Samhita is a film & media composer, singer-songwriter, and arranger based out of Chicago. Her most recent work includes the original score for the documentary "75 Park" and independent short films, "Heart Square" and "All The While". She is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, with a degree in Film Scoring and a minor in Recording and Production. She began her musical journey in Carnatic vocal music (South Indian Classical), training from the age of three. In 2019, she performed her Carnatic vocal debut arangetram, inducting her into the professional Carnatic music arena. Through her mastery in Carnatic music, she often explores melodic and rhythmic improvisational techniques paralleling Western Jazz music. Samhita is passionate about merging her cultural musical background with a multitude of Western musical genres. She is professionally trained in Western classical vocal styles and techniques, musical theater, contemporary Pop and R&B, and many others. She has co-written and arranged music for many artists, as well as released independent records. She is a YoungArts Scholar, a recipient of the Rebecca Gayle Berger Memorial Scholarship, and is a recipient of the Berklee World Tour Scholarship.…

Samhita Madduru

Samhita is a film & media composer, singer-songwriter, and arranger based out of Chicago. Her most recent work includes the original score for the documentary "75 Park" and independent short films, "Heart Square" and "All The While". She is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, with a degree in Film Scoring and a minor in Recording and Production. She began her musical journey in Carnatic vocal music (South Indian Classical), training from the age of three. In 2019, she performed her Carnatic vocal debut arangetram, inducting her into the professional Carnatic music arena. Through her mastery in Carnatic music, she often explores melodic and rhythmic improvisational techniques paralleling Western Jazz music. Samhita is passionate about merging her cultural musical background with a multitude of Western musical genres. She is professionally trained in Western classical vocal styles and techniques, musical theater, contemporary Pop and R&B, and many others. She has co-written and arranged music for many artists, as well as released independent records. She is a YoungArts Scholar, a recipient of the Rebecca Gayle Berger Memorial Scholarship, and is a recipient of the Berklee World Tour Scholarship.…

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Samhita is a film & media composer, singer-songwriter, and arranger based out of Chicago. Her most recent work includes the original score for the documentary “75 Park” and independent short films, “Heart Square” and “All The While”. She is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, with a degree in Film Scoring and a minor in Recording and Production.
She began her musical journey in Carnatic vocal music (South Indian Classical), training from the age of three. In 2019, she performed her Carnatic vocal debut arangetram, inducting her into the professional Carnatic music arena. Through her mastery in Carnatic music, she often explores melodic and rhythmic improvisational techniques paralleling Western Jazz music.
Samhita is passionate about merging her cultural musical background with a multitude of Western musical genres. She is professionally trained in Western classical vocal styles and techniques, musical theater, contemporary Pop and R&B, and many others. She has co-written and arranged music for many artists, as well as released independent records. She is a YoungArts Scholar, a recipient of the Rebecca Gayle Berger Memorial Scholarship, and is a recipient of the Berklee World Tour Scholarship.

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Language

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Work Experience

Voice and Piano Teacher (Freelance Music Education) at Self-employed, Los Angeles, CA
August 1, 2024 - Present
Providing voice and piano lessons to students, focusing on developing musical skills and vocal techniques.
Junior Music and Sound Creative at amp Sound Branding
July 31, 2023 - August 1, 2025
Analyzed IP and market trends to generate sonic branding briefs and scopes of work on client engagements for Cadillac, Kraft, Docusign, Oscar-Mayer, and others. Identified creative strategies by creating music playlists as blueprints for sonic branding. Collaborated with music production teams to create unique music libraries for clients’ Sonic DNA. Assisted in generating amp’s AI Sonic Mood tagging database using Cyanite.AI software.
Music Coordination and Licensing Assistant at Fremantle Media & Amygdala Music at Original Productions
June 1, 2023 - Present
Led commercial music re-score projects for America’s Got Talent, American Idol, and Australia’s Got Talent for distribution to streaming and FAST platforms using library music catalogs from Fremantle, BMG, Extreme Music, etc. Managed PRO distributions, cue sheets, and syn and master licenses for network productions from Netflix, Discovery, History, Disney, using RapidCue and SoundMouse including titles such as Oklahoma City: An American Terrorist Story, Deadliest Catch, Bering Sea Gold, Family Feud, Storage Wars, and The Great Christmas Light Fight. Cataloged and input metadata for library music using Soundminer.
Office Administrator and Project Assistant, Student Affairs & Student Success at Berklee College of Music
December 31, 2022 - August 1, 2025
Performed office administration and project assistance tasks supporting student affairs and student success teams.

Education

Bachelor of Music at Berklee College of Music
September 1, 2020 - May 31, 2024

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Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services