About Luke Rothschild Composer

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Luke Rothschild is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, performer, and performance ensemble leader. Luke creates scores for film, television, dance and theater. He is a songwriter, music producer, sound designer, and collaborator that has worked on myriad writing and recording projects and albums. Luke works as a solo entity, and in conjunction with the performance ensemble String Theory, which he co-founded in 2002.                                                                                

Always drawn to creative endeavors, Luke focused his studies on music and fine art early in his career. After graduating from Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts, Luke received his Bachelors of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he nurtured a multidisciplinary approach to integrating sonic and sculptural mediums. This led to the development of sculptural resonators and invented instruments, which in tandem with his ear for compelling composition, opened the doors to more than two decades of collaboration with many talented artists, performers, directors and producers. 

Luke composes for and performs with String Theory, the LA based performance and music production ensemble that he co-founded with his wife Holly in 2002. String Theory creates giant Harp installations and performances in southern California, the US, and abroad to critical acclaim. Luke designs and constructs all of the sculptural resonators, as well as the long-string architectural installations that are at the heart of the String Theory sound and performance experience. Luke’s work with String Theory and as a solo entity has led to client relationships with the likes of Showtime, Walt Disney Imagineering, HBO, Chicago Children’s Museum, Sundance Film Festival, Mercedes-Benz, Qualcomm, Volkswagen, The Emmy’s, The Grammy’s, and Warner Music Group among others. Luke is honored to have been selected as a Sundance Composer’s Lab Fellow. 

FILM & TV SCORE 

Feature Films: 

• “Feeding Tomorrow” - Feature Documentary by Common Table Creative, focusing on regenerative farming and sustainable agriculture. 2024 ~ streaming now on large platforms.

• “TURA” - Composition and additional music for this feature doc about the life of actress            Tura Satana. In competition at film festivals now. Streaming in 2025

• “Dispatch” - Indi / Dispatch Entertainment - Director Steven Sprung - 2012

• “Fly Away” - Indi / Cricket Films - Director Janet Grillo - 2011

• “Shadow Billionaire” - Bunam-Murray Productions - Director Alexis Spraic - 2010

• “Red Sands” - Sony Pictures Films - Director Alex Turner - 2009 

• “Cat Dancers “- HBO Documentary Films - Director Harris Fishman - 2007

Short Films: 

“Life After Manson” - Documentary Short - Director Olivia Klaus - 2014                                                   “The Chaldean” - Director Munda Razooki - 2014                                                                                         “Lorelei“ - Indi / Mission of Monkeys - Directors Shane & Sean McAllen - 2012                                    “Eye Candy” - Documentary Short - Director Alexis Spraic - 2012                                                             “City In The Sea” - Indi / Marks Productions - Director Mia Malika Dixon - 2011  

DISCOGRAPHY: RECORDINGS, PRODUCTION, ARRANGEMENTS & SONGWRITING 

“Layers & Landscapes EP” String Theory (currently in production) - writer, arranger, producer,        “Sensory Beings” 5 song EP (currently in production) writer, producer, performer                                 “Still Life”  Emmi Moelleken - 5 song EP, producer, performer                                                                     "Nick George EP” Nick George 2018 - producer & arranger, engineer, multi-instrumentalist               “Remembering Water EP” - String Theory 2016 - producer, engineer, song writer & arranger             “Stories EP” - String Theory 2014 - producer, engineer, song writer & arranger                                    “Blue Sky” - String Theory 2010 - producer, engineer, song writer & arranger
“9 White Orchids EP” String Theory 2007 - producer, engineer, song writer & arranger                        “Pleides” - MASS Ensemble 1996 - producer, engineer, song writer & arranger                                     “White Out” - Verbow (Band), 1996 Sony 550 Music, producer Brad Wood, bass, back up vocals “MASS Ensemble” MASS Ensemble 1995 - producer, engineer, song writer & arranger     
“Harmony” Ulélé 1994 - bass, percussion, lead and backup vocals
“Seed” Ulélé 1992 - bass, percussion, backup vocals                                                                               “Rhythms of Redfish” Redfish 1991 - drumkit, percussion, bass, vocals

SELECTED PUBLIC SONIC SCULPTURE COMMISSIONS 

Chicago Children’s Museum:
“Sound Playground” Featured Summer Installation 2019 Design & Co-Fabrication of five large scale interactive sonic sculptures. 

Walt Disney Imagineering, Disneyland Orlando Florida:
“Sunflower Tower, Pumpkin Patch Percussion, & Squeeze Beets” Permanent interactive percussive installation outside The Pooh Queue - 

Straz Performing Arts Center, Tampa Florida
“Fin Harp” Permanent Installation; exterior architectural installation: 14 string instrument, 200 foot string-throw 

Walnut Hill School for the Performing Arts, Natick Massachusetts
“Circle Harp” Permanent Installation; wall mounted 12 string instrument, 40 foot string throw 

SELECTED PAST STRING THEORY PERFORMANCES, PUBLIC SHOWS, EVENTS & GALAS 

Institute Of Peace, Washington DC
66th Annual Emmy’s Awards LA CA
TEDx, Palm Springs CA
Fringe Festival, Opening Gala, Gothenburg Sweden The Broad Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica CA Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA                                                                                      Yerba Buena Festival, San Francisco CA                                                                                                      The Getty Center, Los Angeles CA
Art Of The Brain Foundation, Los Angeles CA
Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC
Hayden Planetarium, New York NY
Vivo City, Singapore
Vancouver Art Museum, Vancouver Canada Vibiana Catherdral, Los Angeles CA
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art Charlotte NC