Naturalistic Music + Sound. Est. 1997 by Gary Meister

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Gary Meister is an award-winning composer, music producer and musician, and founder/owner of Naturalistic Music + Sound, an NYC-based production company that creates original music for film, TV, podcasts, advertising, virtual reality & emerging media.

His credits include Joe’s Violin (2017 Oscar Nom., Best Doc. Short), In The Dark (2X Peabody Award winner), The New Yorker Presents (Amazon), Death Row Stories (CNN), A League Of Ordinary Gentlemen (Magnolia Pictures), Sesame Street, The Tudors, Locked Up (Discovery), Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, Weeds, Making Dazed (AMC), Everyday Food (Martha Stewart Omnimedia), The Franchise (Showtime), Eavesdropping With Alan Cumming (Oxygen), Sportsfan (Jon Stewart’s Busboy Prod.), and a wide range of documentary films that examine issues that reflect his concerns and deal with issues such as the environment, women’s rights, incarceration reform, torture, The Holocaust, 9/11 & the death penalty.

He has created music for a who’s who of media forerunners incl. HBO, NBC, CBS, Amazon, TED, Magnolia Pictures, Showtime, Jon Stewart’s Busboy Prod., Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Prod., Martha Stewart Omnimedia, AKPD Media (Davids Plouffe & Axelrod),VH1, MTV, Subaru, Pfizer, PG&E, Discovery, Bravo, CNN, MLB Productions, Nickelodeon, Oxygen, The Movie Channel, TLC, AMC, UBS, PBS, Spike, The Movie Channel, TruTV, Amnesty International, The Tennis Channel, Logo, The Smithsonian Channel, Link TV, Food Bank, Actual Reality Pictures, Moxie Firecracker & Gabriel Films, among others.

Gary regularly collaborates with some of the finest musicians and engineers in the business, including talent such as Jill Sobule, Rhett Miller (Old 97s), Dennis Diken (The Smithereens), Todd Reynolds (Bang On A Can) & Mike Viola.

His music supervision credits incl. the film Hank: 5 Year From The Brink (Joe Berlinger) and the upcoming Judee Sill: How To Give My Heart Away. As a curator of music for unique live events he has worked with Santigold, Steve Earle & Amanda Palmer, and has produced/moderated the film scoring panel series Scoring On The Bowery Doesn’t Mean What It Used To for the CBGB Festival, which has featured Vernon Reid, David Mansfield, Stephen Trask & Nathan Larson.

He was the leader (singer/songwriter/guitar) of the power-pop band You And What Army, and produced their analog record “Kinda Wanna” (released on Big Deal/Caroline Records) which garnered rave reviews and extensive airplay. You And What Army, a fixture on the NYC club scene, were named Best Power Pop Band by NY Press. Gary has studied gamelan music in Bali, and is a member of the gamelan ensemble Darma Swara, whose many accomplishments include sold out shows at Lincoln Center and Central Park’s Summerstage. He has also worked with pioneering ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, where he assisted in the development of Lomax’s Global Jukebox, and he was host/producer for the Knitting Factory’s pioneering webcast “The Song.”

Gary lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

About Naturalistic

Naturalistic Music + Sound. Est. 1997 by Gary Meister.
Music for picture. Music for pleasure. Beatified, rarefied, bouncy or calm. Music for media. Music for the people. Burlesque, dancehall, and ballroom. Glorious or secular. Tragic or awfully refreshing. At Naturalistic, we hear a dynamic range of emotion and percussion. To us, melody, harmony and rhythm are more than just a good idea: they're a way of life, and integral in constructing music that will awaken and transform your project. Hot, nervous, kinky or smooth. Funny, pensive, old school or krunky. We want to understand your needs and exceed your wildest expectations.

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Oscar Nomination for Joe's Violin! Kahane Cooperman’s heartfelt film Joe’s Violin was recently nominated for Best Short Documentary. Featuring original music by Gary Meister, the film traces the story of a donated musical instrument which forges an improbable friendship between 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Joe Feingold and 12-year-old Bronx school girl Brianna Perez, showing how the power of music can bring light in the darkest of times and how a small act can have a great impact.

In The Dark Gary created music for the APM podcast In The Dark, which just won it’s second Peabody Award. Season 2 reported out the story of Curtis Flowers, who was tried 6 times in Mississippi for crimes he did not commit. Facts discovered by reporters were so explosive that Flowers’ conviction was overturned by The Supreme Court. Flowers is now a free man, as he was officially exonerated in Sept. 2020.

The New Yorker Presents Gary recently finished scoring this series which premiered at Sundance before launching on Amazon. Based on content from the venerable magazine, the show features short docs, scripted live action, animated cartoons & more. Check out the trailer.

The Kids Menu Check out the trailer for this inspiring & hopeful doc. about kids & food, & what's being done to get healthier choices on the menu. And which Gary just scored! Available online now!

