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George Shaw is a rapidly rising composer who has worked on Hollywood and independent films. He is a versatile composer with the skill for crafting rich orchestral tapestries as well as producing cutting edge electronic music to match the visual images in movies. George has received 3 best score nominations for the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards, won Best Music in a Short at the Garden State Film Festival Movie Music Competition, and 5 Gold Medals at the Park City Film Music Festival.
George is working with producers who are at the forefront of creating online content. Recent collaborations with “YouTube Personalities” include NigaHiga (who has the #1 most subscribed channel on Youtube), Kevjumba, and Wong Fu Productions. Shaw scored the NigaHiga/Wong Fu film AGENTS OF SECRET STUFF, which garnered over 3 MILLION views in the first 5 days of it’s release.
George's TV work includes producing music tracks for performances on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, and he has also licensed music to shows such as AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER, MOMMA'S BOY, MY ANTONIO, and OBSESSED.
Shaw studied composition and film scoring at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, taking part in its world-class Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. He also participated in the 2004 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop and the 9th Annual BMI Conducting Workshop. In 2007, he was a fellow in Film Independent’s Project: Involve, a filmmaker mentorship program that paired him with Emmy-nominated composer Christopher Lennertz (MEET THE SPARTANS, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, MEDAL OF HONOR: EUROPEAN ASSAULT, SUPERNATURAL).
Shaw plays clarinet, piano, guitar, and a variety of exotic woodwind instruments from around the world, and enjoys shredding on Rock Band’s video game drums! George resides in Los Angeles, where he can surf and snowboard in the same day.
“Audiences are moved by my closing monologue in LIL TOKYO REPORTER. Thanks, but I credit George Shaw's music.”
Chris Tashima (Oscar-Winning Director)
"One of Shaw's strengths...is his ability to compose music with emotional depth"
Alan Rogers - Maintitles
"Shaw definitely has a strong voice of his own and he’s a very promising composer that we will most certainly hear from again."
Peter Holm - Music From the Movies
"One of the best segments of music I have heard in all of 2008. If you're interested in hearing music that is original and fresh, then look no further than George Shaw...to catch a glimpse at the future of film music with this young composer's work."
Tom Hoover - Score Notes
"A certain sound and level of talent a step above many young composers...If you like to hear themes then a George Shaw soundtrack is one to listen to over and over and over!"
Thomas L. Kiefner - Film Music: The Neglected Art
"George Shaw’s work is simply beautiful and exciting...One aspect of the album's entertaining value is how melodic the action pieces are."
Thomas Glorieux - Maintitles.net
"Shaw's music seems to transcend the material in both writing and sound quality."
Jonathan Jarry - Soundtrack.net
“Marcus...is not just a functional horror score but instead yields real emotion and shows structural brilliance in its final piece. In the tradition of Jerry Goldsmith, it would seem that Shaw may prove adept at elevating the status of poor films through great music.”
Michael Nicholson - Score Wars
"A voice harking back to the Silver Age of film scoring."
Jonathan Jarry - Soundtrack.net
"He is an excellent composer...The score sounds like one that was done to a multi million dollar film!"
Thomas L. Kiefner - Golden Scores
"George's music is very melodic, which makes it ideal to listen to apart from the film itself."
Lucasz Waligórski - MuzykaFilmowa.pl
