H. Scott Salinas

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

Biography[]

H. Scott Salinas is a composer and musician based in Los Angeles.

He composed the brooding hybrid orchestral score to the Darren Aronofsky produced drama thriller Zipper; the original song "Jamie Smiles" written for the comedy Just Friends; and was the instrumental mouthpiece behind the Old Spice whistle.

Salinas scored Hulu's documentary series Sasquatch, CBS All Access' Coyote, and HBO's documentary miniseries Tiger.

In 2002, Salinas became the youngest Grand Prize recipient of the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition and along with the Cannes Lion, Clio, and BMI awards.

Salinas' music can also be heard on National Geographic's documentary Sea of Shadows; Apple TV's The Banker, a 1960 civil rights, heist, thriller, with a jazz and orchestra score recorded at Abbey Road London and Capitol Records, Los Angeles; Hulu's detective thriller series Baghdad Central, which earned him a BAFTA TV Award-nomination for Best Original Music; FX's documentary mini-series The Most Dangerous Animal of All; ESPN 30 for 30's two-part documentary series Lance; Showtime's four-part documentary series The Trade; Investigation Discovery's crime series Murder in the Heartland.

Salinas has also contributed towards Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama series The Newsroom; George Nolfi's Bruce Lee action fable Birth of the Dragon and HBO Max's Kung Fu action series Warrior, both of which he co-composed with Reza Safinia; as well as Matthew Heineman's documentary film Cartel Land, which he co-composed with Jackson Greenberg.

Work and credits[]

Films[]

Year Title Director Notes
2021 Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal, & Greed Joshua Rofé Composer Original Score
2021 We Burn Like This Alana Waksman Composer Original Score
2020 The Boy from Medellín Matthew Heineman Composer Original Score
2020 Lance P.J. Morgan & Marina Zenovich Composer Original Score
2020 The Banker George Nolfi Composer Original Score
2019 Sea of Shadows Richard Ladkani Composer Original Score
2018 Rust Creek Jen McGowan Composer Original Score
2018 A Private War Matthew Heineman Composer Original Score
2018 Earthrise Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee Composer Original Score
2018 Seeing Allred Roberta Grossman and Sophie Sartain Composer Original Score
2017 The Ballad of Lefty Brown Jared Moshé Composer Original Score
2017 City of Ghosts Matthew Heineman Co-Composer
2017 Bending the Arc Pedro Kos and Kief Davidson Co-Composer
2016 Birth of The Dragon George Nolfi Co-Composer
2016 The Ivory Game Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani Composer Original Score
2016 11:55 Ari Issler and Ben Snyder Composer Original Score
2016 When Two Worlds Collide Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel Composer Original Score
2015 Zipper Mora Stephens Composer Original Score
2015 Cartel Land Matthew Heineman Co-Composer
2015 Tales of the Grim Sleeper Nick Broomfield Composer Original Score
2014 Happy Valley Amir Bar-Lev Composer Original Score
2013 No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie Troy Kotsur Composer Original Score
2013 The Square Jehane Noujaim Composer Original Score
2012 Between Us Dan Mirvish Co-Composer
2012 Hello I Must Be Going Todd Louiso Composer (Additional Score) and Music Editor
2012 Dead Man's Burden Jared Moshé Composer Original Score
2012 The Hunting of the Snark Michael McNeff Composer Original Score
2012 The Millionaire Tour Inon Shampanier Co-Composer
2011 El Gran Sadini Gonzalo Mejia Composer Original Score
2011 Something Borrowed Luke Greenfield Music Orchestration and Programming
2011 Sound of My Voice Zal Batmanglij Music Editor
2010 16 to Life Becky Smith Composer Original Score
2009 The Kids Grow Up Doug Block Composer Original Score
2008 Strictly Sexual Joel Viertel Composer Original Score
2007 In Search of the Secret Formula 4d Ride Terry Windell and Larry Gebhardt Composer Original Score
2006 Just Friends Roger Kumble Original Song, “Jamie Smiles”
2005 Edison David J. Burke Co-Composer

