Malcolm Parson
Composer
Malcolm Parson is perhaps best known for his work as a member of both Turtle Island Quartet and Carolina Chocolate Drops. As a composer, he had his first break in 2019 by collaborating with Brian McOmber on the soundtrack to Little Woods (dir. Nia Dacosta). Since then, his film work has continued with projects such as The Sentence of Michael Thompson, Good Ol Girl, Ballet After Dark, LA28, Laying Flowers.:.Setting Fires, The World’s Greatest Storyteller, and currently If I Go Will They Miss Me. As a cellist, he has performed on several featured films including Palmer, Kingdom of Silence, Mudbound, and Blow The Man Down. Most recently, Parson has created memorable scores for the FX Hulu documentary series Secrets of Hillsong, and the HBO documentary Love, Lizzo..
In concert, he has performed with Somi, Kelsey Lue, The Eagles, Dianna Agron, Terence Blanchard, Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn, Yebba, PJ Morton, BJ The Chicago Kid, Victory Boyd, Paquito D’Rivera, and Cyrus Chestnut to name a few. He has appeared on The David Letterman Show with Rhiannon Giddens, 2018 MTV VMA’s with Shawn Mendes, and The Jimmy Fallon Show with Niall Horan, The Roots, and Salaam Remi. Recently, as a member of Turtle Island Quartet, Parson was nominated for Best Instrumental Jazz Album for their work on Terence Blanchard’s latest release, “Absence” featuring E-Collective and Turtle Island Quartet.
Born in New Orleans, he moved to Atlanta at the age of 11 and began studying cello privately through Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s “Talent Development Program. He later earned his B.M in Contemporary Writing and Production from Berklee College of Music.
Selected Credits
FILM
Love, Lizzo
HBO Max
Director: Doug Pray
Producers: Kevin Weaver, Sarah Springer, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Rapino, Doug Pray, Ryan Kroft, Kevin Beisler, Lizzo
Starring: Lizzo
In Their Hands
Producer: William Crouse, Stacey Lee
Good Ol Girl
BullMoose Pictures
Director: Sarah Brennan Kolb
Producers: Jessica Burgess, Kyle I. Kelley, Sarah Brennan Kolb
Finding Us (Short)
SideXSide Studios
Director: Kathryn Carlson
Producers: Jamie Coughlin, Karran Harper Royal, Gabriel Silverman
The Sentence of Michael Thompson (Short)
Director: Haley Elizabeth Anderson, Kyle Thrash
Producers: W. Ian Ross, Kyle Thrash
If I Go Will They Miss Me (Short)
Cartel Films
Director: Walter Thompson-Hernandez
Producers: Stuart A. McIntyre
Starring: Anthony Harris Jr., Tony Sirico
And Back Again
Director: Dylan Redford, Lena Redford
Producers: Dylan Redford
Starring: Dylan Redford, Lena Redford
Palmer (Musician – Cello)
Apple TV+
Director: Fisher Stevens
Producers: Charlie Corwin, Sidney Kimmel, Daniel Nadler, John Penotti, Charles B. Wessler
Starring: Justin Timberlake, Ryder Allen, Alisha Wainwright
Kingdom of Silence (Musician – Cello)
Showtime Networks
Director: Rick Rowley
Producers: Sam Black, Trevor Davidoski
Starring: Nasser Faris, Lawrence Wright
Blow the Man Down (Musician – Cello)
Amazon Studios
Director: Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy
Producers: Lia Buman, Tim Headington, Drew Houpt, Alex Scharfman, T.J. Watson
Starring: David Coffin, David Pridemore, Adam Wolf Mayerson
FILM (Continued)
Ballet After Dark
Hulu
Director: B. Monét
Producers: Ayana Barber
Starring: Jasmine Cooper, Nya Cunningham, Tyde-Courtney Edwards
Little Woods (Composer, Producer, Musician)
Automatik Entertainment / Neon
Director: Nia DaCosta
Producers: Rachael Fung, Tim Headington, Gabrielle Nadig
Starring: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby
The World’s Greatest Storyteller
Director: Horatio Baltz
Laying Flowers.:.Setting Fires (Short)
Director: Amir Sulaiman
Producers: Amir Sulaiman, Mikaal Sulaiman, Yusuf Muhammed
Mudbound (Musician – Cello)
Netflix
Director: Dee Rees
Producers: Carl Effenson, Sally Jo Effenson, Cassian Elwes, Charles D. King
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige
From the Kill Pen (Theme Music)
Synergetic Distribution
Director: Sharon Boeckle
Producers: Sharon Boeckle
Starring: Paula Bacon, Milton Bagby, Dean Bolstad
Ma (Musician – Cello)
Factor 25
Director: Celia Rowlson-Hall
Producers: Celia Rowlson-Hall
Starring: Kentucky Audley, Matt Lauria, Andrew Pastides
SERIES
Money Game
Amazon
Director: Drea Cooper
Producers: Ross Dinerstein, Rebecca Evans, and Ross Girard, Erica Winograd, Jim VandeHei, and Roy Schwartz, Shaquille O’Neal, Colin Smeeton, Michael Parris of Jersey Legends, Brendan Daw, Drea Cooper
The Secrets of Hillsong
FX / Hulu
Producers: Michael Williams, David Collins, Rob Eric, Joel Chiodi, Chief Radhika Jones, Agnes Chu, Geneva Wasserman
2015 NBA All-Star Game (Cello – Christina Aguilera performance, opening theme)
TNT
Producers: Allison Roithinger