Michael Van Bodegom Smith
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Interview with the
Roland Corporation
“If you don't understand how to work in a DAW, dive in, and you’ll learn as you go. Keep putting it off, and you may never start at all.”
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Michael Van Bodegom-Smith is best known for contributing additional music to the Netflix series Princess Power and scoring the award-winning short Kenya’s Symphony. When he’s not busy composing, he can be found orchestrating or recording the trumpet and trombone for others’ scores. To him, it is this delicate balance that keeps his business afloat...
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Broadway World
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
He’s here, he’s queer (coded), and...funny. Director Matthew Masino’s production of playwrights Gordon Greenberg and Steven Rosen’s gender-bending farce of gothic horror DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS is a 90 minute delight...
Kids First!
Kenya's Symphony
There are two main characters in the film, the mother and Kenya, her young daughter who is spunky and spirited. There is no dialogue, but lots of music, which is excellent and well chosen. My favorite part of the film is the scene where the little girl discovers her passion for music. It is so exciting and the music scoring at the moment is beautiful...
A bit about me!
Michael Van Bodegom Smith is a Grammy-certificated, Los Angeles-based composer, producer, and brass instrumentalist whose work spans animated children’s programming, indie film and theatre productions, and summer blockbusters. Hailing from Chicago, Michael honed his skills writing additional music for major media projects, developing a reputation for his patient collaboration, rapid problem-solving, and innovative, out-of-the-box creative solutions.
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Building a strong foundation in the industry, Michael quickly racked up credits from critically acclaimed movies and TV series such as The Invitation, Strays, and Marvel’s Ironheart. Leveraging this experience, he continued to expand his portfolio by contributing to series like National Geographic’s Katrina, Netflix’s international hit series Princess Power, Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake, and widely recognized franchises like Pokémon: Path to the Peak and Star Wars Outlaws. Over the past five years, Michael has music directed four full-length stage musicals, two of which were original pieces, and has written and recorded original scores for seven plays based in both Los Angeles and Chicago.
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Outside of his work in visual media, Michael is an avid participant in the Los Angeles music scene as a songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. His original music ranges from instrumental compositions for the concert hall to Pop-Funk/RnB fusions. As a performer, Michael frequently gigs for independent artists around Los Angeles and works as a session musician for film and TV. His credits as an instrumentalist include titles like The Ghost of Molly McGee, Lego Star Wars, and Zombies: The Reanimated Series. Michael is a proud voting member of the Television Academy and the Recording Academy. He is also professionally affiliated with the Society of Composers and Lyricists, Composers Diversity Collective, The Alliance for Women Film Composers, WVZ MFG Publishing Co, and the Raai Collective.
Based in Mid-City with his partner in crime and colorful fish, Michael is a dedicated practitioner of MMA, long hikes, and anything involving being out and about with good company.
