H. Scott Salinas is an American film score composer and musician.
Work and credits Feature films Elevation (2024) Original Score
The Banker (2020) Original Score
Zipper (2015) Original Score
No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie (2013) Original Score
Strictly Sexual (2008, DKZ Films) Original Score
Just Friends (2006, New Line Cinema) Original Song, “Jamie Smiles”
Edison (2005, Millennium Films) Original Score (Co-Composer) Toronto Film Festival Selection 2005
Pool Hall Prophets (2005, Seven Arts Pictures) Original Song, “Venus” Toronto Film Festival Selection 2005
51 Birch Street (2005, Copacetic Pictures / HBO Documentary) Original Score Toronto Film Festival Selection 2005
The Conventioneers (2005, Hyphenate Films / Cinema Libre Studio) Original Score (Co-Composer) Tribeca Film Festival Selection 2005
Yesterday's Dreams (2005, Living the Dream Productions / Pisces Productions) Original Score
The Red Lily (1924) Original Modern Score for Turner Classic Movies, 2005
Dark Warrior (2005, Film Shack / Universal Home Video) Additional Music
Raise Your Voice (2004, FilmEngine / New Line Cinema) Additional Score
The Squaw Man (1913) Original Modern Score for Turner Classic Movies, 2004
Latin Dragon (2004, Pacific Entertainment Group / Universal Home Video) Original Score
Duplex (2003, Miramax Films) Source Cues
The Divine Emerald (2003, Nubian Productions Corporation) Original Score New York Independent Film Festival Selection 2004
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) Original Modern Score For Turner Classic Movies, 2002 Commissioned as Grand Prize Winner of 2002 TCM Young Film Composers Competition
Documentary films Yanuni (2025)
Television I Hate My Job 2004, RDF Media / Spike TV Main Title Song
Johnson County War 2001, Larry Levinson Productions / Hallmark Entertainment Assistant to Composer
Evolution 2001, Clear Blue Sky Productions / PBS Additional Orchestration
Video games The Matrix: Path of Neo 2005, Atari / Shiny Entertainment Additional Music
Advertisements Cisco • Linksys • Toyota • Hyundai • Mattel • Coca-Cola • Kool Aid • History Channel • New York • Olympics 2012 • Nationwide • Special Olympics • Clorox • ID Channel, "Murder in the Heartland" Theme
Honors and awards Winner, AICP Award Best Commercial Music Arrangement “Buglers Dream” (2005) Composer Select, Exclusive Summer Program, ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop (2003) Grand Prize Winner, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Young Film Composers Competition (2002) Recipient, Georges Delerue Scholarship, Berklee College of Music (2000) Composer Select, Atelier with Toni Morrison and Yo-Yo Ma, Princeton University (1996)
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