Cyrus Melchor
Music Composer and Producer
Award-winning scores, aggressive home brewed beats, original orchestral arrangements and analog experimentation.
Original Music
Film Scores
Original compositions blending classical instruments with hip hop rhythms, handcrafted for filmmakers who crave emotional and atmospheric soundscapes. 100% Organic recordings.
Hip Hop Production
Under the moniker MOUNT CYANIDE, Cyrus has earned accolades for his unique blend of live instruments, dark ambiences and homemade breakbeats into bonafide hip hop bangers. As important as the arrangement, the mix is painstakingly focused on texture and analog manipulation. "Hell Yeah" by Old Man Saxon has garnered millions of streams and billions of views, "Enormous" by LLgL TNDR was a KCRW darling and music supervisor favorite and "Nickel" by the legendary Bell Biv DeVoe (originally relesaed on Hootie Mack) is included in their Greatest Hits.
Filmography
2025 Raised by Waves (Feature)
2024 The Express Way with Dulé Hill (Series )
2022 Who is Stan Smith? (Feature)
2021 LFG (Feature)
2020 The Story of Air Max (Feature)
2020 Defining Moments (Series)
2018 Breaking Big (Series)
2018 Silenced (Series)
2018 The Gift and The Curse (Short)
2017 Spotify / Rap Caviar "Pantheon" Ad [CLIO Award]
2017 How to Get Away with Murder "I'm Not Her" (Episode)
2017-2019 Silicon Valley (Various Episodes)
2016 Sorceress (Feature)
2016 Kia "Walken Closet" Super Bowl Ad
2012 The 10 Commandments of Chloe (Feature)
2011 Johnnie Walker "Step Together" Ad [CLIO & AICP Awards]
2010 Coca Cola "Mythology" Ad [AICP Shortlist]
2008 Glam God (Series)
2006 Coca Cola "Parade" Ad [CLIO & AICP Awards]
2005-2014 CSI (Various Episodes)
2004 Rock Fresh (Feature)
Discography
2026 Old Man Saxon: Heart Beat; Turn it Up
2024 Old Man Saxon x Kori Lynn x Mount Cyanide: Bliss listen
2021 Mount Cyanide: I Smell A Bomb Coming (EP) listen
2021 Charm La'Donna x Mount Cyanide: LFG listen
2021 Old Man Saxon: Rothko’s, Chicken and Waffles (Album) listen
2019 Old Man Saxon: Got No Chill link
2019 Royalties: Sound Burial; Goldology; Everything Cost; Punk Rock Girl listen
2019 Old Man Saxon x Mount Cyanide: Big Things listen
2018 Old Man Saxon: The Pursuit (EP) listen
2017 LLGL TNDR: Enormous listen
2017 Old Man Saxon x Mount Cyanide: On My Own listen
2016 Space Shuttle to Nicaragua (EP) listen
2016 Do-Low: Whole Gang O' Weed listen
2016 The Mighty Tears of Joy (EP) listen
2014 Naama Kates: Souled (Album) listen
2013 Eighty: Escape to Mount Cyanide (Album) listen
2012 Divine Styler: Backdrop of Pain listen
2012 Mount Cyanide: The Home For Better Living (Album) listen
2012 Naama Kates: The Unexamined Life (Album) listen
2010 Tabi Bonney: Go Away listen
2009 Mount Cyanide: Footsteps in the Sky (EP) listen
2008 Josh One: Tolerance listen
2006 J Dilla & Busta Rhymes: Geek Down listen
2006 Mount Cyanide: The DCW EP listen
2006 KRS One: Boogie Down Ox listen
2003 Poet Name Life: She Got Me; Rain; Bive Eternis listen
2003 Camarillo Blues Triangle (Album) listen
2002 Nappy Roots: Po’Folks listen
2001 Mount Cyanide: Antarctica listen
2000 Ricky Bell ft. Ron DeVoe: Have Ya Cake listen
2000 Maxim (of the Prodigy): Scheming; Universal Scientist listen
1999 Blood Of Abraham: Eyedollartree (Album) listen
1998 Buckshot (of Black Moon): Watchawannadoson?
1997 Free Style Lee: Lyrical Landscapes listen
1997 L.O.H.: Sabotage
1995 Wessyde Goon Squad: Around the World (Album) listen
1993 Bell Biv DeVoe: Nickel listen
1992 Immature: Honey Dip
1991 Massive Attack: Be Thankful
SAMPLES
Handcrafted sounds where hip hop meets cinematic depth.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
SELECTED HONORS FOR ORIGINAL MUSIC AND SCORE
2021
LFG
CRITICS' CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARDS
BEST SCORE — NOMINEE
Original Music
HBO Documentary
2018
RAP CAVIAR: PANTHEON
CLIO MUSIC - SILVER
INNOVATION
Original Orchestral Score
Released as "Pantheon" --- Mount Cyanide
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SPOTIFY
2012
AICP SHOW - ORIGINAL MUSIC WINNER
Original Orchestral Score • MoMA Collection
JOHNNIE WALKER
CLIO - BRONZE : ORIGINAL MUSIC
BRITISH ARROWS - ORIGINAL MUSIC
THE ONE SHOW - MERIT
D&AD — In Book
2011
MYTHOLOGY
AICP SHOW - ORIGINAL MUSIC SHORTLIST
Original Orchestral Score
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COCA COLA
2007
PARADE
AICP SHOW - ORIGINAL MUSIC WINNER
Original Experimental Score • MoMA Collection
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COCA COLA
CLIO - SILVER : ORIGINAL MUSIC
C Y R U S M E L C H O R
STEP TOGETHER
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