![]() "It wasn't until about four or five years later that I found out they funded the whole session on their credit cards."īut the experience he gained in that first session has been crucial to Cardon's career, a career that has included an album, Impulse, which was recently honored by "Radio and Records" magazine as one of the top albums of 1989. and I thought they were fabulously wealthy," recalled Cardon, a member of the Orem (Utah) 89th Ward. "They were both living in Washington D.C. The investment consisted of paying for Cardon's first professional recording session in 1981 and, unbeknown to Cardon at the time, his brothers charged it on their credit cards. Lifetime of family's support key to success in music careerĪn investment made by two of Sam Cardon's older brothers has paid off big dividends for the young composer. He'd ask me about my family and my testimony." He'd ask me about the things that are really important. If I were to have a personal priesthood interview with the Savior, He wouldn't ask me to play my latest jingle or my newest film track. Just your relationships and your knowledge. "You don't take anything with you when you go - no albums, no movies. My wife (the former Melodie Lynn Bae) and my two little daughters constantly remind me of just exactly why I'm here. "My music takes a third position after those things. "My family and the Church are the most important things in my life," he explained. It is this sense of humor, coupled with his testimony, that has helped him attain a healthy and eternal list of priorities. It takes only a few moments of conversation with Bestor before one realizes that the man is blessed with a rich sense of humor. And there are shorter lift lines during the week anyway." Besides, we were already living the lives of Mormons, except for going skiing on Sunday. "It just took a while for the gospel to sink in, I guess," remarked Bestor, who later served a mission in the Austria Vienna Mission."But we finally realized as a family that if we wanted to live together forever, we needed to join the Church. ![]() The Bestor family lived for 10 years in Orem, Utah, before joining the Church in 1976. "I feel that that is what music really is - pure communication."Īlthough music has always been a part of Bestor's life, the gospel hasn't. "I try to think of the feeling I'm trying to communicate, rather than the actual musical notes," he explained. When Bestor writes or arranges music, he thinks visually, trying to paint pictures and evoke emotions through the notes. So when I write, I always pray to make sure that I don't abuse that power." I want to use the power of music to lift people. "Music is so powerful in what it can do," Bestor noted. Two of those albums, Joyspring and Joyspring II, are what Bestor calls "LDS music," although he points out that he tries to follow the Spirit when working on any of his many projects. In addition, Bestor has written and arranged three albums of his own compositions. Some of the credits he's racked up include creation and production of themes for several ABC sports programs, promo music for some network series, and an Emmy for more than three hours of music written with writing partner and fellow BYU alumni Sam Cardon for ABC's coverage of the 1988 Winter Olympics. In between composing for films, Bestor keeps busy writing and arranging music for other projects. He is currently scoring a feature-length film for Disney titled The Witching of Ben Wagner. He already has film scores for several movies tucked under his belt, including four Disney Channel children's films BYU's latest motion picture, A More Perfect Union and several made-for-television movies. "I don't even remember what the movie was, but at the time I determined that I was going to write music for film."Īnd that's what Bestor, a member of the Provo (Utah) Edgemont 1st Ward, does. "I went to a movie one day and, as I was sitting there, it suddenly occurred to me that someone was making money writing music for that film, " he explained. ![]() It was also during high school in the mid-1970s that Bestor, now 31, decided to make music his career. "It was so bad, I don't think she's been the same since."Although that first composition may have been terrible by his own admission, Bestor's talents improved as the young student began writing compositions for the Orem (Utah) High School stage band, concert band, and choir. "When I was in the seventh grade, I wrote a song for this girl named Colette," Bestor remembered. It was a crush on a classmate that actually got Kurt Bestor started in his career - a career that has already garnered the young composer an Emmy award, three albums, and several stints scoring music for motion pictures.
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