"When the music in me slows down I pick up a pen and draw. When the ink begins to flow less easily, I trade the pen for an instrument and resume where I left off with a renewed sense of purpose. It's a symbiotic creative relationship between art and music. I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to tap into it and spend my days creating." - Silas Hite
Silas Hite is an Emmy nominated artist and composer currently living and working in Los Angeles, California. His commercial scores have garnered a Cyber Gold Lion award from Cannes, a Grand Effie Award and Adweek's Spot of the Year.
He has written memorable scores for some of the biggest video games and television shows of the past ten years and contributed music to both blockbuster and independent films. He has a large collection of unique instruments and plays many of them on his projects. He loves to play drums, guitar, bass, synth, keys, accordion, mandolin, organ and percussion instruments from around the world.
He began his career at Mutato Muzika, Mark Mothersbaugh's music studio, as an in-house composer and musician. Over the span of seven very productive years, he learned the craft of creating both mainstream and mutated music.
Now as a freelance composer, producer and songwriter, Silas still creates scores but also carves out time to collaborate with songwriters and bands while continuing to create illustrations and drawings for galleries, magazines, and publications.
As an artist, Silas has shown in galleries across the country. His artistic career began in Tucson, Arizona where he studied art, music and business at the University of Arizona, earning a Fine Arts Studies degree in 2003.
With an increasing interest in his work, Silas is showing at more galleries in both group and solo exhibitions. While his early gallery shows typically featured mostly audio installations and performance art, in recent years he has begun to show sketches and illustrations, detailed pen and ink stippled drawings, and acrylic paintings.
Website Photos by Lilly McElroy
Hopelessly In June - Cornbread Films (2011)
Mr. Bitchin' - Rhino Films (2010)
Ramona & Beezus - Fox (2010)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Sony Pictures (2009)
The Invention of Dr. Nakamats - MercuryMedia Intl. (2009)
My Suicide - Go Code Productions (2009)
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist - Columbia Pictures (2008)
Nothing but the Truth - Nike SB Films (2007)
First Descent - MD Films (2005)
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Apple*, Angel Soft , Bell South, Big Lots, Brawny, Burger King**, California Lotto, Capt. Crunch, Cell South, Chevron Citibank, Compass Bank, Degree, Direct TV, Disney, Dodge, Dunkin' Doughnuts, Edward Jones, Fairpoint, FINRA, FX Channel, Google, Home & Health Channel, HSBC Bank, Glade, GMAC, IKEA, Independant Film Channel, Las Vegas Tourist Board, Martini & Rossi, Mastercard, Maytag, McDonalds, Mentos, Microsoft, Nextel, Office Max, Oscar Meyer, Oust, Popcicle, Quaker Oats, Skate It, Snickers, Sony, Sprint, Starburst, Texas Instruments, TIVO, US Bank, VH1, Wendys, Willy Wonka, etc...
*Apple's "Get a Mac" ads won the Grand Effie award and Best Spots' Campaign of the Year
**Cannes Cyber Gold Lion (Viral Marketing): Burger King Subservient Chicken
Hostile Skate - Skate 3 (EA)
Underwater Pirate Sound - Boom Blox Bash Party (EA)
Simpsons Hubub - The Simpsons Game (EA)
Lemur Lair - My Sims Agents (EA)
Groovie Goalie - Academy of Champions (Ubisoft)
Spooky Hopper - Frogger: Ancient Shadows (Konami)
Secret Hostages - Orchestral Demo
Sims Cash In - The Sims 2: Open For Business (EA)
Historical Swagger - Boom Blox (EA)
My Sims Magic Tutorial - My Sims Kingdom (EA)
Hum Stutter - Boom Blox (EA)
Trapped in the Hall - Circle of 8 (Paramount)
Snide Frat Bro - Blue Mountain State (Spike TV)
Angst Internal - LAX (NBC)
Quirky Fella - Eureka (Syfy)
Airport at Dawn - LAX (NBC)
Dantes Inferno - Circle of 8 (Paramount)
Kids WB Website Theme - Kids WB (KidsWB.com)
Wrestling Montage - Mater's Tall Tales (Pixar/Disney Chanel)
Froggy Hop - Dance-a-Lot Robot (Disney Channel)
Hangin' with the Scoob* - Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue (CW)
Rugrats Renaissance Theme** - Rugrats (Nickelodeon)
All Grown Up Montage - All Grown Up (Nickelodeon)
*Day-Time Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition
**Original Rugrats theme written by Mark Mothersbaugh
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Television
• Apple
• Angel Soft
• Bell South
• Big Lots
• Brawny
• Burger King
• California Lotto
• Capt. Crunch
• Cell South
• Chevron
• Citibank
• Compass Bank
• Degree
• Direct TV
• Disney
• Dunkin' Doughnuts
• Edward Jones
• Fairpoint
• FINRA
• FX Channel
• Glade
• GMAC
• Google
• HSBC Bank
• IKEA
• Independant Film Channel
• Extreme Makeover Home Edition - ABC
• Burn Notice - USA
• Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami - E!
• Mr. Bitchin' - Rhino Films
• Hopelessly In June - Cornbread Pictures
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Sony
• The Invention of Dr. Nakamats - Plus Pictures
• Ramona and Beezus - Fox
• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - Columbia Pictures
• Nothing But The Truth - Nike SB Films
• First Descent - MD Films
• My Suicide - Go Code Productions
• Martini & Rossi
• Mastercard
• Maytag
• McDonalds
• Mentos
• Microsoft
• Nextel
• Office Max
• Oscar Meyer
• Oust
• Popcicle
• Quaker Oats
• Skate It
• Snickers
• Sony, Sprint
• Starburst
• Texas Instruments
• TIVO
• US Bank
• Las Vegas Tourist Board
• VH1
• Wendys
• Willy Wonka
& many more.
• Skate 3 - EA
• The Simpsons - EA
• Academy Of Champions - Ubisoft
• Boom Blox - EA
• Boom Blox Bash Party - EA
• My Sims - EA
• My Sims Agents - EA
• My Sims Racing - EA
• My Sims Kingdom - EA
• Sims 2 - EA
• Sims 2 Castaway - EA
• Sims 2 Bon Voyage - EA
• Sims 2 University - EA
• Sims 2 Open For Business - EA
• Sims 2 Nightlife (remixes) - EA
• Sims 2 Pets - EA
• Mean Girls - Paramount Digital
• Legally Blonde - Paramount Digital
• Wordsworth - 99 Games
• Frogger: Ancient Shadows - Konami
• Dance-A-Lot Robot - Disney
• Mater's Tall Tales - Pixar
• Blue Mountain State - Spike
• Bad Girls Club - Oxygen
• Circle Of 8 - Paramount Pictures
• Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue - CW Network
(Day-Time Emmy Nomination for
Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition)
• Eureka - Sci-Fi Channel
• All Grown Up - Nickelodeon
• Rugrats DVD - Nickelodeon
• LAX - NBC
• E! True Hollywood Stories - E! Entertainment
Tel: *1 323 496 4488
