Composer, Songwriter, Producer
Tom Schraeder is a film composer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist musician. His feature film career began with music for a Blumhouse and Netflix film, and it was his score and original music work for Shudder’s top streamed movie and Brian Bertino’s masterpiece, 'The Dark and The Wicked' that has cemented his work as a rising music talent to know in the horror/thriller genre.
Critical acclaim quickly followed his releases with positive mentions from New York Times, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, and Consequence of Sound for his score and original songwriting. Tom was recognized in 2021 by Hollywood Music Media Awards with “Best Original Horror Score” nomination as well back-to-back Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nominations for “Best Score” in 2021 & 2022.
Schraeder’s compositions also include writing the original songs for film. Variety raved, “[Tom’s] finest work is the closing theme song “Darkness Stalls” - an evocative country folksong with a Gothic streak which he composed and sung himself.”
Most recently, Schraeder’s score collaborations have featured performances by many of the industry’s most revered talent such as Grammy nominated Mars Williams (The Psychedelic Furs) and Nels Cline (Wilco), as well other notable independent musicians.
Schraeder currently resides in New York with his wife while working on various features, including another one with longtime collaborating partner and legendary horror producer/director, Sonny Mallhi (The Strangers, The Dark and The Wicked, Hurt). His next upcoming release is an original song, “Hurried Heart” written and produced for pandemic slasher '18&Over’ starring Ashley Benson, Pamela Anderson, and Paris Hilton.