WEIMAR STATION

Weimar Station (Ending for THE CLERK) | Film Composer Jeffrey Gold "Weimar Station" is the ending music for the play, THE CLERK, written by Jeffrey Gold. THE CLERK was produced at the Short+Sweet Sydney in March 2020. Australian actor Don Ferguson played the clerk and was directed by Lachlan McWilliam. THE CLERK was also shortlisted for Short+Sweet Dubai 2020 from among 650+ entries. THE CLERK was previously selected as one of 5 official selections in the 2019 Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights (ALAP) Annual Play Reading Festival held October 5, 2019. THE CLERK was first read on August 14, 2019 by actors Robert DiTillio, for whom it was written, and Christine DiTillio. It was also shortlisted by the 2019 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival Manila and by the 2019 Short+Sweet Theatre Festival Hollywood, and was a Semi-Finalist in the 2019 WMM Production Challenge. THE CLERK was first envisioned in 2017, and writing started on January 12, 2019 and 'completed' on August 31, 2019—seven and half months for seven and a quarter pages. Jeffrey creates film music in a variety of styles ranging from symphonic to ambient and electronic to minimalist. Winner (3rd Place) in the 2020 Academy of Scoring Arts (ASA) Short Liszt Op. 2 Two Hour Composing Challenge, Winner of the 2019 Akademia Music Award for Best Song (Ambient/Instrumental), Nominee in the 2017 American Songwriting Awards in the Instrumental category, Winner of the 2016 Akademia Music Award for Best Ambient/Instrumental Song, Winner of the 2015 Akademia Music Award for Best Instrumental/Acoustic Song, Winner of the 2013, 2012, and 2006 Best of State Awards for Original Music Composition, Winner of the Silver Medal in the 2011 Park City Film Music Festival, Winner of the Jury Choice Gold Medal for Excellence in the 2004 Park City Film Music Festival, and Semi-Finalist in the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival filmscoring competition, Jeffrey Gold's works have premiered at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Centres in Cardiff, Wales and in Piccadilly, London, on television in the U.K., on PBS television in the U.S., on the radio and at international film festivals. In 2005 he was invited to participate in the 19th Annual Sundance Institute Independent Producers Conference and the 3rd Annual Sundance Institute Theatre Program/Johnny Mercer Foundation Masterclass with composers and performers Melissa Manchester, Jimmy Webb, Michael Rupert, Margaret Whiting, Charles Strouse, Billy Stritch, and Don Rebic. He has had additional masterclasses with Academy award winner Hans Zimmer, film composer/orchestrator/arranger Conrad Pope (Star Wars, Munich, Memoirs of a Geisha), two-time Emmy award-winning film composer/arranger Hummie Mann (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Year of the Comet), Academy award nominee Danny Elfman, multiple Grammy and Oscar-winning musical theatre lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Wicked), film composer Reuven Herman (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars [tv]), Grammy Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren, award-winning film composer Douglas Romayne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), award-winning film composer & Sundance Institute alumnus Vincent Gillioz, and Clio award-winning guitar virtuoso Vince Lauria. Among his influences are film composing legends John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Thomas Newman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Alan Silvestri, John Barry, Georges Delerue, Vangelis, and Peter Gabriel and classical composers such as Holst, Barber, Elgar, and Satie—to name a limited few. Educated at the Cambridge University, University of Utah, and Westminster College, he is a lifetime member of the Cambridge University Film & Television Society (CFTV), a full member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Producers (ASCAP) since 1999, a full member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), a member of the Academy of Scoring Arts (ASA), a member of the American Film Institute (AFI), a member of Film Independent (FI), and an associate member of the Recording Academy (Grammys). He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.