WATT WHITE is a Cannes Gold Lion and Gold Clio award-winning Creative Director, Composer, Singer, Songwriter and Producer based in New York City.
Songs from his 2017 EP "Eye Of The Storm" have generated 125,000,000 Youtube views and 150 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 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 composes 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.
Watt has scored hundreds of TV commercials (Bud Light, IHOP, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Stouffers, Trojan, Visa, Ford, Chevy, Amex, Zyrtec.), and has produced customized musical components and multimedia presentations for corporate events.
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’s one-of-a-kind 2-D Metal Puppet videos include the viral hit “Take Off Your T-Shirt If You Can’t Name A Song By The Band That’s On It”, which has earned a combined 500,000 plays on YouTube and FunnyOrDie–and counting.
Watt collaborated with Nerdcore rap icon MC LARS on songs for his album The Zombie Dinosaur LP, and directed the puppet video for their co-written song "Sublime With Rome Is Not The Same Thing As Sublime"
Collaborating with French artist Lulu Gainsbourg–son of legendary Serge Gainsbourg–Watt co-wrote his album “Lady Luck”. Songs include “The Cure”, a duet with Anne Hathaway.
Watt performs the voice of the “Rockin’ Troll” in season 2 of Nickelodeon’s “Wallykazam”
Watt sings the original theme song for WWE Superstar Zack Ryder.
Watt co-wrote and produced several songs on the 2010 EP “Branches” by Danish Indie singer/songwriter Amalie Bruun, now known as Myrkur.
Watt’s song “Down and Derby” was named “Official Party Anthem” of the Kentucky Derby on the Banshee Music release “Party Up At The Downs”. Watt’s “Never Gonna Kill Us” (with The SmashUp) appears in the feature film “Feast”, and his cover of Misfits “Die, Die My Darling” appears in the film “Peace Of Mind”. He most recently scored the short films THE ROBBER BARONS OF WALL STREET and KIDWALKER, and the comedy series MANFEAR.
Watt has run at least one mile every day since 2/21/94.
Cover portrait by Claire&JeremyWeiss/Day19