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George Robert Powell was born in the summer of 1982 and grew up an avid fan of films and video games - wishing from an early age to be a part of making movie magic. He began taking piano lessons at age 4 and was trained for 14 years in piano music theory. At age 13, he took his first step toward music creation - when he performed his rendition of the ending music of Super Mario Brothers 2 at his middle-school talent show, to standing ovation.
It was at this point that his confidence in his ability to compose music and musical renditions began to blossom. From 1997 through 2005, Powell worked on making video games as a side hobby, composing music for them as well until he began to gain notoriety in the indie game scene and began composing music for other people’s hobby projects.
While the first short film he scored was in 2006 (“Brotherhood” by Singapore filmmaker Liaw Wee Liang), Powell’s first feature-film score - which he is best known for - would be the 2009 Legend of Zelda fan-film, “The Hero of Time” by BMB Finishes.
Though the film itself was met with mixed reception, it was unanimously agreed that Powell’s score elevated the film’s presentation. George was even able to attend the film’s Cast and Crew premiere in Atlanta, Georgia on June 9th, 2009.
From there, George began to explore screenwriting, graphic design, and tried his hand at directing his own visual storytelling projects (using the moniker “Wingspread Creations” - his directorial debut being the online visual-audio drama, “Skynetessa: Steampunk Audio Adventure”.
The next film that Powell had a hand in scoring was “Rise of the Fellowship” (formerly known as “The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers”) - by The Forge Studios - where he collaborated with main composer, Dale Clay, to complete the film’s score. He also scored the two-episode animation, “Eve of October” and “Eve of October: Sol Trinity” - produced by Studio Mars - between 2011 and 2014.
In 2014, he scored the feature-length documentary, “Made in the USA: The 30-Day Journey” directed by Justin Moe and produced by Josh Miller, following that up with 2015’s short horror film, “L’Antre des Ténèbres” by Canadian filmmaker “Bobby Black” Ringuet. He also worked alongside composer David Gruwier to create character themes - along with scoring the pilot episode’s battle animatic for Skynamic Studios’ magnum opus, “True Tail”.
Through the years since, George had focused on his Wingspread Creations projects on the side - though he has never lost his using his talent to help breathe musical life into the productions and visions of producers and directors from around the world.
While Powell is most known for his lush Fantasy Adventure scores, he has also maintained a side hobby of creating digital rock music (composed in a MIDI environment, creating all instrument parts from scratch) using the monikor “Setu Firestorm” which - since 2003 - saw many EPs and short albums from his time posting his music to Newgrounds up through his two commercial albums - “Momentum (EP)” and “The Fade” - and his continued work in participating in remix contests from 2015 to the present day. “The Fade” and “Momentum” are two songs that Powell is famous for - as both were featured in the popular flash game “Super Crazy Guitar Maniac Deluxe” (the 3rd and 4th entries of the game series). His punk cover of Tangerine Kitty’s “Dumb Ways to Die” song also gained much attention when it was featured in user-created levels of Geometry Dash - which had been covered by numerous influencers.
He has also dabbled in some electronic synth styles using the nickname “Pseudodragon” and enjoys producing catchy music with his unique style.