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BT is a Actor and Sound American born on 4 october 1971 at Rockville (USA)

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Birth name Brian Wayne Transeau
Nationality USA
Birth 4 october 1971 (52 years) at Rockville (USA)

Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1971), better known by his stage name, BT, is a Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. He is an artist in the electronica genre – most often considered a composer of trance music, but known to work within several other styles. BT has also produced and written for artists such as Paul van Dyk, Peter Gabriel, 'N Sync, Sting, Blake Lewis, Tori Amos, and Tiësto. As a film composer, he has worked on films such as The Fast and the Furious and Monster.

BT is known for pioneering a production technique he calls the stutter edit. This technique consists of taking a small fragment (or fragments) of sound and then repeating it rhythmically. BT was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for his song "Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)". This song was recognized as using the largest number of vocal edits in a song (6,178 edits). BT's work with stutter edit techniques led to the formation of software development company, Sonik Architects, and the development of the sound-processing software plug-in Stutter Edit. The company also released a music remix app for the iPhone called Sonifi.

In 2010, BT was nominated for a Grammy Award for his studio album These Hopeful Machines under the category "Best Electronic/Dance Album".

Biography

Brian Transeau étudie au Conservatoire de musique de Washington, puis entre au Berklee College of Music dès l'âge de 15 ans. Après avoir tenté sans succès de signer chez Sony comme chanteur et auteur-compositeur, il se lance dans la musique électronique grâce à sa rencontre avec le duo Deep Dish. Ses premiers maxis, dans un style deep house, sortent dès 1993 sur le label Deep Dish Records dont il est l'un des fondateurs, et sont remixés notamment par Deep Dish et Carl Craig.

Sous le nom de BT, il publie la même année son premier single Embracing The Future chez Musicnow Records, basé à Washington. S'en suivra sa signature chez Perfecto Records, et la sortie de son premier album Ima en 1995, album de référence des genres trance et house progressive. L'album contient un mix de 40 minutes par Sasha, et le titre Nocturnal Transmission est repris dans le film Fast and Furious, pour lequel BT a aussi composé des morceaux exclusifs.

BT s'est fait particulièrement connaître comme producteur de trance grâce à plusieurs titres à succès comme Blue Skies (1996), qui atteint la première place du classement Hot Dance Club Songs aux Etats-Unis, ou encore Loving You More, Flaming June, Anomaly (Calling Your Name)... Il a collaboré avec les chanteuses Tori Amos, Jan Johnston et Kirsty Hawkshaw.

Sur son deuxième album ESCM (1997), BT commence à expérimenter, parallèlement à la trance, avec le drum and bass et le rock ; puis sur Movement In Still Life (1999), avec le breakbeat, le hip-hop ou la pop. ESCM est aussi le premier album sur lequel BT chante. Il collabore avec des musiciens de Guns N' Roses et de NSYNC, et participe à la production de l'album Celebrity de ces derniers en 2001.

En 2006, il sort This Binary Universe, un album audiovisuel dans un style différent des précédents, entre ambient, electronica et glitch. L'album est dédié à sa fille, et a été mixé et composé spécialement pour un son DTS 5.1.

En 2011, l'album These Hopeful Machines est nommé aux Grammy Awards. Il signe chez Armada Music en 2012 ; l'album qui s'ensuit, A Song Across Wires, le voit se rapprocher du dubstep. De même, sa compilation mixée Laptop Symphony, en 2012, contient plus de morceaux electro house ou dubstep que trance.

En 2014, il lance un crowdfunding pour réaliser Electronic Opus, un concert et un album de reprises orchestrales de ses plus grands succès.

BT est membre du duo All Hail The Silence avec le chanteur britannique Christian Burns ; leur musique rend hommage à la synthpop des années 1980 et 1990. Le premier EP est sorti en septembre 2016.

BT a également composé plusieurs bandes originales de films, et développé des programmes de production audio (BreakTweaker). Il est le pionnier de technologies comme le Stutter Edit : sa chanson Somnambulist est ainsi incluse dans le Guinness book de 2003 pour le plus grand nombre de vocal edits (modifications vocales) réalisées avec cette technique.

Best films

The Fast and the Furious (2001)
(Original Music Composer)
Monster (2004)
(Original Music Composer)
Driven (2001)
(Original Music Composer)
Solace (2015)
(Original Music Composer)

Usually with

John Lasseter
John Lasseter
(2 films)
Renny Harlin
Renny Harlin
(1 films)
Rob Cohen
Rob Cohen
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of BT (14 films)

