Brian Lee White
Principal Composer / Audio Director
Reformed guitarist turned composer and producer, Brian spent his earlier years working at his father’s small music shop in the mountains of central California. Between stringing guitars and repairing dented band instruments, he developed a passion for computers and recording, sparking a lifelong obsession with music technology.
After graduating from UCSC with a degree in business management and economics, Brian spent the next decade producing records, composing music and working in music education. In 2012, Brian formed Finishing Move with longtime friend and collaborator Brian Trifon, where the duo began lending their unique sound and talents to games and interactive music.
When he’s not herding cats around the studio with Finishing Move, Brian occasionally makes outsider synth-pop under the artist name Gasmilk.
Brian Trifon
Principal Composer / Co-founder
With dreams of becoming a heavy metal guitar god, Brian spent his childhood making a racket with his electric guitar and small collection of FX pedals. Brian’s interest in musical equipment eventually led to a deep love and curiosity for electronic music production and musical sound design.
After graduating from USC’s prestigious Thornton School of Music with a degree in Guitar Performance, Brian spent the next decade composing music for film, TV, games, and ad campaigns, as well as producing several influential electronic albums under the name Trifonic. In 2012 Brian formed Finishing Move with long time friend and collaborator Brian Lee White, where the duo began lending their unique sound and talents to games and interactive music.
Jay Wiltzen
Composer / Sound Designer
With an affinity for the piano beginning at the tender age of five, Jay has spent most of his life immersed in music. After playing guitar in wannabe pop-rock bands and doing the singer-songwriter coffee shop circuit in his early adult years, he moved from Canada to San Francisco to pursue vocational music production training in 2010. It was there he was introduced to the eclectic world of electronic music, and he’s since never looked back.
After moving back to Canada in 2013, Jay began to see commercial success with his electronic project BLU J and composing music for ads. Since joining the Finishing Move team in 2015, Jay has lent his talents in composition and music production to games, trailers, and interactive music.
Alex Klingle
Composer / Sound Designer
Alex spent his teen years playing guitar and producing music on his mom’s work laptop, using the money from delivering pizza to feed his gear addiction. From then on he honed his craft assisting in professional recording studios, studying traditional orchestration, and producing electronic music for world renowned record labels and artists. Now he thrives between the cutting edge of technology, and rich emotive musical composition.
Alex has created music for companies such as Disney, Apple, Microsoft, and Universal among others, and remixed artists such as Kanye West, Bob Dylan, and AWOLNATION. He aims to continue pushing the boundaries of visual and interactive music.