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Samuel D. Neipp

About Me

Samuel D. Neipp began playing piano early on in life. He wrote his first song at age five. It consisted of three notes. He studied piano under Almadon Shurtleff, Brian Gurski, and Owen Lee for a combined three years. After that, he began writing his own music at the age of fifteen.
By age seventeen, Samuel had released his first CD, Leaving Mediocrity, and had composed music for two documentaries and a Public Service Announcement commercial. It was at this time that he found his love for film music and began to follow that path.
Samuel then went to Virginia where he studied composition under Dr. Keith M. Bradshaw. It was there that Samuel studied theory extensively and completed all his theory, dictation, and aural skills courses in just under a year. He also found a love for 20th century contemporary music and began composing in a variety of styles, including 12-tone, minimalism, jazz, and atonal.
For a brief period Samuel studied with Professor Lynn Shurtleff in Northern California. Though their time together was brief, their time was well spent and Samuel once again broadened his horizons of music.
He then spent 2 years of his life in the far away country of Estonia in eastern Europe, serving a mission for his church. There he continued to write music in his head and in various notebooks, and occasionally had time to get his hands on a piano and play. However, this was no longer his focus. He was dedicated to serving and helping those that he could. Upon his return to the USA, Samuel took up writing music with a new passion and intensity.
Though Samuel has studied film music and contemporary music extensively, he still has a love for new-age classical. He is constantly arranging music for choirs, soloists, and small groups. In 2006, Samuel wrote music for roughly 10 films/film projects. The directors were impressed with his ability to capture the vision and atmosphere of their film, bringing not only melodies, but emotion into the project.
Samuel currently resides in San Jose, California and his newest CD, Divine Resolve, is NOW AVAILABLE! Please contact him for details!
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Member Since: 19/04/2005
Band Website: www.samneipp.com"www.samneipp.com
Influences: John Ottman, Edward Shearmur, Danny Elfman, James Horner, Hans Zimmer, Mark Isham, John Williams, Trevor Rabin, Ennio Morricone, Jon Schmidt, Andrew McMahon, Jim Brickman, Lynn Shurtleff, Keith Bradshaw, Taylor McCarrey, Stenographic Grandeur, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Timothy Martinez, Phillip Glass, Harry Gregson-Williams, Randy Edelman
Sounds Like: film music
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

She’s With Me (Film Link Inside!)

"She's With Me" is a short film about two men who wake up in the same bed on either side of someone who they each think they hooked up with the night before. However, their account of how they got to ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:28:00 GMT

Love Struck (Film Link Inside!)

For Love Struck, I teamed up with Trigen Pictures, which is headed by writer/director Sumit Mahawar. "In this comedic love story where a young man tries to get the attention of a young nurse during hi...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:53:00 GMT

Echo (Film Link Inside!)

We just wrapped up post-production on the latest Marc Stayman film, "Echo". Marc wrote and directed it, and it was produced by Rachel Laws. It's an intricate short film about a young man who lives the...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:37:00 GMT

Studio Up!

My new studio is up and running! The Intense Demo is the first result of it. More demos will be put up rapidly over the next few days! Please keep listening and checking back for updates and new music...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:11:00 GMT

Divine Resolve CD Release!

My second CD, Divine Resolve, became available officially today for purchase! It has been a long time coming. I finished recording at Smile Productions in Provo, Utah nearly a year and a half ago. I h...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:38:00 GMT

Bussing 39

Scoring Bussing 39 has been an amazing experience for me! I originally came onto the project as an actor. I play Steve, a friend of the main character Rusty. (played by writer/director Wesley Horner) ...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:58:00 GMT

The Osher Project

My first project this year was through the company Millennial Productions in Santa Clara, CA. I was brought on through their editor, Eric, whose final film project I scored last year. I was given abou...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:49:00 GMT