathan Franco were attacked by Cody and Amanda, Jack and his thought to be dead girlfriend move to Massachusetts to start a new life in a new school. Soon after their arrival, things begin to happen in a much to familiar way. A new ghostface killer has risen. This time...it's personal.
Watched (2014)
Film (Short and Thriller) Composer Add a Plot »
The Dead Diaries (2014)
Television (Short and Horror) Composer Follows Erik, Jason, and Dre in a series of bone-chilling vignettes. Who will get out alive?
Scary Story Slumber Party (2012)
Film (Horror) Composer 3 friends gather together to throw an old fashion Slumber Party like they did in the old days. They begin to tell each other scary stories to liven up the fun. But the fun is leading to something a bit more sinister.
Double Day (2011)
Film (Short, Comedy, Drama and Thriller) Composer This movie's got twists, turns, guns, an old warehouse, a bloody cheek, a bunch of cardboard stand-ups, a knife, an evocation of Scarlett Johansson, a fair amount of yelling, and Henry Winkler, just looking on and grinning the whole time. Nobody comes out the same. Have you killed your evil twin today? Written by Anonymous
Memorial Day (2011)
Film (Action, Drama, History and War) Composer Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives. Written by Anonymous
Holiday Beach (2011)
Film (Drama) Music department Drama based upon events that took place on a desolate Navy radio base on Kodiak Island, Alaska in 1962. It recounts the terror faced by young sailors at the hand of a fellow sailor and psychopath - framed against a backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Written by Steve Erik larson
Running Through: The Jordan Culbreath Story (2010)
Film (Documentary, Short, Drama, News and 1 More) Composer Diagnosed with two, micro-rare, fatal blood diseases, All-American, All-Ivy, Princeton University football star, Jordan Culbreath battles life and death with the hope of recovery and a miraculous return to football.
The Stu Webb Story (2009)
Video (Documentary, Short and Biography) Sound department Growing up happy and healthy in the American Heartland during the 1930s, pharmacist-turned-attorney Stu Webb chooses an unlikely path that takes him through the darkest reaches of life before he discovers the personal healing power of Buddhism. Webb's connection with his new-found spiritualism plays an inspirational role as he invents a new approach to family law becoming the founder of a worldwide movement. Written by Anonymous
Into Temptation (2009)
Film (Drama) Music department A call girl goes to a priest to confess a sin she hasn't committed yet: she plans to kill herself on her next birthday. Then she disappears and he goes looking for her, enlisting the help of an ad hoc congregation of troubled souls along the way. A story about forgiveness. Written by Anonymous
Flourtown (2008)
Film (Animation, Short and Fantasy) Composer Tornadoes are fashioned into weapons at a factory. The owners are driven by greed and don't care if innocent lives are lost in Flourtown. John and Kate search for a reason to live after their boys die at the indifferent hands of these industrialists. Written by Anonymous
Soccer Mom (2008)
Film (Comedy, Family and Sport) Composer A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep her wacky charade going long enough to see the girls win their big tournament Written by Anon
Prisoner 32,232 (2007)
Film (Short and War) Composer Prisoner 32,232 provides a glimpse into the very unique life of Norwegian immigrant Reidar Dittmann, who settled in Minnesota after WWII. Dittmann recalls how the Nazi invasion of Norway led to his eventual incarceration in Buchenwald concentration camp. His experiences offer important lessons that ring true in today's world. Written by Gayle Knutson
Tyrannosaurus Azteca (2007)
Film (Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi and Thriller) Music department Two years before his famous encounter with Montezuma, Cortes is sent on a scouting mission to shores... See full synopsis »
If There Were No Lutherans Would There Still Be Green Jell-O? (2005)
Film (Documentary and Short) Composer Add a Plot »
Killing Kevin (2004)
Film (Comedy, Drama, Mystery and Short) Composer Five damaged people gather in a church basement somewhere in West Hollywood to work through the rage they all share toward an A-list actor/Director who has ruined their lives and derailed their careers. One by one, the Screenwriter, the Actor, the Dialect Coach, the Lakota Sioux woman and the Big Mysterious Guy with the unfortunate hair situation share their stories, building to an explosive climax of violence, revenge and redemption, including some really hard kicking. Written by anonymous
She Spies (2003 - 2004)
Television (Action, Adventure and Comedy) Music department Three gorgeous female convicts are paroled from prison to work for an unnamed federal agency. While saving the world, they take verbal pokes at anything and everything, and take absolutely nothing seriously, including themselves. Written by fgunther <knarf343@att.net>
Backroads (2003)
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The New Boy (2002)
Film (Drama and Short) Composer Add a Plot »
Grandfather's Birthday (2000)
Film (Short and Drama) Composer GRANDFATHER'S BIRTHDAY stars the late stage, screen and television actor Robert Prosky in the touching story of an elderly widower excited to celebrate his 79th birthday. The film follows Grandfather's day and the range of emotions he feels as he comes to grips with one of life's tragic realities. Written by Anonymous
Poles Apart (2000)
Film (Documentary) Composer Add a Plot »
The Force
TV Movi Composer
Way of Redemption
Composer
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Music department
The Club
Music department
Galaxy Watch the Galacteran Legacy
Composer
Land of the Free
Composer