Edwin Wendler
Composer
During his four years as a Vienna Choir Boy, Edwin Wendler toured the world, singing in hundreds of concerts and dozens of opera performances. He earned Certificates in Film Scoring and Screen Writing from UCLA Extension in 2000, and was accepted into the prestigious ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in 2004. Mr. Wendler’s feature film credits as a composer include Home: The Horror Story (2001), The Interior (2007), Christmas With A Capital C (2010), and Escape (2012). His score for the 2003 comedy short film, Wrong Hollywood Number, featured an enthusiastically reviewed recording with the London Metropolitan Orchestra. In 2010, Mr. Wendler won a “Best Score” award at the Los Angeles International Film Festival, for his epic score, Azureus Rising (CG short).
Mr. Wendler worked as an arranger, programmer, and orchestrator on movies such as So Undercover (The Weinstein Company, 2012), Unknown (Warner Bros., 2011), Little Fockers (Universal/Paramount, 2010), The Losers (Warner Bros., 2010), Turistas (Fox, 2006), and Into The Blue (MGM/Sony, 2005). Mr. Wendler’s television credits include arranging on the 2006 Showtime series, Sleeper Cell: American Terror, as well as composing additional music for the 6th season of NBC’s popular reality series, Fear Factor.
For the 150th anniversary of the University of Ottawa, conductor Laurence Ewashko commissioned the choral/orchestral piece, Consolatio (1999), which was broadcast on Canadian television and has also been performed by the Stockport Youth Orchestra, under Philip Mackenzie, in Manchester, England. Other commissions include choral works for the Illumni Men’s Chorale (Wendler is currently their composer-in-residence) and Kentridge High School Concert Choir, as well as instrumental arrangements for the Hollywood Soloists. Wendler’s critically acclaimed string quartet, The Marriage, has been performed in Canada and France. http://www.edwinwendler.com
Mr. Wendler worked as an arranger, programmer, and orchestrator on movies such as So Undercover (The Weinstein Company, 2012), Unknown (Warner Bros., 2011), Little Fockers (Universal/Paramount, 2010), The Losers (Warner Bros., 2010), Turistas (Fox, 2006), and Into The Blue (MGM/Sony, 2005). Mr. Wendler’s television credits include arranging on the 2006 Showtime series, Sleeper Cell: American Terror, as well as composing additional music for the 6th season of NBC’s popular reality series, Fear Factor.
For the 150th anniversary of the University of Ottawa, conductor Laurence Ewashko commissioned the choral/orchestral piece, Consolatio (1999), which was broadcast on Canadian television and has also been performed by the Stockport Youth Orchestra, under Philip Mackenzie, in Manchester, England. Other commissions include choral works for the Illumni Men’s Chorale (Wendler is currently their composer-in-residence) and Kentridge High School Concert Choir, as well as instrumental arrangements for the Hollywood Soloists. Wendler’s critically acclaimed string quartet, The Marriage, has been performed in Canada and France. http://www.edwinwendler.com