Was encouraged to pursue film music by Disney legend Norman "Buddy" Baker after studying with him at an NYU film scoring seminar.
Father was part of the Grumman team that developed the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) for the Apollo space mission at NASA, putting the first man on the moon.
Mother's name is "Patti Patti".
Studied piano and composition with Avraham Sternklar for 10 years.