“an impressive career still in full flourishing… [featuring] glorious music he’s been able to create from his compassionate mind and soul”
— The Echo
William Campbell attends the OSCARS
NPR Feature (2021)
Campbell’s film scores include:
Hunger Ward - nominated for an Academy Award in 2021; a devastating look at children suffering starvation in Yemen as a result of war
Lifeboat - nominated for an Oscar and a News & Documentary Emmy in 2019; a portrait of refugees braving the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Europe as a result of poverty, violence, and sex trafficking
50 Feet from Syria - Oscar-shortlisted in 2015; a film about Syrian-American surgeon Hisham Bismar as he travels to the Turkish/Syrian border to operate on victims from the Syrian civil war
”anthemic, revealing thick, rich chords, dramatic and emphatic. There’s an effect of light shining through…
“I love everything about Bill Campbell’s new album, “Together We Rise,” and especially how the award-winning composer… unveiled it in a dazzling multimedia swan song…
inspiring, uplifting and mesmerizing... accompanied by spectacular visuals that used complimentary video, photos and line art, as well as a live look at the open piano from above as Campbell played… As a satisfying whole, the album “Together We Rise” is profoundly mellow, soothing and inspiring.”
— The Echo (2023)
"Inspired by his hope that societies can work together for justice and the common good,” Together We Rise “invites us to reflect on the world around us.”
— National Public Radio (2023)
“the composer’s fastidiousness on the technical side of the recording truly paid off. The album’s production shines with detail and clarity. Left-hand chord work and bass counterpoint figures hit the mix with all the necessary power and weight, while the upper register notes twinkle with fine-grain physical nuance.”
— River Cities’ Reader (2021)
“the beauty of fragile flowers and flitting butterflies will come alive for you as you listen to his mastery of the keyboard… simply brilliant upper register action… if I were on the the nominating committees for solo piano awards, this song would be nominated for (and WIN) an award.”
— Contemporary Fusion Reviews (2021)
If you’re looking for a calming piece of music, look no further than William Campbell’s piece “All in due time.” Each phrase rolls into the next smoothly. The continuity in the track is quite pleasing. It allows the listener to get truly lost in the composition.
— Ear to the Ground (2021)
Campbell embraces “a mindset of possibility…
And possibility was in evidence in the premieres of all five compositions... Each piece was complex, vibrant, and challenging.”
- Oregon ArtsWatch on Campbell’s teaching