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.
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.
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