Originally an actor before turning his attention exclusively to music, T. Griffin has been increasingly involved in creating music for film and theater. He has scored and/or sound-designed dozens of collaborative projects with artists across several mediums. His work is distinguished by it's subtlety, attention to detail, dramatic flow and and a commitment to find the music that emanates from an image, rather than music to lay on top of it.

Style and instrumentation are dictated by the project, but he has worked seamlesslybetween string arrangements, processed field recordings, full rock bands and homespun electronica.

He works out of his studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Email to request an audio or video reel (by mail or by download).

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feature films † short films † plays † live soundtracks †

Feature Films

New Orleans, Mon Amour (2008) dir. Michael Almereyda. Feature Narrative. Premiering in competition at the South By Southwest Film Festival.
Score

My Mother's Garden(2008) dir. Cynthia Lester. Feature Documentary. Premiered at Slamdance 2008, winner of the Special Jury Prize.
Score

A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007) dir. Esther Robinson. Feature Documentary. Premiered at the Berlin International Film festival.Winner Teddy Award best Documentary. Tribeca Film Festival Winner NY Best Documentary Prize. Special Jury Prize Chicago Film Festival. In Theaters 12/2007. Distributed by Arthouse/Red Envelope.
Score and Sound Design

Blasted: The Gonzo Patriots of Hunter S. Thompson (2007) dir. Blue Kraning. Feature Documentary. Premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Score

When I Came Home (2006) dir. Dan Lohaus. Feature Documentary. Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Winner NY Documentary prize.
Score

The Federation of Black Cowboys (2003) dir. Eric Martz. Feature Documentary. Premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Score

Chain (2004) dir. Jem Cohen. Feature Narrative. Premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Additional Music and Sound Design

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Short Films

Chinatown Project (as yet untitled) (2008) dir. Jem Cohen. Short Film. Commissioned by the Museum of the Chinese in America.
Score and Sound Design

Free (2007) dir. Jem Cohen. Short Film. Commissioned by Renew Media.
Score and Sound Design

NYC Weights and Measures (2006) dir. Jem Cohen. Short Documentary. Premiered on PBS WNET, then at the Toronto Film Festival. Also: Thessoloniki International Film Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival.
Score and Sound Design (with the director)

Alice’s House (2004) dir. Peter Sillen. Short Film. Part of the Black Mariah Travelling film festival.
Score

Blood Orange Sky (1999) dir. Jem Cohen. Short Documentary.
Additional Music (alongside Sparklehorse)

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Plays

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2004) dir. Anne Bogart. Play. Premiered at San Jose Repertory Theater for a five-week run. Remounted at Alabama Shakespeare Festival and for a NortheastTour in 2006.
Score, Sound Design, Original Songs and Music Direction

Erendira (2003) dir. Kristin Marting. Play. One month run at HERE, NYC.
Score, Sound Design, and Music Direction

Dead Tech (2002) dir. Kristin Marting. Play. One month run at Smack Mellon Studios in Brooklyn. Produced by HERE, NYC.
Score, Sound Design, and Music Direction

Desk (2002) dir.Aaron Landsman. Play. At the Chashama, NYC.
Score and Sound Design.

Uncle Vanya (2000) dir.Cynthia Croot. Play. At the Connolley theater, NYC.
Score and Sound Design

Wreckage (1998) dir.Chris Bayes. Conceive and written by Aaron Landsman with T. Griffin. Play. Produced by PS 122, NYC.
Score and Sound Design

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Live / Other

Danny Williams: Factory Films (2007/2008) dir. Danny Williams/Esther B. Robinson. Live soundtrack to films shot in 1966 at the Warhol Factory and lost until now.Premiered at the London International Film festival. Also: Viennale, NW Film Forum, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Walker Art Center, International House.
Live Score with Catherine McRae

Empires of Tin (2007) dir. Jem Cohen. Evening length live soundtrack collaboration with Cohen, Vic Chesnutt, Guy Picciotto and members of A Silver Mount Zion. Viennale 2007.
Live Score with Catherine McRae

Head Trauma Live (2007).dir Lance Weiler. Expanded Feature film. American Museum of the Moving Image, NYC.
Live Score with Catherine McRae

Pauline Hollers and Other Films (2007) dir. Brent Green. Live soundtrack to animations by Brent Green. Rooftop films, New York.
Live Score with Catherine McRae, Dennis Cronin and Brent Green

Fusebox Festival (2005) Curated by Jem Cohen at the Flanders Film Festival. Featuring Patti Smith, Ian McKaye, Guy Picciotto, Tom Verlaine, The Ex and others.
Music Director (Guitar for Patti Smith and for Tom Verlaine. Soundtrack collaboration with w/ Guy Picciotto.)

Foxx and Little Vic (2003) dir. Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen. Recording and short film with Vic Chesnutt for Benjamin Smoke DVD extra.
Production, Arangement and Recording

Fiction (2003) dir. Michael Ackerman.Evening length slide show with original live music.
Live Score with Catherine McRae

Chain x 3 (2002) dir. Jem Cohen. 3 Channel Installation. Eyebeam Gallery, NYC.
Additional Music and Sound Design

8-ball, various pockets (2000 to present) dir. Jem Cohen .Ongoing live soundtrack experiments, often improvised. Various venues in NYC.
Live Score with various musical collaborators

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