KC
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American musician
A.K.A.
Keith Ciancia
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
6 November 1972(Denver)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Keith Ciancia better known as Keefus Green or Keefus Ciancia, is an American-born musician (keyboards/piano), composer and producer.
Life and work
Keefus Ciancia began a relationship with T-Bone Burnett as a session musician after being heard on a local radio station in Los Angeles. Keefus later co-producered on a few T-Bone projects such as the Coen Brothers' film The Ladykillers and Cassandra Wilson's Thunderbird. He is currently the co-composer with Burnett for the HBO series True Detective.
Keefus has recently scored the soundtrack for Strangerland and co-produced and co-wrote Jeff Bridges's latest release, The Sleeping Tapes.
Discography
Movies / TV
| Title | Credits | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ali | Music Composer | 2001 |
| Spider-Man 2 | Composer – Featured Song | 2001 |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Piano, Keyboards, producer, engineer, Loops | 2002 |
| Cold Mountain | Piano | 2003 |
| Crossing Jordan | Keyboards | 2003 |
| Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: The Soul of a Man | Marimba | 2003 |
| Ladykillers | Producer, Associate Producer, Keyboards, Programming, Multi Instruments | 2004 |
| Walk the Line | Vocals | 2005 |
| Don't Come Knocking | Composer/Performer | 2005 |
| Shadowboxer | Composer | 2005 |
| K7 | Composer | 2006 |
| Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film) | Keyboards | 2006 |
| Superbad | Keyboards, Farfisa Organ | 2007 |
| The Poughkeepsie Tapes | Composer | 2007 |
| Across the Universe | Musician: Los Angeles | 2007 |
| Saving Grace | (Composer/Music for 4 seasons and Title track) | 2008–2010 |
| The Ghost Brothers | Musician/keyboards (Song Titles: That's Me / Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Me) | 2009 |
| Knockout | Musician | 2011 |
| The Details | Musician, Producer ("Yes, I'm Your Angel") | 2011 |
| Motel Life | Composer | 2011 |
| Good Vibrations | Composer | 2011 |
| Brandon Generator | Composer, producer | 2011 |
| The Hunger Games | Keyboards | 2011 |
| A Place at the Table | Composer | 2014 - 2012 |
| Nashville– Season 1 | Composer, producer | 2012–2013 |
| Diana | Composer, producer | 2013 |
| The Fall Season 1, 2 & 3 | Composer, producer | 2013 - 2016 |
| True Detective - Season 1 & 2 | Composer | 2014 - 2015 |
| As Above, So Below | Composer | 2014 |
| Strangerland | Composer | 2015 |
| Criminal Activities | Composer | 2015 |
| Devil's Gate | Composer | 2016 |
| Mindhorn | Composer | 2016 |
| Eyewitness | Composer | 2016 |
Recordings
| Title | Artist/Band | Credits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| An Evening at the Zoo | Psychodelic Zombiez | Keyboards | 1993 |
| Beyond the Palace Wall | Paragon Taxi | Piano, Keyboards | 1993 |
| Jazz in the Present Tense | The Solsonics | Keyboards | 1993 |
| Bop Gun | Ice Cube | Keyboards | 1993 |
| Fo Life | Mack 10 | Keyboards | 1993 |
| Cool Struttin ,The Pacific | Jazz Alliance | Keyboards | 1994 |
| N Gatz We Truss | South Central Cartel | Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer, Claves | 1994 |
| Nut-Meg Sez "Bozo the Town" | Weapon of Choice | Keyboards, Vocals | 1994 |
| Back to Reality | Jeune | Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Moog Lead | 1995 |
| Highperspice | Weapon of Choice | Keyboards, Vocals | 1996 |
