Taylor Joshua Rankin
- Composer
- Editor
- Director
Taylor Joshua Rankin (b. 1991) is a filmmaker and composer of new music based in Los Angeles, CA. Taylor's music exists within the trend of contemporary classical composers who draw upon a depth of influences such as minimalism, avant-rock, experimental, micropolyphony, and tintinnabulation, inside of and extending beyond the world of new music. Taylor's music has been performed by ensembles across the United States, such as Grammy-Award-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion, The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Friction Quartet, and the NYU Marimba Ensemble.
Taylor's music has been programmed by the Current's concert series in Chicago, the Eastman School of Music, New York University, the University of Michigan, University of North Florida, University of Kentucky School of Music, the Tutti Festival at Denison University, Composers Inc., the Presidio Club, The San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Abchordis Ensemble, California State University East Bay, and PoP Up Magazine's 2018 season in DC, NY, LA, Portland, Toronto, and Chicago, as well as the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Hot Air Music Festivals.
Taylor also works in post-production as a creative video editor for some of the top orchestras in the country such as the San Francisco Symphony and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. While at the SF Symphony, Taylor cut the digital SoundBox concerts for Nico Muhly, Julia Bullock, Essa-Pekka Salonen, Claire Chase, Destiny Muhammad, and Jeremy Denk, as well as Nico Muhly's Grammy-nominated Throughline. Taylor's work for the San Francisco Symphony has been praised in features by the New York Times, The New Yorker, the SF Chronicle and SF Classical Voice.
In 2019 Taylor self-released his debut album of chamber compositions, titled Palettes. Comprised of 6 pieces, the debut album is a blend of mixed-genre, contemporary-classical music with post-minimalist influences, ranging from acoustic to electro-acoustic works for chamber groups.
Taylor's newest album Sun, Will Grow, released on July 7th, 2023 and has garnered a wide array of accolades and press across the United States and overseas.
Taylor's music has been programmed by the Current's concert series in Chicago, the Eastman School of Music, New York University, the University of Michigan, University of North Florida, University of Kentucky School of Music, the Tutti Festival at Denison University, Composers Inc., the Presidio Club, The San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Abchordis Ensemble, California State University East Bay, and PoP Up Magazine's 2018 season in DC, NY, LA, Portland, Toronto, and Chicago, as well as the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Hot Air Music Festivals.
Taylor also works in post-production as a creative video editor for some of the top orchestras in the country such as the San Francisco Symphony and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. While at the SF Symphony, Taylor cut the digital SoundBox concerts for Nico Muhly, Julia Bullock, Essa-Pekka Salonen, Claire Chase, Destiny Muhammad, and Jeremy Denk, as well as Nico Muhly's Grammy-nominated Throughline. Taylor's work for the San Francisco Symphony has been praised in features by the New York Times, The New Yorker, the SF Chronicle and SF Classical Voice.
In 2019 Taylor self-released his debut album of chamber compositions, titled Palettes. Comprised of 6 pieces, the debut album is a blend of mixed-genre, contemporary-classical music with post-minimalist influences, ranging from acoustic to electro-acoustic works for chamber groups.
Taylor's newest album Sun, Will Grow, released on July 7th, 2023 and has garnered a wide array of accolades and press across the United States and overseas.