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Actor

Sound

Solace
Solace (2015)
, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Abbie Cornish, Marley Shelton, Matt Gerald
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63% 3.1998953.1998953.1998953.1998953.199895
A psychic doctor, John Clancy (Anthony Hopkins), works with an FBI special agent (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in search of a serial killer (Colin Farrell).
Reach Me
Reach Me (2014)
, 1h35
Directed by John Herzfeld
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Lauren Cohan, Sylvester Stallone, Scarlett Johansson, Cary Elwes, Terry Crews, Tom Hanks
Rating49% 2.4599952.4599952.4599952.4599952.459995
With an ensemble cast, this film tells interwoven stories from a diverse group of people who are united by one thing: a powerful book published by an unknown mysterious author. When the book's positive message goes viral, a journalist and his editor, a former inmate, a hip-hop mogul, an actor and an undercover cop are inspired to change their lives by facing their own fears.
Partysaurus Rex, 7minutes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Wallace Shawn, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Corey Burton, Tony Cox, Donald Fullilove
Roles Music
Rating73% 3.691693.691693.691693.691693.69169
Rex disrupts the other toys blowing soap bubbles, worried they may ruin Bonnie's house. He is chastised by the other toys, with Mr. Potato Head calling him "Partypooper Rex". The other toys sense Bonnie approaching, and scatter, leaving Rex alone when she enters. She takes him to play with while she takes a bath. Rex enjoys being played with along with the other bath toys, but soon Bonnie's mom comes to turn off the bath and take her out. Once alone, the bath toys wish they could continue to have fun, but all of them lack arms and can only function if afloat in the water. Rex initially thinks drawing a new bath is a bad idea, but recalling Mr. Potato Head's insult, he asserts that he is "Partysaurus Rex", and helps the bath toys to start a new bath.
Tokyo Mater, 6minutes
Directed by John Lasseter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Larry the Cable Guy, Keith Ferguson, Michael Wallis, Danny Mann, Robert Ito, Lindsey Collins
Roles Music
Rating65% 3.2777453.2777453.2777453.2777453.277745
Mater tells a story to Lightning McQueen about how he used to be a drift king. He is hired as a tow truck driver as he states he'll tow any car anywhere. The tow ends up being to Tokyo, Japan, and Mater tows the car there all away across the Pacific Ocean. While there, he is challenged to a drift race to crown the drift king, with the loser losing all custom modifications and becoming a "stock" car. Mater accepts, and is fitted with custom modifications of his own. As Mater is losing the race, Lightning Dragon McQueen shows up to help Mater fend off an attack by ninjas, allowing Mater to win the race.
Look
Look (2007)
, 1h38
Directed by Adam Rifkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Rhys Coiro, Giuseppe Andrews, Heather Hogan, Bailee Madison, Hayes MacArthur, Chris Williams
Rating65% 3.2908253.2908253.2908253.2908253.290825
The film follows several intertwining narratives as the security cameras watch over the characters in several different areas: a gas station, a high school, a mall and an office building. The storylines progress over the course of a week and many of the characters end up interacting with each other in the course of their lives.
Catch and Release, 2h4
Directed by Susannah Grant
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Kevin Smith, Sam Jaeger, Fiona Shaw, Juliette Lewis
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59% 2.9502552.9502552.9502552.9502552.950255
Gray Wheeler (Jennifer Garner) attends the funeral of her fiancé, Grady, on the day they were supposed to be married. Gray seeks solace in a bathtub, where she is forced to listen to Grady's best friend, Fritz (Timothy Olyphant), having sex with a waitress. Gray visits an attorney to determine what will happen to Grady's estate. As Grady did not have a will and he and Gray were not married, she will not inherit his money. The attorney reveals that Grady had an investment account with a million dollars in it, which Gray knew nothing about. She determines that she can no longer afford to rent the house that they had picked out, and with the help of Grady's friends Dennis (Sam Jaeger) and Sam (Kevin Smith), she puts her things into storage and moves in with them. Fritz also comes to stay, which causes tension between himself and Gray. Gray learns Grady transferred $3,000 every month to an unknown person.
Stealth
Stealth (2005)
, 2h1
Directed by Rob Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Joe Morton, Richard Roxburgh
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating51% 2.5526152.5526152.5526152.5526152.552615
In the near future, the United States Navy develops an aviation program to deal with international terrorists and other enemies of the state quickly and quietly, and project controller Captain George Cummings (Sam Shepard) is authorized to develop new technology to achieve these objectives. The project's first brainchild are "F/A-37 Talon" single-seat fighters with impressive payload, speed, and stealth capabilities. Over 400 pilots apply to participate, but only three are chosen: smart hotshot Lieutenant Ben Gannon (Josh Lucas), tomboyish Lieutenant Kara Wade (Jessica Biel), and street-wise, philosophical Lieutenant Henry Purcell (Jamie Foxx). Their first test mission scores 100/100, inflicting maximum casualties with minimum collateral damage.
Underclassman, 1h35
Directed by Marcos Siega
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Actors Nicholas Cannon, Shawn Ashmore, Roselyn Sánchez, Kelly Hu, Hugh Bonneville, Kaylee DeFer
Roles Music
Rating44% 2.2066952.2066952.2066952.2066952.206695
