composer

Andrew M. Edwards

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Testimonials

“As a filmmaker, one of the most important elements of any collaboration is having the right composer in your corner. I have had the great fortune of Andrew being in my corner. Whether I’ve been working on a documentary or narrative project, Andrew has provided me with the tools I need to tell my stories… which then become our stories. Your search for a composer should start and end here.”
- Adam Elliott

Adam Elliott (Writer/Director)
David Again, A Best Man

“We have had the privilege of working with Drew for years now. He is our go-to composer. His versatility as a composer is unparalleled, as well as his empathy and compassion on creating just the right music for delicate, emotional moments. We also want to highlight him as a wonderful human, making the entire process of working with him, from spotting, to notes, to revisions, to the finished delivery, an absolute joy.”
- Adria Dawn + David Tarleton

David Tarleton + Adria Dawn (Filmmakers)
Gray Area, Identity.

“Andrew Edwards is a dreamy collaborator -- kind, smart, and wildly talented. I've been working with Andrew for the last decade and I turn to him first for all of my music needs. It doesn't really matter the genre or the task, he approaches the work with good humor and always delivers. I highly recommend him for literally any project on the face of the earth, but especially podcast projects and anything involving nerds.”
- Tyler Greene

Tyler Greene (Producer/Showrunner)
This Is My Family, A Slight Change of Plans.

“For nearly a decade, Andrew M. Edwards has been an essential collaborator on all of my films. I consider the score the last chance the filmmaker has to shape the audience’s experience and Andrew is a true master of channeling the tone, tension and dramatic arc of a film to heighten and clarify every moment. From finding the unsettling pomp of a boys school grooming the next generation of closeted gay Republicans to conjuring the synthy terror of a destination wedding at a haunted summer camp, Andrew has never so much as flinched at the absurd curve balls I’ve throw his way and always knocked it out of the park.”

Greg Emetaz (Writer/Director)
#Messykidnapping, Camp Wedding

Andrew M. Edwards is an award-winning media composer based in Southern California.

Andrew most recently completed the music for DAVID AGAIN, which won Best Short Documentary at the Beloit International Film Festival, before appearing in the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL, DANCES WITH SHORTS, SHORT SHORTS, and many more. The massive, feature-length orchestral score for the noir-detective-stoner-comedy, SOMEWHERE CONFIDENTIAL was just released, and he is presently hard at work on his second collaboration with director Wendell Etherly, GAIA.

For the PBS documentary, CHICAGO STORIES: DOWNTOWN DISASTERS, Andrew created an energetic and innovative score in collaboration with the avant-garde classical musicians of ENSEMBLE DAL NIENTE. Fuelled by a GLOBAL MUSIC AWARD-winning soundtrack, ‘85: THE GREATEST TEAM IN FOOTBALL HISTORY features President Barack Obama, Mike Ditka, Bill Murray, and an impressive roster of Chicago luminaries telling the definitive story of the Super Bowl champion “Monsters of the Midway.”

Andrew's retro synth score for the horror-comedy feature film, CAMP WEDDING, was awarded "Best Original Score (Silver)" at the QUEEN PALM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, and a Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards. He also scored the documentary ALEX & ALI (streaming on Prime Video & Apple TV) which took home "Best Documentary" awards from several international film festivals, including FRAMELINE SAN FRANCISCO INT’L LGBTQ Film Festival and REELING CHICAGO LGBT Film Festival.

With writer/director Jennifer Heaton, he has co-written SCARLET LINES: A GOTHIC MUSICAL and KALA: A MUSICAL FAERIE TALE, the latter of which is now updated and available for community and high school theatre productions. Andrew has enjoyed a long-time collaboration with author and screenwriter Richard Dinnick (DOCTOR WHO, LOST IN SPACE). Their first project together was the two-part audio drama, DOCTOR WHO: THE COMPANION CHRONICLES - THE WANDERER, from BIG FINISH PRODUCTIONS - starring the late, great William Russell (THE GREAT ESCAPE). The original soundtrack for ROB - the 26-episode webcomic series from Dinnick and LEGENDARY COMICS - features an eclectic, swashbuckling mix of retro electronics and epic orchestral music.

In 2021, the Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive accepted Andrew as a Fellow, where he studied conducting and orchestration with Hollywood legends Conrad Pope and William Ross.

Born in Urbana, IL, Andrew's early cultural life was multifaceted and omnivorous; attending concerts and theatre performances with his parents, ravenously devouring TV and movies with his friends, and performing in school and church ensembles. Andrew later moved to New York City, where he enjoyed a busy career of gigging with bands and live sound mixing (including a position as in-house audio engineer at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL). Returning to Chicago to study film scoring, Andrew became a Columbia College Chicago MFA Media Music Program professor before relocating to Southern California in 2018.

Andrew is now based in the Palm Springs area, where he lives with his stalwart husband, Andrew, and their tailless rescue cat, Estrella.