Stuart Bogie has written, produced, and performed music for narrative and documentary films, commercials, toys, video games, and various stage productions from modern dance to Broadway. In the Broadway Musical Fela! directed by Bill T Jones (nominated for 13 Tonys), Bogie was the featured soloist, developing and performing several improvised solo through the show. Bogie and collaborator Luke O’Malley composed the original score for the feature length documentary How to Survive a Plague, directed by David France, which received several honors including an Oscar nomination.
Most recently he collaborated closely with Richard Reed Perry for his score to The Nest, which debuted at Sundance in 2020. Perry, Bogie, and pianist Parker Shper performed as a trio for the film’s premiere.
Music for Film
How To Survive a Plague, Directed by David France (2012)
Original score written and produced by Bogie and Luke O’Malley, with performances by Kronos Quartet and Superhuman Happiness
Invisible Girlfriend, Directed by David Redmon (2009)
Mendy: A Question of Faith, directed by Adam Vardy (2003) - an early score by collaborator Jeremiah Lockwood, produced and performed by Bogie and Lockwood in his bedroom/studio in Williamsburg, BK, 2002
The Nest, directed by Sean Durkin (2020)
Take Me Out With The Stars, Directed by Tess Harrison (2017)
Daddy Don’t Go, Directed by Emily Abt (2015)
Upstate, Directed by Yuli Eda (2020), a collaboration of film, music, and glasswork by artist Kalen Kaminski
Infinite Canvas, directed by Ryan McGinley (2020)
Valentina, Directed by Mary Molina (2017)
Restoring Sight, Directed by Tatiana McCabe (2008)
Music for Theater/Dance
Branches with PILOBOLUS, debuted at The Joyce Theater (2019), Bogie contributed original musical segments in his first of many collaborations with PILOBOLUS
Fela!, directed by Bill T Jones - In this TONY award winning Broadway musical, Bogie developed the saxophone’s role as the featured soloist. Performing live onstage, Bogie improvised several solos through out the show.
Games/Toys
Commercials
Branston Pickles (2014)
Sols (2015)
Levi’s - created music, improvised his script, and was featured personality for this unique Errol Morris directed commercial from 1999. In the commercial Bogie, then working as a cheese Monger in Oakland, CA, declares his musical ambitions and lists off random cheeses. After filming this commercial Bogie sadly never returned to the cheese counter.
Kayak (2014)
Credit Karma (2015)
Corporate Clients
Bogie has done music composition/production for media offered directly to clients and customers. Those companies have included Nomadic [insert link to nomadiclearning.com ] (2011-2020) and Apple (2019-2020