Ryan Shreves
is a composer for film and television based in Los Angeles, CA.Combining a lifelong passion for filmmaking with an instinctually experimental approach to sound, Ryan possesses a studied knowledge of the traditions of orchestral film scoring while utilizing the tools of contemporary music production to explore acoustic and electronic textures in cinematic sonic environments.
As a graduate of the Media Scoring program at the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema in Brooklyn, NY, Ryan’s work can be heard in such notable TV shows as AMC’s The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, and PBS’s Frontline, as well as numerous films that have premiered at festivals including the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Yokohama Film Festival, and Dances With Films in Los Angeles. With credits including Tim O’Connor’s debut feature The Undiscovered Country (2019), Brandon Shypkowski’s 29 Palms (2024), and acclaimed horror director Dylan Clark’s Portrait of God (2022) and Remains (2023), he continues to create inventive and contemporary film scores for emerging and seasoned filmmakers alike.An accomplished synthesist, guitarist, and keyboardist, Ryan has performed, toured, and recorded with a variety of bands and ensembles including Baltimore based noise-punk bands Big Christ and Tremors II, Kiowa Hammons and Daonne Huff’s New York multi-media art collective Hot Hands, and continues to perform and record with guitarist and frequent collaborator Spencer Friedman.