WATT WHITE is a Cannes Gold Lion and Gold Clio award-winning Creative Director, Composer, Singer, Songwriter and Producer based in New York City.
He has served as Creative Director and In-House Senior Composer for numerous Music Houses including MassiveMusic/Songtradr, Sticky Audio Labs & Pirate New York.
Songs from his 2017 EP "Eye Of The Storm" have generated 150,000,000 Youtube views and 185 million Spotify streams, including the viral hits "Eye Of The Storm", “Death Grip”, "You're Gonna Know My Name" and "The Me In Me". Songs from this EP have been used in promos for UFC and NASCAR, and “Eye Of The Storm” was the official theme of The 2018 NHL Playoffs broadcast. He composed the theme music for the FanDuel Sports Network (formerly Bally) which launched in April 2021.
Watt’s 2021 original song-based “A Song For Every CMO” campaign for Spotify Advertising, created in partnership with FCB New York, won 8 CLIO awards, including GOLD in the MUSIC category. It also won the first ever CANNES B2B GOLD LION, plus 2x GOLD LIONS in the Radio & Audio category.
Watt has scored hundreds of TV commercials (Bud Light, Hyundai, IHOP, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Stouffers, Trojan, Visa, Ford, Chevy, Amex, Zyrtec.), and has produced customized musical components and multimedia presentations for corporate events.
Watt composed the original music for Discovery Channel’s smash hit show “Moonshiners” , Nat Geo’s “Live Free Or Die” , "Dirty Rotten Survival", "Great Human Race", "I Am Rebel" and more.
He has served as Musical Director for Tony Winning Broadway rock diva Lena Hall, and produced her debut release "Sin & Salvation - Live At The Carlyle", recorded during their 2 week run at the legendary NYC venue. They are currently working on an all-original Broadway-themed podcast for 2020.
As leader of NYC Punk-Metal band The SmashUp, he toured the US, Canada and UK with Megadeth, Deftones, and the full Vans Warped Tour, logging 30,000 road miles and earning fans nationwide as well as video play for his self-directed video “No Name” on MTV and FUSE.
Watt sings the original theme song for WWE Superstar Zack Ryder.
Watt has run at least one mile every day since 2/21/94.
Cover portrait by Claire&JeremyWeiss/Day19