Jeffrey Gold - WestWorld Scoring Competition #westworldscoringcompetition2020 #WestWorld #Spitfire

Thank you to Spitfire Audio and to HBO's WestWorld team for this incredible opportunity to write some music for this (high production value) clip from WestWorld Season 3 Episode 5. I decided to change things up a little—and not do an action score—by going with a minimalist, oneiric (dream-like) jazzy noir score (at least my take on jazz and noir).

Clip: WestWorld - Season 3 Episode 5 (HBO)

Music composed, arranged, performed, and produced by Jeffrey Gold in MOTU Digital Performer.

Instruments used:

Spitfire Audio - Spitfire Symphonic Brass
EastWest - Quantum Leap Bösendorfer 290 (Platinum Edition)
Riot Audio - Putty Piano
Eventide
IKMultimedia

Jeffrey Gold | Composer

http://www.jeffreygoldmusic.com

Jeffrey creates film music in a variety of styles ranging from symphonic to ambient and electronic to minimalist.

Winner of the 2019 Akademia Music Award for Best Song (Ambient/Instrumental), Nominee in the 2017 American Songwriting Awards in the Instrumental category, Winner of the 2016 Akademia Music Award for Best Ambient/Instrumental Song, Winner of the 2015 Akademia Music Award for Best Instrumental/Acoustic Song, Winner of the 2013, 2012, and 2006 Best of State Awards for Original Music Composition, Winner of the Silver Medal in the 2011 Park City Film Music Festival, Winner of the Jury Choice Gold Medal for Excellence in the 2004 Park City Film Music Festival, and Semi-Finalist in the 2004 Moondance International Film Festival filmscoring competition, Jeffrey Gold's works have premiered at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Centres in Cardiff, Wales and in Piccadilly, London, on television in the U.K., on PBS television in the U.S., on the radio and at international film festivals.

In 2005 he was invited to participate in the 19th Annual Sundance Institute Independent Producers Conference and the 3rd Annual Sundance Institute Theatre Program/Johnny Mercer Foundation Masterclass with composers and performers Melissa Manchester, Jimmy Webb, Michael Rupert, Margaret Whiting, Charles Strouse, Billy Stritch, and Don Rebic. He has had additional masterclasses with Academy award winner Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, film composer/orchestrator/arranger Conrad Pope (Star Wars, Munich, Memoirs of a Geisha), Emmy award-winning film composer/arranger Hummie Mann (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Year of the Comet), Grammy and Oscar-winning musical theatre lyricist and composer Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Wicked), film composer Reuven Herman (Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Grammy Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren, award-winning film composer Douglas Romayne (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), award-winning film composer & Sundance Institute alumnus Vincent Gillioz, and Clio award-winning guitar virtuoso Vince Lauria.

Among his influences are film composing legends John Williams, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Thomas Newman, Harry Gregson-Williams, Alan Silvestri, John Barry, Georges Delerue, Vangelis, and Peter Gabriel and classical composers such as Holst, Barber, Elgar, and Satie—to name a limited few.

Educated at the Cambridge University, University of Utah, and Westminster College, he is a lifetime member of the Cambridge University Film & Television Society (CFTV), a full member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Producers (ASCAP) since 1999, a full member of the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), a member of the Academy of Scoring Arts (ASA).

He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.