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Infobox musical artist | name = John Ottman| image = John Ottman.jpg| caption =| image_size = 150| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1964|7|6|birth_place = San Diego , California , United States|USA | death_date =| origin =| genre = Film score | occupation = Composer | instrument =| years_active = 1993–present| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.johnottman.com/ John Ottman (born July 6, 1964 in San Diego , California ) is an United States|American film editor, composer and director.
He is best known for his collaborations with film director Bryan Singer , acting as film editor and composing the scores for The Usual Suspects , Apt Pupil (film)|Apt Pupil , X2 (film)|X2: X-Men United , Superman Returns (adapting themes originally composed by John Williams ) and most recently Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie . He performed both duties in addition to directing the horror film Urban Legends: Final Cut . He won a BAFTA award for his editing of The Usual Suspects .
Ottman also scored the 2005 superhero movie Fantastic Four (film)|Fantastic Four and its sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer . He modified John Carpenter 's original Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween theme for the sequel Halloween H20: 20 Years Later , and worked on the 2007 film The Invasion (film)|The Invasion , starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig . In addition, he provided the music for the 2005 remake of House of Wax (2005 film)|House of Wax as well as Snow White: A Tale of Terror and Astro Boy (film)|Astro Boy . "Tricks of the Trade" from Incognito (1998 film)|Incognito was sampled on Aaliyah 's " We Need a Resolution ".
Ottman graduated from the School of Cinematic Arts of the University of Southern California in 1988. http://cinema.usc.edu/alumni/alumni-history/ "Notable Alumni", webpage of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, retrieved April 15, 2008. One of his first assignments was to provide original music for the computer game I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (video game)|I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream . In 2007, Ottman appeared in the documentary Finding Kraftland for his agent Richard Kraft.
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External links
http://www.johnottman.com/ John Ottman's Official Website
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php? id=6170156826 John Ottman's Official Facebook Profile
IMDb name|0653211|John Ottman
http://readjunk.com/interview.php? rv=120 Interview with John Ottman (July 2006)
BAFTA Award for Best Editing 1985–2009Saturn Award for Best Music 1991–2010 Persondata | NAME =Ottman, John | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =July 6, 1964 | PLACE OF BIRTH = San Diego , California , United States|USA | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Ottman, John Category:American film score composers Category:American film editors Category:American film directors Category:University of Southern California alumni Category:People from San Diego, California Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:Saturn Award winners
