Let Music Compose its own Narrative: Tom Hiel at TEDxVeniceBeach

Tom Hiel is an award-winning composer for film and television, and solo piano artist, living and working in Santa Monica. Hiel is best known for his work on the television show "The Practice" which he composed the background underscore on 88 episodes for the last four years of the show. Hiel is also known for his score for the film "Swimming with Sharks" starring Kevin Spacey. Recently Hiel has composed the score for "A Plumm Summer" starring Henry Winkler, William Baldwin and narration by Jeff Daniels. Hiel has also contributed additional underscore, orchestration, and arranging talents to the following major motion pictures: "Red Eye", "Cursed", "Good Boy", "Rugrats Go Wild", "Rugrats Go to Paris", "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys", "Angel Eyes", "The First 20 Million", and "Scary Movie 2", working with composers Marco Beltrami, and Mark Mothersbaugh.

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