David Wilde
BIO
David Wilde is a composer, producer, songwriter and arranger for film, television,
advertising and records. He began his musical training on piano at the age of 5. After
studying under such jazz greats as Rufus Reid, Barry Harris and Dave Samuels, he
received his BM degree in Jazz Studies.
After graduating, David opened Marion Recording Studios and quickly scored a tripleplatinum hit with the hip hop band, Naughty By Nature and the Grammy nominated track
"O.P.P". David produced, played, programmed and recorded the track in his own studio.
More platinum hits followed such as "Hip Hop Hooray" (Naughty By Nature) and "Hey
Mr DJ." (Zhane). David's jazz, rock and pop background and his ability to merge with
new technology proved a perfect fit with the emerging hip hop era.
Across his successful career, David has written and produced music with a diverse group
of premier artists such as Michael Jackson; Hall & Oates; Kool and the Gang; Kathie Lee
Gifford; Queen Latifah and Coolio, and he has also worked on multiple projects with
noted composers such as Alan Menken and Mike Post. In addition, David has written
and produced music for commercial advertising campaigns for global powerhouse clients
such as Maybelline, Pantene, Avon and Chico's.
Adding to these successes, David has also built an impressive track record as a composer
for television, providing the underscore for all the seasons of popular TV series such as
Run's House; Life of Ryan; Daddy's Girls and Candy Girls. In 2009, David wrote the
song "Beautiful You" in collaboration with singer songwriter Audrey Martells, which ran
as a promo for the Lifetime TV show Sherri.
In collaboration with his wife, the talented singer/songwriter Stacy Wilde, David
produced a major label record of her original music and garnered a publishing contract.
The team wrote, recorded and produced the first season promo for the Fox hit TV show
Lie To Me; and in 2009 their song "Lie To Me" was the winner of the prestigious
Hollywood Music and Media Award in the “Best Song: TV” category.
On the wings of their many successes, David and Stacy formed WildeWestMusic. With
trademark speed, the first project they won was to compose and produce the theme song
for the hit Disney XD Live Action Comedy "I'm In The Band". This led to writing and
producing many of the additional songs and music used in the weekly TV series. Now in
their second season with the show, David has taken on all the underscore duties as well.
On the film side, David recently finished working with a full string section at Avatar in
NYC, writing and producing the score for the highly acclaimed independent short film
"The Hirosaki Players", directed by Jeff Sousa.
David currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Both David and Stacy are
represented by Christine Russell at Evolution Music Partners.