"At the heart of every story is a sound - something so deep that is resonates like a pressure in your chest. It is this feeling that the film composer seeks to make heard; not merely to underscore the chases, clinches, climaxes, or to smooth over the directional inadequacies of soft cuts and shaky transitions, but to give voice to an inner life - it's soul, if such a thing can be said of film."
-Ed Zwick, director of Legends of The Fall
-film score by James Horner
Kristen is the co-founder of Dreamscape Music, Ltd. and has been a member of ASCAP (American Society for Composers, Authors, and Publishers) as a composer and publisher since 1999 (Kriven Publishing).
Music Highlights
* 12 time recipient of ASCAP’s annual writer’s award: 2000-2012
* Received an Honorable Mention in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest for her children’s song, “Thank You”
* Her children’s song, The Things We’ll Need To Know,
was arranged for a music roll by Robert Stuhmer and is currently playing on several carousels, including ones at:
- Museum Row, Long Island
The Things We'll Need To Know
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- Central Park, NY
- Lake Compounce; Bristol, CT
- Kennywood Park, Pittsburgh
- Hershey Park, PA
- Vancouver Park, Canada
- Bushnell Park; Hartford, CT
- Paragon Park, Massachusetts
-Downtown Connellsville, PA
"The Things We'll Need To Know" is now playing in Downtown Connellsville, PA. Check out this 1919 Wurlitzer Military Band Organ. You can see Kristen's song credit around 3:37 and you can hear the song at 7:01.
*The Things We'll Need To Know is now playing alongside Billy Joel’s classical piece, “Waltz #1 (Nunley’s Carousel),” on Nunley's Carousel at Long Island's Museum Row.
*Galen College of Nursing Commercial: music by Kristen Puttagio
Original Film Scores
*Entry for Hans Zimmer's Bleeding Fingers Contest
*Crossroad Blues
horror/suspense short: score by Kristen Puttagio
*Superman: The Magnetic Telescope
animation: score by Kristen Puttagio
*Rusty Wrench
comedic short: score by Kristen Puttagio
*Animated Logo: animation by Bob Stuhmer, music by Kristen Puttagio
Original Music
*Someone To Watch Over Me - by George and Ira Gershwin / arrangement by Kristen Puttagio
Someone To Watch Over Me-MIDI sample
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To hear entire piece or to order score, please email Kristen through her contact page. Thank you!
click on page to preview sample
*Compilation of original scored music (player on right):
1. Hybrid Fugue for piano
2. Introspection (film/orchestral)
3. Woodwind Quintet I: Meadow at Sunrise
4. Woodwind Quintet II: A Street in Rain
5. Woodwind Quintet III: New Day
6. Octet (for Bassoon, Crotales, Vibraphone, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello and Bass)
7. Assembly Line (minimalism/electronic)
8. Into the Arms of Morpheus (orchestral tone poem)
9. Icing (Korg/Jazz layer exercise)
10. Echo (layer exercise)
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Original Songs
*Pop / Adult Contemporary
(CD coming soon!)
The Things I Want To Say
For Yesterday
Lullabye Mountain
Away
Six Years (In Heaven)
Let It Go
(Click on cdbaby to hear sample
and/or purchase MP3)
In The Night
Through Your Eyes
Seamless Hours
Imagination and Recollection (music)
A Piece Of My Heart
Until Then
You and Me, Me and You
*Children's
Dream
Hush Darling
Daydreams
Thank You
We Are Rainbows
The Things We'll Need To Know
My Favorite Time Of Year
Education
Master of Music
Five Towns College, New York
Concentration in composition
Bachelor of Music (Magna Cum Laude)
Five Towns College, New York
Award for Outstanding Achievement in Musical Theatre
Stony Brook University (Freshman Year)
Studied piano, music theory, acting & stagecraft
Compositions Performed
Thank You
*November 2009 - Calling All Saints
*November 1, 2008 - Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts - Calling All Saints - fundraiser show for the INN
*Cathedral of Incarnation - Long Island fundraiser event
*Saxton Middle School Chorus - Patchogue-Medford, NY
*Garden City Youth Choir - Garden City Thanksgiving performance
*Greek Orthodox Church - NYC Memorial service
*UCP of Bayville show
We Are Rainbows
*Several elementary school choruses - Long Island, NY
The Things We'll Need To Know
*Several elementary school choruses - Long Island, NY
*Used as a soundtrack for kid's slide show (sold at fundraiser event) - Promiseland Christian Preschool; Fountain Hills, Arizona
Lullabye Mountain
*Played at The Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts - Calling All Saints - fundraiser show for the INN
Other
*Performed as a keyboardist with the band "Besides" at Munchaba Lounge on October 30, 2004
*Co-produced a fundraiser concert at FTC
*Has singing experience with barbershop quartets, vocal jazz groups, and select choirs
