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Featured Work

  • Sam Best - Composer

  • Malcon Pierce - Director & Writer

    Bradford Simonsen - Producer

    Haim Mazar - Composer

    Sam Best - Score Sound Designer

  • Dan Erickson - Creator

    Ben Stiller - Director

    Theodore Shapiro - Composer

    Christopher Lane - Score Sound Designer

    Sam Best - Assistant Score Sound Designer

  • Brad Weston - Director

    Joseph Shirley - Composer

    Christopher Lane - Score Sound Designer

    Sam Best - Score Sound Designer

  • Peter Segal - Director

    Sean Segal - Composer

    Christopher Lane - Score Sound Designer and Additional Music

    Sam Best - Score Sound Designer

  • Client - The Human Factor

    Sam Best - Composer & Sound Designer

  • Client - Iberdrola Portugal

    Director - Angelo Silva

    Sam Best - Composer

Dunkin' - Holiday Unboxing

  • Beacon Street Studios - Song Composition and Production
    Sam Best - Vocal Tracking Engineer

  • Cast and Crew

    Ivan Rome - Director & Screenwriter

    Yoko Kohmoto - Producer

    Actors

    Christine Smith

    Thomas Walter Booker

    Winter-Lee Holland

    Kendel Rome

    Crew

    Marshall Wayne Cooper - Cinematographer

    Ivan Rome - Editor

    Sam Best - Sound Designer

  • Cast

    Stellar - Amrita Newton

    Max - Garrett Silvey

    Simon - John Sutter

    Kez - Alex Griffin

    Harvey - Tim Snoha

    Crew

    Director / Writer / Editor - Arthur Gay

    Producer - Heather Francis

    Producer - Celine Sutter

    Director of Photography - Cory Fraiman-Lott

    Production Designer - Marissa Todd

    First Assistant Director - Hector Prats

    Sound Recordist - Jackson Martel

    Costume Designer - Kaia Gao

    Sound Designer - Sam Best

    Re-Recording Mixer - Elliot Taylor

    Colourist - Jeffrey Chance

    Composer - Roger Goula

    Gaffer -Ella Gibney

    Gaffer - Alanna Nickles

    Gaffer - Jared Wiedmeyer

    First Assistant Camera - Bobby Han

    Second Assistant Camera - Jackson Glasgow

    Grip - Murdo Barker-Mill

    Catering - Cody Mao

    Swing - Raina Yang

    Covid Compliance Officer - Celine Sutter

    Transportation Coordinator - Yoko Kohmoto

    BTS - Derin Çelik

    PA - Alexandra Arredondo

    PA/Driver - Tia Carr

    Picture Vehicle Driver - Elliot Ruiz

    Poster Designer - Nuzzi[Qiuyi]Li

  • Cast and Crew

    Quinn Jackson (Susie)

    Tuni Hernandez (Sam)

    Naama Potok (Fran)

    Director / Writer - Arthur Gay

    Producer - Derin Çelik

    Co–Producer - Nina Cochran

    Director of Photography - Michael Cong

    Production Designer - Marissa Todd

    First Assistant Director - Laura Ganotis

    Sound Recordist - Rider Laskin

    Sound Designer - Sam Best

    Gaffer - Emmet Luciano

    First Assistant Camera - Cece Chan

    Catering - Serin Çelik

    Covid Compliance Officer - Yoko Kohmoto

    Composer - Sam Best

    Colourist- Michael Cong

    Sound Mixer - Sam Best & Yushu Bao

    Dub Mixer - Yushu Bao

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  • Composition, Arranging, and Conducting: Sam Best

    Lead Studio Engineer: Abner Cabrera

    Videography: Jamin Burdick

    Mix: Tomi Ade-Kolawole (SOW Studios)

    Master: Dan Shike

    Drums: Matthew MacKellar

    Tablas: Upasak Mukherjee

    Midrangam: Shivaraj Natraj

    Congas: Dov Beck-Levine

    Bass: Marco Ronquillo

    Electric Guitar 1: Josh Porter

    Electric Guitar 2: Liam John Fennell

    Acoustic Guitar: John Cunsolo

    Keys/Synth: Dean Foster

    Flute: Anabel Gil

    Trumpet: Andrea Cui

    Alto Saxophone: Luis Reyes

    Tenor Saxophone: Yuval Agam

    Baritone Saxophone: Ben Renzoni

    Trombone: Liam Elion

    Horn Overdubs: Thomas Gaumer

    Fiddle: Alayna Whitkanack

    Violin: Adam Bern

    Viola: Connor Valcy

    Cello: Queralt Giralt

Simone (2022)

  • Directed by Aisha Amin

    Starring: Cree McClellan and Muzari

    Produced by: Annie Ning and Cameron Morton

    Cinematography by: Oliver Lanzenberg

    Edited by: Jamie Lansdowne

    GFX and Poster Design: Kervin Morales

    Sound Recordist: Harry Flax

    1st AC: Kervin Marseille

    Key Grip: Caleb Weiss

    Sound Supervision and Design: Sam Best

    Color: C. Diaz and Kath Raisch at Company 3

    Music: Stella Kaplan

    Photography by: Shaan Rao

    Costume: Claire Lemaigre

    PAs: Awa Gueye, Yael Bermudez, Mona Chu, Jihye Yoo, Max Ship, Camille Williams-Ginsberg, Casey Friedman

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  • Shot, Directed, Edited by Juli Alonso

    Composed by Sam Best

    Choreographed by Annaliese Wilbur

    Produced by Sean Doucette and Natalie Thibodeau

  • Composer: Sam Best.

    Client work for Sony Innovation Studios. For credits and behind the scenes click here.

Hi, I’m Sam.

As a lifelong musician, I’m deeply passionate about music and sound. I believe great music and well-crafted sound design is key in transforming projects into finished productions, and videos into impactful stories.

I offer a range of services to fit your needs—whether you are a filmmaker looking for music or sound design for your film, TV show, or commercial, a composer looking for assistance, or an artist looking for a producer who can bring your ideas to life.

I also teach Music Production at Berklee College of Music, where I have the privilege of helping the next generation of producers and artists develop their craft.

  • "Each creative decision felt like the fruitful result of our collaboration"

    I am so grateful for the experience. He dedicated himself to this film and I could feel the passion he brought to his craft. He was always available to talk ideas and he delivered changes super quickly. In our meetings he would listen to my thoughts with respect whilst also offering his professional and creative viewpoint. Each creative decision felt like the fruitful result of our collaboration but with his professional perspective guiding the way. In the end, I am so happy with the final sound of the film and for the experience working with Sam.

    — Arthur Gay, Director/Writer

  • "From our initial meeting all the way through delivery, Sam was efficient, creative, and maintained a positive, collaborative attitude throughout."

    Sam graciously stepped in to save me on a project that was already significantly delayed! From our initial meeting all the way through delivery, Sam was efficient, creative, and maintained a positive, collaborative attitude throughout. I’m very pleased with the sound design he created for my short film, and I look forward to working with him again in the future!

    — Ana Isabel Dow, Filmmaker

  • "The song Sam created for the film was perfect, everything I’d wanted and more."

    I came to Sam for the ending song for my film. I knew what I needed but was struggling to find a song that worked or even describe what I needed to get one written. I sent him my script, 2 songs I sort of liked but that weren’t quite right, and tried (not very articulately) to explain what I was going for over a zoom call. The song Sam created for the film was perfect, everything I’d wanted and more. Sam is incredibly talented, kind, and lovely to work with. Can’t recommend him enough!

    — Lalia Hays, Director/Filmmaker

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