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Stanley A. Smith

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Film & TV Composer, Drummer, Doc Filmmaker. Compton Native.

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What an incredible honor getting to create the original score for the upcoming The GREATEST series!! Big Thanks to Ben Watkins @benipedia, the visionary, for inviting me on this journey with you, @primevideo , and your incomparable team, to help tell @muhammadali incredible story!! A cast and crew for the ages!! Shout out to my entire team and musicians! Can’t wait for the world to see the November 4th premier🥊🔥

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@joymusichouse by @stanleyasmith

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Introducing this week’s JMH 2026 LA Workshop Guest Composer, Stanley A. Smith! @stanleyasmith 🎶✨

Composer, Drummer, Song Writer, Music Producer

An award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist, Stanley’s career spans record production, touring, remixes, commercials, short films, web series, documentaries, feature films, soundtracks, and television. A proud LA (Compton) native, he majored in music at nearby Cal State University, Long Beach. Smith began his career writing & producing Billboard charting songs, touring (drummer) with well-known artists, and eventually finding his niche- composing music for film & television.

Stanley latest project was creating a hybrid and highly nuanced original score for the greatly anticipated and first authorized scripted series about boxer and activist Muhammad Ali, The Greatest. From producers Lonnie Ali, Ben Watkins’ and Michael B. Jordan, it premiers November 4th on Prime Video.

Smith’s other recent work includes: The award-winning feature documentary Betye Saar: Ready To Be a Warrior, the latest documentary about 99-year-old, legendary assemblage artist (Best Feature Documentary City of Angels Film Festival & Studio City Int. Film Festival). Season 2 of Ava DuVernay/ARRAY Filmworks, one-hour anthology series Cherish The Day (OWN). Kemba-the MPI Original Films/BET feature based on Kemba Smith’s life story (Audience Choice Best Film-St. Louis Int. Film Festival, Award of Merit True Story Depiction, Fort Lauderdale Int. Film Festival & Amplify Award-Windrider Film Showcase), and The Real Red Tails, narrated by Sheryl Lee Ralph- NatGeo documentary special about the heroic Tuskegee Airmen (2025 ASCAP Composers Choice Award Nominee).

With over 260+ episodes of TV under his belt- other series highlights include: Ice Cube’s Are We There Yet? (TBS), Let’s Stay Together (BET) 2015 ASCAP Screen Music Award, and the ground-breaking hit series Bernie Mac Show FOX). All of which he scored, performed and wrote the main title themes.

#composer #scoreproduction #joymusichouse #liverecording by @stanleyasmith

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Stanley A. Smith (@stanleyasmith) has scored ‘The Greatest’, the upcoming drama series from Ben Watkins Cross), produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, Roc Nation, and Polygram Entertainment. The series tells the real story of the GOAT, Muhammad Ali. The series will premiere on November 4, 2026 on Prime Video, and the first teaser trailer is out now. We can’t wait to hear Stanley’s score!

For more about the series and to watch the trailer on YouTube, click the link in bio.
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@michaelbjordan @outlier_society @primevideo @_benipedia_ @rocnation @polygramentertainment @composersdiversitycollective @muhammadali #TheGreatest #MuhammadAli #NewSeries #tvcomposer #scorecomposer by @stanleyasmith

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It has been such a joy & privilege spending a number of weeks at @blakeneelycows Cow On The Wall studio (headed up by @thorir_) recording the brilliant music of @stanleyasmith 🔥 Huge thanks of course to the wonderful musicians & contractors who bring the music to life, the COW team Thor & @carissaawong3 Recording & mix Engineer @briantaylormix and the whole @joymusichouse team. And of course the amazing Stanley and Jill! #studiodaysarethebestdays by @stanleyasmith

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It was an honor to hang with the legend, and most recorded drummer in R&B history, this past Christmas- The James Gadson! May you Rest in Peace. 🙏🏾🥁 taken in Calabasas, California by @stanleyasmith

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Screening Tonight! City of Angels Film Festival/Eastwood Performing Arts Center-7pm
A Warrior indeed-had the honor of scoring this documentary about the incomparable artist @betyesaar Thank you @arobinsonwitherspoon & @djabbyab for inviting @superjillsmith and I to work on this wonderful project. 🤙🏾 #blackwomanartist #blackartist #blackart by @stanleyasmith

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What a night! Black Movie Soundtrack concert at the @hollywoodbowl this week was stellar!! @reggiehudlin strikes again!! Nice to see @mrcraigrobinson and all the Cats, including the Brotha’s & Sista’s in the @colorofnoize of Orchestra!! See ya next year!💯🎵🔥🤙🏾 taken in Hollywood Bowl by @stanleyasmith

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@questlove & @jazzbeezy hit it out of the park again with their Sly Lives @onyxcollective documentary!!🔥@novenacarmel DJ’d and moderated a great panel that including the OG @flytetymejam
Keep ‘em coming cats!!💯
#televisionacademy #kcrw #hulu #disney ##composersdiversitycollective taken in Directors Guild of America by @stanleyasmith

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Great time celebrating with my fellow Composers at the 2025 @ascapscreen Music Awards!! Loved seeing everyone! Wonderful Evening ASCAP!! @spectracreativeagency @composersdiversitycollective @ascap by @stanleyasmith

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What an honor to receive a nomination for the 2025 @ascap Composers’ Choice Awards for Documentary Score of The Year! Wow, and what Great Company!!

I am so proud to have had a part in the telling of the history of the courageous Tuskegee Airmen in the @natgeo The Real Red Tails documentary- truly an honor and a privilege!

Big Thanks to Arbel Bedak @spectracreativeagency ,my Music Team, The Cats (uh, I mean musicians), for all their wonderful contributions, and my longtime friends and colleagues @ascapscreen - appreciate your support throughout the years!

Congratulations and Good Luck to all my fellow nominees! ASCAP writer members are eligible to vote NOW thru Friday, March 7 at 11:59 ET. https://ascap.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1FECSYbL78TiY5M

#Therealredtails
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@tuskegeeairmennhs taken in Sherman Oaks by @stanleyasmith

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Wanted to Congratulate @krisbowersmusic on his @_the_scl Win for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for The Wild Robot! So proud of my fellow LA Native Composer, and friend! Thanks for the shout out-may your winning streak continue!! #composersdiversitycollective by @stanleyasmith

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Hey Fellow ASCAP Composers- 2 days left to vote for the ASCAP 2025 Composers’ Choice Awards. Please consider my scores in the Documentary & Film categories. Good Luck Cats! by @stanleyasmith

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