Buck Sanders, was born in 1971,in Mississippi and raised in South Carolina, but moved to Los Angeles in 1989.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761486/. He moved to LA in hopes to start his career in music. In 1997 he met Marco Beltrami, and started to work for him as his assistant. His job was to program synthesizers and writing extra scores cues.

On February 15, 2010, Buck Sanders]] was recognized for his work with The Hurt Locker. On Sunday March 7, 2010, at the 82nd Academy Awards he Was nominated for his very first award which is the Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score award, but did not win He shares this honor with Marco Beltrami . He has never won or been nominated before this award ceremony, so this is a huge compliment and honor for Buck.

The Hurt Locker, was released on June 26, 2009, earning 19,327,244 dollars across the world. It was released to the public in 535 theatres stayed in for viewing for twenty one weeks. The last viewing day was on November 19, 2009. kathryn Bigelow, directed this film that she also produced with the help of Mark Boal, who was the writer. Some of the actors you will see in this film are: Anthony Mackie, Ralph Fiennes, Jeremy Renner, Guy Pearce, and David Morse.