After college, musician Gary Posner toured with bands like Tom Tom Club and Talking Heads. All the while, collaborating with such music luminaries as Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, The Grateful Dead, Ziggy Marley, Keith Richards, Debbie Harry, The Ramones, Television, The Fine Young Cannibals, The Gypsy Kings, Robert Palmer and Roberta Flack.
Emmy-nominated composer Gary Posner has over 40 film scores under his belt, including PBS’ The Draft, Lincoln @ Gettysburg and Peabody Award winning Silence of the Bees, History Channel’s Emmy Award winning Russia: Land of the Tsars and its 13-hour miniseries The Revolution. Television credits include work for HBO, Cinemax, ESPN, Court TV, Tru TV, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and History Channel.
Teaching film scoring to graduate students at New York's NYU and The New School, inspired Gary to go back to school for his K-12 Music and TESOL Certification. He then started teaching world music classes at PS 290 in Manhattan, as well as, elementary music classes at the prestigious United Nations International School. In addition to his work in New York City, he taught English Through Music classes at Projecto Novas Descobertas, an organization committed to integrating various socio-economic groups in Portugal. In August 2015, Gary will begin teaching Songwriting and Music Production classes and heading the Secondary Music Department at the International School of Dakar, Senegal.
He has most recently opened a Whirled Music Studio in the heart of London.
Lincoln@Gettysburg
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TV Movie
Composer
Birth of the Living Dead
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Film
Composer
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview
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TV Movie
Composer
Secret Service Files
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TV Series
Composer
Columbus's Cursed Colony
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Film
Composer
Nature
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TV Series
Composer
Through a Dog's Eyes
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TV Movie
Composer
CIA Confidential
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TV Series
Composer
Secret Access: Air Force One
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TV Movie
Composer
Nova
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Film
Composer
What Does It Mean to Be Jewish?
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Film
Composer
Exploring Time
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TV Movie
Composer
Decoding the Past: Cults - Dangerous Devotion
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TV Movie
Composer
The Revolution
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TV Series
Composer
Empress of Ambition
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TV Movie
Composer
Icons of Power: Wrath of the Tsar
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Film
Composer
Granny D Goes to Washington
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Film
Composer
Góðir gestir
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Film
Composer
Icons of Power: Napoleon's Final Battle
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TV Movie
Composer
Yellow
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Film
Composer
The Investigators
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TV Series
Composer
The Madness of Henry VIII
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TV Movie
Composer
A Place Like This
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Film
Composer
The French Revolution
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Film
Composer
Crime Stories
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TV Series
Composer
Titanic Revealed
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TV Movie
Composer
Road Trip
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TV Series
Composer
Quest for King Arthur
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Film
Composer
Best Documentary Film Score - Cine Golden Eagle Award
(2004)
Multi Platinum Album RIAA- Conscious Party - Ziggy Marley
(1989)
Grammy Award for Best Reggae album - Ziggy Marley
(1989)