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David Wilde
Composer / Songwriter / Producer
David Wilde moved to LA in 2009 to compose for tv and film after years of multiplatinum success producing records in his New Jersey recording studio.
He grew up with his older brother's rock band rehearsing in the basement and his
dad driving the band to gigs in his pick up truck. Music was always around him and
he started taking piano lessons at the age of 8, but it wouldn't be until he heard
Miles Davis as a teenager that his switch would truly be turned.
Dave majored in Jazz Piano at William Paterson College with mentors Rufus Reid,
Dave Samuels and Barry Harris, graduating Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music
degree and was awarded Most Valuable Jazz Musician by his class. Immediately
after graduating Dave landed major touring gigs with Blood, Sweat & Tears, CS&N,
Fleetwood Mac, The Kinks and Latin star Louis Perico Ortiz. After a round of touring
the world Dave decided what he really wanted to do was to write, record and
produce his own music, so with the help of his dad, a construction worker, he built
Marion Recording Studio. In that first year, while starting work on his jazz record a
young hip-hop band asked Dave if he would work with them on their debut record
for Tommy Boy Records. Dave produced, wrote, played, programmed and recorded
the entire record in his home built N.J. studio with the song that would become an
anthem of the hip-hop generation. Naughty By Nature's self-titled debut with the hit
single “O.P.P." would go on to sell over 3 million copies blasting Dave and his home
studio into the hip-hop, pop and rock music scene virtually overnight. The second
NBN hit quickly followed with "Hip Hop Hooray” with more hits to come from
Zhane's "Hey Mr. DJ", Queen Latifah's "Nature Of A Sista", Kool & The Gang's
"Never Give Up", Michael & Janet Jackson's "Scream" re-mix, Theory Of A
Deadman's "Bad Girlfriend" re-mix, records by Coolio, Hall & Oates, Taylor Dayne,
Patty Smyth & Scandal. Dave’s record success would transition his music into the
film world with the "Juice" soundtrack for Paramount Pictures as well as rock and
hip- hop underscores for TV shows Life of Ryan, Run's House, Daddy's Girls, Life In
The Fab Lane, Candy's Girls, TV song placements in NCIS, Justified, Charmed, award
winning Best Song TV "Lie to Me" for Fox's Lie To Me and award winning trailer
song "Change The World" for the Disney/ Dreamworks hit film "The Help”. Disney
came calling with their new show “I’m In The Band” leading Dave to make the move
to Los Angeles to compose the underscore as well as write, play, record and
produce all the songs and theme song for the show. Dave interviewed with LA
composer agencies and decided to sign with Christine Russell and Seth Kaplan of
Evolution Music Partners who now represent Dave as a composer and administrate
his vast song and cue catalog.
1680 n. vine street | suite 500 | hollywood, ca | 90028 | 323.790.0525 tel | 323.790.0520 fax | www.evolutionmusicpartners.com
Now living and working in Los Angeles, immersed in the tv and film world, it's
history and community and with his love of film music, like John Williams, Jerry
Goldsmith and Bernard Herrman before him, David's roots in jazz and classical
composition have taken him full circle, from jazz, to hip-hop and rock, back to the
instrumental music that was always his passion and his destiny.
1680 n. vine street | suite 500 | hollywood, ca | 90028 | 323.790.0525 tel | 323.790.0520 fax | www.evolutionmusicpartners.com