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01 - Track 1
Don
Hart and Patrick Hart
Don Hart is a composer, orchestrator, and arranger in Nashville, TN.
His works have been performed by orchestras and chamber groups, including
ensembles from Nashville, Chicago and Atlanta. Among his broadcast
clients are A&E, CNN, TBS and the History Channel. Don is currently
working on commissions for the Nashville Ballet and the Nashville
Chamber Orchestra. More info (soon): http://hartmusic.com/
Contact: 615.646.7760 or 615.294.3374 email: - donhartmus@comcast.net.
Patrick Hart is a composer, producer, and arranger from Nashville,
TN. He has written for film and TV, and has received awards for his
compositions. Recent film credits include the feature-length "
In Plain Sight," which can be seen now on Pay-Per-View. Visit:
http://umsis.miami.edu/~phart
to hear more of Patrick's music.
02 - Track 2
Steve
W. Mauldin Productions
Steve, a professional composer/arranger/producer in Nashville for
the past twenty-four years, has written for recordings, jingles, television,
theater and film. His clients include Ricky Skaggs, Chely Wright,
Vince Gill, Michael McDonald, Seals & Crofts, Floyd Cramer, Ray
Price, Collective Soul, Michael Omartian, The Gaither Vocal Band,
Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir and'many more. Steve also worked on CMT's
100 Greatest Love Songs, the movies Ernest Goes to Jail, Hoodwinked,
and had source music in the Sean Penn feature U-Turn and The Ice Storm.
Most recently Steve scored Docking Faith by Jenny Nichols which is
showing at the Nashville Film Festival. stevemauld@aol.com
03 - Track 3
Leonard Wolf
Leonard Wolf is an accomplished keyboard player and songwriter, who
has a great love of rock, R&B, film music, and jazz, and has made
his living in Nashville for 20 years composing, sound designing, and
scoring for film , TV, and advertising. He's won 4 Emmys and many
advertising awards and worked in every sort of media. His studio is
well equipped for recording the amazing world class Nashvilletalent
base. This reel shows only a little of the diversity Leonard is well
known for delivering. Call 615-254-4828 for more information.www.wolfmusic.com
(note: first cut was co-written with Robert Bond.)
04 - Track 4
Mark
Beall
Mark Beall has written original music for clients including Chevrolet,
Merrell Dow, Batesville Caskets, NCR, Kenner, Cincinnati Planetariurn,
Tennessee Repertory Theater, Cumberland County Playhouse, United Methodist
Communications and others. Original scores have included an animated
film, industrial videos, television and radio work and concert music.
With film composer George S. Clinton (Austin \Powers), Mark co-produced
the cast recording of Clinton's musical, Family Love. Mark co-wrote
the stage musical Light Along The Cumberland. Mark has a professional
studio where he also offers recording and music print services. Please
call 615-297-4756, email markthebeall@comcast.net,
or visit him at www.markbeall.com.
05 - Track 5
Ron Kristy
In New York, Mexico City and Music City, Ron Kristy has been creating
powerful, innovative music since 1979. Ron's music brings life to
"Dusty the Delta Air Lion" at Disneyland, depth to the Hoover
Dam Surround Theatres and passion to America's history at Colonial
Williamsburg's 5 screen presentation. You can hear Ron's music on
Fox Sports, "America's Most Wanted", "Inside the NFL"
(HBO), "Life After Life" (Discovery Channel, finalist NY
Film Festival), "Soul of the Senate, the Robert Byrd Story",
premiering May 28th on PBS, AT&T Wireless (website score), and
many more. He can be reached at (615) 481-9595, www.ronkristy.com
Joseph S. DeBeasi
In 1983 Joseph earned a Bachelors of Music degree in film composition
from Berklee College of Music. It was then that he scored his first
film, a docudrama for PBS, with a small chamber orchestra. Today he
has over 20 feature film credits as a music editor working alongside
composers like John Morris (Dirty Dancing), Marvin Hamlisch (Frankie
& Johnny), the late Elmer Bernstein (Mad Dog and Glory), Alan
Silvestri, (Maid in Manhattan), and Rachel Portman, (Because of Winn-Dixie).
