Life & Work with Sid De La Cruz

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sid De La Cruz.

Hi Sid, please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I attended San Jose State University and studied both classical and jazz composition. It was there that I was 1st introduced to film scoring. We had a professor who was a film composer but the school didn’t have any film scoring classes, so I asked the professor if he would be interested in teaching a film scoring class. He said yes as long as the school approved of it so I went around, petitioned and got enough signatures. The following semester, film scoring was on the curriculum. After graduating SJSU, I was awarded a fellowship/scholarship to attend Claremont Graduate University to continue to studied classical composition with composer Dr. Peter Boyer & Dr. Edward Zeliff. During my last semester at CGU, I attended UCLA’s Extension Film Scoring program. I was awarded the BMI Jerry Goldsmith Film Scoring Scholarship. After graduating, I interned at Remote Control Productions (Hans Zimmer’s studio) and with Trevor Morris. I was later hired by Trevor.

After my time with Trevor, I branched out on my own. During this time, I also helped out other composers with writing music or editing audio files and things of that nature, all while working on my own projects.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Being on the path to a film composer is a long and difficult road. We have to do a lot of networking and meet a lot of filmmakers in hopes to be able to work together. At times, filmmakers already have a composer that they work with, other times, producers bring in other composers even after you are being considered to score the film and of course just like many music-related fields, it’s very competitive.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am a film composer. I have worked a lot on action films but I also enjoy dramas, comedies, thrillers, documentaries, and romantic comedies.

If you had to, what characteristic of yours would you give the most credit to?
I feel that there are several things that are important. Networking, meeting new filmmakers, understanding music and having a passion for it.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.siddelacruz.com
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/1siddelacruz