| I Am L.V. | L.V. | Keyboards | 1996 |
| Radio Oddyssey | Various Artists | Keyboards | 1996 |
| Moy | The Jade Vincent Experiment | Producer, composer, Musician | 1996 |
| Concepto | Sol d'Menta | Keyboards | 1998 |
| Nutmeg Phantasy | Weapon of Choice | Keyboards | 1998 |
| Whitey Ford Sings the Blues | Everlast | Keyboards, Performer | 1998 |
| Another True Fiction | Jerry Toback | Moog Synthesizer | 1999 |
| Eat at Whitey's | Everlast | Bass, Keyboards, Band | 2000 |
| Loud Rocks | Various Artists | Keyboards | 2000 |
| You Know, for Kids | Hate Fuck Trio | Moog Synthesizer, Claves, Wurlitzer | 2000 |
| Id | Macy Gray | Synthesizer, Farfisa Organ, Composer | 2001 |
| Motherland | Natalie Merchant | Piano, Keyboards | 2001 |
| Stimulated, Vol. 1 | Various Artists | Keyboards | 2001 |
| C'mon, C'mon | Sheryl Crow | Organ, Keyboards, Clavinet, String Samples | 2002 |
| Soul of John Black | The Soul of John Black | Keyboards, producer, engineer, Associate Producer | 2003 |
| Thousand Kisses Deep | Chris Botti | Piano, Keyboards, Moog Synthesizer, Synthesizer Bass | 2003 |
| Color Me Funky | Weapon of Choice | Keyboards | 2004 |
| Forthemasses | OPM | Piano, Moog Synthesizer | 2004 |
| On How Life Is/The Id | Macy Gray | Composer | 2004 |
| Shamrocks and Shenanigans: The Best of House of Pain | House of Pain/Everlast | Bass, Keyboards | 2004 |
| Unfinished Symphony | Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra | Moog Synthesizer, Claves | 2004 |
| Very Best of Macy Gray | Macy Gray | Keyboards, Farfisa Organ | 2004 |
| White Trash Beautiful | Everlast | Organ, Keyboards | 2004 |
| Hell Yes (Re- Mix) | Beck | Re-Mix, producer, Musician | 2005 |
| E-Pro (Re-Mix) | Beck | Re-Mix, producer, Musician | 2005 |
| Vincent & Mr. Green | Vincent & Mr. Green | Producer, composer, Musician | 2005 |
| Extraordinary Machine | Fiona Apple | (Keyboards) | (2005) |
| Retrospective 1990–2005 (Deluxe Edition) | Natalie Merchant | Hammond B3 | 2005 |
| SLIMKID3's Cafe | Tré Hardson | Musician, producer, Composer | 2006 |
| Thunderbird | Cassandra Wilson | Bass, Piano, Strings, arranger, Bass (Electric), Keyboards, Programming, producer, engineer, Synthesizer Strings | 2006 |
| True False Identity | T-Bone Burnett | Piano, Keyboards | 2006 |
| Twenty Twenty: The Essential T Bone Burnett | T-Bone Burnett | Marimba | 2006 |
| Women + Country | Jakob Dylan | Keyboards | 2006 |
| Endless Highway: The Music of The Band | Various Artists | Keyboards | 2007 |
| Hundred Miles or More: A Collection | Alison Krauss | Piano | 2007 |
| Story | Brandi Carlile | Keyboards | 2007 |
| Good Day | Priscilla Ahn | Piano, Harpsichord, Keyboards | 2008 |
| Legend of Kung Folk, Pt. 1 | Ben Taylor | Keyboards, Producer, Drum Programming, Moog | 2008 |
| Lenka | Lenka | Drums, Keyboards | 2008 |
| A Love Extreme | Benji Hughes | Composer, producer, performer, Re-mixing, Mixing, Audio Production | 2008 |
| Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford | Everlast | Bass, Piano, composer, Drums, Keyboards, Programming, producer, Engineer | 2008 |
| Pain Language | DJ Muggs vs Plant Asia | Keyboards | 2008 |
| Pebble to a Pearl | Nikka Costa | Clavinet, Moog Synthesizer, Voice Box | 2008 |
| Blood from Stars | Joe Henry | Piano, Keyboards, Vibraphone | 2009 |
| Closer to You: The Pop Sides | Cassandra Wilson | Piano, Keyboards, Producer | 2009 |
| Devil's Halo | Me'Shell Ndegéocello | Composer, Keyboards, Programming, Producer | 2009 |
