Tomorrow and Saturday the San Francisco Symphony will perform the score from “It’s A Wonderful Life” by Dimitri Tiomkin live in sync with the film. In 1946 the grand finale of the score was cut from the film at the last minute, and the score was eventually lost. For this performance I recreated the full score from the 1946 handwritten instrumental parts. It was an honor, and I wish I could make the show. I worked with Justin Freer from CineConcerts.
Barbra Streisand & Jason Gould
Barbra Streisand is embarking on another tour, and this time she is bringing her son Jason Gould along with her. It is his first time singing publicly, which is not a bad way to start! Working with Brian Benison, I transcribed several songs from his studio album and arranged them for the David Foster ensemble. Streisand & Gould will be on tour next month playing the arrangements in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chicago, Vancouver, Las Vegas, San Jose, and the Hollywood Bowl.
Disney & Andy Grammer
Andy Grammer’s most recent music video was a collaboration with Disney on a Radio Disney Family Holiday episode, and I had the privilege of making the sheet music for that shoot. In 2011 Andy became the first male pop star in a decade (since John Mayer in 2002) to reach the Top 10 at Adult Pop Radio on his first two singles. He has taken the music world by storm ever since and has Platinum and Gold albums. I was working with Brian Benison and Drew Allsbrook from The People’s Music Recording Studio.
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- Andy Grammer shooting the Radio Disney holiday special
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- E-man Cervantes at the Andy Grammer Radio Disney Shoot
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- Andy Grammer shooting the Radio Disney holiday special
Dick Van Dyke & Terry Wollman
George Shapiro, the fantastic director of Seinfeld among many others, is currently shooting a documentary currently titled “Vitality At 90.” It’s about people in their 80s, 90s & 100s who are living active remarkable lives. The film interviews Dick Van Dyke, Betty White, Carl Reiner, Stan Lee, and others. Dick Van Dyke does a musical performance of course, and I prepared the sheet music with Terry Wollman for the recording sessions which preceded the film shoot.
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- Dick Van Dyke’s band L-R: Eric Marienthal sax, Bill Cantos piano, Terry Wollman guitar, Dick Van Dyke, JR Robinson drums, Nathan East bass
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- Dick Van Dyke and vocalist Melanie Taylor
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- Dick Van Dyke’s band L-R: Eric Marienthal sax, Bill Cantos piano, Terry Wollman guitar, Danny Gold producer, JR Robinson drums, Nathan East bass
Charlie Puth sheet music
Charlie Puth is a YouTube star turned celebrity. First brought to the broader public by Perez Hilton and Ellen DeGeneres, he was signed to Atlantic records. I prepared sheet music for his debut album Nine Track Mind which features Meghan Trainor and Selena Gomez. It will be released Jan 29, 2016. I worked with Brian Benison.
Freaks Of Nature film released
Today Colombia Pictures released the film Freaks Of Nature. It’s a comedy horror film directed by Robbie Pickering and written by Oren Uziel. Previously titled “Misfits” and “Kitchen Sink,” the baseline “normal” in this world is vampires, humans and zombies coexisting, but it all goes wrong of course. The film was scored by Fil Eisler, and I orchestrated for him with Penka Kouneva.
Seal’s new album “7”
I had the privilege of creating the sheet music for the main single on Seal’s newest album “7”. The music will be used on tour as he debuts the new album to the world, and they’ll be in Los Angeles at the Theater at Ace Hotel on Monday Nov 16. Seal has three Grammys and has sold more than 15,000,000 albums.
The Last Witch Hunter
Vin Diesel stars in The Last Witch Hunter, an epic Halloween fantasy adventure which was released today. I did additional orchestrations for the film under Penka Kouneva (lead orchestrator) and Steve Jablonsky (film composer).
Leona Lewis tour
The British superstar Leona Lewis is beginning another world tour September 11, and I helped to transcribe and create all the sheet music for her tour along with Brian Benison. The lead single in the US is “Thunder”, a track that I was responsible for. Leona has sold 20,000,000 records worldwide since winning the third series of The X Factor in 2006.