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| Popular As | George Shaw |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Age | years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | December 10, 1751 () |
| Birthday | December 10 |
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George Shaw’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius. According to astrologers, Sagittarius is curious and energetic, it is one of the biggest travelers among all zodiac signs. Their open mind and philosophical view motivates them to wander around the world in search of the meaning of life. Sagittarius is extrovert, optimistic and enthusiastic, and likes changes. Sagittarius-born are able to transform their thoughts into concrete actions and they will do anything to achieve their goals.
George Shaw was born in the Year of the Goat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Goat enjoy being alone in their thoughts. They’re creative, thinkers, wanderers, unorganized, high-strung and insecure, and can be anxiety-ridden. They need lots of love, support and reassurance. Appearance is important too. Compatible with Pig or Rabbit.
George's origin story begins in Houston, Texas during the 80's and 90's, where he developed musical powers as a result of a childhood of exposure to Saturday morning cartoons, superhero comics, movies about aliens, monsters, mutants, time travel, action heroes and Jedi.
The melodies of John Williams, Alan Menken, and Alan Silvestri inspired his early forays into composing tunes for storytelling.In time he would study classical and film/media composing and become a musical storyteller who composes orchestral thematic music for film, television, musicals, video games, trailers, and online content.
YouTube videos featuring George's music have amassed over 200 million views. George co-wrote "Ode to Geeks" with Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee, composed for Geek & Sundry including Wil Wheaton's popular TableTop (2012) show, scored Escape the Night (2016) one of YouTube Red's top rated shows, music directs the Geekie Awards, and created the viral hit Star Wars Musical (2014) which has nearly half a million views, followed up by Netflix Musical: Frozen Parody (2014) which stars Harry Shum Jr.
(Glee, Shadowhunters) and Chrissa Sparkles.Other collaborations with top YouTube personalities include NigaHiga, Kevjumba, Wong Fu Productions, Michelle Phan, Jeremy Lin, the Fung Brothers, and Harry Shum Jr.
George has also had collaborations with popular musical artists: David Choi, Clara C, Jason Chen, Abraham Lim, Paul Dateh and Dawen.George's range of work also covers 17 feature film credits, custom music for trailers (including Lionsgate's "Peacock"), over 60 short films, and video games.
George composed the score for the NigaHiga & Wong Fu featurette Agents of Secret Stuff (2010), which garnered over three million views in the first five days of its release.George's latest feature is Baby Steps (2015), produced by Oscar-nominated Li-Kong Hsu, producer of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000).
Past features include Hang Loose (2012), starring Kevin "Kevjumba" Wu, Dante Basco (Rufio from Spielberg's HOOK, & voice of Prince Zuko in Avatar: Last Airbender), and Justin Chon (Twilight), Uploaded: The Asian American Movement (2012), a documentary about a generation of Asian American artists finding a voice through new media (which also features George as an interviewee), and Flashback (2011), a time travel adventure/comedy entirely shot on green screen and made by 3 guys working in their garage over an 8 year period.
George's TV work includes producing tracks for performances on America's Got Talent, and licensing music to So You Think You Can Dance, Millionaire Matchmaker, Momma's Boy, My Antonio and Obsessed.In addition to composing, George orchestrates, working on noteworthy films including Ghost Rider (2007), The Darwin Awards (2006), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) and Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006).
George studied composition and film scoring at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, taking part in its world-class Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program. While there, he studied composition with Frank Ticheli, Donald Crockett and Stephen Hartke.
He was selected to participate in the ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop and the BMI Conducting Workshop. In 2007, he was a Film Independent Project: Involve fellow, a filmmaker mentorship program that paired him with Emmy-nominated composer Christopher Lennertz (Agent Carter, Horrible Bosses, Sausage Party, Supernatural).
George is one of eight composer finalists selected to the Universal Film Music Composer Initiative: DreamWorks Animation, the first Hollywood studio program to nurture diverse voices in composing, and includes mentorship with Universal Film Music executives and DreamWorks Animation executives.
George plays clarinet, piano, guitar and a variety of exotic woodwind instruments from around the world. He resides in Los Angeles, where in his limited free time, he can surf and snowboard in the same day.
His plans for world domination include earning an EGOT, becoming more famous than Irish-playwright George Bernard Shaw, and perfecting time travel.
