Wayne is a television, video game, and film composer and also music producer and audio engineer born and raised in Southern California. His most recent work as a composer and guitar player was featured in the Grammy award winning score for the video game Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarok.
Whether its writing orchestral music for the big screen or mixing a folk album, Wayne thrives on projects that are stylistically diverse, and where his role is to help an artist or director achieve and realize their creative vision. Blending his influences of hard hitting rock and metal, spirited bluegrass, and the nuance and breadth of the orchestra creates the cornerstone of Wayne's sound and musical aesthetic.
After seeing the Boston Pops on TV at age 6, Wayne knew music was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. The emotional connections, the epic and expansive sound of a full orchestra; all of it was so captivating and wondrous. He had to find a way to make music noises on his own, and so much to his grandmother's excitement, 6 year old Wayne asked her to teach him how to play the piano. Already an avid film fanatic at a young age due to family movie nights, he always gravitated towards the scores and found great joy in figuring out movie themes on the piano. At age 10 he wrote his first piece of music, and although it was very short and simple, that feeling of fulfillment from creating original music fueled his desire to be a film composer.
Growing up hearing his parent's classic rock and blues albums, it was inevitable that Wayne would discover the guitar. He started teaching himself to play in high school and very quickly latched onto the awesomeness of rock and progressive metal. There was an immediate connection to the power of those sounds and the almost symphonic-like song structure. But the obsession with noisemakers didn’t stop at the guitar however, and he wanted to play any instrument he could get his hands on. He is now a multi-instrumentalist that plays guitar, piano, bass, mandolin, banjo, hammered dulcimer, percussion, and synths. Driven by a continued curiosity and desire to hone his musical craft, Wayne shipped off to Boston to attend Berklee School of Music where he received a bachelor’s degree in film scoring in 2012. Alongside three very talented Berklee friends, Wayne became a founding member of the symphonic folk metal band Wilderun, playing guitar and also writing and arranging the orchestral backdrop. The band’s 4 full length albums have enjoyed international success, and Wayne supported those albums on American and international tours.
