Dennis Hysom

DENNIS HYSOM ~ Composer/Sound Production
http://www.dennishysom.com

dhysom@compozarts.com

Ph  707-799-0071
8196 Elphick Road

Sebastopol CA 95472

EXPERTISE
• Songwriting
• Radio Production
• Sound Design
• Music Composition
• Project Management
• Editing
• Field Recording
• Voiceover Recording
• Guitar and Keyboard Performance
• Proficient in ProTools, Logic, Wave Plug-ins

ALBUMS
• Composing, Field Recording, Production, Project Management from concept to master.

The "Last Great Places Series" was commissioned by The Nature Conservancy and The Nature Company/Discovery Communications, Inc.

Cloud Forest - Original music with nature recordings from Costa Rica

• Glacier Bay - Original music with nature recordings from Alaska

• Bayou - Original music with nature recordings from Louisiana

• Caribbean - Original music with nature recordings from Belize, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Dominica, and Antigua

• Prairie - Original music with nature recordings from North and South Dakota

• Ocean Planet - Original music with natural sounds from the world’s oceans



COUNTRY SONGS
Blame It On Mama - TOP 40 Country Hit by Capitol Recording Artists The Jenkins



CHILDREN’S MUSIC
• All projects feature Dennis Hysom singing and performing on guitar along with other musicians and character voice talent sourced and directed by Dennis. Also includes all songwriting, creative direction, project management, and sound design. Audio projects have been released through BMG Kidz, United Media Licensing, Tortuga Press and Compozarts.

The Wooleycat’s Favorite Nursery Rhymes /BMG KIDZ/United Media Licensing - 12 original songs audio package
 Winner of 1992 Early Childhood News Directors’ Choice Award
 The 1992 National Parenting Seal of Approval
 The 1993 National Parenting Publications Award (Gold Medal)

•The Wooleycat’s Favorite Fairy Tales - 14 original songs audio package
 Winner of 1992 Early Childhood News Award
 Winner of the 1994 National Parenting Publications Award (Honors Medal)

• The Wonderful World of the Wooleycat - 45-minute home video

• Animal Songs for Everyone - Original and newly arranged traditional songs featuring recordings of animals

• SongPlay Hooray! - 13 original songs audio package
  Winner of the 1990 Parents’ Choice Gold Award the Wooleycat Tales - Original songs on audio cassette
  • Wooleycat's Musical Theater - A 32-page picture book with 10-song CD, published by Tortuga Press, 2003. 
  One of the “Top Ten Winter Book Sense” children’s books of 2003-2004.




RADIO PRODUCTION
• Riverwalk Jazz / Petaluma
• Senior Producer for Riverwalk Jazz – an hour-long NPR PRI distributed Classic Jazz program. As senior producer, I oversaw production of original hour-long programs. I sourced research material for Margaret Pick (Executive Producer), contributed to final script (written by MP) and produced/directed the narration; oversaw final mixes.



SOUND FOR FILM
•Apocalypto

• Provided rainforest ambiences and howler monkey vocalizations for Mel Gibson’s ‘Apocalypto’- currently available in DVD

AUDIO FOR MUSEUMS (All jobs include directing voice talent, recording narration, editing and mixing final stops)
• Antenna Audio
/ Discovery Communications
• Milwaukee Art Museum - Recorded & Edited Biedermeier Furniture Exhibit Audio Tour

• Chicago Marshall Fields -Recorded & Edited Trend House Audio Tour 

•Guggenheim Museum - Edited the Kandinsky Exhibit Director's Audio Tour
Guggenheim Museum - Edited Spanish, French & Italian translations of Director's Tour

• Dallas Museum of Art - Recorded & Edited Fast Forward Modern Art audio tour

• New Orleans Museum of Art- Recorded & Edited 'Femme Femme Femme' Modern Art audio tour

• Alcatraz- Recorded & Edited Blue & Gold audio tour

• Chicago Field Museum- Recorded & Edited audio tour featuring Peter Sagal of NPR's 'Wait Wait Don't Tell Me'

• SF Designer's Showcase- Recorded & Edited audio tour

• Point of Interest Podcasts for San Diego, Boston, Chicago and New York City

• San Juan Capistrano Monument Tour - French & German Translations

• National Palace Museum- China: Mandarin & Japanese Translations

• SFMOMA- Matisse & Beyond

• SFMOMA - Matisse & Beyond iPhone

• Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC- 'Pietre Dure' Exhibit Audio
• Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC – Oceania Exhibit
• Art Institute of Chicago – Medieval to Modern
• SFMOMA – Freda Kahlo
• SFMOMA – Georgia O’Keefe
• Bay Model Podcasts
• Napa Museum – Envisioning The World