I guarantee you’ve heard music by Silas Hite before. If you didn’t play Sims 2 or see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, then you at least heard Silas’s score for the ubiquitous Mac vs. PC ads. Silas is proof that freelance composing is a viable career. In this episode of Composer Quest, we talk about his percussion-driven scores for the documentaries The Record Breaker (a Vimeo Top 10 film of 2013), The Invention of Dr. Nakamats, and Stories from the Evacuation. Silas also shares his creative process behind his rock records, and gives some tips on freelance composing.

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Episode Soundtrack

• 0:00 – “Serene Harmony,” an original Composer Quest theme by Silas Hite
• 0:30 – “Shoe Boing” (from The Invention of Dr. Nakamats)
• 1:05 – “Too Much Fun” by Hellbeast of the Night
• 1:22 – “Lawnmower Chin” (from The Record Breaker)
• 4:32 – “Origins” (from The Record Breaker)
• 4:46 – “Sri Chinmoy” (from The Record Breaker)
• 6:45 – “Malt Balls” (from The Record Breaker)
• 7:39 – “The Crane” (from Stories from the Evacuation)
• 8:34 – “Personal Question” (from Stories from the Evacuation)
• 10:48 – “Follow Her Home” (from Stories from the Evacuation)
• 19:54 – “Love Finds You” by The Satin Cowboy & The Seven Deadly Sins
• 22:26 – “I Wonder Where You Went” by The Satin Cowboy & The Seven Deadly Sins
• 34:13 – “Number Slider Main (tentative title)” by Charlie McCarron

 

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