Kris Bowers sat in the dark, watching the Oscar nominations while his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter slept. He wasn’t trying to wake them up or cause chaos. Although an Oscar winner for ...

Kris Bowers sat in the dark, watching the Oscar nominations while his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter slept. He wasn't ...

Kris Bowers poses for a portrait on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: AP/Willy SanjuanAP: You composed music for the late Kobe Bryant's 2015 documentary “Muse" and other ...

Dreamworks Animation’s latest film “The Wild Robot” impacted composer Kris Bowers in ways he did not expect. Director Chris Sanders called on Bowers to write the music for the animated ...

There were five of us in the studio with Kris Bowers during this recording of Variety’s Behind the Song, and by the time he finished taking us through “I Could Use a Boost,” there wasn’t a ...

For Kris Bowers, the composer for DreamWorks/Universal’s The Wild Robot, the film’s principal themes emerged from reflection on a few different musical threads.One key facet of the story that ...

Kris Bowers sat in the dark, watching the Oscar nominations while his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter slept. He wasn’t trying to wake them up or cause chaos. Although an Oscar winner for ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Bowers embraced a new challenge with his first animated film, turning his signature storytelling through music into an Oscar-nominated masterpiece.

Dreamworks Animation’s latest film “The Wild Robot” impacted composer Kris Bowers in ways he did not expect. Director Chris Sanders called on Bowers to write the music for the animated ...

Kris Bowers sat in the dark, watching the Oscar nominations while his pregnant wife and 3-year-old daughter slept. He wasn’t trying to wake them up or cause chaos. Although an Oscar winner for ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Bowers embraced a new challenge with his first animated film, turning his signature storytelling through music into an Oscar-nominated masterpiece. Bowers’ work on ...