Rick is a graduate of the prestigious Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television Program from the University of Southern California. DeJonge has worked on several films and with great composers such as Christopher Young, David Spear, Jack Smalley, and Pete Anthony. As an orchestrator, Rick worked with composers on television promos that included shows such as “Beautiful People”, “Lost”, “The West Wing” and “CSI Miami”. As a conductor, Rick has conducted his own scores at Paramount Studios, Fox Studios, Spielberg Scoring Stage, and Firehouse Studios in Pasadena, California. DeJonge’s score for the action film “Fighting With Anger” contained a song by the composer which won Best Original Song at the New York Independent Film Festival and was recorded by Willie Nelson. Rick is a member of ASCAP along with his music publishing company, Dream Notes Music. His original piano recordings for 4 silent films have received great reviews.

“The work done here is exquisite, the new piano score by Rick DeJonge is both so much of the period of the films as well as an incredibly modern manner of presentation, carefully illustrating the moods and passions of an art created nearly a century ago.” – Los Angeles Times (March 30, 2012)