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Erica Porter is an classically trained pianist and internally trained contemporary composer based in Los Angeles. Her films have been showcased at prestigious festivals and events, including the American Psychiatric Association, LUMA Festival (UK), The Graddies, Palm Beach International Film Festival, Kalmthout Film Festival (Belgium), BAM, and NewFest, among others. In 2023, her film Nambi premiered and won the Audience Award at the Kalmthout Belgium Film Festival. In 2024, her films Savior Complex and Ivan Brooks, Legend in His Own Time won Audience Awards at both the 48-Hour Film Festival L.A. and the International 48-Hour Film Festival. As of 2025, Drip Like Coffee premiered at The Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA, and BFI Flare London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival in March 2025. She’s worked as an composing assistant on projects such as The Boys, Sausage Party, Back in Action, and The Pickup, gaining experience across major studio productions. Erica’s scoring style blends orchestral depth with emotional clarity—crafted to support story, world, and character.
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Work Experience
Music Composer | NAMBI at Erica Porter Music
December 31, 2022 - March 31, 2023Scheduled and led weekly meetings to discuss cinematic updates, spotting notes, and project milestones. Maintained clear and consistent communication with the producer and director to ensure alignment on all cues throughout the scoring process. Demonstrated reliability and adaptability by meeting tight and extended deadlines with a proactive and solutions-focused approach. Composed emotionally distinctive and original cues that enhanced the narrative and brought depth to the story. Delivered timely updates and revisions, maintaining efficiency during high-pressure phases of production. Offered creative variations on requested cues, broadening the artistic scope and contributing dynamic solutions to pivotal scenes. Supplied comprehensive delivery materials to the producer, director, and sound engineer, ensuring seamless integration throughout the compositional process.
Music Compsoer | Drip Like Coffee Feature Film at Erica Porter Music
January 31, 2024 - April 30, 2024Collaborated closely with the director, taking daily notes and implementing edits or revisions promptly to ensure alignment with the creative vision. Produced a minimum of 3 minutes of original music daily, maintaining a consistent workflow to meet tight production deadlines. Organized and led revision meetings with the director to address feedback, confirm project alignment, and ensure deadlines were met with high-quality results. Designed personalized templates tailored to the film’s emotional narrative, enhancing the soundtrack and score's resonance with the story. Coordinated with Budapest Scoring to facilitate recording sessions in Hungary, managing all logistics to ensure a smooth and efficient process. Prepared detailed sessions, stems, and guides for recording sessions, and orchestrated the score personally to ensure clarity and cohesion for musicians. Provided stereo reference tracks for musicians, streamlining the recording process and ensuring accuracy during performance.
Composer & Sound Designer | Live by the Sword Tactics at Erica Porter Music
February 1, 2020 - August 29, 2021Fulfilled weekly goals for musical aspects during game development. Scheduled in-person and Zoom meetings with the director bi-weekly to ensure proper musical direction. Applied feedback to musical approaches to foster growth in the writing process. Annotated a range of musical concepts to match corresponding cutscene cues. Collaborated with internal and external developers to better understand the relationship between game creation and the musical process. Analyzed three cinematic scripts per week for gaming cutscenes, applying music theory and history to meet deadlines. Adapted temporary tracks with new ideas and scopes for the score and integrated added FX into cues.
Music Composer | WallDale Feature Film at Erica Porter Music
February 27, 2023 - September 30, 2025Collaborated weekly with the director to interpret and refine the film's evolving creative vision, adapting musical direction based on detailed feedback to enhance emotional tone and storytelling clarity. Composed and delivered multiple original cues per day under tight production deadlines, balancing speed with consistent thematic integrity across scenes and sequences. Developed musical sketches into fully orchestrated and partial hybrid synth-heavy, production-ready cues, using era-specific instrumentation and stylistic techniques to match the project’s cinematic setting and tone. Composed original themes and recurring motifs that underscored character development, emotional beats, and major narrative shifts throughout the film or episodic arc. Synchronized musical cues precisely to turnover pictures, shaping pacing, transitions, and dramatic tension in close alignment with directorial vision.
Music Composer | The Windows Between Us at Erica Porter Music
January 1, 2022 - April 1, 2022Composer Assistant at Red Castle Inc.
May 7, 2023 - March 31, 2025Purchased, installed and troubleshot software within the main system and team software. Developed and implemented streamlined workflows for tracking project timelines, cue sheets, and all deliverables, enhancing overall team efficiency. Coordinated large-scale recording sessions, managing logistics for orchestras and ensembles, including booking venues, travel scheduling, and musician contracts. Onboarded new team members with paperwork and setup documents, Slack, Spreadsheets, and required software. Fulfilled daily tasks for project teams and coordinated schedules to meet deadlines. Collaborated with team members, composers, assistants, executives, production teams, and tech support weekly to ensure all aspects of various projects functioned at high potential. Held weekly check-ins with the CEO to ensure needs were met. Managed teams larger than 10 people per project across platforms.
Education
Bachelor of Music - Piano Performance at Florida Southern College
August 18, 2014 - May 4, 2018Master of Arts - Contemporary Composition at University of York
October 1, 2019 - January 21, 2021Master of Music - Film Scoring at Berklee College of Music
April 12, 2021 - June 24, 2022Qualifications
Industry Experience
Media & Entertainment, Gaming
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