Scott W. Hallgren

Scott Hallgren has an extensive list of film, TV, music video, and gaming work as a sound editor, boom operator, and composer, including the Emmy-nominated civil rights documentary "We Shall Not Be Moved: the Nashville Sit-Ins" which also won both a 2011 Silver Telly & Golden CINE Award; the 2007 multiple award-winning "Gracie: diary of a coma patient”; "Sith'd", Best Comedy at the 2006 Comic-con; the 2017 Bronze Telly winning PBS documentary “Perfect 36: How Women Won The Vote”; and 2020’s “Frank”, which won Best Music at the Independent Horror Movie Awards.

He is currently an Associate Professor in Digital Media Production at Kent State University in Ohio.

An early interest in music and film led to him to study both at the University of Miami (Florida). After graduation, Scott relocated to Nashville, and ultimately served as Donna Summer's musical director and pianist. He also toured with Margaret Becker, The Wilkinsons, and Fernando Ortega, after a stint in Steve Wariner's band. He has traveled to over a dozen countries on four continents, performing on concert stage and broadcast, supporting other artists such as: Sir Elton John, Aaron Neville, Andrae Crouch, Gloria Estefan, Ricky Skaggs, Eddy Arnold, Brian Littrell (of Backstreet Boys), David Foster, Larry Gatlin, and Marc Antony. Scott's varied talents as an arranger, composer and performer have also been featured on numerous albums by artists such as: Donna Summer, the history & genre spanning This Is My America (Various Artists), new age artist Seay, and Texas guitar hero Monte Montgomery.