For contact information visit www.jsdproductions.com
or 615.429.1057.
08 - Track 8
John
Mattick/Crew 22
Crew 22 is a production/songwriting team made up of Rodney Lawson,
John Mattick, and Colleen McFarland. They specialize in writing songs
and recording tracks for use in the film, television, and computer
games. Their collective credits include a 2004 Grammy nomination,
voice over, and jingle work for Nike, Fox Television, Polygram Video,
and NFL Films, 1999 and 2001 NBA meet the composer grants, dance remixes
for Cyndi Lauper's "Hat Full Of Stars" and "Sisters
of Avalon" and the 1995 NBA Finals theme. Their music has been
used on the Sci-Fi Channel, the Style Network, the Oxygen Network,
ten Entertainment Channel, the Lifetime Channel, The Discovery Channel,
HGTV, CNN, and A&E. jmattick@comcast.net
09 - Track 9
Rolin R. Mains
Rolin R. Mains is a composer, orchestrator, arranger, keyboard/pianist,
synth programmer, and an award-winning producer living in Nashville,
TN. He is the founder and president of the Nashville Composers Association,
a group formed for the benefit of composers in the areas of film,
television, ballet, theater and the concert hall. Mr. Mains has scored
numerous short films, one feature, several documentaries, and children's
musicals. He currently serves as Music Director for a Lutheran church
in Nashville. He can be found on the web at: http://www.rolinmains.com.
10 - Track 10
David
Huntsinger
Composer-pianist-producer David Huntsinger counts as musical influences
the Pentecostal church, classical music radio, composition studies
at Sun Valley Music Camp before high school, and self-directed study.
Recording credits in Nashville, Los Angeles, London, and Dublin include
work with Amy Grant, Aretha Franklin, Michael Crawford and film recording
in London. His eclectic recordings feature structured compositions
but also jagged, abstract improvisations with multiple musicians.
"I'll suggest an image: let's go! The thrill is thwarting chaos
by careful co-navigation. The result can be like overlapping but artful
dialog in an Altman film." David arranged and contributed songs
to Grammy-nominated "A Child's Gift of Lullabies" and co-produced
Andy Griffith's Grammy-garnering hymns album. dbh_inc@bellsouth.net
11 - Track 11
Erie Chapman
Erie Chapman, M.T.S., J.D., is president and chief executive officer
of the Baptist Healing Hospital Trust, Nashville, Tennessee. Across
his extraordinary career he has served as a successful trial attorney,
federal prosecuting attorney, night court judge, producer/host of
an internationally syndicated television show (Life Choices with Erie
Chapman & Kathleen Sullivan), publisher of a healthcare magazine,
newspaper columnist, radio talk show host, documentary film producer,
and author. He is also a prize-winning photographer and a music composer.
He teaches a masters level course in leadership theory and behavior
at Vanderbilt University. erie.chapman@baptisthealingtrust.org
12 - Track 12
Russell
Mauldin
Since moving to Nashville in 1986, Russell Mauldin has become one
of Music City's most prolific and sought after talents. His credits
include major artist recordings in the Contemporary Christian and
Country fields, as orchestrator, songwriter and vocalist. Russell
has also become a leading arranger in the Church Music industry, where
his dramatic Musicals and Choral arrangements have sold over 4 million
copies worldwide. He is a winner of Christian music's most coveted
prize, the Dove Award. In 2002, Russell formed Maestro Productions,
and hired Kris Crunk, a cutting edge programmer/ProTools wizard as
Creative Assistant. This demo exhibits their versatility. rm72@comcast.net
13 - Track 13
Geoff Koch
At home making music with everything from the latest technology to
pencil and paper, Geoff Koch's music may be described as an exercise
in diversity. Born in Northeast, raised in the Midwest, and now calling
Nashville home (a.k.a. Ageographic mutt=), Geoff writes for TV shows
such as A&E's "American Justice" and "Biography"
and has litany of other credits ranging from film to CMT to HGTV to
PBS to NBC. Specializing in music for film and media, his studio is
located on Nashville's Music Row. This music reflects only a portion
of Geoff's musical range. Visit http://kochproductions.com
Phone 615.846.4462