As a musician, Brian McOmber has collaborated with Björk, David Byrne, Dirty Projectors, Doudou N’Diaye Rose, Deer Tick, Judith Berkson, Kurt Ballou (Converge), Marijuana Deathsquads, Mira Calix, Paul Wiancko (Kronos Quartet), The Roots, Yeasayer and St. Vincent. He has performed for audiences across six continents at The Barbican Centre, Bonnaroo, Coachella, Disney Hall, Fuji Rock, Glastonbury, Lincoln Center, Lollapalooza, Madison Square Garden, Primavera Sound and Radio City Music Hall.
As a film and TV composer, music editor and music producer, Brian has contributed to Oscar, Emmy, Peabody and Independent Spirit Award-winning narrative and documentary releases from A24, The Associated Press, Amazon Studios, Fox Searchlight, Frontline PBS, HBO, Jigsaw Productions, Magnolia, MRC, National Geographic, Netflix, NEON, Oscilloscope and Showtime. Works of note include Trey Edward Shults’ hybrid horror films, KRISHA and IT COMES AT NIGHT, Chloe Domont’s romantic thriller, FAIR PLAY, Penny Lane’s bizarro documentaries, HAIL SATAN? and NUTS!, Danielle Krudy and Bridgette Salvage Cole’s dark comedy, BLOW THE MAN DOWN, Anurag Kashyap’s Hindi thriller, UGLY and Rick Rowley’s investigative documentaries 16 SHOTS, DOCUMENTING HATE and KINGDOM OF SILENCE.
Brian most recently contributed to Jordan Dykstra’s score for the 2024 Oscar and BAFTA winning documentary, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL. Current film score projects include Rick Rowley’s Emmy-award nominated, investigative exposé, CRITICAL INCIDENT, and Elizabeth Lo’s, MISTRESS DISPELLER, a feature documentary about China’s burgeoning love industry.
NEWS:
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office (MOMA premiere)
Watch “CRITICAL INCIDENT: Death At the Border” (HBO 2025)
“Mistress Dispeller” at Venice & TIFF
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL wins the Oscar for “best documentary”
AP and PBS wins BAFTA for 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
Indiewire’s best Thanksgiving movies of all time (#3 - ‘KRISHA’)
Marijuana Deathsquads on Fox News
Marijuana Deathsqauds at THE GREAT BEYOND
Peabody Awards: “Micheal Flynn’s Holy War” wins - News
Pitchfork: Dirty Projectors and Björk share new unreleased music (2023)
SXSW: Tom Brown receives Special Jury Award for Animation Directing “Christopher at Sea”
Chloe Domont’s FAIR PLAY sells for $20 Million (Sundance)
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL wins 2023 Sundance Film Festival audience award
FRONTLINE wins George Polk Award for “American Insurrection”
“Stranger Than Rotterdam” wins Sundance 2022
The Watt From Pedro Show INTERVIEW with Brian McOmber
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: ‘Fair Play’ Composer on Capturing the “ticking time bomb”
