Kristen Baum DeBeasi works at the intersection of film music, art song and solo piano works. She often incorporates found sound into her film music, blending sounds she has recorded with traditional instruments and software synths to create custom hybrid scores. Kristen enjoys collaborating with other creatives on a broad range of projects, many of which use words and music as their bedrock. A native of Oregon, she was raised in Michigan, and now resides in Los Angeles. She frequently collaborates on diverse film and live theater projects.

Kristen is a Sundance Fellow, having been selected to participate in the Film Composing Lab for narrative fiction. While at the lab, her mentors included Alan Silvestri, Harry Gregson-Williams, Ed Shearmur, Christopher Young, and George S. Clinton.

Kristen has composed over 35 film scores in collaboration with filmmakers in Los Angeles and around the world. She has worked closely with Christopher Young and carries his influence forward in her composing and collaborative approach. She has a source music cue on The Book of Eli and orchestrated on Priest and When in Rome.

Kristen wrote the score for the dramedy As High as the Sky, which won several audience choice awards on the festival circuit in addition to winning Juror’s Choice for Best North American Feature at Sonoma International Film Festival.

Director Nikki Braendlin credited her score for As High As The Sky as “another character in the story.” Kristen achieves her signature sound in the way she approaches using instruments, as showcased in her score for Assassins. Her score for Negroland features recording artist Angel Taylor. It also includes field recordings she created specifically for Negroland.  

She also composes art songs and solo piano pieces. Her musical works have premiered in Hollywood, Nashville, Tennessee and Marquette, Michigan. To learn more about her concert music, click here.

Kristen is a frequent contributor of articles about film composing for Student Filmmakers Magazine and HD Pro Guide Magazine.