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{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|09|10|df=y}}
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| occupation = [[Composer]], [[record producer]]
| instruments = [[Piano]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[synthesizer]], [[guitar]], [[trumpet]]
| years_active = 1970s–present
| label = Faulconer Productions<br>CakeMix Recording
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'''Bruce Faulconer''' (born September 10, 1951) is an American composer, musician, and music producer. His music includes works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, and various instrumental, and choral music groups. Faulconer wrote music for the Cartoon Network version of ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' which aired from 1999 to 2008.<ref name="Gallagher">Danny Gallagher. [https://www.dallasobserver.com/arts/dragonball-z-composer-bruce-faulconer-new-musical-composition-11935502 "DragonBall Z Composer Wants to Write a New Musical Composition Just for Fans."] ''Dallas Observer.'' 18 August 2020, Retrieved 25 July 2022.</ref><ref name="Gioia">[[Ted Gioia]]. [https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/how-a-prominent-composer-lost-his "How a Prominent Composer Lost His Wikipedia Page—and Got Entangled in Kafkaesque Nightmare Trying to Get it Back: Bruce Faulconer deserves better, but the system seems rigged against him."] ''The Honest Broker'' newsletter. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.</ref> He is the president of Faulconer Productions Music Corporation, and its recording division, CakeMix Recording Studio.<ref name="Gioia"/><ref>Copied from Faulconer Production Music and CakeMix Recording with permission.</ref>
==Education==
Faulconer received advanced musical training in composition at the [[University of Texas]] with composers [[Hunter Johnson (composer)|Hunter Johnson]], [[Karl Korte]], [[Joseph Schwantner]], and [[Eugene Kurtz]]. While studying at the [[University of Texas at Austin]], he was awarded a Bachelor of Music Degree in Theory and Composition with High Honors, a Master of Music Degree in Composition, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree in Composition. He received two Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowships from [[Ohio State University]] as a composer in residence.
==Career==
Faulconer has been writing songs during 2020-2022 in collaboration with children's author, [[Chris Parsons]], for his children's book series, ''[[A Little Spark]]'', composing over 20 songs for the series. Faulconer is also currently composing a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, having initially released the first two movements under commission. The Concerto is also know as "[[Dragon Amnesty]]".<ref name="Gallagher"/>
He records his music at his full service recording studio, CakeMix Recording Studio. From 1999 to 2003, he composed music for wildly successful series, ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'', scoring 242 episodes which aired on [[Cartoon Network]] until 2007.<ref name="Gallagher"/> He also scored 3 seasons of ''Your New House'' on the [[Discovery Channel]], ''Your House and Home'', ''To Life'' on [[iLife]], ''Reality of Speed'' on [[Spike (TV channel)|Spike]] and [[Speed Channel]], ''Bass Champs'' on [[HDNet]] and the [[Outdoor Channel]], and sound design for 2 seasons of the infamous ''[[Cheaters]]'' in syndicated television. He also worked on sound design and surround sound mix for the animated feature film ''[[Lady Death: The Movie|Lady Death]]'',<ref name="Gallagher"/> and audio post for HD shows including ''Higher Definition'', and ''Higher Definition Take 2''. In 2013, Faulconer composed the music for the feature film, ''[[The Bystander Theory]]'', and all audio postproduction for the film.
His television music for ''Dragon Ball Z'', commissioned by FUNimation, began with season 3, episode 67/68 in 1999 and continued through the end of the series in 2003 with episode 291. The series received ratings as the [[Nielson Company|Nielsen]] Number One Rated show in Children's Programming for Cable TV in 2003, and for Cartoon Network in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Faulconer Productions created the nine-album ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'' Soundtrack Series with over nine hours of the Faulconer ''Dragon Ball Z'' television music, recorded and mastered at [[CakeMix Recording Studio]].<ref>bmi.com</ref>
==Recognition and awards==
Faulconer's music has been acknowledged by numerous national and international performances and first prizes from competitions sponsored by organizations including the Elkhart Symphony Orchestra, the [[Fort Worth Symphony]], the [[World Saxophone Congress]] (second prize), as well as recognition from the International Gaudeamus Music Week, the Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo, and the Texas Manuscript Archives.
He has been called "a significant American composer" by music historian [[Ted Gioia]].<ref name="Gioia"/>
==Commissions==
Faulconer has received grants from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]],<ref name="Gioia"/> the [[Ohio Arts Council]], Midwestern Composers Alliance, McLean-Paris Foundation, [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra]],<ref name="Gioia"/> violist [[David Lowe (viola)|David Lowe]], Bethany College, Texas Composers Forum, Texas Sesquicentennial Commission, North Texas City Faire Arts Project, the [[MacDowell Colony]], and [[Broadcast Music Incorporated|BMI]]. Faulconer has also received commissions from the Voices of Change, Bethany College, [[Marygrove College]], and the [[University of Texas]] [[Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia]].
Other commissioned works composed by Faulconer include film scores (''Scenes in the Dark'', ''Lebensborn'', ''[[Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug]]''), PBS television documentaries (''Tornado Alert'', ''Fiesta in the Sky'', ''Fire! What You Need to Know'', ''Locked Out of the American Dream'', ''The Writing Coach''), and commercial music production for television and radio. One of his many commissions, "Washington-on-the-Brazos, a Symphonic Poem", received a premiere by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. The [[San Antonio Symphony]] also performed "Washington-on-the-Brazos" on tour in Texas and performed it for the National League of Cities Mayoral National Conference. Faulconer also has guest conducted the Mesquite Symphony in performances of "Washington-on-the-Brazos". The music for the feature film ''Scenes in the Dark'', a musical play within a movie, was scored and music-produced by Faulconer and won a prestigious Gold Award in the [[Houston International Film Festival]].
==See also==
* [[Dragonball Z American Soundtrack series]]
==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.faulconerproductions.com/ Faulconer Productions]
*[http://www.cakemixrecordingstudio.com CakeMix Recording]
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