Toronto Film Festival Selection 2005

2005 Green Street Hooligans Lexi Alexander String Arrangements (Main Titles)
2005 Shooting Gallery Keoni Waxman Original Song "Venus"
2005 Pool Hall Prophets Keoni Waxman Composer Original Score
2005 51 Birch Street Doug Block Composer Original Score
2005 Conventioneers Mora Stephens Co-Composer

Tribeca Film Festival Selection 2005

2005 Yesterday's Dreams Scott Thomas Composer Original Score
2005 The Red Lily (1924) Fred Niblo Original Modern Score for Turner Classic Movies, 2005
2005 Dark Warrior Jason Yee Additional Music
2004 Raise Your Voice Sean McNamara Additional Music
2004 The Squaw Man (1913) Cecil B. Demille Original Modern Score for Turner Classic Movies, 2004
2004 Latin Dragon Scott Thomas Composer Original Score
2003 Duplex Danny Devito Source Cues
2003 The Divine Emerald Tajudeen Bioku New York Independent Film Festival Selection 2004
2002 Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) Herbert Brenon Original Modern Score For Turner Classic Movies, 2002

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

2004 The Divine Emerald Tajudeen Bioku Composer
2004 Forgetting Aphrodite Rebecca Foster Composer

Television[]

Year Title Network Notes
2021 Invisible Monsters: Serial Killers in America A&E Composer Original Score
2021 Sasquatch Hulu Composer Original Score
2021 Tiger TV mini-series HBO Composer Original Score
2021 Coyote CBS All Access Composer Original Score
2020 Baghdad Central Channel 4 UK / Hulu Composer Original Score and Maint Titles
2020 The Most Dangerous Animal of All FX Composer Orignal Score and Main Titles
2019 Warrior Cinemax / HBO Max Co-Composer Original Score and Titles
2019 Lost Gold of WW2 History Channel Composer Original Score
2017 Murder in The Heartland Investigation Discovery Composer Original Score and Titles
2018 That Night Didn't End Investigation Discovery Composer Original Score
2017 Cooper's Treasure Showtime Theme Music Composer
2018 Nobodies TV Land Composer Original Score
2018 The Fourth Estate Showtime Composer Original Score
2018 The Trade Showtime Composer Original Score
2017 The Lost Wife of Robert Durst Lifetime Composer Original Score and Titles
2017 Cold Case Files A&E Composer Original Score and Titles
2017 Lawless Oceans Nat Geo Composer Original Score and Titles
2015 Murder In The First TNT Composer Original Score and Titles
2015 Frontline: My Brother's Bomber PBS Composer Original Score and Titles
2015 My Brother's Bomber (TV Movie) PBS Composer Original Score and Titles
2015 Behind The Magic: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves ABC Composer Original Score and Titles
2015 Allegiance NBC Composer Original Score and Titles
2014 The Assets ABC Composer Original Score and Titles
2014 Cloud 9 (TV Movie) Disney Channel Music Editor
2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film Lifetime Composer, Additional Musical Editor
2012 The Newsroom HBO Additional Music
2012 Final Witness ABC Composer, Additional Music
2011 Kingdom of Oceans Dutch FilmWorks Score Produced by National Geographic Channels
2011 Strictly Sexual: The Series FilmRise Composer Original Score
2010 Look Showtime Composer, Additional Music
2009 Our World BBC Composer, Musician
2007 Head Case Starz Assistant to Composer
2004 I Hate My Job Spike TV Main Title Song
2002 Johnson County War Hallmark Assistant to Composer
2002 Evolution PBS Additional Orchestration

Video Games[]

Date Title Studio Notes
2012 Solitaire Titan
2007 Spider-Man 3 Activision Additional Music
2005 The Matrix: Path of Neo Atari / Shiny Entertainment Additional Music

References[]

  1. ^ Phillips, Michael (November 3, 2006). "Death in family stirs up ghosts of the past and some skeletons". Chicago Tribune. p. 5. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
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