VIBRANT ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS OF ICONIC MUSIC

Symphony Nostalgique reimagines beloved themes from cartoons, video games, movies, television, and popular music - in the orchestral realm. These arrangements are built on a unique blend of nostalgia and fresh musical perspectives.

While most of these arrangements will be written for symphonic orchestra, along the way some will be created for solo instruments or other ensembles. The goal is to treat the original source material with reverence, while infusing some compositional personality and ideas. Each new release will be posted across social media platforms and you'll find more in-depth insights on this website. In the Nerd Out section, you can learn about the inspiration behind each piece and the tools that were used to bring it to life.

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• • • singer | songwriter | composer

Scotty Kipfer is a CCMA and CMAO Award-nominated singer/songwriter, whose collaborative spirit shines through his body of work.

His debut album, Taking My Time, featured collaborations with luminary artists like Tenille Townes, The Western Swing Authority, Ryan Cook, Molly Brown, Callie McCullough, and Emily Reid. Scotty holds production and writing credits on McCullough’s debut album, After Midnight, which features members of GRAMMY Award-winning bands The Time Jumpers and Union Station. The album, which American Songwriter called "timeless and classic," earned a Canadian Country Music Association Award nomination for Alternative Country Album of the Year, and the title track garnered a Songwriters of the Year nomination with the Country Music Association of Ontario. He is currently working on his second studio album, which promises another foray into his distinctively clever style.

Scotty is also infusing his whimsical sensibility into his orchestral writing. While his career spans two decades in the country music industry, his obsession with classic cartoon scores has been lifelong - from Disney to Looney Tunes, and everything in between. He is a graduate of the film scoring program at Berklee College of Music, and has studied music for animation under 9-time Emmy Award-winning composers, Steven & Julie Bernstein (Animaniacs, Pinky & The Brain, Freakazoid!). Scotty launched Symphony Nostalgique in the summer of 2024, an homage to iconic scores and theme songs from classic cartoons and video games.

Outside the realm of music, Scotty enjoys collecting Disney production art and comic books, and he is an avid Toronto Blue Jays fan. He lives in Stratford, Ontario with his wife and newborn son, and their dog, Ruby.