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DAWs/Software: ProTools, Ableton Live, Logic X, Sibelius, Cubase
Music Composition
Music Production
Songwriting
Vocal Performance
Vocal Production
Piano/Keyboard
Orchestration
Synthestration
Arranging
Recording Engineering
Mixing
Music Notation
Original film and TV score composed by Summer Payton, spanning orchestral and cinematic, drama, action and suspense, and contemporary jazz. The live ensemble selections and orchestral/cinematic selections were orchestrated by Summer, notated, and recorded with live musicians.
R&B, hip hop, and dance/house beats and full productions by music producer Summer Payton, built for artists, songwriters, and TV and film sync.
Popular songs reimagined for a string quintet, showcasing Summer's skills as an arranger and orchestrator for strings and chamber ensembles.
Original songs by songwriter Summer Payton, including selections from her debut album Golden Hour. She writes lyrics and melodies across R&B, pop, and singer-songwriter styles, for artists, film, TV, and sync.
Lead and background vocals by R&B and soul vocalist Summer Payton, available for session work, features, and vocal arranging.
Summer works across every stage of the music-making process, so your project can stay with one creative from the first idea to final delivery. That means fewer handoffs, one consistent creative vision, and a collaborator who understands how each part of the process shapes the next. Based in Los Angeles and working remotely, Summer collaborates with artists and filmmakers wherever they are.
Summer composes original scores built around your story and characters. She can create the score using virtual instruments and soundscapes or orchestrate it for live musicians and produce the live recording of the score. Her range covers orchestral, jazz, drama, action, suspense, and horror, and she also writes and produces original songs for films. Summer mixes her virtual instrument scores herself and partners with trusted score mixers for live orchestral recordings, so every score gets the right finish.
Summer produces to fit your sound and vision and can meet you in whatever genre you want your record to live in, whether that’s R&B, Hip Hop, Singer-Songwriter/Indie, Pop, Gospel, or a unique fusion. She builds the production around your voice, can collaborate with you as a co-writer to help shape the song, and can engineer your vocal sessions. She then oversees the final mix and master with trusted engineers so you receive a polished, release-ready song.
Need a song for a film, show, brand, or special project? Summer can take it from start to finish: compose and produce the track, write the lyrics and melody, perform the vocals or bring in the right vocalist, engineer the recording, and deliver the final mix.
Summer arranges existing songs for live strings and ensembles, from intimate chamber versions to full cinematic re-imaginings.
Looking for a vocalist or keyboardist? Summer is available for lead and background vocals, vocal arranging, and piano and keys. She records remotely from her professional home studio, delivering studio-quality vocal tracks to collaborators anywhere.
Summer would love to hear about it. Send an email with your project details, your timeline, and your budget and Summer will be in touch to talk about bringing it to life.