Shawn Thomas Odyssey is an Edgar and Agatha Award-nominated author as well as a film, television, and video game music composer. His Wizard of Dark Street (Oona Crate Mystery) series chronicles the adventures of twelve-year-old magical detective Oona Crate and her enchanted raven Deacon as they solve mysteries in the alternate world of Dark Street. He is also known for co-composing the music for Deadwood on HBO, and as the composer for the video game Kung Fu Panda.[1]
Odyssey began playing guitar and piano at age thirteen. Two years later he wrote his first novel. At nineteen he moved from his home town of Bakersfield, California to Santa Barbara, California. There he joined the Ensemble Theatre Company, a professional theatre company where he worked as an actor, artistic director's assistant, sound designer, and composer.[2][3]
In 2011 Odyssey published his first middle-grade/young-adult novel, The Wizard of Dark Street: an Oona Crate Mystery (Egmont USA, 2011).[5] The book was a top 20 ABC New Voices selection from the American Booksellers Association and was subsequently nominated for both an Edgar Award and an Agatha Award.[6][7][8]
His second published novel, The Magician's Tower (a sequel to The Wizard of Dark Street), was published in February 2013.[9]
The Magician's Dream, the third book in the Oona Crate Mystery series, had been scheduled for release on June 23, 2015, by Egmont USA. However, since Egmont's American publishing division shut down in January 2015, The Magician's Dream was first published on July 14, 2015, as an ebook with Amazon.
Novels
Title
Publisher
Year
The Wizard of Dark Street (an Oona Crate Mystery)
Egmont USA
2011
The Magician's Tower
Egmont USA
2013
The Magician's Dream
Amazon
2015
Music credits
Project
Studio
Notes
Kung Fu Panda (video game)
DreamWorks/Activision
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
DreamWorks**
Deadwood
HBO
Co-composer
Land of the Dead
Universal Pictures*
Blood and Chocolate
Lakeshore Entertainment*
The Cave
Lakeshore Entertainment*
Sophie Scholl
Goldkind Film*
Deck Dogz
United International Pictures*
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights
Lakeshore Entertainment**
Dornröschens leiser Tod
GMB*
Wild Card
Lifetime**
La Isla
Independent
True
X-Filme**
Iron Jawed Angels
HBO*
The Matrix Revolutions
Warner Brothers**
Programming for additional music
Swimming Upstream
MGM**
* Additional score ** Music programming and instrumentation
References
^Publishers Weekly (August 8, 2011). "The Wizard of Dark Street". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
^Kettmann, Matt (July 27, 2011). "The Magical Mysteries of Shawn Thomas Odyssey". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
^Bell, Marjorie (July 26, 2011). "Magic in his Work". Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
^ abIMDb. "Shawn Thomas Odyssey". imdb.com. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
^Odyssey, Shawn Thomas (2011). The Wizard of Dark Street. New York: Egmont USA. ISBN978-1606841433.
^American Booksellers Association. "ABC New Voices" (PDF). Retrieved April 6, 2013.
^Publishers Weekly (January 19, 2012). "2012 Edgar Award Nominees Announced". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
^Malice Domestic. . malicedomestic.org. Malice Domestic. Archived from the original on January 21, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
^Odyssey, Shawn (2013). The Magician's Tower. Egmont USA. ISBN978-1606844250.
