About US

Award winning Music Production

MUSIC CONTRACTING, PAYROLL, & PRODUCTION

Savant Productions, Inc. is a professional music contracting and entertainment payroll company with over three decades of experience supporting complex, high-level productions. While the majority of our work involves contracting top orchestras for film, TV, streaming content, and theme park scores, we work on music production projects of all scopes & sizes. Just ask any of the best session musicians in the business if you want to know more about our stellar reputation!

We specialize in music budgeting, contracting, and union / non-union payroll administration. We work closely with producers, composers, and production executives to ensure financial accuracy, labor compliance, and operational efficiency. Our team has deep experience with AFM and SAG-AFTRA requirements and understands the risk, scale, and scrutiny associated with professional music production.

In addition to contracting and payroll, Savant provides comprehensive production support including studio and engineer booking, music preparation, and orchestration coordination. We have close relationships with all of the top scoring stages in Los Angeles, London, Nashville & Scotland, and work closely with all support teams on a regular basis. Every service is structured to reduce exposure, streamline workflows, and deliver reliable outcomes from initial budget through final payment.

Savant Productions manages each detail of every project so our clients can just focus on creating amazing music!

DAN SAVANT

Dan Savant started his music production company, Savant Productions, in 1978. He plays trumpet and drums and originally performed with his band for all types of private functions in addition to playing for film, TV, and CD album recordings. Dan’s band performed at large parties for ABC, Universal and Disney Studios as well as charity events for The City of Hope and Children’s Hospital. They also performed at weddings for celebrities such as Jane Seymour and Hugh Hefner. Savant Productions Inc. moved into television and film recording and producing in the 1980’s. Over the past 30 years Dan and Savant Productions have been involved in music recording and production for television shows, records, major motion pictures and almost every major theme park in the world. Dan’s solo trumpet playing can be heard on many films, including “Sin City,” “Predators,” and on the Golden Globe winning film and soundtrack “Sideways”. Dan also produced the orchestral and choir music in London for Mel Gibson’s record-breaking film “The Passion of the Christ”. His most recent theme park credits include substantial work on Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration events and producing all the recordings for the opening ceremonies and Television special of Shanghai Disneyland’s Grand Opening.

Dan Savant (pictured right), is a Grammy Award winning Music Producer with hundreds of credits to his name in Film, Television, Video Games, Theme Parks, Commercials, & more.