Dave Merson Hess | Composer | http://davemh.com | dave@davemh.com

PROFILE:                                                                                                                                                     
I am a versatile, open-minded composer with ten years experience as a music producer. My primary focuses are film scoring, library music production, and musical identity.  My skill at composing for a cinematic context is informed by a vast knowledge of independent music, by my time as a Music Director and DJ at KSCR Los Angeles, by intense training at USC, and by my ability as a filmmaker and visual storyteller in my own right.

EDUCATION:                                                                                                                                                           
University of Southern California                               Los Angeles, CA                       1998 – 2002
            School of Cinematic Arts, Film/Video Production Division
                        Honors:Thematic Option honors program
                                    Ansel Adams Center for Photography HSD College Scholarship
                                    Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly & Creative Work (1999)
            USC Thornton School of Music, Additional Coursework
                        - Songwriting/Composition 1-3 with Pat Caddick
                        - Classical Guitar Performance with Kate Lewis & Craig Bickel
                        - Jazz & Rock Guitar Performance with Tim Kobza

TRAINING:                                                                                                                                                   
Jazz Performance/Theory/Ear Training/Arranging & The MIDI Studio with Tim Price
Jazz History & Musical Traditions Of The African American with Lenny Carlson
Ear Training & Voice with Dorothy Merson
Trumpet with Lee Cahalan
Keyboards @ SSPP
Advertising & Motion Picture Production @ Academy of Art University SAE

PROJECTS:                                                                                                                                                  

FEATURE FILMS                                   GENRE                                    PRODUCER                                                                            YEAR     

Presence                                  Sci-Fi/Thriller                Ashley C. Kramer/Drifter Pictures                     2008

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
SHORT FILMS                                        GENRE                                    PRODUCER                                                                            YEAR     
Dover Beach                            Drama                          Carl Indriago                                                     2008
New score for Rain (1929)        Documentary                self / Personal Project                                        2007

D.M. Goes To Bed                   Animation                     Howling Moon Films                                          2006
Wading in the Fog                   Documentary                Howling Moon Films                                          2005

Lonely Pac-Man                      Comedy                        Howling Moon Films                                          2005
Eyeborg                                   Documentary                Reverse Engine                                                 2003
Goodbye                                  Drama                          Rose O’Leary/USC                                           2002
CTPR508 Project                      Drama                          Rebekah T. Wright/USC                                    2001

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

IDENTITY                                                                                              CLIENT                                                                                  YEAR___               
Jorbb.com Intro                                                             Shen Heng/H1Studio, Singapore                         2008

LIBRARY MUSIC / PRODUCTION MUSIC:                                                                                            
CS Audio Productions:               Genre-crossing instrumental works for Arizona-based music licensing company.
Reverse Engine Library, Vol. 1: 20 instrumentals spanning genres including indie pop, electronic, and retro R&B.
MyxerTones.com:                     Composed custom cellular ringtones for Reverse Engine collection hosted at Myxer.


PARTIAL DISCOGRAPHY:                                                                                                                        
TITLE                                                                                     ROLE                                      LABEL                                                    YEAR     
V/A – 8.ight Volume 2                                     Created Samples           Soundz From Nowhere              2008
The Starry Tides – Two Dry Bones EP              Artist/Producer             Reverse Engine (forthcoming)    2007
The Starry Tides – One Lit Window EP             Artist/Producer             Reverse Engine                         2006
V/A – Pacific Gap: Archive Recordings, Vol. 1           Artist (1 track)              Pacific Gap Folk Music Center   2005
V/A – Love & Scientific Communication 1 & 2           Artist/Prod. (2 tracks)    Richmond County Archives        2005
SSMT – Academic Excellence EP                    Co-Artist/Co-Producer  RE/DSR                                   2002
V/A – A Little Bedroom Rawkenroll                 Artist/Producer             Reverse Engine                         2001