Lolita Ritmanis

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Lolita L. Ritmanis-Mattson (born November 1, 1962 in Portland , Oregon ) is an American composer who worked with Kristopher Carter and Michael McCuistion for cartoons such as The Justice League , Teen Titans , Batman: The Brave and the Bold and recently composed Young Justice .

Life

Lolita L. Ritmans-Mattson was one of three children of Dr. Andris Ritmanis and Asja Ritmanis, Latvian refugees from World War II who immigrated to the United States in 1949 , were born in Portland, Oregon. During her childhood she learned piano , flute , guitar and singing , so that after composing her first piece at the age of eleven, she and the Latvian music group Dzintars traveled through Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the USA at the age of 16 toured . After attending Cleveland High School from 1976 to 1980 , she moved to Los Angeles to complete the composition and film composition program at the Dick Grove School Of Music . She was taught by Dick Grove , Mundell Lowe , Lalo Schifrin and Henry Mancini , among others .

After she subsequently found work at Warner Bros. and Disney , it was the composer Shirley Walker , who she hired in her team around Kristopher Carter and Michael McCuistion for the cartoon series Batman . After composing for series like Superman , Batman of the Future and Teen Titans together , she founded their own music company Dynamic Music Partners with Carter and McCuistion in 2007, after Walker's death .

Ritmanis is married to music producer Mark Mattson, with whom she has three children and lives in Studio City , California, where they operate two recording studios.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1992–1994: Batman (animated series, 8 episodes)
  • 1996–1999: Superman ( Superman: The Animated Series , animated series, 15 episodes)
  • 1999–2000: Batman of the Future ( Batman Beyond , animated series, 13 episodes)
  • 2001-2006: The Justice League ( Justice League; Justice League Unlimited , animated series, 35 episodes)
  • 2001–2002: The Zeta Project (animated series, 10 episodes)
  • 2003: Batman : Mystery of the Batwoman
  • 2003-2006: Teen Titans (animated series, 24 episodes)
  • 2006–2008: Legion of Super Heroes (animated series, 26 episodes)
  • 2008–2009: Ben 10: Alien Force (animated series, 27 episodes)
  • 2008–2009: Spectacular Spider-Man ( The Spectacular Spider-Man Animated Series , animated series, 26 episodes)
  • 2008–2011: Batman: The Brave and the Bold (animated series, 65 episodes)
  • 2010–2012: Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (animated series, 51 episodes)
  • 2010-2013: Young Justice (animated series, 49 episodes)
  • 2011–2012: New Teen Titans (animated series, six episodes)
  • 2012–2013: Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters (animated series, 49 episodes)
  • since 2013: Marvel's Avengers Assemble
  • 2016: Batman: The Killing Joke
  • 2017: Batman and Harley Quinn (Batman and Harley Quinn)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lolita Ritmanis on radaris.com (English), accessed December 17, 2011
  2. ↑ Lolita Ritmanis at classmates.com (English), accessed December 17, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Ritmanis, Lolita
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ritmanis-Mattson, Lolita L. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Oregon, United States