Fil Eisler

Fil Eisler

History

Fil Eisler is an award-winning composer with projects ranging from big studio action pieces and comedies, to gritty independent films and hit television shows. His inventive scores and signature themes enliven some of TV's most popular series and notable films. He composes for Fox's Golden Globe-nominated drama series "Empire," as well as Lifetime's Peabody-winning series "UnReal," Bravo's hit comedy drama series "Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce," and Showtime's Emmy-winning "Shameless." Eisler was also both the composer and conductor for ABC's breakout hit drama "Revenge." In 2017 Eisler completed the scores for Netflix's drama "To The Bone" and Warner Bros.' hilarious film reboot of the fan-favorite series, "CHIPS." Eisler has composed music for such varied films as Sony's "Proud Mary," Netflix's sci-fi thriller "The Titan," and MGM and New Line Cinemas' People's Choice Awards-nominated "How To Be Single." Eisler also acted as composer and music director for the Peabody-winning documentary, "Newtown," for which he organized and led an all-star line-up of over a dozen Hollywood composers, who each donated a piece of music for the film. In 2008, Eisler was among a select group of up-and-coming composers invited to the Sundance Film Composer's Lab, and in the years since his projects have garnered critical acclaim on the film festival circuit and beyond. As part of his ongoing commitment to independent film, he returned to Sundance in 2011 with the Inupiaq-themed thriller "On the Ice," scored the Sundance-backed documentary "Whatever It Takes," and Jonathan van Tulleken's BAFTA-nominated horror thriller "Off Season." Eisler won the Best Film Score Award for his work on Robbie Pickering's "Natural Selection" at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival. The film was the most decorated of the festival, also winning the Grand Jury and Audience Awards. He continued his work with Pickering on the 2015 Sony feature "Freaks of Nature." Eisler, a Czech-born, English-raised composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, has worked with ensembles of all shapes and sizes to help bring his scores to life. Variety described his music as "smoky, elaborate film noir-inspired compositions", while Beatweek Magazine praised him for making "beautiful music" that "...almost acts as another character further enveloping the audience in its grasp." Eisler has been nominated and has received numerous awards including the World Soundtrack Awards New Discovery, SXSW Best Soundtrack Award and multiple BMI awards.

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Fil Eisler

Movies

Fast Charlie
Fast Charlie
Original Music Composer
When his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
The Desperate Hour
The Desperate Hour
Original Music Composer
A woman desperately races to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident.
Isolation
Isolation
Music
An anthology of nine horror shorts filmed under the social distancing and self-isolation requirements of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Thunder Force
Thunder Force
Original Music Composer
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
Superintelligence
Superintelligence
Original Music Composer
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.
Us Kids
Us Kids
Music
Determined to turn unfathomable tragedy into action, the teenage survivors of Parkland, Florida catalyze a powerful, unprecedented youth movement that spreads with lightning speed across the country, as a generation of mobilized youth take back democracy in this powerful coming-of-age story.
Notes from Dunblane: Lessons from a School Shooting
Notes from Dunblane: Lessons from a School Shooting
Music
In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that took the lives of 20 first graders and their teachers, local clergymen Father Bob Weiss receives a letter from a fellow priest in Dunblane, Scotland, whose community suffered an eerily similar fate in 1996. From across the Atlantic, the two priests forge a poignant bond through the shared experience of trauma and healing.
The Titan
The Titan
Original Music Composer
On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.
Proud Mary
Proud Mary
Music
Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
For Love
For Love
Music
A woman grieving over the death of her fiance gets a mysterious phone call from him.
CHiPS
CHiPS
Music
The adventures of two California Highway Patrol motorcycle officers as they make their rounds on the freeways of Los Angeles.
To the Bone
To the Bone
Original Music Composer
A young woman dealing with anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life.
How to Be Single
How to Be Single
Music
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
Freaks of Nature
Freaks of Nature
Original Music Composer
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Growing Up and Other Lies
Growing Up and Other Lies
Music
After living for years as a struggling artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends – Billy, Rocks and Gunderson – to help him retrace their greatest adventure together: a walk down the entire length of Manhattan.
Off Season
Off Season
Original Music Composer
A man and his dog traverse a cold, barren climate and discover some disturbing things along the way.
Humboldt County
Humboldt County
Original Music Composer
Peter is a medical student about to graduate and begin his residency. When his professor fails him, he winds up in bed with an actress and singer named Bogart rolling through Los Angeles. He accompanies her to the redwoods of northern California, where he encounters her eccentric family of pot farmers. But when Bogart runs away without a word, Peter is thrust into the picturesque and bizarre world.