Aram Mandossian

Born in Hollywood, Aram Mandossian grew up in the early 80's infatuated with movies and music in the culturally diverse climate of Los Angeles, strongly influenced by artists and composers including Beethoven, John Williams, Metallica, Stravinsky, Gipsy Kings, and Bad Religion. Aram has been making music since the age of 7 from piano lessons, to playing guitar in rock bands throughout high school and college, taiko drumming, and producing music. Aram's professional career began composing original scores to student films in college which shortly led to writing for features. Aram earned his Bachelor of Music in composition from California State University, Northridge, and his graduate degree at the famed 'Scoring for Motion Pictures' program at the University of Southern California. At the heart of Aram's music lie dense organic textures, simple themes, repetitive rhythms, the nostalgia of the old world of cinema blended with all the grit, force, intensity and production of modern rock, electronic and sound design infused soundtracks. With over a hundred productions to date for which Aram's music has been a part, some of the most notable are an arrangement in Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1, main title theme for off-beat sports talk show Numbers Never Lie on ESPN and the main title for Known Universe on Nat Geo. Aram has written original scores for independent films such as horror/thriller The Last Resort from Lions Gate, and artsy fantasy drama Maro for which he won a Silver Medal Award for Artistic Excellence at the Park City Film Music Festival and a score for the award winning human rights documentary 22 Years from Home. Aram has been working in television music writing for a variety of shows including Emmy winning Sports Science on FSN, Police POV on TruTv, Bravo's Millionaire Matchmaker and Fact or Faked:Paranormal Files on SyFy, and for past shows such as Crime 360 on A&E, Jesse James is a Dead Man on Spike, and had a special opportunity to conduct the studio orchestra for an episode of LOST on abc. Aram has also released several albums of production music for trailers.