Paul V. Rieck

 
From Sterling, VA
Resides in West Lafayette, IN
 
Paul Rieck graduated in May 2020 with a Bachelors of Specialized Studies from Ohio University with a degree in Music Methodology and Film Scoring.  During his time there he took classes in teaching, conducting, film scoring, acting, film making, mixing techniques, orchestration, arranging and composing music of various styles.   

Paul was a member of various ensembles such as The Ohio University Marching 110, Singing Men of Ohio, Ohio University Symphonic Band, Ohio Valley Summer Theater and the OU Flute Choir.  

His film scoring and compositional studies instructor was Mark Phillips, with additional instruction of electronic music from Robert McClure, and world music studies from Paschal Younge.
His film mixing and technical studies instructors were John Butler and Mark Phillips.
His primary conducting teachers were Bradley Naylor and William Talley.
His flute instructor was Alison Brown Sincoff.

For his most prestigious works, Paul is an Honorable Mention Award Recipient for the International Horror Hotel Film Festival and Convention Trailer Music Competition, he is the music composer for the horror show "Ghostface: The Series" on YouTube which has over 80,000 views combined, and arranged music for Virginia Commonwealth University's (VCU) Pep Band for their 2022-2023 Basketball Season.

Paul has worked to obtain a universal flexibility in the renowned culture of world music and challenges to implement them into composing for multiple genres that help broaden his spectrum of musical scoring.  Listening to films scores at a very young age, Paul's passion of films and their music has grown to understand how equal the score and footage are a dyad.  He utilizes this notion into his music and strives to form this bond allowing their connections, emotions and the flow of the story to ring through to the audiences.  Many of the films he has worked on have premiered at different festivals and are currently on YouTube to view.  

Paul's primary instrument is flute, and his secondaries are alto saxophone and voice (tenor).