J e f f r e y S c o t t P e a r s o n
C O M P O S E R A R T I S T W R I T E R T E A C H E R
© 2022 by Jeffrey Scott Pearson & Influence Music Publishing, ASCAP Last Update May, 2022
T E L E V I S I O N M U S I C
A medley of wildlife shows with an intriguing combination of world music and television drama
Fast paced medical soundtracks with unique synthesized sound sets and ambient textures
High energy sports music for NASCAR racing spots
& X-Games highlights featuring live virtuoso guitar
Exotic instruments, complex rhythms and unusual styles supports globe trotting travelogue scores
Cutting edge underscores at blistering speed; these hot tracks won over this cable racing channel
Kitschy 50s string & orchestra compositions with a delicious retro feel that add ironic fun to any scene
Spanish & Hispanic spices flavor these themes
created for the international Latino community
Low key but tense melodramatic underscores for criminal investigation, forensics and 'murder porn'
American country music & rural instrumentation is the starting point for these rural farm soundtracks
The fabulous 60s are back with these nostalgic retro gems, using vintage gear & recording techniques
Comedy is hard but these light, bouncy underscores
are easy & fun, they tickle the ear & the funny bone
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Jeffrey Scott Pearson has been scoring network television and films for over 30 years. After music school in London and college in America, he went to LA to cut his first CD and then worked through the 1990s as a staff composer at Horizon Video Productions. After the millennium, Scott became realigned with New Century Films and Figure 8 Films as a television music composer in 2001. Over the next decade the Discovery Channel networks engaged him to score over 200 television programs and specials. With his guitar virtuoso writing partner David Imhof, Influence Music Publishing provided soundtracks for some of the most popular shows of the day. Their music was also included in various production music libraries and turned up on hundreds more shows internationally. Scott recently graduated from Utrecht School of the Arts with a Masters in Music Technologies and works with Soundgram Post, an international music library for media.
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During a radio interview in 2005, Scott recounted how the varied demands of TV music forced him to master myriad genres to score different narratives. The importance of timbre and instrumentation is a vital element in communicating place and time for cues that rarely last more than a minute.
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"A score is like the frame for the director's canvas. It shouldn't interfere with the enjoyment of the art at all, and when it's right, nobody notices it. But the wrong frame, the wrong music, can destroy the impact of a masterpiece." - NPR On the Media (2005)
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Though mostly known as a television composer, Scott occasionally has the time to take on a movie soundtrack. With larger budgets come longer hours, higher expectations and less compromise. Yet nothing satisfies more than working with a real orchestra or famous session musicians. These short samples represent a fully considered vision for the scenes they score.
F I L M S O U N D T R A C K S
South for Winter in C minor (2001)
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One of the most inspired instrumentals I ever wrote wasn't for a client or a purpose, it was just for me. I was at the beach near sunset and a huge group of shore birds passed in loose formation overhead. This was an incredible sight because flock lasted probably five minutes and darkened the sky with their numbers at times. While lying on the sand amazed, consumed by the size and beauty of it, I began to notice details. Sometimes the wings would flap in time, other times exactly the opposite. There were moments when the flock was so thick you could barely see the sky and then the wave would recede and only a spartan few would continue the formation. Every once and a while a little local bird would fly against the flock at an odd angle or complain in the tide pools. It was a unique experience so I immediately went back and wrote South for Winter in C minor on the piano to preserve it. This soundscape later began an hour long ambient/new age CD that was never properly released save a few promo copies.
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The album, ELEMENTS was based on the four natural sources of water, air, earth and fire. There is a plan to officially release this recording in late 2019 on Spotify & iTunes, but an augmented version is available below.
'SOUTH FOR WINTER' (2001) 4:18
'ELEMENTS' (2002) Full CD Version 1:01:24
Short Version
CD Version
THE PHEONIX LIGHTS 2019 12:16
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