WILLIAM KEVIN ANDERSON

Will graduated from UCLA with a BFA in Theatre Arts, where he also completed the highly regarded Don Ray Film Scoring Program. He studied Renaissance Art and Drama at Cambridge University, UK. He has experience in many styles of composition, and has scored almost a thousand episodes of animated programming. His music has been heard on many televisions shows, commercials, comedies, dramas, features, as well as interactive and radio projects.

Some of the films and television shows Will has worked on include "You Kill Me", "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", "An American Tail III", "Hollywood Squares", "Dallas Reunion", and "The American Cinemateque Nicole Kidman Tribute".

Will's many animation credits include An American Tail III, Beethoven, Krypto The Superdog, Spider-Man, The Save-Ums, and X-Men Evolution.

Recent projects include "A Miser Brothers Christmas", a prime time Christmas special for Disney ABC, for which he wrote songs, theme and underscore. Another recent project is "Cranberry Christmas", also for ABC, with songs by Barry Manilow and score by William Anderson.

Will was honored at the 2009 ASCAP 25th Annual Film & Television Awards for his theme and music for the highly rated Fox show "The Moment of Truth".

Will is the musical director for "The Mario Lanza Story", and the composer and musical director for "Return", a new musical based on the award winning novel by Sonia Levitin. "Return" was included in the first year of The Los Angeles Musical Festival in 2008, and is slated to open a new run in the Seattle area in 2010.

Will serves on the committee for the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Annual Children’s Book Award, as well as being a member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists, ASCAP, SAG, The Dramatist’s Guild and the AFM. He is a proud supporter of both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Opera Company.