Green Juice, Fresh Music (get it?) Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2 just opened in 650 theaters across the country, & will be released digitally (on iTunes & everywhere) on Nov. 18th! Gary created 27+ tracks for this fun & inspiring film which explores how to stay healthy in an unhealthy world.

Scoring On The Bowery Gary recently produced & moderated a panel on film scoring for the CBGB Festival, which featured Nathan Larson, Stephen Trask, Paul Cantelon & Missy Cohen.

GM In The Press Gary was profiled in stylish music blog SonicScoop, in a feature that examines the score he created for heralded documentary Concrete, Steel & Paint.

We're On Fire! Naturalistic just dropped some bouncy licks on a spot for Amazon, announcing the launch of the Kindle Fire. Produced by the good folks at Expansion Team.

Play Ball! Gary recently created music for the show open for Showtime's hard-hitting baseball series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5UK598ZASs&feature=related" ,The Franchise,.

People Make Parks Chestnuts from the Naturalistic Music Library were featured in a video to help launch this exciting community building initiative for http://vimeo.com/27857656" ,Partnership For Parks,.

Black History Month CBS featured our music in 7 spots they made to honor the lives & legacies of 7 pioneering African-Americans.

A Running Start Naturalistic created music to accompany http://www.nyrrf.org/ycr/ars/index.asp,NY Roadrunner's,multiple-award-winning online collection of 80+ fitness videos for budding runners.

Sarabah Gary scored this award-winning documentary about Senegalese rapper Sister Fa, and her crusade to end female genital cutting. Check out the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RRu6ULvBeg,trailer

Madmen Yourself Collaborating with social media branding pioneers http://www.deepfocus.net/work/madmenyourself,Deep Focus, Gary created a track to accompany their video detailing the Madmen Yourself campaign they created for AMC.

Compassion Is Cool We are proud to have created music for the global launch of the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wktlwCPDd94&feature=player_embedded,Charter For Compassion,. The result of Karen Armstrong's http://www.tedprize.org/,TED Prize, this groundbreaking initiative seeks to restore the principle of compassion to heart of political and social discourse

Naturalistic In The Press http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/2009/03/doc_soup_pulling_john.php,POV's blog,recently profiled Gary Meister in a piece that explores the music he created for the arm wrestling film http://www.pullingjohn.com,'Pulling John.',World Premiere at SXSW '09

Le Channel de Movie We just delivered music for a fabulous Image Spot for http://www.sho.com/site/tmc/flash_home.do?version=8&flashURL=/site/tmc/flash_home.do&pass_variable=&pass_variable_2=&pass_variable_3=&altContentURL=/site/tmc/getflash.do&pass_variable=&pass_variable_2=&pass_variable_3=,TMC, featuring sparkly, swirly visuals created by http://www.balloonedeye.com/,Ballooned Eye,.http://concretefilm.org/

Concrete Steel & Paint Gary is wrapping up the score for http://concretefilm.org/,CS&P, a powerful doc. about a prison/victims mural painting program

Arm Wrasslin' Gary Meister has just put the finishing touches on his score for "http://www.pullingjohn.com/,Pulling John," a doc. feature about the wild world of professional arm wrestling

Emmy Love Food Bank PSA nominated for an Emmy! Naturalistic recently scored this spot, which features The Edge, Mike Myers & Charlize Theron, and which was produced by our friends at http://www.interpositive.com/tv.html" target="blank,InterPositive Media

King Rock Naturalistically rocking Tudors promo airing now, featuring kickass vocals by Mr. http://www.mikeviola.com/,Mike Viola

Showin' me some Time Working with world-class singers http://www.rhettmiller.com/,Rhett Miller, http://www.mikeviola.com/,Mike Viola,& http://www.nousnonplus.com/,Verena Wiesendanger, Naturalistic has produced 3 songs for Showtime promos this year

Fanatical Gary has just scored "Sportsfan" for http://www.spiketv.com/,Spike TV, produced by Jon Stewart/Busboy Productions, directed by http://www.flickerflacker.com/,Aaron Lubarsky

TMC-tastic! http://www.sho.com/site/tmc/,The Movie Channel's,"PSA" IDs + image spots for http://www.logoonline.com/?kw=logotv,Logo/Subaru,airing now. Music by us, naturally

Bikini Alert Court TV's http://www.courttv.com/home_primetime/index.html,"Beach Patrol Miami",launched in July, with music by Naturalistic

CineMondo Gary Meister recently created the theme music for http://www.linktv.org/cinemondo/about,Link TV's,film series "CineMondo."

Agrestic in the house! Naturalistic scores for http://www.sho.com/,Showtime,: promos for Weeds, Sleeper Cell, & Brotherhood airing now!

Fab 5 Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

Cheezy Slacks Alert http://bowlingmovie.com/,"A League of Ordinary Gentlemen",is out now on DVD. Gary scored this feature length doc. about bowling and the PBA

Martha Stewart Living's http://www.pbs.org/everydayfood/,"Everyday Food",still airing nationally on PBS

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