One of the youngest composers ever to work for Warner Bros., Kristopher Carter’s lifelong passion for music really hit a crescendo when he was a teenager.  From that point on, there was no question what his career aspirations were and continue to be.

Carter received an Emmy Award, in addition to a previous nomination, for his work on Warner Bros.’ hit animated series, “Batman Beyond,” for which he also composed the main title theme.  He has also received Emmy and Annie Award nominations for WB’s “Teen Titans” and “The Zeta Project.”  The success of his score to the Warner Bros. feature-length release Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker  led to a soundtrack CD on Rhino Records and a commission for a concert suite by John Mauceri and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.  The suite was premiered at the Bowl by Maestro Mauceri in August, 2001.

A versatile orchestral and electronic artist, Carter recently finished scoring his eighth independent feature film, Treading Water.  In addition, his latest documentary project, a WWII-era film titled Free A Man to Fight, can be seen on the History Channel.  He is also active in the record industry, conducting and arranging for album projects and collaborating with songwriters.  No matter what genre he is working with, Carter completely immerses himself in his work, playing as many instruments as he can—including piano, organ, synthesizer, guitar, mandolin, double bass, trumpet and violin—in order to fully understand what the orchestra is capable of achieving, depending on the piece they are performing.

According to Carter, “There is no limit to the art of expression one can create through music.”  Whether he’s working in film or television or theatre, “music needs no translation, it crosses all boundaries.”

Carter has received a variety of other awards and accolades throughout his career.  In 1999, Carter won a fellowship to the prestigious Composers Lab at Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute.  In November 1998, he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) and for the past four summers he has served as a special consultant to the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra on their Film Music Nights.  In addition, Carter served on the final judging panel for the 1999 Daytime Emmy Awards and has been a featured lecturer on film composition at the University of North Texas as well as a clinician in Los Angeles on the technical issues of film and music synchronization.  After winning first prize in a statewide competition, Carter was selected to represent his home state—Texas—in the MTNA/Sheppard National Commissioning Composer of the Year Competition.  The commissioned work, a suite for flute, violin and piano, featuring a narrator and dancers, premiered June 15, 1999 in San Antonio

Carter graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Texas in 1993.  While there, he won first prize in the 1992 UNT Concerto/Aria competition with his symphonic overture, A Titan’s Epitaph.  The work received its first public performance in 1993 by the University of North Texas Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of the noted Anshel Brusilow, and its first professional performance in 1994 by the San Angelo Symphony.  Carter has since received commissions for concert works from renowned cellist Carter Enyeart, saxophonist Robert Austin and the University of North Texas’ Men’s Chorus.  The work commissioned by Austin, Grand Duo Concertante, has been featured on several nationally syndicated college radio programs.

The son of a minister father and psychologist mother, Carter supported himself through college as a church organist, assistant choir director, rock band keyboardist, orchestra stage manager, arranger, and took every possible opportunity to broaden his knowledge and experience in music.  Born and raised in San Angelo, a small town in West Texas, he currently resides in Los Angeles, California.