Education
He has also composed music for the television series Angel (Season 4) and more recently completed the scores to the theatrical motion pictures 9/Tenths, directed by Bob Degus (Pleasantville) starring Gabrielle Anwar, Henry Ian Cusick and Dave Ortiz, the Magnolia Pictures teen heist movie Graduation directed by Mike Mayer and starring Adam Arkin, Shannon Lucio, Chris Marquette, Riley Smith and Chris Lowell, and the dramatic feature Don"t Fade Away directed by Luke Kasdan, starring Beau Bridges, Mischa Barton and Ryan Kwanten.
Career
Ralston is a graduate of the University of Arizona and the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program Brian"s latest film was the 20th Century Fox inspirational sports film Crooked Arrows, starring Brandon Routh, directed by Steve Rash. Ralston plays the trumpet and piano, though trumpet is his primary instrument.
He was a featured trumpet soloist in the 1998 Holiday Bowl halftime show.
Ralston also currently teaches in the film scoring certificate program at University of California, Los Angeles Extension in Los Angeles, California. His classes include the Digital Performer Workshop, Film Composer Survival Guide and the MIDI II: Electronic Composition for Film and Television class.
