About the Composer     Affiliations    Equipment

  

About the Composer

Nathaniel Scott has composed original scores for a wide variety of projects, including two feature-length independent films and numerous short subjects, including student films, commercials, documentaries and public service announcements.  He has formed ongoing collaborations with independent filmmakers Dusty Clark, Tim Ritter, Jonathan Rivera, Michael Mynatt and others. 

Nathaniel's music for the independent film "Reconciled," directed by Tim Ritter, has been released on CD, and a three-page feature article by Nathaniel about his experiences scoring the independent feature "Shadows Light" appeared in the magazine Film Score Monthly.  The short film "Caregiver," scored by Nathaniel and directed by Dusty Clark competed on the reality TV show "On the Lot" and was released at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival Market.  Front page articles about Nathaniel and his music have appeared in the Kentucky Kernel (University of Kentucky student newspaper) and the Springfield Sun (Nathaniel's hometown paper).

A native Kentuckian, Nathaniel has always loved music and films, and was raised amidst both.  He has 5+ years of university theory, harmony and counterpoint, 12+ years of formal piano training, and some experience conducting small ensembles. 

Nathaniel's music is consistently compelling and unique.  Style varies according to genre, ranging from minimalist to fully thematic, from soloist to full orchestra, but his music always reinforces the story and dramatic content of the subject matter.  Nathaniel works with high-end sampling and sequencing technology to create dynamic performances of his scores.  He also scores for soloists and ensembles of various sizes, when facilitated by a specific project.

Some composers Nathaniel has derived inspiration from include John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Howard Shore, Basil Poledouris and Miklos Rozsa, as well as classical/romantic and modern composers including Beethoven, Prokofiev, Respighi and Philip Glass.

Nathaniel's talents are uniquely suited for film scoring -- above all, he enjoys telling a story through music.

 

  

Affiliations

Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL)

ASCAP

Kentucky Film Office

 

  

Equipment

Hardware

Custom-designed MIDI server by Gorrell's Computer Services (Lexington, KY), featuring:

3.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor

4 Gigabytes RAM

8 hard drives, 4 stand-alone & 4 in a RAID-0 configuration

21-inch HP monitor

StudioLogic 88-weighted key controller (with pedal)

Software

Cakewalk SONAR Producer Edition

Tascam GigaStudio 3.0

Finale Music Notation Software

Complete Vienna Symphonic Library instrument samples

Many additional high-end samples for specific instruments, including but not limited to chorus, organ, harpsichord, guitars, percussion and a variety of ethnic/world instruments

 

   
  All audio is presented for promotional use only.

Email:  nathaniel@nathanielscott.com