Tom Graczkowski is a composer, graphic designer and the Creative Director at Saturn Digital Media.  He was recognized in Keyboard Magazine as their "Unsigned Artist of the Month" and honored by Studio 306 in Toronto with an "Outstanding Achievement" Award for excellence in audio post production.  Tom’s TDimension Studios is dedicated to providing audio services of the highest quality on time and on budget.  These include original music composition or licensing, sound design and sound editing for visual media including but not limited to TV, commercials, film, animation, web and video games.  Tom’s music can be heard in numerous independent films, couple interactive projects and plays.  In 2011 he was approached to create an original soundtrack for The Phantom Tollbooth (Click Here) stage play for the Plymouth High school which was a big hit. The rewarding experience has lead to Tom scoring two more plays for the high school - Jason and the Argonauts in 2012 followed by The Pirate Show in 2013.  When scoring a project, Tom’s mission is to pieces of music that tell stories and invoke genuine emotions.  Tom’s "Infected" theme (Click Here) was the winner of the 2009 Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) apprentice music contest and announced during the 7th annual G.A.N.G. Audio Awards (Click Here) ceremony held in San Francisco, California.  His "Dark Knight Redemption" theme (Click Here) found its way to the top 10 charts 3 times on Broadjam.com.  Tom is also the recipient of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest "Honorable Mention" for his electronica composition "Space (Wide Open Place)".

As an informant, Tom was invited to contribute to three books, the Complete Guide to Game Audio by Aaron Marks (Click Here), the Game Audio Development by Aaron Marks and Jeannie Novak as well as the Game Industry Career Guide by Michael E. Moore and Jeannie Novak. Furthermore, TriOS College in London, Ontario invited him to give a presentation to their game design students about all things game audio. His experience, creativity, positive attitude and desire to go above and beyond make him a great choice to work with you on your next project.

Select Music Credits

2013

• The Pirate Show (stage play score)

2012

• Jason And The Argonauts (stage play score) − Full Soundtrack Download

2011

• Media Centre GUI (loopable theme)
• PC Soccer Game project (menu theme, some sound design)
• Licensed score to Volcano Theatre Company for the Phantom Tollbooth stage play.  See poster


• Mystical Voyage cue licensed to Promise Phan for her "Fantasy Elf Queen Make-up Tutorial" video (Click Here)


• Mystical Voyage licensed to Agape Flights video commermorating the 2010 Haiti Earthquake Relief Effort (Click Here)

2010

• The Phantom Tollbooth stage stage play score presented by Plymouth Highschool (Click Here)

2008

• "Caught Red Handed" cue licensed for indie film − Pip and Zastrow: An American Legend (IMdb)

2007

• "Catch that Penguin" cue licensed to Australian indie film − A Touch of Courage

2002

• Scored Yoga at Sandy video released on DVD

Awards and Recognitions

2009

• Zombie theme "Infected" (Click Here) wins the Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Music Apprentice contest.  Winner announced at the 7th annual G.A.N.G Awards in San Francisco, California (Click Here)

2005

• "Outstanding Achievement" Award for excellence in Digital Applications (DA) Program at Fanshawe College presented by Studio 306 of Toronto

2004

• Best Music Programming Award − Fanshawe College

2003

• Keyboard Magazine recognition of "Unsigned Artist of the Month"

2001

• Space (wide open place) receives an Honorable Mention in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest

Other Credits and Activities

2014

• Designed the official website for Saturn Digital Media
• Designed digital event board layout for Best Western Lamplighter Inn and Conference Centre in London, Ontario
• Designed digital event board layout for Holiday Inn Downtown Toronto

2010

• Invited by TriOS College to do one hour lecture on game audio to video game design students


• Contributed to book: Game Industry Career Guide by Michael E. Moore and Jeannie Novak

2009

• Contributed to book: Complete Guide to Game Audio 2nd Edition by Aaron Marks


• contributed to book: Game Development Essentials: Game Audio Development by Jeannie Novak and Aaron Marks


• Participated in a score reading event presented by the Screen Composers Guild of Canada (S.C.G.C.), my "John Connor" theme was performed live by a 40 piece orchestra and recorded at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto

2004

• Assisted Juno Award winning engineer Kevin Doyle (Passion of Christ, Lazurus Child) at the mixing console during his presentation on surround mixing − Fanshawe College