greg smith, composer

“One of the pleasures of the Cabrillo Festival is its ability to infuse recent music with both the excitement of discovery and the assured presence of repertory pieces...”

--San Francisco Cronicle

Gregory Smith (b. 1957) is one of the increasingly rare composers whose professional experience covers the entire range of the musical world from serious chamber music to movie scores.

His television music may be heard on all of the major networks as well as stations around the world. Current television credits include the ESPN College Football theme, the theme to "On The Inside" on the Discovery Channel and the theme to "Market Week" on CNBC. Smith is presently completing composition of the half-hour opening ceremony music for the February 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympics which will be telecast internationally.

Smith has scored dozens of episodes of the various "Star Trek" television series including the new "Enterprise" series. Smith has also arranged and conducted the songs for the Disney animated features "Pooh's Grand Adventure," and "Pocahontas II, Journey to a New Land." Enjoying a long association with the Walt Disney Company, he has served as Composer and Music Supervisor for numerous major productions at Disney theme parks around the world.

As a conductor, Smith has recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony as well as with numerous studio orchestras in New York and Los Angeles.

Smith's concert works include orchestral, orchestral with narrator, choral and pops works. His Young People's Concert/Educational works have been performed by the Boston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, The Minnesota Orchestra, KBS Symphony (Korea) and numerous others. Smith often appears as narrator for these works.