For over Fifty years, Sam Sorensen has involved himself in every form of music imaginable.

He has composed for feature films, including the Sony/Westwind feature film "Party Line" (starring Richard Roundtree), Bettencourt Entertainment Group feature film "The Naked Eye" directed by James Dean Schulte, and most recently the short film "Seductive Affair" directed by Victor Picena. His original music has been heard on the TV shows NBC's "The Today Show", "Animal Planet", "Guiding Light", "Inside Edition", "Roc", "Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous", CNN, "Runaway With The Rich & Famous", "American Journal", "Rolanda", "History Of Rock & Roll", as well as many TV shows world wide. He is also the composer and arranger of music used on Princess & Family Cruise Lines, and various theme parks, industrials & commercials. He has been commissioned to write and record numerous orchestral pieces by the Boosey & Hawkes music library.

He's presently performing / recording various independent projects.
Piano Disc Demo (piano performance by Sam Sorensen)

Some of the past "piano-sync" projects Sam has performed for PianoDisc and Yamaha Disklavier include:

Norah Jones, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Faith Hill, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Enya, Jimmy Buffet, Tony Bennet (Ultimate & Greatest Hits), Earth, Wind & Fire, Frank Sinatra, Gloria Estefan, Dreamgirls (Movie Soundtrack), Cats, Ray Charles, Sara Brightman, Andrea Bocelli , Manheim Steamroller, Rod Stewart, Phantom Of The Opera (soundtrack), Bride & Prejudice (soundtrack,) Michael Buble, Steven Curtis Chapman, Celia Cruz, Barbra Streisand, Into The Woods (soundtrack,) Man Of La Mancha (soundtrack,) Julie Andrews, Fiddler On The Roof (soundtrack,) Bette Midler, El Dorado (animation soundtrack,) The Wiz (soundtrack,) A Chorus Line (soundtrack,) ABBA, etc.

Other past projects also include:

Beowulf (samples)

Voice & Piano
2 HD Videos of Song Favorites
w/ Michael Andrew (e-news)

"Elton John" tribute album

Produced / performed "unplugged"
R&B / Soul Album for PianoDisc (samples)
featuring vocalist Angela Carole Brown

Brenda Lynne cd #1, Brenda Lynne cd#2 (samples)

New Age album "Sacred Forest" (samples)

various original projects- various artists

He has performed as a pianist and keyboardist for films and television, and has played & recorded with many artists and celebrities including Smokey Robinson, Tina Marie, Barry Gordy, Rita Coolidge, Jody Watley, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Vinnie Colaiuta, Joe Farrell, John Davidson, Bill Cosby, and Ike Turner, & musical director for the DeCastro Sisters ("Teach Me Tonight") in the mid 70's. He has produced many independent albums and projects. He is the pianist on many of the titles in the Yamaha Disklavier and PianoDisc's catalogue. He has performed in many musical productions, including Oliver!, Three Penny Opera, Honk, etc. and has been a musical performance consultant in various films, including Laurence Fishburne's "What's Love Got To Do With It?"

Sam has contracted and led big bands, orchestras and choirs, as well as produced a wide variety of musical shows for countless corporate events. He also plays trumpet. He's also taught concert band and various music classes in elementary, high school & college levels.

Born in Inglewood, California, Sorensen grew up in Southern California. (more)