Bruce Somers
Composer, Producer, Engineer
Bio
Music composer Bruce Somers has built a career crafting a sound
that resonates with Film, Television and Commercial Producers as
well as fans and labels worldwide. Recent collaborations include The
Pussycat Dolls, Good Charlotte, Jay Gordon (Orgy), Toby Wright
(Korn), Dylan McLaren and Sid Riggs (Juliette Lewis and the Licks,
The Misfits), RA (Sahaj), and Sean Beavan (8mm, NIN, Marilyn Manson,
Unwritten Law).
Bruce has composed music for film and television working with high
profile directors such as Doug Liman (Swingers, Bourne Identity, Mr.
and Mrs. Smith, etc.), composer Mark Isham (River Runs Through It,
Crash, The Black Dahlia, etc.), and Sony Music. Bruce has composed
numerous national television commercials including spots for Mazda,
Sears, Epson, Dodge, and Pontiac. Bruce’s skills also include being
a music mixer and a recording engineer.
Bruce is the founding member of the alt/rock bands
Kidneythieves
and Shocknina.
His experience in composing and producing has resulted in multiple
label/network deals and national tours with both bands.
Kidneythieves’ song "Before I'm Dead" received rave reviews from
Billboard and Rolling Stone and a platinum album for the Warner
Brothers film "Queen of the Dammed". Kidneythieves music was also
featured in the award winning PS2 video games Deus Ex 2 and Dax &
Jaxster. Shocknina won top spot with Fox Sports Network as the
signature artist for their College Football Saturday series this
last year solidifying an international fan base. Bruce recently finished a remix of the latest single from
Juliette & The Licks
new CD, Four On The Floor, featuring Dave Grohl on drums.
Bruce has also done remixes for Depeche Mode, John 5 & Foetus.
Bruce has two recording studios in the Los Angeles area. Both
studios are full Pro Tools HD Studios equipped with full drum sets,
guitar & bass rigs, DJ rigs, multiples samplers, keyboards and
synthesizers. As a multi-instrumentalist artist, Bruce is endorsed
by
Yamaha,
Presonus,
Sony, Sennheiser,
and
Neumann and
is a Pro Tools HD7 Expert rated engineer.
News
Bruce recently finished programming on Filter's upcoming release, The Inevitable Relapse, due in August 2010.
Bruce finished up playing Drums & Bass as well as doing keyboard programming & string arrangements for the debut CD from Matt Reardon's new band, Black Sunshine. The CD was mixed by Dylan McClaren at Bruce's Undercurrent Studios.
Bruce recently finished working on Live Production for a new Good Charlotte Track for the Bamboozle Roadshow Tour. Bruce also did all the the keyboard sampling & programming for their new live set which sounds fantastic.
Bruce Mastered the new John5 CD, The Art of Malice. John's music is always amazing and very unique. Check it out at http://www.john-5.com/site/
See Bruce's official
Myspace page at
myspace.com/brucesomers
See the official Kidneythieves Myspace site at Official Kidneythieves . New CD in June 2010!
See the official Shocknina Myspace site at myspace.com/shocknina
