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Biography:

Award-winning Film, TV, Video Game and Media music composer, Miles Ito, grew up in Los Angeles. Over the past decade, he has scored, recorded, and produced soundtracks and albums for dozens of feature films, commercials, shorts, TV and web series, artists, and video games across multiple genres and platforms. Miles recently won "Best Original Music" in the MINN Webfest 2019, is nominated for Best Original Score in the Rio WebFest 2019, and was nominated in 10th annual Indie Series Awards for his work with "After." He recently composed the score for the critically acclaimed Sundance short, "American Paradise." He won "Best Original Score" at the 8th annual Indie Series Awards ceremony for his music score for "Here We Wait" and was also nominated for "Best Original Score" for the ISA9 Awards, "Best Original Music" by the International Academy of Web Television Awards 2017, and "Best Original Score" in the Die Seriale Festival 2017.

Miles was a participant in the prestigious NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop in 2015 where he received mentoring from award-winning film composers such as: Mark Snow (X-Files), Sean Callery (24, Homeland, The Kennedy's), Ira Newborn (Ace Ventura, Naked Gun 2 1/2, Sixteen Candles), Paul Chihara (China Beach), and Mark Suozzo. Miles is an active member and teacher in the Music Interval Theory Academy (MITA) with Thomas Chase Jones (Batman, Gummy Bears, Powerpuff Girls, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Scooby-Doo, Dexter) and studied film music composition with Christopher Young (Spiderman 3, The Grudge 1&2, The Exorcist, Ghost Rider) and arranging and orchestration with Nan Schwartz and the legendary Conrad Pope (Harry Potter, Hobbit, Star Wars, Argo, Life of Pi, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean). Miles holds degrees from UCLA, Arizona State University, and Berklee College of Music in Film and TV Music Composition and Orchestration. Miles Ito's music and versatile style is unique and highly engaging. His music can sweep you from the sweet calm of a mid-summer's day to an instance of relentless heart-aching passion and yearning.