...Music for Film...
Joseph Rivers directs the Film Scoring program at the University of Tulsa. Studies include the
aesthetics and techniques of music scoring for film, collaborations with student film directors,
conducting original cues in live recording sessions, and participation in student film festivals.
Students in more advanced studies conduct the university orchestra in recording the film cues they have scored, and are mentored for internship opportunities. Guest film composers, orchestrators, and film directors are frequently invited to TU for residencies, and recent visitors have included David Spear, Tim Blake Nelson, Tim Zinneman, David Amram, Sonny Kompanek, and David Friedman.
Rivers studied film scoring at NYU with Ron Sadoff, and at the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program with Hummie Mann. He also participated in NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshops and Steven Scott Smalley's Workshop on Orchestration for Film and Television.
Current Projects
- Brother Mine, feature film (Nathan McLeod, director),
score in progress - film poster, and screen grabs
Film Cue Demos
Reunited on a Mediterranean Isle 
- performed live with the New York Philharmonic in the 2004 ASCAP - Buddy Baker recording session (ASCAP - Summer 2004)
West of the Hotdog 
(video)
Joseph Rivers: e-mail | Tel: 918/812-4875 | FAX 1-253/423-6543