Bio
Originally from Brooklyn, New York, I now reside in the Boston area. I am a composer working primarily in visual media. My personal style is in seeking ways to organically combine traditional acoustic/orchestral instruments and classical forms with electronic sound design. I am comfortable writing jazz, rock and various types of ethnic music as well. I also work as a sound effect designer and audio director for an independent video game company.
Recent films I’ve scored include “Morocco to Israel”, a documentary about a family of Berber Jews that emigrated to Israel in the 1950′s and 60′s, which premiered at the 2011 Miami Jewish Film Festival and has since won third place at the Faces of Migration Film Festival at Carnegie Mellon University, and the neo-noir short “The Exchange”, which has screened at the Naperville Independent Film Festival, the Hells Half Mile Film Festival and the Blissfest 333 Film Festival. I’ve also contributed music and other services to several PBS programs, independent films and museum installations, among others. Go here for a full list of my credits.
Since 2008 I’ve had the good fortune to work as an assistant to award winning composer John Kusiak. I’ve helped John with scores for shows for PBS, including “The Wall: A World Divided”, several episodes of PBS’ American Experience (the “We Shall Remain” series of films about Native Americans and “The Polio Crusade”), several museum films, and a Nationwide television/radio/internet spot, among others.
I currently also work as Audio Director for Children of Liberty, a historical game being developed by Boston based Lantana Games. The game is a stealth platformer where the gamer plays as one of four kids who get embroiled in uncovering a British conspiracy on the eve of the American Revolution. I am providing sound effects and design, programming the audio integration and interaction with the game, and overseeing the overall sonic environment.
I am a graduate in jazz piano performance and film scoring from Berklee College of Music, and have studied classical composition at Longy School of Music and through private study. I also have a BS in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
“When scoring a film, game or any kind of collaborative project for that matter, I see myself as a member of a whole creative team – working to make the best work possible. For me, the satisfaction and reward from writing music for various visual media comes from trying to understand the director’s vision and, using my sensibilities, experience and personal style, finding the best possible way I can contribute to telling the story at hand.”
Aside from my music experience, I worked as a principal software engineer for thirteen+ years, nine for a top 100 internet property.
