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BRETT BOYETT
COMPOSER
BRETT BOYETT has spent the last 15-20 years creating a name for himself in the
entertainment business. In recent years, he has developed a solid reputation as a composer,
songwriter, and music producer with hundreds of credits in film and TV, and with major
recording artists.
To name a few, Brett has had various music placements on Nashville (ABC), The Young and
The Restless (CBS), Friday Night Lights (NBC), Oprah, Cold Case (CBS), Dateline NBC, and
has contributed music or has worked on Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS), Center of the
Universe (CBS), Yes Dear (CBS), and many more TV series. He has recently produced a song
in the upcoming movie Life of Crime, starring Jennifer Aniston and based on the Elmore
Leonard bestseller, The Switch. He has written score or songs for many other feature films
including The Watch (starring Ben Stiller), Texas Chainsaw 3D, Moola (Don Most), The Hot
Flashes (starring Brooke Shields), and for children’s films, Harley’s Hill (Christopher Atkins), and
Seeker & Fetch.
Brett has written several theme songs, the most recent of which are for Jack Osbourne’s
producing debut Alpha Dogs (National Geographic), and for the much hyped web series, Agent
88. He has scored movie trailers for Lower Learning (starring Jason Biggs), The Great New
Wonderful (Edie Falco), The Cry of the Owl (Julia Stiles), Don McKay (Thomas Haden Church),
Birds Of America (Matthew Perry), Mail Order Bride, New York Doll, and The Scorpion, among
others. His music can also be heard on national commercials for major brands including
Microsoft, Taco Bell, and Super 8.
His own band Totsy, took him on a 22-city tour opening for The Brian Setzer Orchestra in late
2012. The newest Totsy record and current single “Radio Girl” can be heard at listening kiosks
inside every SPRINT store throughout the U.S. Totsy is also featured in promotions with HD
Radio, DTS surround sound, and TIME WARNER CABLE.
Brett continues to find time to write and record with various other professional artists and bands.
Most recently Brett wrote the new single for Drake Bell’s (Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh, Surfdog
recording artist) long awaited album Ready Set Go, called Bitchcraft. Other artist writing and/or
producing collaborations include Holly Quinn (Sleeping Giant Records), Jackson O’dell,
Kimberley Locke (American Idol), Billy Griffin (The Miracles), Jason Charles Miller (Godhead),
etc. He has had song placements with famed producer David Foster and has worked alongside
such hit composers, songwriters, and producers as Ken Caillat (Fleetwood Mac), Steve Dorff
(Reba, George Strait), Snuffy Walden (West Wing, Friday Night Lights), Rick Marotta
(Everybody Loves Raymond, Yes Dear, Steely Dan), Donnie Most (Happy Days, Moola), Laura
Karpman (Taken, Odyssey 5), Glen Ballard (Alanis Morrisette, No Doubt), and Keith Olsen
(Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner). He has produced vocals for Melanie Griffith, Lloyd Owen, Madchen
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Amick, P.J. Byrne, and Kurtwood Smith, and designed a new method of tracking pre-records on
a live set for a TV series musical. Brett has had the chance to write songs and produce tracks
for The Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, The Freedom Alliance, Patriot Guard Riders, and The
Make A Wish Foundation.
After graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Brett began his songwriting and
career as a musician in bands in Texas, before further honing his writing skills when he moved
to Nashville and later New York, where he won three of ASCAP’s songwriting competitions
including -- the Demo to Deal, Advanced Songwriter Workshop, and the ASCAP Mentorship
Program. He now makes his home in Los Angeles with his wife, son, and two dogs, all of whom
can be heard on projects from time to time. He makes a hobby of quoting 1980’s films, hiking,
mountain climbing, and kickboxing.
