Jeffrey Daijiro Taylor (b. 1999).

My name is Jeffrey Daijiro Taylor, and I am a music composer, audio designer, and project coordinator. I have composed music for films, video games, and various media, alongside maintaining a personal library of original works. In the audio realm, I have experience as a film post-production audio mixer, sound designer, and audio programmer. Most recently, I held a full-time position as a project coordinator on the audio description team at Deluxe Media in Burbank, CA. As one of the largest post-production companies in the world, Deluxe Media specializes in film and video game audio mastering, localization, cinema, and distribution.

In college, I earned a Bachelor of Music in Composition with Magna Cum Laude honors from Ithaca College’s School of Music. Two of my significant works during this time were “Dreams Beyond Earth” for orchestra and “The Mist” for SSAATTBB choir. “Dreams Beyond Earth” was selected as the winner of the college’s prestigious best orchestral composition competition, judged by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy-nominated composer Fredrik Kaufmann.

Since graduating college, I’ve managed a diverse array of music composition and audio design projects while also working as a project coordinator. Most recently, at Deluxe, I had the honor of serving as the Audio Description Coordinator for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Shadows. Thanks to my team's efforts, Shadows is set to become one of the few video games fully accessible to the blind and low-vision community. As a freelancer, I composed music and handled post-production audio mixing for Moments Fleeting, which won an award from the prestigious Directors Guild of America. Additionally, I contributed as an audio mixer for the short documentary Kowloon, which received the Honorable Mention for Best Short Doc at Palm Springs Shortfest.

Education

August 2017 - May 2021:
Bachelor of Music in Music Composition
​GPA: 3.825 (Magna Cum Laude)

Certifications

January 2022:
- (AudioKinetic) Wwise 301 Certification: Wwise Unity Integration
March 2021:
- (AudioKinetic) Wwise 101 Certification: Wwise Fundamentals

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Awards

- (Winner)  "Best Soundtrack" Oniros Film Awards
- (Winner)  "Best Soundtrack" New York International Film Awards (NYIFA)
- (Finalist)  "Best Soundtrack" Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
- (Winner)  "Jack Downey Choral Composers Competition Award" 
Ithaca College
- (2nd Place)  "International Film Scoring Competition" 
The Indie Gathering
- (Honorable Mention) "International Trailer Scoring Competition" 
The Indie Gathering
- (Winner) Orchestral Composition Competition, Ithaca College

Formal Work Experience

Deluxe Media - Project Coordinator for the Audio Description Dept. (Sept. 2022 - Current)
Audio description is an accessibility format for film and games designed for blind and low-vision individuals, functioning like subtitles for those who cannot see the screen. It enables users to enjoy media through narration, similar to listening to an audiobook. In my role, I manage the workflow, calendar, and files for multiple TV shows and films, coordinating efforts between audio mixers, voice actors, and screenwriters throughout the average project cycle.

Job Details:
- Prep and format audio & video files (AAF, Pro-Res, MXF etc.) for Pro Tools mixing sessions.
- Communicate costs, workflow & security standards with studios like Ubisoft, Disney and Warner Bros.
- Ensure mixes meet client mastering specs (ATMOS, 7.1, 5.1 & Stereo LUFS & TP levels) 
- Softwares regularly used include: Pro Tools, VMWare (cloud server), Excel, Teams, Jira, Slack, Outlook.

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Film Scoring

Fed the Frog
Co-Composer
Director: Kaiwen Yu (2023)​​

They Live Forever
Music Composer
Director: Frankie Mo'Nay Walls (2021)​​

Running on Empty
Music Composer
Director: Jordan Brown (2021)​​

Moments Fleeting
Music Composer
Director: Justin Li (2021)​​ IMDB

Loretta
Music Composer
Director: Matt Wolf (2021)

There is a Hole in the Ground
Music Composer
Director: Aidan Cronin (2020) IMDB

Never Last
Music Composer
Director: Justin Li (2020) IMDB

Ennui
Music Composer
Director: Micaela Wilner (2019)

Till the End of Time
Music Composer
Director: Aidan Cronin (2019) IMDB

Like She Breathes
Music Composer
Director: Josie Klein (2019) IMDB

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Film Audio Mixing

Awake
Audio Mixer (5.1 & Stereo)
Director: John Dekerlegand (TBA)

The Nameless Luna (Vertical Web Series)
Audio Mixer (Stereo)
Producer: Jordan Henderson (TBA)

Cutezatorii
Audio Mixer (5.1 & Stereo)
Directors: Miruna Cristiana (TBA)

Kowloon
Audio Mixer (5.1 & Stereo)
Directors: Mona Xia & Erin Ramirez (2024) IMDB

Type Zero
Audio Mixer (5.1 & Stereo)
Director: Andrew Vaughan (2023) IMDB

 Never Last (Remastered Cut)
Audio Mixing Supervisor (Stereo)
Director: Justin Li (2023) IMDB

Moments Fleeting
Audio Mixer (Stereo)
Director: Justin Li (2021)​​ IMDB

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Game Industry ​Credits

Assassin's Creed Shadows (April - September 2024)

While At Deluxe:

Audio Description Coordinator (Credited)

Coordinated the audio description accessibility workflow for all in-game cinematics and trailers in Assassin's Creed: Shadows.

**To listen to the audio description in this trailer, click on "Settings," then select "Audio Track" and choose "English Descriptive."**

Ubisoft Forward (May - June 2023)

While At Deluxe:
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​Coordinated the workflow of Audio Description accessibility for all 18 Trailers in Ubisoft's 2023 June Forward Showcase


(Click here for more examples from the showcase)
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2Euj4yOXSnc2kBPniCh7MEtT1rptRn_p

Sunrider 4: The Captain's Return (Nov - Dec 2023)

Freelance Role: Additional Dialogue Editor (2022)

Iaijutsu

Freelance Role: Project Manager, Music Composer, Sound Designer, Audio Implementer (2020 - 2022)

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Podcast Credits

The Reel Process
On Set & Post Audio Engineer (2024)

You just Have to Trust the Process
Composed a background track (2023)​
Podcast Audio Supervisor

This is Cool
Composed the theme (2023)​

Terra Incognito
Composed the theme (2023)​

The Dark Archive
Composed the theme (2023)​

Play the Field
Composed the intro, outro & loop-able track (2022)​

One on One
Composed the intro, outro & loop-able track (2022)​

All Things Iconic
Composed the intro music (2021)

The Penalty Flag
Composed the intro & outro music (2021)​

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Music Notation Work

Interlude Music
Interlude Music is a small music services & education company
Copyist for the Musical "Saved by Grace" (2021)​