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Gregory Smith
Gregory Smith (b. 1957, Salem, Ohio) is a self-described “severely eclectic” composer whose professional experience covers the entire range of the musical world from serious chamber music to Broadway to movie scores. His television music can be heard on all of the major networks as well as stations around the world.
The family/educational concert works of Gregory Smith have been performed by more than 100 orchestras totaling over 500 performances. Orchestras such as The Boston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Baltimore Symphony and numerous others have embraced Mr. Smith’s unique approach to family/educational concerts. More recently these works have found an international audience with numerous performances in the UK, China, South Korea, Germany, and New Zealand.
Smith enjoys a long association with the Walt Disney Company and has served as Composer and Music Supervisor for numerous productions at Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Tokyo Disneyland, and Euro Disney. Most recently, he composed and conducted the music for the highly acclaimed nighttime spectacular, Wishes, at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and the music for Disneyland’s 50th anniversary nighttime celebration in 2005. He is also composing and arranging the music for nighttime shows at Euro Disney and the soon to open Hong Kong Disneyland.
Smith's television and film credits range from composing themes for MSNBC, The Discovery Channel, ESPN, TNT, Headline News, scoring for the various Star Trek TV dramas, additional music for The Mighty Ducks (II and III), orchestrations for Con Air and Now and Then, to arranging songs for the Disney animated features Pooh's Grand Adventure and Pochontas II, to composing animation music for Warner Bros. cartoons.
In 2002 Smith was honored to compose the music for the Salt Lake Winter Paralympics, which was performed by the Utah Symphony and chorus. Donny Osmond sang the centerpiece song, “Inspire The Spirit”, during the opening ceremonies.
As a conductor, Smith has recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and Seattle Symphony Orchestra as well as numerous recording studio orchestras in New York, Los Angeles, and London.
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