SAMO STUDIOS
Hi! I’m Sam, your friendly neighborhood composer, animator, and martial artist!
Project Highlight:
My Album Collection
Released 2018 – 1 hour 42 min ⧖
Released 2015 – 1 hour 20 min ⧖
Vinyl & CDs Coming!
Released 2016 – 33 min ⧖
Vinyl & CDs Coming!
Released 2020 – 40 min ⧖
Released 2019 – 45 min ⧖
Released 2021 – 1 hour 20 min ⧖
More Of My Stuff
I grew up on film & game soundtracks and trying to play back my favorite tunes on my keyboard helped me teach myself everything I know about music. I’ve spent a lot of time making my own arrangements of them, like this Star Trek medley I did long ago, weaving all the themes from the TV shows together into a single score. You can download below if you’d like to support my work!
When I’m not doing arrangements, I do original stuff too! Here are some trailer pieces I composed for the Harry Potter game on XBox Kinect. This is wholly my own music, made to sound like it could have been from the films, so I had to channel my inner John Williams a bit.
If you’re interested in original music for your game or film, I’m always available for commissions!
Just for fun, here’s a look at what I do in my spare time. If you want to know what my childhood was like, just imagine me like this, but smaller!
I have hours and hours of footage just tinkering around, mostly improvising themes from various movies and games and blending them together.
There is also more behind-the-scenes stuff on my YouTube channel, as well as my Patreon!
What Is Samo Studios?
It’s a me! My name is Sam Dillard, a geeky fellow in north Texas, and despite my online moniker I don’t have an actual studio, just a corner in my bedroom where I dabble in all manner of nerdy exploits from composing music to doing 3D animation, video production, artwork, and more!
I am entirely self-taught in all my creative endeavors; I learned to play piano as a kid on cheap old Casio keyboards while trying to pluck out game & movie tunes, and I still don’t know how to read or write music notation. I may be ghetto but I get the job done! Speaking of, if you’re interested in:
🎵 Music Production– full game & film scores, single track commissions
🧱 3D Animation– either fully animated shots or live footage integration
📷 VFX & Compositing– digital touch-ups, particle effects, you name it
🥋 Learning Kung Fu– Xingyiquan, Taijiquan, self-defense, internal skills