Tangelene Bolton
Composer
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Credits
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Awkwafina is Nora from Queens (2023)
Comedy Central | Series
EPs: Awkwafina, Teresa HsiaoUnseen (2023)
Blumhouse TV | TV Movie
Dir. Yoko OkumuraWarrior Nun (2022) Season 2
Netflix | Series
EP: Simon BarryFoundation (2021)
Apple TV+ | Series
EP: David S. Goyer
composer, additional musicMotherland: Fort Salem | After The Storm (2021)
Freeform | After Show SeriesSEE (2021)
Apple TV+ | Series
EPs: Francis Lawrence, Steven Knight
composer, additional musicAll Rise (2020-)
CBS | Series
EP: Greg Spottiswood
composer, additional music#EmbraceAmbition PSA with Mindy Kaling (2020)
Tory Burch Foundation & Warner Bros. Animation | PSA
Dir. Lynn WangShort Circuit: “Just A Thought” S1 Ep. 4 (2020)
Disney+ | Animated Series
Dir. Brian MenzShimmer and Shine (2018-2019)
Nickelodeon/Nick Jr. | Animated Series
EP: Farnaz Esnaashari
composer, additional musicBrainchild (2018)
Netflix | Series
EP: Pharrell Williams
composer, additional music60 Days In (2017-2018)
A&E | Series
EPs: Gregory Henry, Kimberly Woodard, Jeff Grogan
composer, additional musicNordstrom: The Nordy Club (2018)
Nordstrom | CommercialAirAsia – Malaysia Day (2018)
Commercial
Dir. Ian LinThe Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
Amazon Studios | Trailer
composer, additional musicI’m A Nickelodeon Kid (2016)
Nickelodeon Animation | Commercial
Dir. Tucker BarrieCollegeHumor Originals: How Facebook Is Like Your Desperate Ex (2016)
CollegeHumor | TV Episode
Dir. Tim Wilkime -
For Our Children (2024)
ARRAY | Feature Documentary
Dir. Débora Souza Silva
Premiere, 2022 San Francisco Int’l Film FestivalFreaky Tales (2024)
MACRO | Feature
Dir. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
composer, additional music
*Premiere, 2024 Sundance Film FestivalThe Van (2023)
Short
Dir. Bernard Badion
Premiere, 2023 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival, CAAMFESTAn American Zealot (2021)
Syndicado Film Sales | Feature
Dir. James MackenzieLet’s Be Tigers (2021)
Walt Disney Studios | Short
Dir. Stefanie Abel HorowitzNo Dogs (2021)
Short
Dir. Randal Kamradt
Premiere, 2021 LA Asian Pacific Film FestivalEddy Ordinary Day (2020)
Sundance Film Music In Animation
Intensive Animated Short
Dir. Alex LopezStories In Place: June Jung Tattoo Studio (2020)
Vimeo | Documentary
Dir. Yoko OkumuraThe Sky (2020)
Short
Dir. Matt SearsJust A Thought (2019)
Walt Disney Animation Studios | Animated Short
Dir. Brian MenzBasic Witch (2019)
Shudder | Short
Dir. Yoko OkumuraNo Escape Room (2018)
Syfy | Feature
Dir. Alex Merkin
composer, additional musicHouse of the Witch (2017)
Syfy | Feature
Dir. Alex Merkin
composer, additional musicBalik (To Return) (2017)
Short
Dir. Cara Lawson | DP: Mark JeevaratnamAltitude (2017)
Lionsgate | Feature
Dir. Alex Merkin
composer, additional musicGirlfriend’s Day (2017)
Netflix | Feature
EP: Ian Bricke
technical score engineerJem and the Holograms (2015)
Universal Pictures | Feature
Dir. Jon M. Chu
composer, additional musicI Am Joe (2015)
Indie Rights | Feature
Dir. Pedro BaronA Killer Serve (2015)
Feature
Dir. Andrew PilkingtonChappie (2015)
Columbia Pictures | Feature
Dir. Neill Blomkamp
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Marvel’s Avengers (2020)
Square Enix
Developer: Crystal Dynamics
Technical Score Engineer, Additional Drum ProgramingRise of the Tomb Raider (2015)
Square Enix
Developer: Crystal Dynamics
Technical Score Engineer
Bio
Tangelene Bolton (she/her) is a Filipina-American film, TV, and media composer based in Los Angeles, CA. A Berklee College of Music Film Scoring graduate and a 2020 Sundance Composer Fellow, Tangelene possesses a distinct music style that is a mashup of neoclassical, electronic, folk, and jazz. She boldly turns traditional and conventional sounds into exciting and new territories.
Having got her start working for A-list composers such as Hans Zimmer (The Lion King, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Interstellar), Henry Jackman (X-Men, Captain America), and Bobby Tahouri (Game of Thrones, Iron Man), Tangelene is known for her scores from Netflix’s original series Warrior Nun (Season 2), created and executive produced by Simon Barry (Continuum, Bad Blood, Ghost Wars, Van Helsing), as well as Blumhouse’s thriller film Unseen, directed by Yoko Okumura. She also composed the music for Disney+’s Let’s Be Tigers and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Just a Thought, which was an official selection at the 2019 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Most recently Tangelene had the opportunity to score Season 3 of Comedy Central’s Awkwafina is Nora from Queens, created by Awkwafina and Teresa Hsiao. Starring Awkwafina, BD Wong, Lori Tan Chinn, and Bowen Yang, the comedy is inspired by Awkwafina’s real life growing up in Queens, NY.
Past additional music/technical score engineering credits include Apple TV’s SEE starring Jason Momoa, CBS’s legal drama show All Rise, Nickelodeon’s hit animation show Shimmer and Shine, Crystal Dynamics’ Marvel’s Avengers game, and Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix’s Rise of the Tomb Raider game.
Tangelene has also performed and conducted world premieres of her scores at The Wiltern with the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra for The Future is Female: A Concert For Women In Film. Moreover, her scores have been conducted and recorded at studios of the highest professional caliber, including the historic Fox Newman Scoring Stage and Capitol Records.
Most recently Tangelene had the incredible opportunity to write additional music for Raphael Saadiq on Freaky Tales, which premiered at Sundance on January 18th, 2024, staring Pedro Pascal, Jay Ellis, Normani, Dominique Thorne, Ben Mendelsohn, Angus Cloud and directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.
Always on the cusp of the next innovative idea, Tangelene loves deep and thought-provoking collaborations that push the envelope in storytelling and transforms the culture around us.
