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Ryan Rapsys

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Ryan Rapsys
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Ryan Rapsys is a Los Angeles-based film composer and electronic music producer. He scored the film Little Pink House (2017), starring Oscar-nominated actress Catherine Keener and Emmy-nominated actress Jeanne Tripplehorn. He also scored the documentary Can We Take a Joke? (2015), featuring Gilbert Gottfried, Penn Jillette and Adam Carolla. His music has been used in Dateline NBC (1992) and Today (1952), among many others.

Rapsys's composing style mixes elements of classical, experimental, ambient and electronic music to create unique, hybrid compositions that focus on very specific and subtle emotions. He's has also released electronic music under the aliases Transistorface, Microquasar and Pineriver. Rapsys also composes classical concert music.

(2016) Located in Los Angeles with his wife, writer Christine Rapsys, and dog, Lily, Ryan Rapsys continues to compose and arrange music for film, documentary and commercial projects as well as for various production music libraries.
BornDecember 3, 1980
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BornDecember 3, 1980
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Jeanne Tripplehorn and Catherine Keener in Little Pink House (2017)
    Little Pink House
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 2017
    The Coddling of the American Mind (2023)
    The Coddling of the American Mind
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 2023
    Ira Glasser in Mighty Ira (2020)
    Mighty Ira
    7.6
    • Composer
    • 2020
    Shawn Pyfrom, Bridget O'Neill, Chase Fein, Julia Voth, Hannah Victoria Stock, Sterling Hurst, Sophie Kargman, Zach Brown, Drew Matthews, Mariana Novak, Joseph Curtis Callender, Remington Jay Perregaux, and Elliott Sancrant in Hard Surfaces (2017)
    Hard Surfaces
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Composer



    • Follow the Science: Lockdowns Go Viral (2025)
      Follow the Science: Lockdowns Go Viral
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • The Coddling of the American Mind (2023)
      The Coddling of the American Mind
      6.5
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Like Nothing Happened (2023)
      Like Nothing Happened
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Grace Shen in Trials and Tribulations (2023)
      Trials and Tribulations
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Who Done It: The Clue Documentary (2022)
      Who Done It: The Clue Documentary
      5.9
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Matt Walsh in What Is a Woman? (2022)
      What Is a Woman?
      8.1
      • Composer (music by)
      • 2022
    • Blood Born (2021)
      Blood Born
      4.3
      • Composer
      • 2021
    • Red Pawn (2021)
      Red Pawn
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • composer
      • 2021
    • Laundro-Matt (2020)
      Laundro-Matt
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2020
    • Ira Glasser in Mighty Ira (2020)
      Mighty Ira
      7.6
      • Composer
      • 2020
    • Ross Everett and Claire Woolner in When It's Good (2020)
      When It's Good
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2020
    • Witness Project: Ji Seong-ho (2019)
      Witness Project: Ji Seong-ho
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Andy Davoli and Edem Atsu-Swanzy in The Demon of Doctor Knotts (2019)
      The Demon of Doctor Knotts
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Witness Project: Dan Novacovici (2019)
      Witness Project: Dan Novacovici
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019
    • Nailed (2019)
      Nailed
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2019

    Music Department



    • Follow the Science: Lockdowns Go Viral (2025)
      Follow the Science: Lockdowns Go Viral
      TV Series
      • Score Mixer
      • 2025
    • Ryan Gielen, Rob Bradford, Patrick James Lynch, and Chris Bombardier in Bombardier Blood (2019)
      Bombardier Blood
      8.2
      • music supervisor
      • 2019
    • Sydney Miller in Innocuous (2018)
      Innocuous
      Short
      • music supervisor
      • 2018
    • Lenny von Dohlen in Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story (2018)
      Near Myth: The Oskar Knight Story
      8.6
      • additional music by
      • 2018
    • Project X (2018)
      Project X
      Short
      • composer: additional music
      • 2018
    • Jeanne Tripplehorn and Catherine Keener in Little Pink House (2017)
      Little Pink House
      6.5
      • musician: trombone
      • 2017
    • Balancing the Scales (2016)
      Balancing the Scales
      • music supervisor
      • 2016
    • We the Internet TV (2015)
      We the Internet TV
      7.5
      TV Series
      • music production
      • 2016
    • Stingrays (2016)
      Stingrays
      9.4
      Short
      • music supervisor
      • 2016
    • Journey to Space (2015)
      Journey to Space
      6.5
      • additional orchestration
      • music preparation
      • 2015
    • Daylight Come (2014)
      Daylight Come
      • orchestrator
      • 2014
    • Because These Kids Are... (2013)
      Because These Kids Are...
      6.3
      Short
      • music supervisor
      • 2013
    • Complexion (2013)
      Complexion
      7.2
      Short
      • music supervisor
      • 2013
    • Holiday Beach (2011)
      Holiday Beach
      • music editor
      • 2011

    Producer



    • Follow the Science: Lockdowns Go Viral (2025)
      Follow the Science: Lockdowns Go Viral
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Math Match Master
      Video Game
      • producer
      • 2017
    • The Broken Spirit
      Short
      • producer
      • 2015
    • Wind Song
      6.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • The Descrying
      Video
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Nina's New BFF
      Video
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Microquasar
      Short
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Copy & Paste
      Short
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Footprints and a Flower
      Short
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Just Kids Growing Up and/or None of Them Turned Out to Be Killers
      Short
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Visual and Sonic Study of Plastic
      Short
      • producer
      • 2003
    • Abstractions of Dreams and Memories
      Short
      • producer
      • 2003
    • Two Movements for Video and Electronic Sounds
      Short
      • producer
      • 2002
    • The Smoking Rose
      Short
      • producer
      • 2001

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    Personal details

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    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Height
      • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
    • Born
      • December 3, 1980
      • Duluth, Minnesota, USA
    • Spouse
      • Christine RapsysJune 26, 2010 - present
    • Other works
      The Novus Arcadia (2007) full-length music CD

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      Grew up on a lake in northern Minnesota near Duluth.

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