Kurt Bestor

    Known For

    Sound

    Place of Birth

    Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA

    Kurt Bestor

    Biography

    Kurt Bestor is a composer best known for his Christmas Albums including 1988: Joyspring, 1989: Seasons, 1990: Joyspring II, 1993: Innovators 1994: Evening Angels, 1996: Timpanogos - A Prayer for Mountain Grace / Utah: 5 Sacred Lessons, 1997: Sketches, 1998: Fathers, 1999: The Dance, 2002: Innovators II, 2005: A Life (ep), 2014: Outside the Lines He also composed soundtrack scores including the English dub 1991: The Seventh Brother, 1992: Split Infinity, 1992: The Buttercream Gang, 1993: Rigoletto, 1993: The Buttercream Gang in Secret of Treasure Mountain, 1995: Behind the Waterfall, 1995: Unspoken Song - A Celebration of 100 Years of Utah Spirit (with Sam Cardon), 1995: UTAH - Musical Spectacular (with Sam Cardon), 1998: Sedona - Spirit of Wonder, 1998: No More Baths, 1998: The Ghost of Dickens past, 1999: New Testament soundtrack, 1999: Book of Mormon soundtrack, 1999: Doctrine and Covenants soundtrack, 2000: The Scarecrow, 2000: The Lamb of God / Passion of the Lamb, 2001: Saints of the Seas, 2008" The Great American West Kurt Bestor took piano lessons from his mother. After listening to John Williams soundtrack score to Jaws he became inspired to play music as a career. Later on he began work as a Trumpet player in Orem Utah and went to BYU college in Provo Utah to study music. He composed music for the Utah Commercial jingle ads.

    Known For

    • The Seventh Brother

      The Seventh Brother

      1995

    • The Buttercream Gang

      The Buttercream Gang

      1992

    • Rigoletto

      Rigoletto

      1993

    • The Buttercream Gang in: Secret of Treasure Mountain

      The Buttercream Gang in: Secret of Treasure Mountain

      1993

    • The Witching of Ben Wagner

      The Witching of Ben Wagner

      1987

    • Split Infinity

      Split Infinity

      1992

    • The Scarecrow

      The Scarecrow

      2000

    • Behind the Waterfall

      Behind the Waterfall

      1995

    • Animated Stories from the New Testament

      Animated Stories from the New Testament

      1987

    • Signs of the Times

      Signs of the Times

      2005

    • The Messiah Comes

      The Messiah Comes

      2004

    • A More Perfect Union

      A More Perfect Union

      1989

    • In Your Wildest Dreams

      In Your Wildest Dreams

      1991

    • The Lamb of God

      The Lamb of God

      1992

    • The Lost is Found

      The Lost is Found

      1999