Darren Ellis Smith

What is your hometown?

Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada

What is your current location?

Los Angeles, California

Who are your favorite composers/producers?

Max Martin, Gryffin, Hans Zimmer, Ludwig Göransson

What is an interesting fun fact about you?

I’ve played music in over 50 countries.


Darren Ellis Smith is an accomplished songwriter/producer originally from Nova Scotia, Canada now living in Los Angeles, California. Darren has written and produced for a wide variety of artists in the USA, UK, Korea and Japan with several #1 Billboard singles and albums, totaling over 2 million sales. 

His music has been featured in the movie trailers for Paramount and Lionsgate, as well as hit TV shows “Dancing With The Stars", "American Pickers", and Disney's "Bunk'd" in the USA. He has had songs released by many top acts in Asia including NCT, EXO, Monsta X, TWICE and many more.