BIO
I create music and other sounds for film, television, advertising and new media. Currently, I live in Brooklyn, NY.

Recent work includes the upcoming film More Than Me starring Jim Breuer. I have also composed the music for dozens of national television commercials; the Tribeca Film Festival winner for Best Narrative Short, The Shovel (David Strathairn); television shows for Discovery Channel, VH1, TLC and Fine Living; on-camera-music arranging and performing for Tamara Jenkinsʼ The Savages (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney); and Barry Levinsonʼs Hindsight is 20/20, a short advertising film for American Express starring Jerry Seinfeld and Superman.

I was raised in a musical family; I studied piano with my father - pianist and Professor of Music at the University of Maryland, Ron Elliston. I began playing in clubs at age 14 and spent the majority of my life performing in every type of musical venue imaginable.

Some highlights include concerts with vocalists Stacey Kent, Rebecca Parris, and Giacomo Gates; performances with jazz legends Charles Davis and Valery Ponomarev; touring with my own trio throughout Southern and Eastern Africa; and collaborating with the New York City Ballet performing music I arranged for a series of performances in New York City and Provence, France.

Some more personal highlights include recreating a Dimebag Darrell guitar solo on keyboard while he listened on in a metal club in Texas; and playing show tunes with Neil Armstrong.
CREDITS
TELEVISION AND FILM

WOMEN AREN'T FUNNY
(sound design, sound editing and mix)
Starring: Bonnie McFarlane, Rich Vos
Music by Henry Phillips
Independent Feature

MORE THAN ME
Starring: Jim Breuer
William Philbin, dir.
Independent Feature

NEW YORK GOES TO WORK
Show open theme
VH1

HOMESCHOOLED (pilot)
John Kingman, dir.
Winner - Best Writing
NEW YORK TELEVISION FESTIVAL

THE ADVENTURES OF SEINFELD AND SUPERMAN
"Hindsight is 20/20"
Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Superman
Barry Levinson, dir.
Internet "webisode"/NBC

WHAT NOT TO WEAR
"Wannabes"
BBC/TLC

SUBMARINE: HIDDEN HUNTER
Starring: Stacey Keach
Matthew Howe, Wendy Jo Cohen, dir./prod.
DISCOVERY CHANNEL

ANY GIVEN LATITUDE
Title Theme
FINE LIVING

THE SAVAGES – (On-camera music arranger/performer)
Tamara Jenkins, dir.
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES

THE SHOVEL
Nick Childs, dir.
Starring: David Strathairn, Tim Guinee
Independent Short
– Winner BEST NARRATIVE SHORT Tribeca Film Festival
– Winner GOLD REMI AWARD Houston WorldFest
– Winner SPECIAL JURY AWARD USA Film Festival

GOODFELLAS
"Workaday Gangster, Getting Made and Made Men"
featurettes from the DVD
WARNER HOME VIDEO
ADVERTISING

COMMERCIALS
Nokia, NFL, Pfizer, Splenda, Verizon, Viagra, Harry Winston, Bank Of America, GlaxoSmithKline, Imodium, Charmin, Bounty, Centrum, Bell South, Walmart, Dreamworks, SHRM, Chantix, Pillsbury, Wild Aid, Requip, Aetna, Palmers, Savin, Tribeca Film Festival, Epiduo, Zantac

PROMOS
MTV - MTV Video Music Awards
NatGeo - Known Universe
NatGeo - In Search of the Amazon Headshrinkers
NBC - NBC Sports Logos
VH1 - VH1 Black History Month
VH1 - My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding
MojoHD - Three Sheets

THE LIBERTINE
Theatrical trailer
Starring: Johnny Depp, John Malkovich
The Weinstein Company/Miramax Films

NORTH FACE
Theatrical trailer
Starring: Benno Fürmann, Florian Lukas
Music Box Films

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
Theatrical logo
INTERACTIVE

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: AN ORIGIN STORY
DISNEY/MARVEL

AVENGERS ORIGINS: HULK
DISNEY/MARVEL

AVENGERS ORIGINS: ASSEMBLE!
DISNEY/MARVEL

WINNIE THE POOH "POOH'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE"
DISNEY

TOY STORY "SHOWTIME"
DISNEY/PIXAR

MO WILLEMS "DON"T LET THE PIGEON RUN THIS APP"
DISNEY

DISNEY PRINCESS - ROYAL PARTY
DISNEY

DISNEY PRINCESS: A ROYAL CHRISTMAS
DISNEY
NETWORKS