Film composer for film, television & visual media

Ray
Sharp

Ray tells stories through music. Whether comedy, drama or education, his compositions deepen the world on screen.

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Music that gets noticed.Selected recognition
Best Composer honorable mention, Arrow International Film Festival 2022
Best Music, The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival 2025
Best Music award for The Stones Are Speaking

Selected work

Stories, scored
from the inside out.

Orchestral scale, intimate detail and a precise sense of timing—music shaped around the emotional life of the story.

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Original score

Matter of Time

Feature film starring Sean Astin, directed by Jeremy Snead.

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Award-winning original score

The Stones Are Speaking

Documentary directed by Olive Talley; winner, Best Music at The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival.

🎤 The Stones Are Speaking — Orchestral Suite
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Original score

A Fairy Fail

Fantasy comedy feature from Pure Magic Pictures, directed by Stefanie Hubbard.

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Original narrative ballet

Pirouette

A cinematic score written for movement; world premiere in August 2026.

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Soundtrack

LUCID

Atmospheric storytelling through melody, texture and restraint.

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Original score

Voices of Valor

Documentary score honoring the Choctaw Code Talkers of WWI.

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Live awards-show scoring

A one-man orchestra, in the room and in the moment.

Ray creates the live cinematic soundtrack for corporate awards ceremonies—shaping anticipation, reveals, walk-ups and comedy in real time.

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Timing that serves the room

Every cue lands with the presenters, winners and audience.

02
From intimate to cinematic

Piano, orchestral color, rock energy, comedy cues and custom sound design.

03
More than background music

A responsive musical arc that turns the ceremony into a live experience.

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Film composer Ray Sharp in his studio

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About the composer

Emotion first.
Craft always.

Ray Sharp is a film composer and music director whose work has been heard in theaters across the United States and on screens worldwide. His scores pair memorable themes with modern orchestral scale, supporting story without crowding it.

He has recorded original orchestral music with the FAMES Studio Orchestra in Macedonia and completed a master’s in film scoring through Berklee. His writing moves comfortably between full orchestra, intimate piano, acoustic color and electronic sound design.

Since 1999, Ray has served as Music Director for Four Day Weekend. Decades of live improvisation have sharpened the instincts that directors value most: timing, restraint, collaboration and knowing exactly when a moment needs music.

25+years in professional music
1999Music Director, Four Day Weekend
FAMESorchestral recording in Macedonia
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Portrait of film composer Ray Sharp
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Live orchestra

Recorded with a live orchestra.
Available for your film.

Ray has recorded original orchestral music with the FAMES Studio Orchestra in Macedonia. He knows the process from the inside — score preparation, conducting the session, working with world-class players. Watch him in the control booth as the orchestra brings his music to life.

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What Ray creates

Music built around
the story and the room.

01

Original score for motion pictures

Character-led themes, modern orchestral writing and detailed sound worlds for narrative films and documentaries.

02

Music for cinematic trailers

Focused musical architecture that builds momentum, reveals scale and lands the final turn.

03

Live awards banquet music

A one-man orchestra responding to nominations, winner reveals, walk-ups and unscripted moments as they happen.

04

Inspirational corporate music

Original music that gives a brand story, live event or internal film an emotional center.

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Live orchestra recording

Ray has recorded original orchestral music with the FAMES Studio Orchestra in Macedonia and knows the process inside and out — from score preparation to the recording session. Bring the sound of a live orchestra to your film.

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Director perspectives

Trusted in the edit
and beyond it.

“Our film wouldn't be the same without your wonderful score.”

Ray Sharp at a Matter of Time eventJeremy SneadDirector, Matter of Time

“Ray has an extraordinary instinct for emotional storytelling… a warm, authentic, collaborative spirit.”

Director Olive TalleyOlive TalleyDirector, The Stones Are Speaking

Live comedy. Cinematic instinct.

Four Day Weekend

As Music Director for Four Day Weekend since 1999, Ray has scored thousands of unscripted moments in real time. That stage experience lives inside his film work: the ability to read pace, anticipate a turn and support a performance without stealing focus.

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Four Day Weekend cast
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Television & visual media

Sound for stories in every form.

Ray composed music for both seasons of Yes & Yoga, bringing a musician’s sense of breath, rhythm and flow to a mindfulness series built around conversation and practice.

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Across film, television, live performance and immersive visual work, the aim stays the same: make the audience feel the story more deeply.

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Let’s find the sound of your story.

For scoring projects, live awards-show music and creative collaborations, get in touch directly.

ray@raysharp.com