Kim studied composing, conducting and arranging
with Rayburn Wright and Manny Albam at the Eastman
School of Music in Rochester, New York graduating
with highest honors.
He has orchestrated the Broadway shows Jekyll
& Hyde, The Scarlet Pimpernel and
The Civil War and the London production
of Doctor Dolittle as well
as the national and international productions of those
shows. He composed and music directed the score for
Houston's Alley Theatre production of the Brecht play
In The Jungle Of Cities for their
50th anniversary. Other theater projects include
Inherit the Wind (Alley Theatre),
Silver Dollar (Goodspeed Theatre),
Romeo and Juliet the Musical
(Ordway) and the upcoming production of Little
Women the Musical.
He has
arranged for a wide variety of artists including (in alphabetical
order) Carl Anderson, Julie Andrews, Dr. Maya Angelou, John
Berry, Laura Branigan, Betty Buckley, Ellen Burstyn, Kate
Burton, Liz Callaway, Deana Carter, Natalie Cole, Charlie
Daniels, Linda Eder, Michael English, Michael Feinstein, Sutton
Foster, James Garner, Larry Gatlin, Danny Glover, Jennifer
Holliday, Clint Holmes, Mark Isham, Sumi Jo, Tracy Lawrence,
Rebecca Luker, Edwin McCain, Liza Minelli, Brian Stokes Mitchell,
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Brad Oscar, The Pointer Sisters,
LeAnn Rimes, Kevin Sharp, Sister Hazel, Spyro Gyra, Tower
of Power, Travis Tritt, Ronan Tynan, Ben Vereen, Colm Wilkinson,
Patrick Wilson, BeBe and CeCe Winans and Trisha Yearwood.
His arrangements have been performed by the Boston Pops, the
Boston, National, Philadelphia, Houston, Minnesota, Atlanta
and St. Louis Symphony Orchestras as well as many others.
Kim
has done orchestrations and conducted for several feature
films including A River Runs Through It,
Quiz Show, Made In America, Fly Away Home, Miami Rhapsody,
Alaska, The Net, The Getaway, Fire In The Sky
and Nowhere To Run. His television
credits include Sledgehammer!, Dallas, Knot's
Landing, Ed, CBS Early Morning, Katie Couric Show, Discovery
Channel, HBO, The Incurable Collector, Briscoe County,
Jr., The Edge, Sliders, Party of Five, Dawson Creek
and three Incredible Hulk movies-of-the-week.
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