Scott Hackwith
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Scott Hackwith at Capitol Studios, Hollywood
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Philip Scott Hackwith |
| Born | September 3, 1968 |
| Origin | San Diego, California |
| Genres | rock, punk, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | composer, record producer, musician, chief creative officer |
| Instruments | guitar, vocals, other |
| Labels | Caroline Records, MCA Records, Radioactive Records |
| Associated acts | Dig, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, Beachwood Sparks, Dave Jerden |
| Website | Slogan Music |
Scott Hackwith (born September 3, 1968) is an American composer-producer-musician whose career has progressed from work as a professional guitarist and singer to recording producer and scoring motion pictures. Currently, he is the owner-chief creative officer of Cassette Recordings, a Los Angeles & Reykjavik, Iceland based company specializing in creating original music for placement in films, documentaries, television shows and commercials.
Hackwith has completed jobs for hundreds of major clients. Cassette Recordings with a composer collective in Los Angeles as well as in Iceland, represents some award-winning composers, and past associations have included The Ramones, Iggy Pop, and Dave Jerden (Rolling Stones, Janes Addiction).
As a songwriter-composer, Hackwith has both contributed songs and written soundtracks to numerous feature films, including the Russell Crowe-Denzel Washington headlined Virtuosity, Adam Sandler's Airheads, the award winning Love & Sex, starring Famke Janssen and Jon Favreau and Love is the Drug, starring John Patrick Amedori and Lizzy Caplan.
Born September 3, 1968 in San Diego, California, Hackwith eventually re-located to Los Angeles where he divided his time between playing lead guitar for T.S.O.L., recording numerous home demos on a four track and landing a day job at Propaganda Films. Working behind the camera for acclaimed directors David Fincher (Fight Club, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Dominic Sena (Gone in 60 Seconds, Swordfish), Michael Bay (Transformers, Pearl Harbor) and Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo). Hackwith's talent quickly propelled him from production assistant to serve as art director and production designer for their music videos and TV commercials. Nonetheless, music remained his primary interest and Hackwith reserved the evenings to either perform, write or record his original material.
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