Composers
Kerwin Young
1970 -About
Kerwin Young (b. 1970) is the composer of the KCPT weekly news series Ruckus. A classically trained composer, Kerwin studied music composition with Chen Yi, Zhou Long, and Bobby Watson at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance (2009-2015). The composer of five symphonies, film and television scores, and a long list of gold and platinum recordings, Kerwin's unique, multi-genre palette keeps him in high demand. Kerwin's professional career began in the late 1980's as a recording producer with the rap group Public Enemy. As a member of the Bomb Squad, and a protégé of Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Young honed his craft working on PE's Fear of a Black Planet, Ice Cube's Amerikkkaz Most Wanted, Professor Griff and the Last Asiatic Disciples' Pawns in the Game, and Luke Skywalker and the 2 Live Crews' Banned in the U.S.A. Young has produced iconic rappers as Eric B. & Rakim, Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep, and the Gravediggaz. As a pop recording producer, Kerwin has produced, arranged, and co-written for/with George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bobby Brown, Roy Haynes, Bobby Byrd, Eddie Kendricks, Tevin Campbell, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff, and Eddie Moore & the Outer Circle. He's even produced posthumous recording projects for Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley. Young has been fortunate at having several songs placed in major motion pictures: Do the Right Thing (1989), Green Card (1990), Sister Act 2 (1992), Street Fighter (1994), He Got Game (1998), and Dirty Grandpa (2016). As a member of the Bomb Squad, blockbuster features continue to include songs that the team produced, including the 2013 biography Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, the 2015 biopic Straight Outta Compton, and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
Related Information
http://www.kerwinyoung.com
Works by Kerwin Young
Title | Collection | Voice Type | Range | Poet |
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Cry of the Queenless King | Bass-Baritone | G2 - F4 | Kerwin Young |
Title | Published | Size | Solo with Ensemble | Duration Range | Level | Orchestration |
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A Coming Together | Yes | Chamber | under 5 | Professional | 1111-1110-2perc, pno, hp, stgs (16-14-12-10-8) | |
American Caravan | Yes | Full Orchestra | 10-20 | Professional | 2[1.2/pic] 2[1.2/Eh] 2[1.2/bcl] 2[1.2/cbn]-4221-perc3-timp-harp-str | |
Bolivar (Ballet Suite) | Yes | Full Orchestra and Choir | 10-20 | Professional | 3333-4331-timp+6, 2cl. gtr, cimb, hp, choir, stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Chasing El Diablo | Yes | Full Orchestra | 5-10 | Professional | 4333-8331-timp+6, hp, pno, stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Conflict Between the Pen and the Sword | Yes | Chamber | under 5 | Professional | Ten sax; tpt, tbn, bs tbn; stgs | |
Doll Collection of Mrs. Wynn | Yes | Chamber | 10-20 | Professional | winds, percussion, piano/celesta, children's choir and strings (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Dumas-Pushkin Suite (Ballet Suite) | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 3333-6241-timp + 7perc, 2hp, cel, stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Escape from the Evil Empire | Yes | Treble Chorus and Full Orchestra | Soprano | 10-20 | Professional | 3333-4331-timp+4perc; hp, pf; sop, wm ch; stgs |
Far From Righteous | Yes | String Orchestra | 5-10 | Professional | str | |
Nature's Karmic Vengeance | Yes | Full Orchestra | under 5 | Professional | 3220-4231-djembe-glockenspiel-str | |
Over 200 Films | Yes | Full Orchestra | 10-20 | Professional | 3222-4000-Timp+7/hp,pno/cel,stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Rabat Waterfront Fantasy | Yes | Full Orchestra | 5-10 | Professional | 3332-3121-timp+2perc; cel, hp; stgs | |
Reclamation | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 4344-8331-timp+6, cimb, 2hp, pno, stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Season of Autocracy | Yes | Full Orchestra | 10-20 | Professional | 3343-4231-timp+3perc.; hp, stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Sulwe: An Orchestral Adaptation | Yes | Full Orchestra | 10-20 | Professional | 3222-4231-timp+5, hp, pf, strings | |
Symphony No. 1 (Empire of Kasuf) | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 3333-4331; timp+3perc.; hp, cel; chdn ch; stgs | |
Symphony No. 2 (Khemet West) | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 3333-5331; timp+6perc; 2hp, cel, gtr, cimb; mxd ch; stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Symphony No. 3 (Captain Paul Cuffe and the Traveller) | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 3333/4231; timp+3perc; hp, pf-cel; stgs. | |
Symphony No. 4 (Kasufhetep I) | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 4333/6332; timp+6perc; 2hp, pf, cimb; stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Symphony No. 5 (Perseverance) | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 4333/6331; timp+5perc; 2hp; cimb; stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Symphony No. 6 (The Plagiarist) | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 3333/6331/timp+6, hp, cel, stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Symphony No. 7 | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 3233/4331/timp + 4, 2hp, pno/cel, stgs (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Symphony No. 8 "End of Reign" | Yes | Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 3333/6331/timp+5, hp, pno-cel, strings (16.14.12.10.8) | |
Symphony No. 9 "War of a Different Kind" | Yes | Professional | ||||
The Gardener and the Tyrant | Yes | Full Orchestra | 10-20 | Professional | 3333-4031-timp+2perc; pf-cel, hp; stgs | |
The Gardener and the Tyrant (for Chamber Orchestra) | Yes | Chamber | 10-20 | Professional | 2222-2010-timp+2/Hp/Pno-Cel/Stgs (64432) | |
The House of Price | Yes | String | 10-20 | Professional | str | |
U.S. Marshall - Bass Reeves (an Overture for an American Western) | Yes | Full Orchestra | 5-10 | Professional | 3123-4131-timp+4perc; cimb, hp, 2cl gtr, acc, male ch; stgs | |
What I Think of Academia | Yes | SATB Chorus and Full Orchestra | 20+ | Professional | 3333-4321-timp+2, pf, SATB, stgs | |
You Got Your Head Up In the Clouds | Yes | Chamber | Professional | 1111-a. sax, t. sax-1110-Drums, elec. pno, 2 sopr., stgs, elec. bs |