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tomandandy started as a musical group in the 1989 in New York City by Thomas Hajdu and Andy Milburn and is chiefly known for their work in film scores and television commercials. But tomandandy expanded dramatically over the years. Without investor support tomandandy became one of the largest music production companies in the world. During the 1990's, tomandandy had offices in Manhattan and Santa Monica and employed almost 100 full time employees around the world. tomandandy, redefined the way in which music for media was created by appropriating aesthetics of the avant garde, bringing them into pop culture. tomandandy received critical acclaim in all media sectors as creation as well as product design. Simultaneously, tomandandy focused on artificial intelligence and content and is the holder of broad patent (US 6.051.770) "artificial composer" that is based on a series of groundbreaking musical metrics. tomandandy is currently involved in numerous music and media based projects. The chances are that tomandandy's music is currently playing on various medias right now...


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[edit] Early Years

Andy Milburn was born in Texas and went to Princeton University for undergraduate as well as graduate work. At Princeton, his primary focus was creating computer music and computer music applications. During that time, he helped build the early computer music system called "CMIX". Thomas Hajdu was born in Canada and moved to the US to work on his graduate studies at Princeton University.

While at Princeton University, the duo began collaborating on small pieces of electronic music which consisted of bits of disjunct sounds. They called these pieces, "Blasts" and while blasts were completely unsuccessful when performed in the concert hall, they discovered that they played perfectly well when attached to disconnected images on TV.


[edit] MTV and Film, New York and Los Angeles

Milburn and Hajdu moved to New York after Princeton and started collaborating with film director Mark Pellington at MTV and film editor Hank Corwin. Soon their work was being used in commercials, TV shows, feature films, art installations and record projects. tomandandy quickly grew and they built a number of recording studios in New York and then later in Los Angeles as well.

[edit] Recent Years

tomandandy's music can be heard all over the world in many contexts from feature films to fashion shows, from television commercials to art galleries and video games and the Internet. tomandandy is a virtual organization. tomandandy is virtually everywhere and and nowhere. Up to date completed projects can be seen on their website: www.tomandandy.com/news


[edit] Discography (selected)

The Hills Have Eyes - Soundtrack from the Motion Picture - Lakeshore Records, 2006

The Covenant (film) - Soundtrack from the Motion Picture - Lakeshore Records, 2006

Mean Creek -Soundtrack from the Motion Picture - Lakeshore Records, 2004

Faster (film) - Soundtrack from the Motion Picture - Lakeshore Records, 2004

The Mothman Prophecies (film) -Soundtrack from the Motion Picture - Lakeshore Records, 2002

The Rules of Attraction- Soundtrack from the Motion Picture - Lion’s Gate Records, 2002

Kerouac – Kicks Joy Darkness - William S.Burroughs, Ryko, 1997

United States of Poetry - Polygram, 1996

Arlington Road - Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, Lakeshore, 1996

Cartridge Music from OffBeat - TVT Records, 1996

“It Goes Back” David Byrne, from OffBeat - TVT Records, 1996

“You'll Know You Were Loved” - Lou Reed, Original TV Soundtrack, Reprise, 1995

“In Our Sleep” - Laurie Anderson - Warner Brothers, 1995

“ZooTV Live From Sydney” - U2. Polygram Video, 1994

Killing Zoe - Soundtrack from the Motion Picture - Milan/BMG, 1994

[edit] Artistic Collabrations(selected)

No Maps For These Territories, documentary collaboration with author, William Gibson and director Mark Neale, Slamdance, 2001

Tom Sachs, Sony Outsider, Thomas Healy Gallery, New York, 1998

Starn Brothers, Black Sun Burned, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, 1998

William Burroughs, Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters novelist, production and composition for Old Western Movies from Kicks Joy Darkness. Ryko, 1997

Lou Reed, Grammy Award winner, production and composition for You Know You Were Loved from Friends soundtrack, Reprise/Warner, 1997

David Byrne, Grammy/Academy Award winner, production and composition for “It Goes Back” from Offbeat, TVT Records, 1997

La Fura dels Baus, John Paul Jones, Peter Gabriel, collaboration for Spanish World’s Fair, 1996

Laurie Anderson, Creator of Performance Art, production and composition for In Our Sleep, Warner Brothers, 1995

Oliver Stone, Academy Award winning writer/director, additional music for feature films JFK, Warner Brothers 1991 and Natural Born Killers, Warner Brothers 1994

U2: Zoo TV, World Tour, 1994

Jenny Holzer, Laments, DiaArt Foundation, New York, 1989

[edit] Coporate Collabrations For Ad Campaigns(selected)

Wieden & Kennedy – Microsoft, Nike

Viacom – MTV, VH1

Euro RSCG – Volvo, WorldCom

McCann Worldwide- Mercedes Daimler, AT&T

Publicis & Hal Riney – Cisco, Saturn

[edit] Press(selected)

NY Times

Interview Magazine

Paper Magazine

Details Magazine

Wired Magazine

Index Magazine

[edit] External links

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