Marcus Norris

 

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Membership level
(Yearly) Silver Member
First name
Marcus
Last name
Norris
Ethnicity
  • Black, African-American
Mini Bio
Dr. Marcus Norris burst onto the scene with his score to the feature film Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. starring Regina Hall & Sterling K. Brown, written and directed by Adamma Ebo, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was released in theaters by Focus Features.

Marcus has recently completed the score for Apple’s highly anticipated drama mini-series Lady in the Lake starring Natalie Portman and directed by Alma Har’el.

His other recent scores include Once Again (for the very first time), the next feature film from director Boaz Yakin, the drama feature Summer of Violence, and the feature Black Terror which premiered at Pavillon Afriques at the Cannes Film Festival.

His childhood foray into music came through producing rap beats on pirated software, installed on a Windows 98 computer that he Macgyvered together from spare parts. He came to composing concert music later and transferred that same imagination to writing music of all kinds. This cross-genre mastery resulted in Beyoncé asking Marcus to orchestrate several songs for her and 50-piece orchestra as part of her surprise 2023 Dubai return to live performance. Miss Tina Knowles-Lawson chose Marcus as Music Director for the 2022 Wearable Art Gala, with South Side Symphony accompanying Chloe & Halle Bailey and Andra Day. Marcus founded South Side Symphony in 2020, which he describes as “like a younger, more ratchet version of The Roots, plus lush live strings & horns.” In the short time since, with Marcus composing and conducting, they’ve performed for thousands of people at iconic LA venues such as the Music Center and the Crypto.com Arena, as well as recorded for major albums, films, and TV shows. Marcus will be premiering a new opera with The Atlanta Opera in 2024.

For more information on Marcus and his music, visit www.MarcusNorris.com and www.SouthSideSymphony.org
Location
  • Los Angeles
Genre
  • Action
  • Animation
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Documentary
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Sci-Fi
Languages Spoken
  • English
Agency
First Artists Management
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