Dustin Edward Howard

Composer. Alt Rock. Film Score. Documentary. Video Game Music. Analogue/Digital. Retro Synth. Theme. Horror, Western, Sci Fi.

Dustin is a self-taught musician and Emmy-award winning composer based in Tulsa, OK. As a teenager, he began playing in local rock bands, and in the years that followed he wrote music, played, and recorded with several touring bands including My Solstice and The Bourgeois. Currently, he’s the lead singer, songwriter, keyboardist/guitarist for the Tulsa-based band GROUCHO. As a studio musician he has recorded with notable musicians and engineers including Grammy Award Winning Trent Bell (Chainsaw Kittens, Flaming Lips, Rainbows are Free) and Stephen Egerton (Descendants/ALL.)   

As a composer, Dustin combines his skills as a versatile multi-instrumentalist with his passion for sound engineering, sound design, and production. He is influenced by everything from vintage video game scores and 70's horror synth soundtracks to Prog Rock and ambient noise. He is equally as comfortable creating analog scores as he is composing digital scores. He has performed self written and unique live scores to sold out audiences for films such as Nosferatu, The Day the Earth Stood Still and HÄXAN.

Dustin's work as a composer includes original film soundtracks, video games, Youtube channels, video games, and podcasts. He has also written for, recorded and produced a number of alternative bands over the last 15 years. He has composed scores for Sesame Street, HBO and several episodes of Osiyo: Voices of the Cherokee People and was a recipient of 3 Heartland Emmy Awards in 2021 and 2022 for his work on the series. In 2023 he finished two short film scores that will be released in 2024.