shawn, thomas, odyssey, edgar, agatha, award, nominated, author, well, film, television, video, game, music, composer, wizard, dark, street, oona, crate, mystery, series, chronicles, adventures, twelve, year, magical, detective, oona, crate, enchanted, raven, . Shawn Thomas Odyssey is an Edgar and Agatha Award nominated author as well as a film television and video game music composer His Wizard of Dark Street Oona Crate Mystery series chronicles the adventures of twelve year old magical detective Oona Crate and her enchanted raven Deacon as they solve mysteries in the alternate world of Dark Street He is also known for co composing the music for Deadwood on HBO and as the composer for the video game Kung Fu Panda 1 Shawn Thomas OdysseyBornBakersfield CaliforniaOccupationsAuthorcomposerAgent s Catherine Drayton Inkwell ManagementKnown forThe Wizard of Dark Street The Magician s Tower Deadwood Kung Fu Panda video game AwardsEdgar Award nomination Agatha Award nominationWebsitehttp www shawnthomasodyssey com Contents 1 Biography 2 Novels 3 Music credits 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditOdyssey began playing guitar and piano at age thirteen Two years later he wrote his first novel At nineteen he moved from his home town of Bakersfield California to Santa Barbara California There he joined the Ensemble Theatre Company a professional theatre company where he worked as an actor artistic director s assistant sound designer and composer 2 3 In 2000 Odyssey began working with film music composers Reinhold Heil Johnny Klimek and Bruce Winter to create the soundtracks for films such as Blood amp Chocolate 2007 Land of the Dead 2005 The Cave 2005 Sophie Scholl The Final Days 2005 Iron Jawed Angels HBO 2004 as well as the score for Deadwood HBO 2006 and Without A Trace CBS 2002 4 He also worked at Hans Zimmer s Remote Control Productions studio with composer Heitor Pereira on the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing Havana Nights In 2008 Odyssey scored the music for the DreamWorks Activision video game Kung Fu Panda 4 In 2011 Odyssey published his first middle grade young adult novel The Wizard of Dark Street an Oona Crate Mystery Egmont USA 2011 5 The book was a top 20 ABC New Voices selection from the American Booksellers Association and was subsequently nominated for both an Edgar Award and an Agatha Award 6 7 8 His second published novel The Magician s Tower a sequel to The Wizard of Dark Street was published in February 2013 9 The Magician s Dream the third book in the Oona Crate Mystery series had been scheduled for release on June 23 2015 by Egmont USA However since Egmont s American publishing division shut down in January 2015 The Magician s Dream was first published on July 14 2015 as an ebook with Amazon Novels EditTitle Publisher YearThe Wizard of Dark Street an Oona Crate Mystery Egmont USA 2011The Magician s Tower Egmont USA 2013The Magician s Dream Amazon 2015Music credits EditProject Studio NotesKung Fu Panda video game DreamWorks ActivisionPerfume The Story of a Murderer DreamWorks Deadwood HBO Co composerLand of the Dead Universal Pictures Blood and Chocolate Lakeshore Entertainment The Cave Lakeshore Entertainment Sophie Scholl Goldkind Film Deck Dogz United International Pictures Dirty Dancing Havana Nights Lakeshore Entertainment Dornroschens leiser Tod GMB Wild Card Lifetime La Isla IndependentTrue X Filme Iron Jawed Angels HBO The Matrix Revolutions Warner Brothers Programming for additional musicSwimming Upstream MGM Additional score Music programming and instrumentationReferences Edit Publishers Weekly August 8 2011 The Wizard of Dark Street Publishers Weekly Retrieved April 7 2013 Kettmann Matt July 27 2011 The Magical Mysteries of Shawn Thomas Odyssey Santa Barbara Independent Retrieved April 6 2013 Bell Marjorie July 26 2011 Magic in his Work Bakersfield Californian Retrieved April 6 2013 a b IMDb Shawn Thomas Odyssey imdb com Retrieved April 6 2013 Odyssey Shawn Thomas 2011 The Wizard of Dark Street New York Egmont USA ISBN 978 1606841433 American Booksellers Association ABC New Voices PDF Retrieved April 6 2013 Publishers Weekly January 19 2012 2012 Edgar Award Nominees Announced Publishers Weekly Retrieved April 6 2013 Malice Domestic AGATHA AWARDS malicedomestic org Malice Domestic Archived from the original on January 21 2017 Retrieved April 6 2013 Odyssey Shawn 2013 The Magician s Tower Egmont USA ISBN 978 1606844250 External links EditShawn Thomas Odyssey s official site Shawn Thomas Odyssey at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shawn Thomas Odyssey amp oldid 1116159186, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
