Derek Grote
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Freelance Composer |
| Introduction | I'm a 31 year old musician and filmmaker from Cincinnati, Ohio. Lead singer for The New Van Goghs. |
| Interests | Music, Film, Writing, Art |
| Favorite movies | Legend, Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, Labyrinth, Star Wars (mainly the old trilogy), Cabin In The Woods, Tron, Being There, A Clockwork Orange, Inception, Howard The Duck, The Thing Called Love, Henry V, The Dark Crystal, The Alien Quadrilogy, Prometheus, Any Zatoichi movie, Dune, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, Clash Of The Titans, The Rocky movies, Avatar, Jurassic Park, Drop Dead Fred, Meteor Man, Breakfast At Tiffany's, Death Race 2000, The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit, Fuzzbucket, The Ewok Movies, Lost, Doctor Who, Star Trek (mostly the original series and TNG), Lost In Space, Beauty And The Beast, Alien Nation, Farscape, Humans, The Avengers, The Young Ones, Twin Peaks, True Blood, Ninja Warrior, MXC, Earth 2, Bottom, Blackadder, American Horror Story, Game Of Thrones |
| Favorite music | Suede, The Sex Pistols, Radiohead, The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Abba, Tegan And Sara, The Strokes, Kate Bush, Sigur Ros, U2, Enigma, Sparklehorse, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tori Amos, Air, Bjork, The Rolling Stones, John Barry, Sandy Denny, Supergrass, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Rammstein, John Williams, Mogwai, Travis, Angelo Badalamenti, Julee Cruise, Primal Scream, Anuna, Michael Jackson, Bat For Lashes, The Knife, Lady Gaga, M83, Marilyn Manson, The Swell Season, Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd, Blur, Beach House, Tatu, Eastern Conference Champions, The Verve, The Scissor Sisters, Brett Anderson, Jane Birkin, Alain Goraguer, Joan Jett, Kasabian, Madonna, Pulp, Massive Attack, Neil Young, Beck, PiL, Bob Dylan, The Stone Roses, Texas, The Vines, Interpol, Mos Def, Royksopp, Sarah Blasko, Portishead, Yo Hitoto, Kaki King, Louis Armstrong, Shakira, Marina and The Diamonds, Milla Jovovich, David Bowie, Girls, Scott Walker, Dead Confederate, Muse, The Prodigy, The Runaways, The Sugarcubes, Tom Waits, CSS |
| Favorite books | Comic Books: Dalgoda, The Last Generation, Judge Dredd, Supergirl, Superman, Batman, Star Wars, Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men, Wolverine, Sabretooth, Mr. T's T Force |