BRIAN O'CONNOR has been involved in recording almost 2,000 films in the thirty plus years that he has participated as a first-call Los Angeles Studio Recording Musician. From the year 2000 until the present, he has participated in over 315 films and numerous TV shows. Aside from playing on such movies as "Titanic," "Finding Nemo," “War of the Worlds,” "Toy Story," "Toy Story 2," "The Bourne Identity," 'Enough," "White Oleander," and "Along Came a Spider," he has played Principal and Solo Horn on “The Pacifier,” “Chicken Little,” “Dreamer,” “Zathura,” “The Notebook,” "Blade 2," “Lion King,” "Jurassic Park 2," 'Star Trek: First Contact," "Princess Diaries," "Cats and Dogs," “Crimson Tide,” "The Scorpion King," "Seabisquit," "All the Pretty Horses," "Austin Powers: The Spy That Shagged Me," "Austin Powers 2," "Beverly Hills Ninja" and “Down Periscope” to name a few. He has been the Principal Horn on the TV shows "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," "Star Trek: Enterprise," “The Young Riders” and “The Carol Burnett Show.” He participated in the live performance of John William’s "ET" on the 25th Anniversary concert at the Shrine Auditorium, which was added to the re-release of "ET" on the 25th Anniversary DVD release.
In addition to his recording work, Brian O’Connor has been the President of the Recording Musicians Association – Los Angeles for six years and has taught Horn at UCLA for eight years. He has been a member of the Pacific Serenades chamber music group for a number of years and has performed in many memorable concerts of famous and newly composed chamber music that include Horn. O’Connor was Principal Horn of the American Ballet Theater Orchestra in Los Angeles for ten years and played Principal Horn for many Broadway shows for over twenty years including “Sweeney Todd” and the original production of “Phantom of the Opera.” He is one of the most recorded Horn players in the world and people in every country have heard his work including both Principal and Section performances in the Academy Awards many times in addition to all of his Film, TV, Record, Jingle, Live Television and Video Game recordings.
