Scott Selfon

Scott is an alumnus of the University of Southern California, where he obtained dual degrees in music composition (film scoring emphasis) and computer engineering/computer science. In the field of concert music, he has studied with Erica Muhl, Frank Ticheli, and James Hopkins; he has also studied film scoring with such composers as David Raksin, Leonard Rosenman, and Christopher Young. He has composed for a wide range of media, including film, television, PC titles, and live performance.

Scott works in the Xbox Advanced Technology Group as the audio content consultant, assisting composers, sound designers, and audio programmers with technical and creative implementation issues in more than one hundred Xbox titles. He previously worked as the test lead and composed sample content for DirectMusic Producer and DirectX Audio Scripting, Windows tools for creating non-repetitive, dynamic, and non-linear musical compositions. He has also worked as a program manager on the MSN Creative Audio team, which focused on the sonification of web content using interactive soundtracks.

Scott is the co-author of a recent book on interactive music entitled DirectX Audio Exposed: Interactive Audio Development (WordWare Publishing). He is the principal violist of several Seattle-area orchestras and ensembles, and is the artistic director of "Hachi Pele," a Jewish a cappella group at the University of Washington. He is also a member of the Seattle Composers Alliance and the Game Audio Network Guild.

Source: Selected articles from Composers of Sound Currents Website - Composers

http://www.soundcurrents.org/composers.html#Scott