Scott Hallgren

Akron, United States

Movies
Documentaries
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Animation

15 Year(s)

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Over the last decade, Scott's scores have served a diverse group of independent films, and have received critical acclaim. Of note, "Perfect 36: How Women Won The Vote" (2017) on PBS won a Bronze Telly, "Sith'D", a short Star Wars spoof, won Best Comedy at Comic-Con (2006); "Gracie: diary of a coma patient" (2007) won a Silver Medal for Music Excellence at the Park City Film Music Festival; and the mid-South Emmy-nominated "We Shall Not Be Moved: the Nashville Sit-Ins" (2011) which also won him both a Silver Telly & Golden CINE Award. His music has also been featured on the movie soundtracks of Smart People, London Tango, and Paul Williams - Still Alive. Not content to accept mediocre audio tracks, Scott started Scootman Music & Audio Production, a full service post audio company, for movies, TV, video games, multimedia, and the internet. He has served as a producer and sound editor for voiceovers, ADR, music, Foley, and sound design on commercials, shows, and films for clients as diverse as: Exxon/Mobil, Enzyte, IcyHot, Scholastic, FedEx, The Documentary Channel, Reynolds American, regional network TV affiliates, Caterpillar, the Nashville Film Festival, and Ridiculous Software. An early interest in music and film led to him to study both at the University of Miami (Florida). After graduation, Scott relocated to Nashville, and ultimately served as Donna Summer's musical director and pianist. He also toured with Margaret Becker, The Wilkinsons, and Fernando Ortega, after a stint in Steve Wariner's band. He has traveled to over a dozen countries on four continents, performing on concert stage and broadcast, supporting other artists such as: Sir Elton John, Aaron Neville, Andrae Crouch, Gloria Estefan, Ricky Skaggs, Eddy Arnold, Brian Littrell (of Backstreet Boys), David Foster, Larry Gatlin, Jaimee Paul, and Marc Antony. Scott's varied talents as an arranger, composer and performer have also been featured on numerous albums by artists like: Donna Summer, the history & genre spanning This Is My America (Various Artists), new age artist Seay, and Texas guitar hero Monte Montgomery.

04/30/2020 0 0

Scott Hallgren 04/30/2020 18:05:18 My work

Excited to announce our first sale asset on the Unity Asset Store!

The full Scootman Music library v.1 (over 200 high quality tracks in dozens of categories), with file format conversions available for purchasers upon request.

Styles include: electronic, 8-bit, orchestral, electroacoustic, pop, rock, and world music, all in high-definition 44/16 and 48/24 .WAV audio files, and complete with metadata tags for easy search.

Full URL:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/music/scootman-music-complete-166182

Short URL:
http://u3d.as/1PDz

03/15/2020 0 0

Scott Hallgren 03/15/2020 15:48:27 My work

Really excited to announce that my 'freebie' package on the Unity Asset Store is available! New library releasing soon:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/music/scootman-music-freebies-147907

Scott

04/19/2019 0 0

Scott Hallgren 04/19/2019 20:09:57

How does score work with picture? Two ways - policy and vocabulary:

Policy:

The relationship between the film and the score, and how the two relate to each other, is called ‘policy’. This is established through the placement (spotting) of music in the film, and the level of emotional depth requested.

Think about the difference between the scores for any generic action movie or comedy; what does the music need to accomplish? How does a composer accomplish that for each of those?

Vocabulary:

Instrumentation - instruments might inform time, place, culture; etc.

Harmonic language - what is the music of the time/genre?

Melodic shapes - are they expansive and grand, or close and modest?

Music style - is there a style of music that the scene demands, or that supports the dramatic need?

03/29/2019 0 0

Scott Hallgren 03/29/2019 13:10:00

From Fred Karlin’s book, “On The Track”:
“What is my film about? What am I trying to say? Who is my main character and what are they feeling, thinking in every scene? Work you did with the actors should be helpful with your composer and musical conversations.”

Of the 21 questions, I simplified down to what I feel are the 4 most important:

1. Which scenes need music?
5. Are you scoring dialogue scenes? Be careful!
8. Where should the music start and stop?
21. What type/style of music will you use?