Shoghi Hayes
- Composer
- Sound Department
An accomplished and innovative young composer, Shoghi Hayes has written and premiered numerous scores for award winning films across the United States and abroad, and his music has been performed by musicians from the New York Philharmonic and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. His music is known for its richness and beautiful simplicity that demands attention to drama and storytelling. Mark Snow, composer of X-Files, describes his music as "remarkably successful" and "an amazing example of how something so remarkably simple with what you see works so well and holds your attention". His innate sense of musical storytelling is also described as "profoundly effective" by Sean Callery, composer of 24 and Bones, and "refreshing!" by Michael Levine, composer of Cold Case and the Kit-Kat Bar theme song.
In 2016, Shoghi's score for the film Private Eye won the award for Best Sound Score in the 72 Hour Mind2Movie film competition sponsored by Rochester Movie Makers. His most recent works are heard on award winning short films such as Homesick (2015), On the Wall (2016), The Struggle of Malcolm Young (2016), and Roam (2016) as winning films in the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival with the Rochester Institute of Technology. Also in 2016, Shoghi was selected as a featured artist for his composition, "In Hendersight" at the South by Southwest Film and Music Festival in Austin, Texas.
Shoghi received his Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music in 2015. During his years as a student, his innovative jazz/orchestral composition, "Discovery of Twelve", sparked multiple collaborative performances between the Jazz Studies and Strings, Harp, & Guitar departments at Eastman. His piece was later selected by the institution to be professionally recorded and featured on the historic album, Jazz at Eastman 2014. In 2016, he was selected as one of 20 orchestral film composers from around the globe to participate in the prestigious NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop, where he worked with renowned composers such as Sean Callery, Mark Snow, Ira Newborn, Michael Levine, and Mike Patterson.
Since 2015, Shoghi has worked closely with Emmy award winning composer of Blackfish and House of Cards, and founder of the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media, Jeff Beal. He also continues to collaborate with students, faculty, and accomplished alumni from RIT in cutting edge film, commercial, and video game productions. He plans to pursue a Master of Music degree at Eastman as part of the pilot program for the Beal Institute in the Fall of 2016.
In 2016, Shoghi's score for the film Private Eye won the award for Best Sound Score in the 72 Hour Mind2Movie film competition sponsored by Rochester Movie Makers. His most recent works are heard on award winning short films such as Homesick (2015), On the Wall (2016), The Struggle of Malcolm Young (2016), and Roam (2016) as winning films in the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival with the Rochester Institute of Technology. Also in 2016, Shoghi was selected as a featured artist for his composition, "In Hendersight" at the South by Southwest Film and Music Festival in Austin, Texas.
Shoghi received his Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Media at the Eastman School of Music in 2015. During his years as a student, his innovative jazz/orchestral composition, "Discovery of Twelve", sparked multiple collaborative performances between the Jazz Studies and Strings, Harp, & Guitar departments at Eastman. His piece was later selected by the institution to be professionally recorded and featured on the historic album, Jazz at Eastman 2014. In 2016, he was selected as one of 20 orchestral film composers from around the globe to participate in the prestigious NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop, where he worked with renowned composers such as Sean Callery, Mark Snow, Ira Newborn, Michael Levine, and Mike Patterson.
Since 2015, Shoghi has worked closely with Emmy award winning composer of Blackfish and House of Cards, and founder of the Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media, Jeff Beal. He also continues to collaborate with students, faculty, and accomplished alumni from RIT in cutting edge film, commercial, and video game productions. He plans to pursue a Master of Music degree at Eastman as part of the pilot program for the Beal Institute in the Fall of 2016.