Brian crain composer biography for children

Growing up in a family of filmmakers, Brian Crain went to the cinema with his father every week. In the past, he always associated music with moving images until he finally composed music for piano solo. Today Brian Crain is one of the most popular piano solo composers in the USA.

Interview with Brian Crain

OKTAV: Why did you start composing music?

Brian Crain: I’ve been composing since I was very small. I learned how to whistle at a very early age and would whistle my own tunes. Family members would ask me what I was whistling and I would say “I don’t know, I just made it up“.

OKTAV: How did your style evolve over time?

Brian Crain: I started composing on the piano at seventeen years old. I would sit for hours and play melodies and rhythms with no beginning or end. I would mostly play minimalist compositions like Philip Glass but eventually started to compose full melodic pieces. Most of my early piano compositions were more dramatic and uplifting. I ha