As a music producer of other artists, Malkin has worked in the studio as a producer or arranger with Bobby McFerrin, Tuck and Patti, Kenny Loggins, Bonnie Raitt, Mickey Hart, Beth Nielsen Chapman, David Grissman, Roy Rogers, Keith Carradine, Linda Tillery, and Rhiannon, among many others.

Malkin’s acclaimed instrumental recording, THE MUSIC OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS (Real Music), hit the Billboard charts, is part of Real Music’s National Parks Series, and through its sales, has donated over $100K to the beloved national park. Malkin’s awards include two CLIOS as well as the Grand Prize in the Best Music category at The New York Film Festival. Malkin has received seven Regional Emmys, six ASCAP Film and Television awards, a Cine Golden Eagle, and Grand Prize for the “Best in the West” advertising awards. His United Way campaign swept the ADDYS by winning the gold, silver, and bronze awards in the western region.

Malkin recently completed a dynamic score for a new documentary created for the author/visionary Lynne Twist’s organization, Pachamama Alliance, called “Awakening the Dreamer,” directed and written by Neal Rogin, and shown in environmental activism events nationwide. Malkin created an acclaimed film score for the controversial multi-faith feature documentary, RAISING THE ASHES, directed by Academy Award winning actor/director Michael O’Keefe and shown in film festivals internationally. He also won the coveted Peabody Award for his work on Wendy Hanamura’s award-winning documentary about the 442 Battalion of WWII, Honor Bound, produced for CBS.

Malkin is known for his socially responsible contributions to media projects that support themes of tolerance, the environment, health care and children’s welfare. He also created the soundtrack for an award-winning documentary about the founder of the world class destination spa, Rancho La Puerta, Edmund Szekeley, produced by Sarah Livia Brightwood.

Malkin won global acclaim for his groundbreaking book and CD set produced by Wisdom of the World Wellness, LLC, and published by New World Library, entitled Graceful Passages, now available online everywhere. Co-produced with healing music pioneer Michael Stillwater with his wife, Doris Laesser Stillwater, this work was created to offer a new way for people to traverse the major transitions of life. He has also created a celebrated contemplative media genre entitled WisdomFilms featured as “Islands of Inner Peace” on the worldwide cable channel, Gaia TV.

Gary is also an inspirational singer, performer, and producer of live events, who has created and/or performed in events for United Religions International, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Association of Global New Thought, Unity Earth’s Caravan of Unity 2020, and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Association. He was invited to co-create and produce the event commemorating 9/11 at the Washington National Cathedral in 2002. He was the Artistic Director for the ’04 and’06 Quest for Global Healing conferences, with Nobel Laureates such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, in Bali, Indonesia.

In August, 2007, he produced a Middle East Peace Concert at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, featuring world class virtuosos representing all faiths and many nations of the region, to a capacity audience. He was also commissioned to create a multi-cultural composition for a traditional Chinese orchestra, which was performed by a Chinese American orchestra for the Beijing 2008 Olympics’ Countdown ceremonies. He was also tapped to create the theme package for TED Curator Chris Anderson’s international phenomenon, PANGEA DAY. He served two terms as a member of the San Francisco Chapter of the Board of Governors for NARAS, (the Grammy organization).

Gary has performed and spoken at conferences nationwide and internationally, on the subjects related to Arts in Healthcare, caregiver rejuvenation, Interfaith Spirituality, and the Music and End of Life Care. He presented at the Harvard Medical School’s Spirituality and Health Conference, where he shared his resources for professional health care providers entitled Care for the Journey: Sustaining the Heart of Healthcare. He was asked to co-write a chapter on the value of music for the end of life with Michael Stillwater for the Oxford University Press release, A Time for Listening and Caring. His viral video featuring Brother David Steindl-Rast, known as “the Godfather of the Gratefulness Movement,” created with award winning cinematographer, Louis Schwartzberg, has received over 30 million views on YouTube.

Most recently, Gary scored one of the most viewed documentaries in history: “Thrive: What on Earth Will It Take?” for which he received the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Soundtrack for a feature documentary in 2013. He just completed the score for the sequel, “Thrive: This is What It Takes,” which is available online worldwide.