# Robert Scott Thompson > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robert_Scott_Thompson > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robert_Scott_Thompson.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scott_Thompson > Source revision: 1351112921 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American composer (born 1959)}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=December 2009}} {{More footnotes|date=December 2009}} }} '''Robert Scott Thompson''' (born 1959, California) is an American [composer](/source/composer) of [ambient](/source/Ambient_music), [instrumental](/source/instrumental) and [electroacoustic music](/source/electroacoustic_music). He earned the [B.Mus.](/source/Bachelor_of_music) degree from the [University of Oregon](/source/University_of_Oregon) and [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts) and [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) degrees from the [University of California, San Diego](/source/University_of_California%2C_San_Diego). His primary teachers include [Bernard Rands](/source/Bernard_Rands), [Roger Reynolds](/source/Roger_Reynolds), [Joji Yuasa](/source/Joji_Yuasa) and F. Richard Moore. He creates work in a wide variety of forms ranging from [chamber](/source/chamber_music) and [orchestral music](/source/orchestral_music) to works for the [virtuoso](/source/virtuoso) [soloist](/source/solo_(music)), [computer music](/source/computer_music), and experimental [video art](/source/video_art). He is the recipient of many prizes and distinctions for his music including the First Prize in [http://www.musica.cz/musnova/MN03-FIN.htm Musica Nova] 2003 (Czech Republic), First Prize in the 2001 Pierre Schaeffer competition (Italy) and awards in the XVI Concorso Internazionale “Luigi Russolo” (Italy), [https://archive.today/20120910055413/http://www.jml-irino.jp/IrinoPrize/IrinoPWinner1991_2000.html Irino Prize Foundation Competition 1995] for chamber Music (Japan), and [http://www.imeb.net/MFLi/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=909&Itemid=194 Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique de Bourges (France)], among others. He was a Research Assistant of the [https://www.jstor.org/pss/3680355 Center for Music Experiment (CME) Computer Audio Research Lab (CARL)] throughout the 1980s, assisting significant composers in the realization of advanced computer music works. In 1991, he was named a [Fulbright Research Scholar](/source/Fulbright_Research_Fellowship) and was Composer in Residence at the [http://www.musik-kons.dk/english/diem/index.php Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music (DIEM)] where he collaborated on fundamental research and composed the long-form computer music work – ''The Strong Eye''. Over the past decade, he has become increasingly well known internationally for his instrumental and computer music works and also for his many recordings which have been broadcast worldwide. His music is published on recordings by EMF-Media, Neuma, Drimala, Capstone, Hypnos, Oasis/Mirage, Groove, Lens Records, Space for Music, Zero Music and Aucourant record labels, among others. While composing and recording takes up most of his creative time, he is also involved in various tangent activities. He is active as a composer for films and often collaborates as an audio mastering engineer, creating master recordings for labels such as Funtone and [CRI (Composer's Recordings, Inc.)](/source/Composers_Recordings%2C_Inc.). On the technical side, he has collaborated with Micro Technology Unlimited, and assisted in the development of [http://www.mtu.com/basics/noiseremove.htm DNOISE] – a real-time digital audio noise reduction software application. He is a contributing author for two books, ''Computer Music Techniques for the Electronic Musician'' and ''Software Synthesis, Sound Design and Programming'', both by Dr. Eduardo Reck Miranda and published by Focal Press in 1998 and 2002 respectively. He is currently under contract for a book with A-R Editions, Inc. on the subject of musical signal processing and sonic design using Csound 5. He was named the Distinguished Honor’s Professor of Georgia State University, College of Arts and Sciences in 1994 where he is Professor of Music Composition and Coordinator of Music Technology Studies in the School of Music. In March 2021, Thompson released the double album ''Escapeology'' through American record label [Somewherecold Records](/source/Somewherecold_Records).{{Cite web |last=Cooten |first=Peter van |date=March 18, 2021 |title=Max Corbacho * Robert Scott Thompson * Cryptic Scenery |url=https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2021-03/corbacho-thompson-cryptic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318182330/https://www.ambientblog.net/blog/2021-03/corbacho-thompson-cryptic/ |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=Ambientblog |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Beguin |first=Patsker Omaer |date=March 19, 2021 |title=Robert Scott Thompson – Escapology (Somewherecold Records) |url=https://luminousdash.be/reviews/robert-scott-thompson-escapology-somewherecold-records/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319164256/https://luminousdash.be/reviews/robert-scott-thompson-escapology-somewherecold-records/ |archive-date=March 19, 2021 |access-date=December 3, 2022 |website=Luminous Dash BE |language=nl}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== ===Listening=== *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070816200625/http://www.artofthestates.org/cgi-bin/piece.pl?pid=346 Art of the States: Robert Scott Thompson]}} one work by the composer (''Acouasm'' - composed in 2001) ===Websites=== *[http://www.robertscottthompson.com robertscottthompson.com] Personal website. *[http://www.aucourantrecords.com Aucourant Records] Publisher/Distributor website. {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Robert Scott}} Category:21st-century American composers Category:Living people Category:1959 births Category:Somewherecold Records artists Category:21st-century American male composers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Robert Scott Thompson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scott_Thompson) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Scott_Thompson?action=history)). 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