Biography
Artist, Composer and Producer Tom Salta (www.tomsalta.com) writes emotionally charged electronic music for TV, videogames and movies. Combining his expertise in programming, tech and mixing hit records with the highest production values, Tom Salta creates powerful melodies and hooks with a hybrid of lush orchestral strings and edgey dance music elements.
Tom Salta's music was selected by MTV for the popular wrestling reality show "Tough Enough" and he created the main theme for The Discovery Channel's 2003 season of "Wild Discovery". Most recently Volvo contracted Salta's music for a forthcoming U.S. commercial and the tie-in "Making of" DVD. Productions by GMC, Infiniti and NBC also feature music by Tom Salta.
In the recording industry Tom Salta has toured with and/or worked on releases by a diverse array of artists such as Mary J. Blige, Junior Vasquez, Everything But The Girl, Primer 55, Deep Forest, Peter Gabriel, Sinead O'Connor, Bobby Brown, Sascha, Amy Grant, Julio Iglesias Jr., Arthur Baker, Point Of Grace, 38th Parallel and TLC. His album credits include Cher's "Believe", Whitney Houston's "Greatest Hits" and Universal's platinum-selling "Pop Stars 2".
Tom Salta's co-writer/producer collaboration with pop dance outfit QED yielded a Top 10 Hit Single in the UK dance charts for their debut release "Hardly A Day" (Big Fish Records). Salta also co-wrote/produced songs on QED's debut album "Mobius" (Siren Records), a Critics Choice Album in Billboard (Jan. '04), and was co-producer for the first US single "Love Bites", a remake of Def Leppard's classic rock ballad.
His debut Atlas Plug album "2 Days Or Die" (Persist Records) includes the pulsating videogame track "2 Days Or Die" which is featured as the opening cinematic music to Microsoft's Xbox title RalliSport Challenge 2, and "Rule The World" which has been licensed for Namco's Street Racing Syndicate.
Tom Salta is represented by Bob Rice of Four Bars Intertainment.
For more information visit www.tomsalta.com
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