Patrick J. Collins, ASCAP #1552179 10810 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, Calif. 90025
(310) 475-8537
www.collinatorstudios.com Patrick@collinatorstudios.com


Services Offered:    Music Composition, Sound Design, Production, Audio Engineering, Editing, Piano Instruction, and Piano & Vocal performance.


Services Completed:

Collinator Studios, Glendale, CA Piano Instructor Present
Teaching classical piano repertoire, technique, and fundamentals.

AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc, Germantown, MD Composer/Sound Designer Spring 2006
Created original score and soundtrack for WeatherBug.com promotional video

Flyinhigh.com, Las Vegas, NV Composer Spring 2005
Composed four original music tracks for flash website

On Top of a Cloud, West Covina, CA Producer/Engineer 2004-2005
Performed audio production and engineering work on nineteen music tracks for various projects.

Dwango Studios, San Francisco, CA Composer Fall 2004
Composed original music for the game "Beliefnet Mobile Trivia"

Gighi Whighi Studios, Burbank, CA Composer Spring 2004
Composed original soundtrack for animated series pilot "Robot Racers".

Punk Kitty Pictures, Los Angeles, CA Composer Fall 2003
Composed original soundtrack for indie film short "Unconventional Habits".

Tanya Coloda Productions, San Francisco, CA Composer Spring 2003
Composed original soundtrack for indie film short "Indulgence".

Chaterian Video, Hollywood, CA. Performer Summer 2002
Performed piano accompaniment for three songs which aired on television as part of a promotional video.

Cinematix Studios/Eidos, Mesa, AZ Composer Summer 2000
Composed original music for PC-CDROM project "Revenant"- this was a joint venture with Ronny Moorings, songwriter for former 4AD band, Clan of Xymox.

Jim Henson Studios, Hollywood, CA Engineer/Editor Summer 1999
Performed all digital editing for CD-ROM project "Muppets from Space", consisting of over 2,500 lines of dialogue.

Yellow Raincoat Studios, Berkeley, CA Composer Winter 1998
Composed and recorded three original songs for Yellow Raincoat Studios' spiritual wellness center website.

Paramount Studios/Basic Fun, Hollywood, CA Producer/Engineer Fall 1998
Created and recorded arrangements for musical TV keychains "The Brady Bunch", "Beverly Hillbillies", "Get Smart", and "The Twilight Zone".


Employment Experience:

Disney Interactive, Glendale, CA Senior Sound Designer 1995-1998

Composed and/or arranged (all) music for Disney properties such a "Maui Mallard", "Cold Shadow" (Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and PC-CDROM), "Gargoyles" (Sega Genesis), "Pocahontas" (Sega Genesis), "Toy Story" (Sega Genesis), "101 Dalmatians" (PC-CDROM), and "Nightmare Ned" (PC-CDROM).

Created all sound effects using either FM synthesis, subtractive synthesis, live effects, or a combination of the three on titles such as "Maui Mallard"/"Cold Shadow", "Gargoyles", "Pocahontas", "Nightmare Ned" (introduction), and "Aladdin" PC-CDROM (animated clips).

Created all musical instrument sounds for "Gargoyles", "Maui Mallard", and "Pocahontas" using FM synthesis, PSG, and samples/subtractive synthesis. Performed vocal and digital editing for "Hunchback of Notre Dame", "Nightmare Ned", "Aladdin", and "D-Show".


Westwood Studios/Virgin Games/Electronic Arts, Las Vegas, NV Audio Engineer/Musician 1992-1995

Arranged all music, and created all instruments using subtractive synthesis and digital editing for Disney's "The Lion King" Super Nintendo game.

Created all sound effects using FM synthesis for "Lands of Lore", "Kyrandia II", and "Kyrandia III".

Performed digital editing, effect processing, digital sampling and recording for "Lands of Lore" and "Kyrandia II", and "Kyrandia III".

Performed voice over acting on "Lands of Lore" and "Kyrandia".


Education, Musical & Audio Training:

2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music, California Institute of the Arts
1994-2001 Various private studies including: Music Theory, Composition, Orchestration, Piano, Voice, and Recording Engineering.


Affiliations:

1997/98: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, music pannel judge.
1996-present: Ascap member


Equipment, Software, and Programming Experience:

Logic 7, Pro Tools, TC Spark, DSP-Quattro, Peak, Melodyne, Waves Platinum Bundle, Autotune, Sound Designer II, Native Instruments Komplete plug-ins, FX Pansion BFD, Yellow Tools Cuture, Synthogy Ivory, Spectrasonics Atmosphere and Trilogy, Sound Forge, Digital Performer, Cubase, Finale, Roland Synths, Ensoniq Synths, FATAR keyboards, Yamaha DX-7, Samplecell II, Focusrite ISA-220, Lexion PCM-80, Ensoniq DP/4, Motu 828mk II, RME-Fireface 800, Mackie Mixing Desks, FM and subtractive synthesis, Dream Weaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, Gimp, Flash, Fireworks, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, After Effects, HTML, GFA, Applesoft, 6502, Applescript, Bash, Macintosh OS X and UNIX systems.

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