COMPOSER+ SONGWRITER TOMMY WALTER
Tommy Walter is a Los Angeles–based songwriter and composer for film and television. Most recently, he completed work on the two-season reboot of Clone High — produced by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller (Spider-Man, Project Hail Mary) and Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Shrinking) — now streaming on Max. His scoring work spans films, television series, and high-profile campaigns and trailers for clients including Disney+, Sony, DreamWorks, and HBO.
Tommy’s music career began as a founding member of the critically acclaimed band Eels. The group’s debut album, Beautiful Freak, and its breakout single “Novocaine for the Soul” earned international acclaim, including a BRIT Award for Best International Breakthrough Act. Following his time with EELS, Tommy launched his solo project Abandoned Pools, releasing five albums to date and a sixth one in production. The single “The Remedy” reached No. 1 on the MTV2 Rock Countdown, and the band toured extensively across the U.S., Europe, and Japan, sharing stages with artists like Garbage, Lenny Kravitz, Pink, and A Perfect Circle.
A native of Los Angeles, Tommy spent his formative summers studying French horn and jazz bass at Idyllwild Arts Academy and Interlochen Center for the Arts. He continued his classical training at USC, performing with the university’s symphony before shifting his focus to composition. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Theory & Composition and completed USC’s renowned Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program.
CREDITS
FILM AND TELEVISION
Clone High, Season 1, theme song, Mtv
Clone High, Season 2 & 3 (20 episodes), Producers: Bill Lawrence, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, streaming on Max
This Is Us, NBC (additional composition)
Fatherhood, Hank Azaria documentary
Dark, Deadly & Dreadful, Director: Jeanne Jo, Amazon Prime
The Dawn Wall (soundtrack)Punch Me, Director: Jeanne Jo
Sock Monkee Therapy (10 episodes) Producer: Tim Schlattmann (Dexter, Under the Dome)
The Balloon (soundtrack)
Barely Famous, VH1
The Call Centre, BBC Television
People Like Us, BBC Television
Cowboys and Angels, BBC Television
Falling For You, web-series starring Kristen Bell
Blonde Charity Mafia, Theme: “What’s a Girl To Do,” Mtv UK
General Hospital, “Just Like That,” producer, Daytime Emmy nominated song
My Best Friend’s Girl (soundtrack), Lionsgate
Mansfield, Director: Tom Banks
Rachel From New York, Director: Jeanne Jo (for Paul Feig’s Powderkeg Media)
Tampoon, Director: Jeanne Jo
The Films of Avi Krum, Director: Nick Musurca
Pride, Director: Evan Kaufmann
Caroline’s Unconventional Birthday Party, Director: Roman Nesis
Slaughter (soundtrack), After Dark Films
The Stepfather (soundtrack), Sony Pictures Entertainment
Winter Passing (soundtrack), Focus Features
Underclassmen (soundtrack), Miramax
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (soundtrack), Myriad Pictures
MERITS
BRIT Award, Eels, Best International Breakthrough Act
Advertising Federation Gold Award for Original TV Music (Target, Art Unfolds)
Platinum album in the UK and France for Eels’ Beautiful Freak
EDUCATION
University of Southern California: BM in Composition & Theory and Certificate of advanced studies in Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television
TRAILERS
Disney+, launch trailer
My Psychedelic Love Story, Showtime
Thank You For Your Service, Dreamworks
ALPHA, Sony
Game of Thrones, HBO
ADVERTISING
Target
Microsoft
Sprint
Subaru
Union Pacific Railroad
Portland Trailblazers
DISCOGRAPHY
Abandoned Pools, The Haunted House, LQP Records
Supraliminal, Position Music
Philanthropia, Position Music
Abandoned Pools, Somnambulist, Hype/Mtv
Abandoned Pools, Sublime Currency, Tooth & Nail
Abandoned Pools, Armed to the Teeth, Universal
Abandoned Pools, The Reverb EP, Universal
Abandoned Pools, Humanistic, Extasy/Warner Bros
Eels, Beautiful Freak, Dreamworks
Eels, B-Sides and Rarities, Meet the eels, Dreamworks
Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart, Epic — Programming, Production
Better Than Ezra, Paper Empire — Additional Production
Graham Colton, Pacific Coast Eyes — Mixer, Producer, Songwriter
Graham Colton, Here Right Now, Universal — Songwriter, Performer, Additional Production
Lifehouse, Out of the Wasteland — Additional Production
Faber Drive, Seven Second Surgery, Universal/Republic — String arrangement
Oliver The Penguin, Button Pusher
TAB The Band, Zoo Noises — Mixer
Blanca Apodaca, Butterfly Core — Mixer, Producer, Songwriter