Graham Southern

GRAHAM D. SOUTHERN - Ÿ-Ÿ grahamsouthernmusic.com Ÿ Portfolio Reel: https://youtu.be/We_DDCNYZzM EXPERIENCE Music Composer / Sound Designer Freelance, Los Angeles, CA, February 2018 – present Games • Composed music and designed sound for the game Liquidators by 1986 CL3 Studio o Nominated for a Game Audio Network Guild award for Best Sound Design for an Indie Game • Composed additional music for the game Rocket Arena (published by EA Games) under game composer Jack Wall o Composed music for two Rocket Arena trailers • Selected to compose music for Knight Errant, mobile RPG by former lead artist of Dragonvale by Backflip Studios • Selected to compose music for Way of the Wolf, stealth game and thesis project by team of USC game dev students • Selected to design sound for PC/console re-master of Nintendo DS game Lock’s Quest by Digital Continue (2017) • Selected to lead music/sound design for NYU Game Center MFA student team thesis project, Dire o Game was selected for NYU Incubator project, a Game Center program providing funding and support for games with high potential (2016) o Game nominated to represent NYU Game Center at Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco • Composed music for production house CoPilot Music’s pitch to Bethesda Softworks for Doom 2016 trailer campaign (2016) Film/Television • Composed all original music for the horror film Crazy Car o Film nominated into the 15th Annual Hollyshorts Film Festival, premiering at TCL Chinese Theater on August 2019 • Multiple cues of my music placed on the Epix series, The Contender, through Burnett Music Group • Selected as finalist for 2017 Marvin Hamlisch Scoring Competition • Composed music for The Day My Mother Screamed, film by NYU Tisch director, premiered January 2017 o Invited as guest speaker to present the film at The New School/SCL sponsored Ruff Cuts, alongside director • Selected to compose music for trailer and opening sequence of 2016 NYU News and Doc Film Festival • Selected to compose music for Dai’s Garden, NYU Film Master’s candidate’s documentary on a Chinese farming village; 30 minute film nominated into NYC’s Asian American Film Festival, Winner of Best Foreign Short at Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards Studio Intern, Trevor Morris Music, Warner Bros Studios (Burbank), CA, December 2017 – March 2018 • Assisted award-winning composer Trevor Morris on various tasks • Edited and categorized music for re-use as cues in well known shows including Taken, Vikings, and other similar projects Studio Intern, Remote Control Productions, Santa Monica, CA, Summer 2016 • Assisted international team of award-winning composers (including Hans Zimmer) and audio engineers in daily operations Studio Intern, Butter Music and Sound, New York, NY, Summer 2016 • Rearranged commercial music segments into longer cues for use in Butter’s production music library • Composed for various campaigns including Advil, Humira, Dawn, Puffs, and Chick-fil-A EDUCATION New York University, New York, NY, 2015 – 2016 - Master’s Degree, Scoring for Film and Multimedia at Steinhardt School of Music - 3.8 GPA SCL Mentorship Program, New York, NY, September – December 2016 - Selected to be member of Society of Composers and Lyricists mentorship program headed by top New York City composers for film and multimedia University of Denver, Denver, CO, 2009-- 2013 - Bachelor of Arts, Psychology major, Music Theory & Composition minor (Lamont School of Music) Kansai Gaidai University, Study Abroad, Osaka, Japan, Fall 2012 - Merit Award recipient; studied Japanese psychology, religion, language and Shotokan karate (1st dan black belt) SKILLS/TECHNICAL EXPERTISE Cubase Pro, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Wwise, FMod, Vienna Ensemble Pro, music composition, sound design, audio mixing mastering, Japanese language (intermediate proficiency)