Originally from New York, he pursued his undergraduate studies in composition at New York University. After NYU he attended grad school in the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program at the University of Southern California. As well as an active composition career scoring for films, video games and several advertisements, he has served as a music editor at Sony Playstation's Santa Monica Studios and got his first taste of Hollywood working for composer Joseph Trapanese during the scoring of Straight Outta Compton.