Brooke Wentz

Education Wentz graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College. She also graduated with an M.B.A. from Columbia University. She eventually became new music director of WKCR. While visiting the FESPACO Film Festival in Burkina Faso, Wentz was an eyewitness to the events of the 1991 Malian coup d'etat alongside Malian musician Salif Keita.

In 1992, Wentz produced the compilation album Global Meditation. The album featured meditative music from several world religious traditions. Global Meditation went on to win the Billboard Music Award for best world music album in 1994.

By 1996, Wentz had become the music director of ESPN. Wentz was one of the first music directors who licensed music for the X Games and supervised a compilation album for the event.

In 2000, Wentz also served as the music producer for New York City's Times Square Millennium Celebration. In 2002, Wentz founded the music supervision company The Rights Workshop. The Rights Workshop has provided music for film and television productions including Melancholia, Bill Cunningham New York, and Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey.

Wentz founded Seven Seas Music in 2014. Seven Seas Music has licensed music for use films such as the films No Escape and Knight of Cups,

In 2019, Wentz produced the compilation album This Is Syria to support the International Rescue Committee's Syrian relief efforts. In 2020, Wentz produced the album “Annapurna's Song,” which is a compilation of artists from the Himalayas and included a track by Grateful Dead singer and guitarist Jerry Garcia, Indian guitarist Sanjay Mishra, and composer A.R. Rahman. A launch event was held for the book at the Roulette Intermedium in New York on November 13, 2023. The book was featured in the 481th issue of the music magazine The Wire. In December 2023, Wentz's interview with avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson from the book was published in Literary Hub. In January 2024, Bad Feeling Magazine named Transfigured New York to its list of the best pop culture books of 2023.

Wentz has served as a creative advisor for the Sundance Institute Film Music & Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound. In 2025, she produced the documentary film Janis Ian: Breaking Silence.

Discography Year Title Artist Credits 1990 Music from the Heart Various Artists Producer 1991 Global Celebration: Passages Various Artists Producer, Compilation Producer 1992 Global Celebration: Dancing with the Gods Various Artists Compilation Producer 1992 Global Meditation, Vol. 2: Harmony & Interplay Various Artists Producer 1992 Global Meditation, Vol. 4: Music From the Heart Various Artists Producer 1992 Global Meditation - Authentic Music from Meditative Traditions of the World Various Artists Producer 1992 Les Ambassadeurs Internationales with Salif Keita Les Ambassadeurs and Salif Keita Liner Notes 1992 Nocturne Parisian Graham Haynes & No Image Associate Producer 1993 Global Celebration (Authentic Music from Festivals & Celebrations Around the World) Various Artists Producer, Engineer, Composer 1993 Sketches of Miles Byron Olson Coordination 1993 Voices of Forgotten Worlds: Traditional Music of Indigenous Peoples Various Artists Producer 1994 Africa: Never Stand Still Various Artists Producer 1994 Dance of the Leaves (Restless/Enigma) Toure Kunda Liner Notes 1994 Global Celebration: Gatherings Various Artists Producer, Compilation Producer, Composer 1994 Saints & Sinners Jean-Paul Borrelly Field Recording 1995 Global Divas Various Artists Producer, Compilation Producer, Liner Notes 1996 Divas of Mali Various Artists Producer 1996 The X Games: The Compilation Album Various Artists Music Supervisor 1996 X-Games, Vol. 1: Music from the Edge Various Artists Music Supervisor 1997 Best of Ellipsis Arts Various Artists Producer, Liner Notes 1997 Divine Divas: A World of Women's Voices Various Artists Compilation Producer 1997 The Best of Ellipsis Arts: Africa Various Artists Producer, Liner Notes 1998 Best of Ellipsis Arts: Global Celebration Various Artists Editing, Liner Notes 1998 Best of Ellipsis Arts: Global Meditation Various Artists Producer 1999 An American Love Story (Original Soundtrack) Various Artists Music Supervisor 1999 Back to Our Roots, Vol. 1 Too Bad Executive Producer 1999 Passion Planet: Songs of Love from Around the World Various Artists Producer, Compilation Producer 1999 Wonders of the African World Various Artists Producer, Music Supervisor 2000 Celebration! Times Square 2000 Various Artists Producer 2000 Dan Gna Les Go Executive Producer2019This Is Syria Various ArtistsProducer2020“Annapurna's Song”Various ArtistsProducer