Ryan Youens

Ryan Youens is a composer, arranger, orchestrator and copyist with over sixteen years experience collaborating with ensembles, artists, publishers, composers and producers on projects including live concerts and events, film and television scores, studio recordings, theatre and stage productions. He trained at New Zealand School of Music Te Koki, University of Otago and University of Auckland, and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Film credits include preparing the orchestral arrangements for Neil Finn's 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and Billy Boyd's 'The Last Goodbye' from The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, both recorded at London's Abbey Road Studio, as well as local NZ productions such as 'Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses' and 'Mahana'.

Other notable projects include preparing the charts for Neil Finn and the Sydney Symphony to perform at the Sydney Opera House, for Tane Upjohn-Beatson's sound design for Beijing's new Museum of Traditional Medicine, for Victoria Kelly's soundtrack to the 2011 Rugby World Cup opening ceremony, for Alien Weaponry and Ria Hall collaborations with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Tami Neilson's collaboration with the Auckland Philharmonia, for Van Dyke Parks's arrangement of 'Just Sleep' by Lawrence Arabia, and Rhian Sheehan's score for the 'Mission Ferrari' roller coaster at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi. Collaborations with Sheehan span many years and include work on three solo albums as well as numerous films, TV series and live shows.