John Theodore

I would feel weird if I wrote the "About" section in the third person...so I won't. I'm a composer and a songwriter. I received my B.A. from CSU Northridge in music, then started a band (The Kepler Mission) and did the whole rock and roll thing for a while. As the band died down, I was trying to figure out what to do with my life. A customer at my day job (bagging groceries) asked if I liked film music. I never really thought about film music as something I would be good at, but he ended up helping me secure an internship at Remote Control working for Hans Zimmer, then Ramin Djawadi. I learned a lot while I was there. The most important thing I learned, was that my love of writing music didn't have to be for one genre or medium. There were films, games, trailers, commercials, etc. Shortly after my time at Remote Control, I was selected to participate in the Society of Composers and Lyricist's (SCL) mentorship program, where I met with a handful of established composers and industry professionals.

It was a great experience, and I highly recommend it to all up-and-coming composers. After the SCL mentorship, I was chosen for SESAC's first composer workshop with Christophe Beck and Chris Bacon, getting direct feedback of compositions from two of today's top TV and film composers. Most recently, I was commissioned by the Dungeons and Dragons company Ghostfire Gaming/Eldermancy to write a sixteen track album of fantasy music for 'The Seeker's Guide to Twisted Taverns', with full orchestra and an all-star ensemble of soloist musicians. It is available on all streaming platforms now!

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