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, Maryln 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 most
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 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 will be playing drums with 8mm on February 27th, 2008 at The Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA. Doors are at 8:00.
Bruce just completed a song for the hit ABC television show, Eli Stone. The song, which plays over a George Michael scene, will be featured on the behind the scenes DVD to be released this summer.
Free and Bruce are currently working on the much anticipated follow up to Kidneythieves Zerospace.
See Bruce's official
Myspace page at
myspace.com/brucesomers
See the official Kidneythieves Myspace site at Official Kidneythieves
See the official Shocknina Myspace site at myspace.com/shocknina
