Tom Pierson
Tom Pierson (born Thomas Pierson March 11, 1948 Ashland, Wisconsin)[1] is an American conductor, composer, musical director, film director, arranger, orchestrator, production crew, musician, and music lecturer.
At the age of 13, he debuted as a soloist with the Houston Symphony.[2] He studied at the Juilliard School to become a classical pianist and later turned to jazz. He conducted Leonard Bernstein's Mass at the Metropolitan Opera. He has conducted other works as well, including Candide. He has scored films for Woody Allen, notably Manhattan,[3] and Robert Altman's Quintet.[4] He filmed Turkey Boy in Japan in 2008.[5]
Work
- Songs from the movie "Turkey Boy", 2008, CD [6]
- "Turkey Boy", 2008, DVD [7]
- Deep Forest By Bruce Huebner, Zabu Tone Music ZT006, CD 2008, as pianist [8]
- The Hidden Goddess, 2003, CD, ©Point of No Return Music (806635019475), AUTEUR [9][10]
- Left, Right, 2001, CD [11]
- Tom Pierson III, 1999, CD, Oglio Records [12]
- Planet of Tears, 1990, CD [13][14]
- American Playhouse, 1982, orchestrator; 1 episode - Working TV episode [15]
- Popeye (film), 1980, composer: additional score [16][17][18]
- Manhattan (film), 1979, music adapted/arranged by [19][20][21]
- Hair (film), 1979, conductor/arranger, vocals, as Thomas Pierson [22][23]
- Quintet (film), 1979[24][25][26]
- A Perfect Couple, 1979, Orchestra Conductor[27][28][29][30]
- The World of Magic, NBC 1975, hosted by Bill Cosby, as Music Director [31]
References
- ^ Tom Pierson Bibliography (translated from Japanese site senzoku.ac.jp) Retrieved 2011-01-24
- ^ High Note, The Japan Times
- ^ Adam Harvey, The Soundtracks of Woody Allen: A Complete Guide to the Songs and Music in Every Film, 1969-2005 (McFarland, 2007), ISBN 0786429682, ISBN 978-0786429684) [1]
- ^ Composer, Original Music By Tom Pierson
- ^ Point of No Retun Music 2008: ["Turkey Boy" http://www.turkeyboymovie.com/TurkeyBoy.htm]
- ^ Soundtruck, Turkey Boy Movie
- ^ Turkey Boy Movie
- ^ Mark Tourian (acoustic bass), STUDIO TOURIAN
- ^ Doug Keahl, CD Reviews
- ^ Album, Big Band, Music is here
- ^ MICHAEL PRONKO, The Japan Times Online [2]
- ^ Tom Pierson III, Billboard Jun 26, 1999, Magazine
- ^ Big Band, All About Jazz
- ^ Patricia Myers, JAZZ TIMES 1997
- ^ American Playhouse
- ^ Popeye (1980)
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman (Paperback), By Robert Kolker, Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (July 27, 2000), ISBN 0195123506, ISBN 978-0195123500 [3]
- ^ Manhattan (1979)
- ^ The New York Times [4]
- ^ CinemaScope One: STUPENDOUS IN 'SCOPE (Paperback) by John Reid, Lulu.com (May 15, 2004)
- ^ Hair (1979), Music Department
- ^ Hair by Galt MacDermot;Tom Pierson [5]
- ^ Quintet (1979)
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music (Paperback), By Royal S. Brown, University of California Press (October 18, 1994), ISBN 0520085442, ISBN 978-0520085442
- ^ Music Department, Tom Pierson
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman (Paperback), By Robert Kolker, Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (July 27, 2000), ISBN 0195123506, ISBN 978-0195123500 [6]
- ^ Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music (Paperback), By Royal S. Brown, University of California Press (October 18, 1994), ISBN 0520085442, ISBN 978-0520085442
- ^ Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974-1984 By Vincent Terrace
- Further sources
- Blue Nippon: authenticating jazz in Japan By E. Taylor Atkins, Duke University Press (November 2001), ISBN 082232721X, ISBN 978-0822327219
- Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture (Paperback), By Timothy J. Craig (Editor), M.E. Sharpe (June 2000), ISBN 0765605619, ISBN 978-0765605610
- Patricia Myers, JAZZ TIMES Jun 1997, Magagine, by JazzTimes, Inc., 144 pages, ISSN 0272-572X
- p. 273, Manhattan, cf. The Bent Lens: A world guide to gay and lesbian film By Lisa Daniel, Claire Jackson, ALLEN & UNWIN, March 2003, ISBN 9781741140149
- p. 314, 329, cf. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music (Hardcover), By Stephanie Stein Crease, Chicago Review Press; illustrated edition edition (October 1, 2001), ISBN 1556524250, ISBN 978-1556524257
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American conductor, composer, musical director, film director, arranger, orchestrator |
| Date of birth |
1948-03-11 |
| Place of birth |
Ashland, Wisconsin, USA |
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