New Soundtrack—Batman Beyond, vol. 2
September 13, 2024
Grammy® Award, Emmy® Award, Society of Composers and Lyricists Award , Hollywood Music in Media Award ® winners, Academy Award Shortlisted
Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis and Kristopher Carter, collectively known as Dynamic Music Partners, have created hundreds of hours of music for a variety of different genres, including TV series, independent films, video games and live performance events. Apart from the awards they have won, they collectively have earned twenty-eight Emmy Award nominations and six Annie Award nominations as composers for Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Batman: The Brave And The Bold, Justice League, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project and The New Batman Superman Adventures. Original concert works and suites of their scores have been performed in festivals and special events; from New York’s Lincoln Center to The Hollywood Bowl, The Kennedy Center, The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, Tenerife, Spain, and beyond, their music has received critical acclaim. Their Prime-time Emmy Award nominated musical Batman: The Brave and the Bold: Mayhem of the Music Meister, starring Neil Patrick Harris was a historic first Batman musical to ever be composed.
They began their careers composing music for Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond. As orchestrators they have worked with many of Hollywood’s A-list composers, including Michael Kamen, Basil Poledouris, Howard Shore, Carter Burwell, Elliot Goldenthal, Mark Snow and Shirley Walker.
Kristopher, Michael and Lolita work both collectively and individually. They are currently working in today’s industry and are examples and role models for aspiring film composers everywhere. Lolita and Michael are on faculty at USC’s Thornton School of Music Screen Scoring Program. Kristopher, Michael and Lolita have completed university residencies, presented master-classes, and mentored aspiring media composers throughout the world, including at the Berklee School of Music, Columbia College Masters in Music Composition for the Screen, Hong Kong Baptist University, University of North Texas, Tsing Hua University in Beijing, UCLA, NYU and others.
Organizations: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Lolita serves on the Executive Music Committee), National Recording Arts and Sciences, Television Academy, Society of Composers and Lyricists, Alliance for Women Film Composers (Lolita is one of the founders), ASIFA, RMA, AFM.