| Lal Meri | Lal Meri | Keyboards, Musician | 2009 |
| Love Don't Make You Juliet | Brandi Shearer | Piano, Keyboards | 2009 |
| Stranger Here | Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Piano, Keyboards | 2009 |
| Levitate | Bruce Hornsby | Musician, re-mixer | 2009 |
| Mini Mansions | Mini Mansions | Co-Producier, Mixer, Keyboards | 2010 |
| We Walk This Road | Robert Randolph & the Family Band | Keyboards | (2010) |
| Smash Up | Vincent & Mr. Green | Keyboards, Piano, Producer | 2010 |
| The Union (Elton John and Leon Russell album) | Elton John | Keyboards | 2010 |
| Pro*Whoa | Nikka Costa | Producer, Keyboards, Piano | 2010 |
| The Long Surrender | Over the Rhine | Keyboards | 2010 |
| Pine | A Fine Frenzy | Producer, Keyboards, Piano | 2011 |
| Storm & Grace | Lisa Marie Presley | Keyboards | 2011 |
| Reverie | Joe Henry | Keyboards, Piano | 2011 |
| Hunger in America | T-Bone Burnett | Keyboards | 2011 |
| I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive | Steve Earle | Keyboards | 2011 |
| Weather | Me'Shell Ndegéocello | Co-producer, Keyboards Piano | 2011 |
| Vows | Kimbra | Producer, Keyboards | 2012 |
| The Hunger Games | The Secret Sisters, Neko Case, Taylor Swift, The Civil Wars, Kid Cudi, Birdy | Keyboards | 2012 |
| The Diving Board | Elton John | Keyboards | 2013 |
| More Light | Primal Scream | Bells, Piano | 2013 |
| The Life Acoustic | Everlast | Composer | 2013 |
| TBC | CeeLo Green | Keyboards | 2014 |
| True Romance | Charli XCX | Keyboards | 2014 |
| Burnt Norton | Lana Del Rey | Composer | 2015 |
Producer
| Title | Studio/Artist | Credits | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moy | The Jade Vincent Expeiment | Producer | (1996) |
| Ali | Columbia Pictures | Producer | (2001) |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood | Warner Brothers | Producer | (2002) |
| Ladykillers | Touchstone Pictures | Producer | (2004) |
| Vincent & Mr. Green | Vincent & Mr. Green | Producer | (2005) |
| Hell Yes (Re-Mix) | Beck | Producer | (2005) |
| E-Pro (Re-Mix) | Beck | Producer | (2005) |
| SLIMKID3's Cafe | Tré Hardson | Producer | (2006) |
| Thunderbird | Cassandra Wilson | Producer | (2006) |
| Love, War and the Ghost of Whitey Ford | Everlast | Producer | (2008) |
| A Love Extreme | Benji Hughes | Producer | (2008) |
| Closer to You: The Pop Sides | Cassandra Wilson | Producer | (2009) |
| Devil's Halo | Me'Shell Ndegéocello | (2009) | |
| Pro*Whoa | Nikka Costa | Producer | (2010) |
| Smash Up | Vincent & Mr. Green | Producer | (2010) |
| Pines | A Fine Frenzy | Producer, Keyboards, Piano | (2012) |
| Weather | Me'Shell Ndegéocello | Co-producer, Keyboards Piano | (2011) |
| Mini Mansions | Mini Mansions | Co-producer | (2012) |
| Vows | Kimbra | Co-producer | (2012) |
| oxoxoxoxox | Benji Hughes | Co-producer | (2013) |
| This Is Where We Are | Priscilla Ahn | Co-producer | (2013) |
| You Only Live Forever (ep) | John Gold | Co-producer | (2014) |
| The Golden Echo | Kimbra | Producer | (2014) |
| Guilty of Love | Unloved | C0-Producer | (2016) |
Awards
- Emmy nomination for co-writing and producing the theme song for the hit television series Saving Grace (2010)
- BMI award for music scoring (2010)
- Won an Ivor Novello Award for Best TV Soundtrack for the series London Spy (2016)
- "Keefus Ciancia Filmography". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
- "LARRY GOLDINGS RESIDENCY PART 2 : NEW SOUNDS WITH GABE NOEL + ZACH HARMON + KEEFUS GREEN AND SPECIAL GUESTS".
- "2016". The Ivors. Retrieved 2016-11-22.