Tracy (Trey) Stokes (Cannon) is a 23-year-old undercover cop and goes to the wealthy private Westbury School to figure out the death of a student. He becomes friends with Rob Donovan (Ashmore) and soon figures out that Donovan has been stealing the cars at parties. Near the end, it is revealed that the principal (Bonneville) of the school had been blackmailing Donovan, thus he is the ringmaster of the crimes. After being kicked off the force by his father-figure police chief (Marin), Trey solves the case (with the help from Donovan) and is reinstated.
Monster
Monster (2004)
, 1h49
Directed by Patty Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Scott Wilson
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating72% 3.649383.649383.649383.649383.64938
After moving from Michigan to Florida, Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute, meets Selby Wall in a gay bar. After initial hostility and declaring that she is not gay, Aileen talks to Selby over beers. Selby takes to Aileen almost immediately, as she likes that she is very protective of her. Selby invites her to spend the night with her. They return to the house where Selby is staying (temporarily exiled by her parents following the accusation from another girl that Selby tried to kiss her). They later agree to meet at a roller skating rink, and they kiss for the first time. Aileen and Selby fall in love, but they have nowhere to go, so Selby goes back to her Aunt's home.
The Fast and the Furious, 1h47
Directed by Rob Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodríguez, Jordana Brewster, Matt Schulze, Thom Barry
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating68% 3.4019853.4019853.4019853.4019853.401985
On docks outside Los Angeles, a semi-truck is loaded with electronics, but a corrupted dock worker informs an unknown person about the truck shipment. During the night, while the truck drives on the interstate, it is approached by three heavily modified black Honda Civics with green underglow. The occupants of the Civics immobilize the truck driver, hijack the truck and escape, passing through a roadblock and stealing thousands of dollars worth of shipment.
Driven
Driven (2001)
, 1h56
Directed by Renny Harlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Burt Reynolds, Sylvester Stallone, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Estella Warren
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating46% 2.3043852.3043852.3043852.3043852.304385
Halfway through the (Fictionalized) 2001 Champ Car season, rookie driver Jimmy Bly has already won 5 races. His brother/business manager Demille is seems more concerned with working out endorsement deals and press engagements than racing, putting tremendous pressure upon Jimmy. His success has also drawn the ire of the reigning champion and series points leader Beau Brandenburg, who believes he's not doing as well as he should because of his fiancée Sophia becoming "a distraction". He breaks up the engagement and he regains his winning ways.
Under Suspicion, 1h50
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Miguel Ángel Suárez, Monica Bellucci, Mike Gomez
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating63% 3.197373.197373.197373.197373.19737
Henry Hearst (Gene Hackman) is about to give the main speech in an exclusive party in Puerto Rico. He is called to the police station to be questioned about his finding of a raped and murdered young girl the day before. Victor Benezet (Morgan Freeman), and the younger Detective Felix Owens (Thomas Jane) question him. Hearst changes his story several times: he was jogging with a neighbour's dog, he found her, the dog found her, he was jogging without the dog, so the police think he has done it, Benezet is pressured by his boss (Miguel Ángel Suárez) to free Hearst so that he can give his speech. As there is no conclusive proof, Benezet has to let him go.
Go
Go (1999)
, 1h43
Directed by Doug Liman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors William Fichtner, Timothy Olyphant, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Sarah Polley, Scott Wolf
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating71% 3.5987153.5987153.5987153.5987153.598715
The story takes place involving three different people who all work together in the same supermarket over the 24 hour period leading up to Christmas. Ronna (Sarah Polley) is broke and about to be evicted from her apartment. Despite having worked for 14 hours, she agrees to take her British co-worker Simon's (Desmond Askew) shift. While working, she's approached by two men, Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr), who ask if she can come up with 20 hits of ecstasy, which they were hoping to buy from Simon. Realizing she can make some money from the deal, she goes to Simon's dealer Todd Gaines (Timothy Olyphant). Because she doesn't have enough money, Ronna has to leave her friend and co-worker Claire (Katie Holmes) with Todd until she makes her deal. Once she tries to make the deal, she grows suspicious when Burke (William Fichtner), a person she never met before and who is with Adam and Zack, presses her for the drugs. In a panic, she flushes the drugs down the toilet and manages to get out. Ronna then swaps the pills she flushed with aspirin pills she steals with the help of Mannie (Nathan Bexton), Ronna and Claire's friend (and also co-worker in the supermarket), who had swallowed two of the pills without knowing their strength. Ronna hands off the pills to Todd and she, Claire and Mannie make their way to a rave party. Todd soon realizes that he's been given fake pills and goes after Ronna. Mannie sees Todd coming and Ronna hides Mannie when he starts to become sick. In the parking lot of the party Todd confronts Ronna, but before he can shoot her a car runs her over and dumps her off the side of a small cliff, leaving her fate unknown.