Nathan Barr (born February 9, 1973; also known as Nate Barr) is a film and television composer known for playing the majority of the instruments heard in his compositions. While he is best known for scoring all seven seasons of HBO's Emmy Award-winning series, True Blood, Barr has recently composed music for FX's The Americans and Netflix's Hemlock Grove. On July 18, 2013, Barr garnered a double Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music" based on his work on The Americans and Hemlock Grove.
Owns the 3 Manual, 19 rank Wurlitzer Theater Organ that lived on the scoring stage at 20th Century Fox from 1928 to 1994. During it's life at the studio, many composers used the instrument in their scores from Bernard Herrmann, to Jerry Goldsmith, to John Williams. Among it's filmography are such classics as Journey To The Center Of The Earth, The Sound Of Music, Patton, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Witches of Eastwick, and many more.
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Composes and performs the score for True Blood (2008), playing cello, guitar, piano, and prepared piano, among other instruments.
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Played Glass Armonica on his score for Hostel (2005).
For Club Dread (2004), he produced and arranged three of the "Coconut Pete" songs, and co-wrote the fourth song, entitled "Pinacoladaberg", with "Broken Lizard" member, Kevin Heffernan. Bill Paxton, who played "Coconut Pete", sang the songs.
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For both Cabin Fever (2002) and Briar Patch (2003), he performed the entire scores, playing more than 20 instruments and used no samplers or synthesizers.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Domestics
composer filming
Hemlock Grove
2013-2015
TV Series 33 episodes
Hollywood Adventures
2015
The Americans
2013-2015
TV Series 20 episodes
The Boy Next Door
2015
Tumble Leaf
TV Series 12 episodes, 2014 co-composer - 1 episode, 2013
True Blood
2008-2014
TV Series 79 episodes
The Big Wedding
2013
The Ledge
2011
Hood to Coast
2011
Documentary
The Last Exorcism
2010
True Blood: Webisodes
2010
TV Series short 6 episodes
Open House
2010/I
music by
The Slammin' Salmon
2009
Tortured
2008/I
Video
Lost Boys: The Tribe
2008
Video
Shutter
2008/I
Hostel: Part II
2007
Watching the Detectives
2007
Rise: Blood Hunter
2007
Grindhouse
2007
segment "Thanksgiving"
Beerfest
2006
Hostel
2005
The Dukes of Hazzard
2005
2001 Maniacs
2005
My Name Is...
2005
Short
Death Valley
2004/I
Club Dread
2004
Briar Patch
2003
Cabin Fever
2002
Big Time
2001
as Nate Barr
Going Greek
2001
Venus and Mars
2001
Kate Brasher
2001
TV Series 1 episode
Double Down
2000
Red Dirt
2000
The Virginian
2000
TV Movie
Fear
2000
TV Series
Crazy Connected Thing
1999
Protect-O-Man
1999
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
1999
Video
Beyond the Mat
1999
Documentary
Traveling Companion
1998
Short
Hairshirt
1998
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Americans
2016
TV Series music by - 13 episodes
Casanova
2015
TV Movie composer: theme music
Tortured
2008/I
Video score producer
Mario's Story
2006
Documentary musician: cellist
Open Water
2003
composer: additional music
Kate Brasher
2001
TV Series composer - 1 episode
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Americans
2014-2016
TV Series writer - 5 episodes
Tumble Leaf
2014
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Big Wedding
2013
writer: "It's a Wonderful Life"
True Blood
TV Series performer - 3 episodes, 2008 - 2010 writer - 3 episodes, 2008 - 2009
Lost Boys: The Tribe
2008
Video performer: "Lost Boys: The Tribe Suite" - uncredited / writer: "Lost Boys: The Tribe Suite" - uncredited
Shutter
2008/I
performer: "Good to Me" / writer: "Good to Me"
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Prince of Egypt
1998
assistant: Hans Zimmer
As Good as It Gets
1997
assistant: to Mr. Zimmer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Victim
2011
additional thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chasing Notes
2016
Documentary
Himself
Proven Innovators
2014
Short
Himself
Last Call with Carson Daly
2010
TV Series
Himself
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
2008
Video short
Himself
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
2008
Video documentary
Himself
Cabin Fever: Beneath the Skin
2004
Video documentary short
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2013
BMI Cable Award
BMI Film & TV Awards
True Blood (2008)
2004
Chainsaw Award
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
Best Score
Cabin Fever (2002)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2015
Annie
Annie Awards
Outstanding Achievement in Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production