H. Scott Salinas Explained

H. Scott Salinas is an American film score composer and musician.^[1]

Work and credits

Feature films

• The Banker (2020)

Original Score

• Zipper (2015)

Original Score

• (2013)

Original Score

• Strictly Sexual (2008, DKZ Films)

Original Score

• Just Friends (2006, New Line Cinema)

Original Song, “Jamie Smiles”

• Edison (2005, Millennium Films)

Original Score (Co-Composer)

Toronto Film Festival Selection 2005

• Pool Hall Prophets (2005, Seven Arts Pictures)

Original Song, “Venus”

Toronto Film Festival Selection 2005

• 51 Birch Street (2005, Copacetic Pictures / HBO Documentary)

Original Score

Toronto Film Festival Selection 2005

• The Conventioneers (2005, Hyphenate Films / Cinema Libre Studio)

Original Score (Co-Composer)

Tribeca Film Festival Selection 2005

• Yesterday's Dreams (2005, Living the Dream Productions / Pisces Productions)

Original Score

• The Red Lily (1924)

Original Modern Score for Turner Classic Movies, 2005

• Dark Warrior (2005, Film Shack / Universal Home Video)

Additional Music

• Raise Your Voice (2004, FilmEngine / New Line Cinema)

Additional Score

• The Squaw Man (1913)

Original Modern Score for Turner Classic Movies, 2004

• Latin Dragon (2004, Pacific Entertainment Group / Universal Home Video)

Original Score

• Duplex (2003, Miramax Films)

Source Cues

• The Divine Emerald (2003, Nubian Productions Corporation)

Original Score

New York Independent Film Festival Selection 2004

• Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)

Original Modern Score For Turner Classic Movies, 2002

Commissioned as Grand Prize Winner of 2002 TCM Young Film Composers Competition

Television

• I Hate My Job

2004, RDF Media / Spike TV

Main Title Song

• Johnson County War

2001, Larry Levinson Productions / Hallmark Entertainment

Assistant to Composer

• Evolution

2001, Clear Blue Sky Productions / PBS

Additional Orchestration

Video games

2005, Atari / Shiny Entertainment

Additional Music

Advertisements

Cisco • Linksys • Toyota • Hyundai • Mattel • Coca-Cola • Kool Aid • History Channel • New York • Olympics 2012 • Nationwide • Special Olympics • Clorox • ID Channel, "Murder in the Heartland" Theme

Honors and awards

• Winner, AICP Award Best Commercial Music Arrangement “Buglers Dream” (2005)
• Composer Select, Exclusive Summer Program, ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop (2003)
• Grand Prize Winner, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Young Film Composers Competition (2002)
• Recipient, Georges Delerue Scholarship, Berklee College of Music (2000)
• Composer Select, Atelier with Toni Morrison and Yo-Yo Ma, Princeton University (1996)

Notes and References

1. News: Death in family stirs up ghosts of the past and some skeletons. https://web.archive.org/web/20121106155841/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/1155867431.html?dids=1155867431:1155867431&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+03%2C+2006&author=Michael+Phillips%2C+Tribune+movie+critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Death+in+family+stirs+up+ghosts+of+the+past+and+some+skeletons&pqatl=google. 2012-11-06. Phillips. Michael. November 3, 2006. Chicago Tribune. 5. 2 May 2011.