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TOMMY WALTER
​Songwriter + Composer of music for television + film
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​Tommy Walter is a film and television composer and songwriter based in Los Angeles. He most recently finished working on the two-season reboot of Clone High (creators Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Bill Lawrence producing) streaming on Max. He has also written scores for a number of films and television programs as well as commercial spots and trailers for Disney+, Sony, Dreamworks, and HBO among others.

Tommy began his career as a founding member of the critically acclaimed band EELS. The band toured the world in support of their release Beautiful Freak and the alternative rock hit “Novocaine For The Soul," winning the group a BRIT Award for Best International Breakthrough Act. Tommy then went on to start his own project, so far releasing four albums under the moniker ABANDONED POOLS. The single "The Remedy" reached number one on the MTV2 Rock Countdown while the band continued touring in America, Europe and Japan with artists such as, Garbage, Lenny Kravitz, Pink and A Perfect Circle.

An LA native, Tommy spent his teenage summers at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in Southern California and the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan where he studied French horn and jazz bass. In college, he continued his studies in French Horn at USC, performing in the USC Symphony, but soon found his true calling in composition. He then earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Theory & Composition and a Certificate from USC's prestigious Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program.


CREDITS


FILM AND TELEVISION
  • Clone High (20 episodes), Producers: Bill Lawrence, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, streaming on Max
  • This Is Us, NBC (additional composition)
  • Fatherhood, Hank Azaria documentary
  • Dark, Deadly & Dreadful, ​Director: Jeanne Jo, Amazon Prime
  • Mansfield, Director: Tom Banks
  • Rachel From New York, Director: Jeanne Jo (for Paul Feig's Powderkeg Media)
  • The Dawn Wall (soundtrack)
  • Punch Me, Director: Jeanne Jo
  • Tampoon, Director: Jeanne Jo
  • The Films of Avi Krum, Director: Nick Musurca
  • Pride, Director: Evan Kaufmann
  • Caroline's Unconventional Birthday Party, Director: Roman Nesis
  • Sock Monkee Therapy (10 episodes) Producer: Tim Schlattmann (Dexter, Under the Dome)
  • The Balloon (soundtrack)
  • Barely Famous, VH1
  • The Call Centre, BBC Television
  • People Like Us, BBC Television
  • Cowboys and Angels, BBC Television
  • Falling For You, webseries starring Kristen Bell
  • Blonde Charity Mafia, Theme: "What's a Girl To Do," Mtv UK
  • General Hospital, "Just Like That," producer, Daytime Emmy nominated song
  • My Best Friend’s Girl (soundtrack), Lionsgate
  • Slaughter (soundtrack), After Dark Films
  • The Stepfather (soundtrack), Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • Winter Passing (soundtrack), Focus Features
  • Underclassmen (soundtrack), Miramax
  • National Lampoon's Van Wilder (soundtrack), Myriad Pictures
EDUCATION​
  • University of Southern California — BM in Composition and Theory & Certificate of advanced studies in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television
TRAILERS
  • Disney+, launch trailer
  • ​My Psychedelic Love Story, Showtime
  • Thank You For Your Service, Dreamworks
  • ALPHA, Sony
  • Game of Thrones, HBO

ADVERTISING
  • Target
  • Microsoft
  • Sprint
  • Subaru
  • Union Pacific Railroad
  • Portland Trailblazers
DISCOGRAPHY
  • Abandoned Pools, The Haunted House​
  • Supraliminal, Position Music
  • Philanthropia, Position Music
  • ​Abandoned Pools, Somnambulist, Hype/Mtv
  • Abandoned Pools, Sublime Currency, Tooth & Nail
  • Abandoned Pools, Armed to the Teeth, Universal
  • Abandoned Pools, The Reverb EP, Universal
  • Abandoned Pools, Humanistic, Extasy/Warner Bros
  • Eels, Beautiful Freak, Dreamworks
  • Eels, B-Sides and Rarities, Meet the eels, Dreamworks
  • Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart, Epic — Programming, Production
  • Better Than Ezra, Paper Empire — Additional Production
  • Graham Colton, Pacific Coast Eyes — Mixer, Producer, Songwriter
  • Graham Colton, Here Right Now, Universal — Songwriter, Performer, Additional Production
  • Lifehouse, Out of the Wasteland — Additional Production
  • Faber Drive, Seven Second Surgery, Universal/Republic — String arrangement
  • Oliver The Penguin, Button Pusher
  • TAB The Band, Zoo Noises — Mixer
  • Blanca Apodaca, Butterfly Core — Mixer, Producer, Songwriter
MERITS​
  • BRIT Award, Eels, Best International Breakthrough Act
  • Advertising Federation Gold Award for Original TV Music (Target, Art Unfolds)
  • Platinum album in the UK and France for Eels' Beautiful Freak
Join the newsletter. ​​Every 1-2 weeks, Tommy Walter gives a unique window into his creative process and philosophy. An experienced teacher at all levels, he offers songwriting and theory courses, production tips, film scoring tutorials and private lessons.

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