Darren Solomon Email & Phone Number

Darren Solomon is a Brooklyn-based composer, producer, bassist and keyboard player. His music career began auspiciously, when at the age of 19 he joined the touring band of music legend Ray Charles as his bassist. After two years on the road, completing a music degree from NYU, and another four years of touring with Barry Manilow, he began working as a composer. He's scored over 700 ads for clients like Google, AMEX, Pepsi, L'Oreal, Honda and MnM's. Darren and Chris Jordão composed the scores for the Netflix series Invisible City and Mila In The Multiverse on Disney+ He is Creative Director and Partner at Quiet City Music + Sound, a music production house with studios in New York and San Paulo, Brazil. Maintaining an avid interest in the intersection of art and technology, Darren created the crowdsourced web-based music project In Bb 2.0, which became a viral hit, featured on NPR, CNN, and the Evolution of The Music Video series at BFI, London. As a venue for his songwriting and production, he created the project Science for Girls, which was featured in Electronic Musician and KCRW's Song of The Day. Other highlights in a unique career include producing and DJ'ing the music for the H&M x Balmain runway show, composing the theme to A&E's Parking Wars and curating for the inaugural season at the innovative Brooklyn venue National Sawdust. As a visiting artist at SUNY Purchase, Darren enjoys working with the next generation of musicians and producers, teaching masterclasses in music production and composition. Darren enjoys maintaining a multi-faceted career in music, including performing, exploring applications for music in new media, composing for dance companies, and curating and producing live shows.Awards include-Best Music ClioCannes Gold LionShots Award - Best MusicAssociation Of Music Producers Award, Best Original ScoreLIA Award, Best Use of MusicThe One Show - Best Use of Music in RadioEl Ojo - Original Music

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