Ever since his grade school days, David Schatanoff has been in constant artistic competition with his peers. Originally influenced by bands including The Beatles, The Monkeys, and Elvis Presley, David began a musical career starting with piano, drums and trumpet. Later, he focused his efforts on percussion instruments becoming highly proficient in orchestral percussion in his high school years.

After attending a year of college as a pre-med student, David quickly returned to his love of music and attended the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. The school accepts 5% of all applicants and in the year he applied, David was the only percussionist chosen to enter the program under the tutelage of percussionist, and marimba virtuoso, William Moersch.

During college, David saw the blockbuster feature Jurassic Park which planted the seed of merging his love of film and his musical background together. After college, David moved to the Los Angeles area with the intent of working in film and TV post production. He has since worked on post production projects for all the major studios including Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Paramount and MGM. He currently resides in the Los Angeles area is currently producing small independent film projects and documentaries.