Randy Edelman -- Bio

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PARTIAL LIST OF FILM SCORES
LEAP YEAR	WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING	THE MUMMY 3
27 DRESSES	KINDERGARTEN COP	MY COUSIN VINNY
BALLS OF FURY	IMAX--CHINA: THE PANDA ADVENTURE	THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
THE MASK	CORKY ROMANO	THE LAST TIME
XXX (Triple X)	HEAD OVER HEELS	SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
NATIONAL SECURITY	OSMOSIS JONES	SHANGHAI KNIGHTS
DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY	THE WHOLE NINE YARDS	BLACK KNIGHT
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS	6 DAYS/7 NIGHTS	GODS & GENERALS
THE SKULLS	ANACONDA	SHANGHAI NOON
EDTV	DRAGONHEART	PASSION OF MIND
THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD	DOWN PERISCOPE	FOR RICHER OR POORER
DAYLIGHT	TALL TALE	GONE FISHIN'
THE QUEST	SON OF THE MASK	THE HUNLEY
WHO IS CLETIS TOUT	ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD	DIABOLIQUE
THE BIG GREEN	GETTYSBURG	CITIZEN X
PONTIAC MOON	THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN	COME SEE THE PARADISE
BEETHOVEN	ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY JR.	BILLY MADISON
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER	MACGYVER	GREEDY
THE GREENING OF WHITNEY BROWN	QUICK CHANGE	UNDERDOG
GHOSTBUSTERS II	DROP DEAD FRED	BEETHOVEN'S 2ND
TROOP BEVERLY HILLS	SHOUT	V.I. WARSHAWSKI
TWINS	EYES OF AN ANGEL	THE CHIPMUNK ADVENTURE
FEDS	CONNIE & CARLA	NA NAI'A: LEGEND OF THE DOLPHINS
EXECUTIVE ACTION	OUTSIDE IN

SOLO SONG ALBUMS
(from a previous life!)

RANDY EDELMAN (MGM)

THE LAUGHTER AND THE TEARS (MGM)

PRIME CUTS (20TH CENTURY)

FAIRWELL FAIRBANKS (20TH CENTURY)

IF LOVE IS REAL (ARISTA)

YOU’RE THE ONE (ARISTA)

ON TIME (ROCKET RECORDS)

SWITCH OF THE SEASONS (PRT-POLAR)

UPTOWN UPTEMPO (RCA LTD)

RANDY EDELMAN AND HIS PIANO (BBC-PRT)

CONCISE BIO

Randy Edelman grew up in Teaneck New Jersey, where he studied piano at an early age giving many recitals locally. After high school graduation he enrolled at the Cincinnati Music Conservatory where he majored in piano and composition. While in Cincinnati he began freelancing as a music arranger at James Brown’s King Records, and also wrote original music for regional theater.

Upon graduation Randy headed back to New York where he signed on as a staff writer at CBS April Blackwood Music. He also began playing piano in Broadway pit orchestras and continued his interest as a music arranger. He went out on the road as Music Director for many entertainers. It was while traveling that Randy began writing both his own music and lyrics with an eye toward doing his own albums. It was the beginning of a decade of producing and writing his own solo albums.

The albums led to Randy’s appearances as opening solo act to such diverse groups as The Carpenters and Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. His songs began being recorded by such popular recording artists as Barry Manilow (“Weekend In New England”), Olivia Newton-John, Patti LaBelle, The Carpenters, The 5^th Dimension, Jackie DeShannon, Blood Sweat and Tears, Kool & The Gang, Agnetha Faltskog (ABBA), and Bing Crosby to name a few. Subsequent success of his records in the United Kingdom led to appearances on the Top of the Pops, concerts at the London Palladium and Drury Lane Theaters, and tours throughout Europe, Japan and Australia .

It was shortly after arriving in Los Angeles that Randy became interested in using his background as a classical musician and arranger to pursue his interest in film scoring. In between his album recording he began scoring several television and feature films. His tv scoring work included MacGyver, Maximum Security, Mr. Sunshine, Brisco County Jr. to name but a few. Children’s projects included PBS Wonderworks, The Care Bears album and several award-winning After School Specials.

After dealing in the “short form” of pop songs Edelman found the film work liberating and decided to devote his full time to pursuing composing music for motion pictures. He has now composed over 100 scores for film and television.

His scores have been performed by such symphonies as Boston Pops, Charleston Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, and the London Symphony Orchestra, to name a few .Recently his symphonic piece “Transcontinental” was introduced for the first time by Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops. His score from The Last Of The Mohicans was nominated for both the British Academy Award and the Golden Globe. His movie themes have become a backbone of sports broadcasts. He has written the NBC’s NFL Football Theme, ESPN's Sports Century documentary series theme, and the on-air Olympic theme for NBC. His scores have opened the Super Bowl and closed the Olympic broadcast for which he received an Emmy Award.

In 2003 Randy received BMI's highest honor, the Richard Kirk Award for Outstanding Career Achievement.

In June 2004 Randy Edelman was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati. (He is a 1969 graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.) In 2005 Randy had his biggest chart record with Nelly's "My Place". It reached #1 on Billboard's Rap and Hip Hop charts, and #4 on the Pop chart. In 2007, Edelman was nominated by the IFMCA (International Film Music Critics Association) for "Best Original Score For Television" for ABC's mini-series "The Ten Commandments".

He recently scored Disney's live action "Underdog", Focus Features "Balls Of Fury", Fox's "27 Dresses", and Universal's "Mummy 3, Tomb of the Dragon Emperor".

Randy's song, "Weekend in New England", was recently featured in the smash hit film "Paul Blart, Mall Cop".

In 2010 he completed scoring Leap Year in London starring Amy Adams. He has traveled this summer doing film scoring seminars in Tel Aviv,Israel, at Spain's Ubeda Music Festival (where he conducted his Dragon Trilogy) and at the Sundance Institute chaired by Robert Redford. He is currently finishing the score to the documentary "Na Nai'a The Legend of the Dolphins" and the independent feature "The Greening of Whitney Brown". He was awarded the Gold Spirit Award, named in honor of Jerry Goldsmith, in 2011 for "Leap Year", as Best Comedy Score.