Max Aruj
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| Born | August 7, 1989 Los Angeles |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | USC Thornton School of Music |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Website | maxaruj.com |
Max Aruj is a composer born and raised in Los Angeles. He composed and conducted arrangements for recording artist Gryffin at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2019. His recent feature releases include Crawl (2019 film)[1] (2019), produced by Sam Raimi, and directed by Alexandre Aja. Aruj joined the Assassin’s Creed universe for Assassin's Creed Valhalla (2021). Other upcoming releases this year include Eytan Rockaway’s Lansky (2021 film)[2], starring Harvey Keitel, and Jonathan Hensleigh’s The Ice Road[3], starring Liam Neeson. Aruj co-produced Gryffin’s Deluxe orchestral Gravity (Gryffin album)(2020). He composed additional music on Mission: Impossible – Fallout for Lorne Balfe, and on The Crown (TV series), for Hans Zimmer and Rupert Gregson-Williams. This past year he wrote additional music on HBO’s His Dark Materials (TV series).
Aruj began his studies at the age of six in classical and jazz piano. Aruj went on to receive a Bachelor's in Music Composition at the USC Thornton School of Music, where he studied composition with Stephen Hartke and piano with Daniel Pollack.
Aruj’s latest episodic release is Empires of New York (CNBC), a series chronicling the meteoric rise of five icons, streaming on Peacock. Aruj is also a board member for Vox Artivism, a non-profit organization providing music education through project-based learning experiences for kids. He is the composer for Well Played Studios, a full service VR/AR firm specializing in interactive content and gaming experiences.
Filmography (selection)
- 2015: The Abandoned (2015 film)
- 2016 : American Killing
- 2017 : iBoy
- 2018 : The Silk Road
- 2018 : Warning Shot (2018 film)
- 2019 : Crawl (2019 film)
- 2021 : Me, You, Madness
- 2021 : Lansky (2021 film)
- 2021 : The Ice Road
Television
' 2016 : The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (6 episodes)
- 2016-2017 : The Crown (TV series)
- 2016-2018 : Marcella (TV series)
- 2017-2018 : Genius (American TV series)
- 2018 : Bulletproof (TV series)
- 2018 : The Cry (4 episodes)
- 2019 : His Dark Materials (TV series)
Short Films
- 2009 : Liberation
- 2009 : Training Wheels
- 2009 : Prince Charming
- 2010 : Born of Fire
- 2010 : Look Not at the Mountains!
- 2010 : Gideon Verite
- 2010 : Get Your Dukes Up
- 2011 : It Was Like That
- 2011 : The Sailor
- 2015 : The Abandoned
- 2016 : Come Here Often?
- 2016 : Stefan + Christy
- 2017 : Take the Shot
- 2018 : Happy Birthday to Me
- 2018 : Resurrect
- 2018 : Ignite
- 2018 : O.I
- 2019 : I Am America
- 2019 : Child of Lebensborn
- 2019 : Down on the Sidewalk in Waikiki
- 2021 : Quinceañero
- 2021 : Hunter's Cabin
References
External links
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