COMPOSER REEL

STUCK IN THE MUD AT NIGHT (2023)

TIKA was given the honour of co-composing the record “Stuck In The Mud At Night” for the children’s show Thomas & Friends alongside co-composer La-Nai Gabriel.

Stuck in the Mud at Night · Thomas & Friends

Welcome to Sodor (Songs From Season 26) ℗ 2022 Gullane (Thomas)

Limited under exclusive license to Arts Music Inc., a Warner Music Group

Arranger: Craig Carlisle

Composer: Tika Simone

Composer: La-Nai Gabriel

Arranger: Peter Gaffney

DEFINING HUMAN (2023)

Lead composer for short film directed by Vancouver based Film Director Dan Code featuring lead single by TiKA entitled “I Love U.” To be released in Fall 2023. Used energy healing to channel in San Jose, TX to create the industrial and mechanical palettes demonstrated in this film.

Faith Hei$t (2022)

Produced by Bounce TV. Co-Composer alongside Iva Delic and Todor Kobokov. Used vocal harmonies, arrangements and lush ohms to create both gospel-esque sounds and suspenseful tones for each scene.

welcome, we’ve been waiting - rodney diverlus meets toronto dance theatre (2022)

TIKA had the esteemed pleasure of joining forces with co-composer, Dillon Baldassero to score and create the music for “Welcome, We’ve Been Waiting,” an original dance piece created by Rodney Diverlus in conjunction with the Toronto Dance Theatre.

21 black futures (2022)

Wrote the song “Don’t Be Afraid,” the official theme for 21 Black Futures. An Anthology series on CBC Arts. Song is co-produced by HMLT and is engineered by Slakah The Beatchild. BGVs by: THEBLKLT$

LEARN TO SWIM (2022)

Wrote 2 original records alongside co-composer Casey MQ on this film.

Used energy healing to channel the director’s pain to create the record “And Then We Don’t.”

The record “And Then We Don’t” won for best song in a feature film at the 2022 Canadian Academy Awards!

Also, handled the vocal training for the actresses for the film to be able to convey the songs accordingly for the film.

PROGRAM SOUND FM (2021)

Had the pleasure of creating both the theme song and bumpers for Program Sound FM, a new program for indigenous storytellers alongside Casey MQ for Bahia Watson. Used energy free-fall work to create the sonic tones which range from dancehall, reggae, soca-inspired, and pop-infused sonic sounds.

BRIGHT EYES (2019)

Composed the final theme and created all the sound design for this upcoming sci-fi TV Series created by Lori-Ann Russell. Co-created the final theme with Victor Bongiovanni.

misha (2019)

Created the composition alongside co-composer Iva Delic for the short film Misha. Directed by Andrew D. Jeffrey. Used channelled energy frequencies to create the soul-stirring and ground shaking effects used in this witch thriller.

CALeb (2019)

Composed the score for this suspense-thriller short created by Ojibwe and Cree Actor & Director, Ajuawak Kapashesit. Used hyper intuitive channeling to create the soul-stirring and gut-wrenching resonate sounds displayed in this short.