FILM CREDITS
Life of Crime (soundtrack “I Can’t Change It”)
Directed by Daniel Schechter
Abbolita Productions
The Hot Flashes (soundtrack “Normandy”)
Directed by Susan Seidelman
Vertical Entertainment
Underexposed: A Women’s Skateboarding Documentary (soundtrack “Boom Boom Boom”)
Directed by Amelia Brodka
Producer Brian Lynch
Texas Chainsaw 3D (soundtrack “Normandy”)
Directed by John Luessenhop
Lionsgate
The Slumber Party (short)
Directed by Mary Alice Corton & Joe Zanetti
Frozen Fish Productions
Harley’s Hill (video)
Directed by Don Most
Engine 15 Media Group
Seeker & Fetch
Directed by John Rhode
Engine 15 Media Group
John Wooden Memorium (short)
Directed by Mario Simone
Gotham City Films
Moola (additional music)
Directed by Don Most
Allumination Filmworks
Man About Town (Music Editor)
Directed by Mike Bender
Lionsgate Home Entertainment
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Love Wrecked (Music Editor)
Directed By Randal Kleiser
ABC Family
New York Doll (documentary)
Directed by Greg Whiteley
Vivendi Entertainment
The Guerrero Project (documentary)
Directed by Karuna Eberl
Black Bay Entertainment
TRAILERS
Don McKay
Directed by Jake Goldberger
Animus Films
Lower Learning
Directed by Mark Lafferty
Starz Media
Birds of America
Directed by Craig Lucas
Plum Pictures
TELEVISION CREDITS
Alpha Dogs (theme music)
Schweet Entertainment
National Geographic
The Young and The Restless
Soundtrack “Unlikely Love,” “Halloween,” “Taking Over Me”
Sony Pictures TV
Taboo
TV Documentary
Soundtrack “Beating Heart”
National Geographic
Hollywood Heights
Soundtrack “She Gets Away With Murder”
UFC from All Angles
TV Movie
Soundtrack “Building The Future,” “Last Goodbye”
Fuel TV
Shameless
Soundtrack “Drinking Time”
WB TV and Showtime
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Dateline NBC
TV Documentary
Soundtrack “Sugar High,” “Ordinary”
NBC News
Rocket City Rednecks
Soundtrack “Ready To Fly”
National Geographic
The Good Guys
Soundtrack “Drinking Time”
Fox TV
Unanswered Prayers
Soundtrack “Drinking Time”
Sony Pictures TV
Cold Case
Soundtrack “Drinking Time”
CBS
Wild and Raw
Soundtrack “Ordinary”
The Outdoor Channel
Benelli Presents Duck Commander
Soundtrack “Drinking Time”
Ace in the Hole
Berman Braun
CBS
Lipstick Jungle (music editor)
Blackie and Blondie Productions
NBC
Viva Laughlin (music editor)
Sony Pictures TV
BBC Worldwide
Friday Night Lights (music editor)
Imagine Television
NBC
Yes, Dear (music editor)
Cherry Tree Entertainment
CBS
My Name Is Earl (Music Editor)
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20 Century Fox TV
Everybody Loves Raymond (music editor)
Talk Productions
CBS
Talk Show Diaries (music editor)
Touchstone Television
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Center of the Universe (music editor)
The Tannenbaum Co. and WB TV
Tremors (music editor)
Stampede Entertainment
Taken (music editor)
Dreamworks TV
Odyssey 5 (music editor)
Columbia TriStar
Reba (music editor)
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20 Century Fox TV
Generation Gap (music editor)
Warner Brothers TV
NATIONALITY
American, resides in Los Angeles, CA
REPRESENTATION
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International:
Becca Nelson, Air-Edel US
Ph. (323) 802-1670
[email protected]
Maggie Rodford
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(US) Air Edel 1416 N. La Brea Ave. The Bungalow, Hollywood, CA 90028 Tel. 323-802-1670
(UK) Air Edel Associates Ltd. 18 Rodmarton Street London W1U 8BJ Tel. +44 20 7486 6466 Fax +44 20 7224 0344
www.air-edel.co.uk