Susan Maughlin Wood

Composer for Media and Concert Music

Seattle, WA USA

…is an award-winning independently contracting composer and artist seeking opportunities in film, apps, games and other media. While engaged in writing concert repertoire and chamber arrangements she is a visionary of passion projects including festival darlings music video “Spectratta” (and Butoh dance-fusion “Spectrutoh”) as well as documusic film “Coastal Fire: A Common Diary.” She holds a Master of Music in Film Composition from the Pacific NW Film Scoring Program at SFI, and served as Past President on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Composers Alliance.

“Coastal Fire - A Common Diary” Soundtrack is available for purchase on BandCamp.

“Views are my own, but I’m far from alone.”

AWARDS and SCREENINGS

Vegas Movie Awards - Best Original Score

Central States Indie Fan Film Fest - Best Original Soundtrack over 20 minutes

European Cinematography Awards - Best Experimental Film

Worldfest Houston - Gold Remy Award, Short Subject - Live Action - Narrative

Queen Palm International Film Festival - Gold Award, Original Score

Beyond Earth Film Festival - Best Silent Film

New York Cinematography Awards - Best Original Score (nominated)

Mindfield Film Festival Los Angeles - Diamond Award, Best Score; Platinum Award, Best Music Video

Mindfield Film Festival Albuquerque - Platinum Award, Best Score; Gold Award, Best Music Video

Accolade Competition - Award of Excellence, Original Score; Award of Merit, Liberation/Social Justice/Protest

Global Music Awards - Bronze Award

IndieX Film Festival - Best Editing (nominated)

AltFF Alternative Film Festival - Best North American Docu Short (nominated)

Pune Short Film Festival, India - official selection

Refugees Short Film Fest, Berlin - official selection