SAM BISHOFF
Composer for Film & Media Multi-Instrumentalist
Sam Bishoff is a composer and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. He is a composer and supervising music editor at Konsonant Music + Post having worked with Gil Talmi and Andrew Gross on projects such as Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer (Netflix), Wild Wild Space (HBO), United States of Comedy (PBS Independent Lens), Any Problem is No Problem, Grizzly 399: Queen of the Tetons, #1 Dad (iHeart), and as the assistant score mixer on the Oscar®-nominated documentary Sugarcane.
Sam has also worked under composer Pat Irwin, composing additional music for Dexter: Resurrection and Dexter: Original Sin (Showtime). Sam is a member of the New York Steering Committee for the Society of Composers & Lyricists, having previously served as the chapter administrator for three years. He has scored various shorts, ad spots, and his debut feature film Slaughter Beach won "Best Original Score" at the New Jersey Film Awards. In 2023, he assisted composer Jonathan Bepler on the Matthew Barney installation Secondary.
Sam's writing incorporates his many musical influences, borrowing elements from jazz, classical, funk, pop, and beyond. His music often incorporates elements of improvisation. In addition to saxophone, Sam also plays flute, clarinet, and piano, and often records himself in his own scores.
Sam received a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Performance from Temple University and a Master's Degree in Media Scoring from Brooklyn College. He was chosen to participate in the 2021 Society of Composers & Lyricists Mentor Program, the Ghetto Film School’s 2022 Emerging Composers Program, and the 2023 ASCAP Columbia Film Scoring Workshop and was a finalist for the 2022 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award.
When not composing or performing, Sam loves to cook, go camping and hiking, and is an avid listener of many podcasts.
Photo by Luisa Madrid @venture4peace
REELS
CREDITS
GONE GIRLS: THE LONG ISLAND SERIAL KILLER (2025)
Netflix
DIRECTOR: Liz Garbus
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Gil Talmi
SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Sam Bishoff
DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN (2024)
Paramount + / Showtime
SHOWRUNNER: Clyde Phillips
DIRECTORS: Michael Lehmann, Monica Raymund
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Pat Irwin
ADDITIONAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff, Kyle Acheson
ANY PROBLEM IS NO PROBLEM (2024)
DIRECTORS: Alyssa Fedele, Zachary Fink
PRODUCERS: Kate Mclean, Robin Kopp
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Gil Talmi
ADDITIONAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff, Tom Zylbersztein
SUGARCANE (2024)
National Geographic
Oscar®-Nominated "Best Documentary Feature"
DIRECTORS: Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie
PRODUCERS: Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mali Obomsawin
SCORE MIXER: Henry Bellingham
ASSISTANT SCORE MIXER: Sam Bishoff
UNITED STATES OF COMEDY (2024)
PBS Independent Lens
DIRECTOR: Habib Yazdi
PRODUCER: Jackie Aude
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff, Gil Talmi, Andrew Gross
#1 DAD (2024)
Radio Point, Big Money Players Network, iHeartPodcasts
WRITTEN BY: Gary Vider, Adam Lowitt
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Gary Vider, Adam Lowitt, Alex Bach, and Daniel Powell
PRODUCERS: Bernie Kaminski
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Andrew Gross, Sam Bishoff
399: QUEEN OF THE TETONS (2024)
PBS
News and Doc Emmy®-Nominated "Outstanding Nature Documentary"
DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Leiter
MUSIC SUPERVISORS: Andrew Gross, Gil Talmi
MUSIC COORDINATOR: Sam Bishoff
STRAWBERRIES (2023)
DIRECTOR: Carol Beaugard
PRODUCERS: Carol Beaugard, Amy Andersson, Daniel Kreizberg
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff
SCORE RECORDED BY: The FAMES Orchestra
TWO DAYS BEFORE TOMORROW (2023)
DIRECTOR: Peixuan Wang
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff
FEED ME (2023)
DIRECTOR: Caitlin Ferrell
PRODUCER: Tyler St. Pierre
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff
HER SCARS OF GOLD (2022)
DIRECTOR: Michael David Ross
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff
IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST (2022)
DIRECTOR: Steve Sues
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff
SLAUGHTER BEACH (2022)
Clockout Films
DIRECTOR: Daniel C. Davis
PRODUCERS: Jim Cannatelli, Daniel C. Davis, James Brett Taylor
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Sam Bishoff