Smithsonian Presents: Miami Wild

Client / Smithsonian Channel
Director / Day’s Edge Productions
Festival Premiere / Jackson Wild (Best Original Score)
Original Score / Cleod9 Music

Project Background
Our music for Miami Wild (a 60 minute TV special) won “Best Original Score” at the 2022 Jackson Wild Film Festival. Over 600 film entries from 26 different countries were submitted, representing the best in wildlife and natural history filmmaking.

We created 40+ original music cues for the film, pulling sounds from Miami's rich musical heritage: reggaeton, salsa, merengue and a wide range of orchestral sounds. Using mainly live instrumentation, we recorded a variety of global instruments, including strings, congas, rumbas, horns, sitar and pan flutes.