DeAndre James Allen-Toole
Composer for Film, Television, Games, & New Media Arts
DeAndre (b. 1993) is a young composer originally from Detroit, Michigan, where he first began cultivating his love of music at an early age as a performer in various instrumental and vocal ensembles. In 2011, DeAndre began studying music at Wayne State University before transferring to Columbia College Chicago, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in music composition in 2015. DeAndre then enrolled in Columbia College Chicago's Music Composition for the Screen graduate program directed by Kubilay Üner. During his studies, DeAndre was selected as a 2016 Game Audio Network Guild Scholar before earning his Master of Fine Arts degree in 2017.
Upon moving to Los Angeles, DeAndre interned with Mac Quayle before filling his awarded spot in the Television Academy Foundation's summer internship program, during which he worked as part of Bear McCreary's team at Sparks & Shadows. Afterward, DeAndre went on to write and arrange additional music for Joshua Moshier on DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders while also providing miscellaneous assistance to Heather McIntosh on multiple projects. DeAndre then served as a full-time assistant to Theodore Shapiro before returning to his freelance career. Recently, DeAndre has completed work for composers Tyler Strickland, Jongnic Bontemps, and Michael Abels while continuing his own work on a handful of independent projects.
DeAndre's distinctions include:
To contact DeAndre, please use the contact form provided at the bottom of this page, or email contact@deandre.at.
Upon moving to Los Angeles, DeAndre interned with Mac Quayle before filling his awarded spot in the Television Academy Foundation's summer internship program, during which he worked as part of Bear McCreary's team at Sparks & Shadows. Afterward, DeAndre went on to write and arrange additional music for Joshua Moshier on DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders while also providing miscellaneous assistance to Heather McIntosh on multiple projects. DeAndre then served as a full-time assistant to Theodore Shapiro before returning to his freelance career. Recently, DeAndre has completed work for composers Tyler Strickland, Jongnic Bontemps, and Michael Abels while continuing his own work on a handful of independent projects.
DeAndre's distinctions include:
- 2020 Sundance Institute Film Music & Sound Design Lab Fellow
- Composers Diversity Collective Executive Committee Member (Communications Co-Chair)
- 2018-2020 Advisory Council Member for the Music Composition for the Screen MFA Program at Columbia College Chicago
- 69th Primetime Emmy Awards Trophy Presenter
- 2017 Television Academy Foundation "Emmy" Internship Winner
- 2016 Game Audio Network Guild Scholar
- 2015 Graduate Merit Award Winner at Columbia College Chicago
To contact DeAndre, please use the contact form provided at the bottom of this page, or email contact@deandre.at.
Orchestral/Hybrid Showcase
Electronic/Groove-based Showcase
Résumé
| DeAndre James Allen-Toole, Mid-2020 Résumé |
Credits
Film & Television
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8079848/
Video Games
Disassembled (2017, Oculus Rift) - Composer
Unlisted /To Be Listed/In Progress
The Singletons (Short, 2020) – Composer
Sisters (Short, 2020) – Composer
Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Documentary, Unknown Release) – Additional Music
Nasrin (Documentary, 2019) – Additional Music
DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (TV Series, 2019) – Additional Music, Orchestrator
Pick Boys (Animated Short, 2018) – Composer
The Whatever Years (TV Pilot, 2018) – Composer
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8079848/
Video Games
Disassembled (2017, Oculus Rift) - Composer
Unlisted /To Be Listed/In Progress
The Singletons (Short, 2020) – Composer
Sisters (Short, 2020) – Composer
Hot Chocolate Nutcracker (Documentary, Unknown Release) – Additional Music
Nasrin (Documentary, 2019) – Additional Music
DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (TV Series, 2019) – Additional Music, Orchestrator
Pick Boys (Animated Short, 2018) – Composer
The Whatever Years (TV Pilot, 2018) – Composer