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Anthony Marinelli(I)

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  • Composer
  • Producer
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Anthony Marinelli on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with Herb Alpert & Ozomatli (2006)
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Anthony Marinelli has composed, conducted and performed the music in over eighty motion pictures, including The Man From Elysian Fields, 15 Minutes, Hotel, American Gun, 2 Days in the Valley, Mayor of the Sunset Strip, Young Guns, Internal Affairs and Timecode. He also composed music heard in Leaving Las Vegas, the action film Demolition Man and the hit comedies Let It Ride and Planes, Trains & Automobiles. Recent releases include Altergeist, Jada Pinkett Smith's directorial debut film The Human Contract, the provocative Chapter 27, starring Jared Leto and Lindsay Lohan, My Sexiest Year featuring collaborations with Dr. John, and Ripple Effect starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Oscar nominees Virginia Madsen and Minnie Driver. He also composed and conducted a rare live television performance of On Golden Pond starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer and the Speechless Without Writers campaign, a set of thirty-eight mini films for Internet release (starring Woody Allen, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sean Penn, Jay Leno, Tina Fey and more) created in support of the WGA striking members. Anthony recently completed scoring Midnight Return, a documentary about the the enigmatic Oscar-winning film Midnight Express.

Along with his film work, Anthony has a notable record career. He remixed and produced Herb Alpert's classic Whipped Cream & Other Delights, rightly named ReWhipped featuring Herb Alpert, Ozomatli, The Dust Brothers and Thievery Corporation, produced the album/concert DVD The Harry Smith Project featuring Elvis Costello, Beck, Wilco, Lou Reed, Sonic Youth and Nick Cave, and produced a remake of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On by New Orleans natives the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, featuring Chuck D, Guru and Ivan Neville.

His large scale orchestral work In the Family Way was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Leonard Slatkin and premiered at the Hollywood Bowl.

Marinelli has composed music for over 500 hundred commercials including 30 spots for Apple Computer, spots for Microsoft, Nike, Mercedes- Benz, Chevrolet, Budweiser, Jaguar, Shell, Southwest Airlines, Boeing and the original iconic top 10 all time ad "This is your Brain on Drugs" campaign. He's been honored with numerous Clio, Silver Lion, Belding and Addy awards. His memorable theme for Shell Oil Company has been their mainstay still on air since 2007. His work and articles have been featured by AICP, Shoot, Ad Week, Creativity, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Film Score Monthly, Mix, Electronic Musician, Playboy, The Wall Street Journal and the LA Times.

He revolutionized post production work flow as co-originator of Levels Audio Post. By integrating a new style of mixing music and sound for picture, it quickly became the industries fastest growing and most in-demand facility. His state of the art complex located at the historic corner of Hollywood and Highland was the first choice of discriminating projects such as American Idol, The Bachelor, and the VH1, ESPN, Soul Train, Teen Choice and MTV award shows.

Earlier in his career, Anthony played keyboards on Michael Jackson's mega-hit Thriller as well as on records for such renowned artists as James Brown, Lionel Richie, Van Halen, Supertramp and Quincy Jones.

He was also a member of LA's popular band Night Flight with Dianne Reeves and Billy Childs. His early years pioneering analog modular synthesizer programming and live performance with his keyboard duo The Synners positioned Anthony at the center of the ensuing music technology revolution.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Anthony was exposed at a young age to the music and entertainment world. While visiting his father at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, Anthony regularly observed innumerable operas, ballet, musicals, symphonies and met entertainment icons likes Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra, Zubin Mehta and Katherine Hepburn. He attended the University of Southern California School of Music as a piano and composition major. His extensive work as a young arranger, orchestrator and performer for Quincy Jones, Jack Nitzsche, Lamont Dozier, Arthur Rubenstein and Giorgio Moroder was vital in launching his own career as composer, producer and artist.
BornMarch 19, 1959
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    Known for

    Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy in WarGames (1983)
    WarGames
    7.1
    • Music Department(synthesizer, uncredited, additional arrangements)
    • 1983
    15 Minutes (2001)
    15 Minutes
    6.1
    • Music Department
    • 2001
    Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes in Demolition Man (1993)
    Demolition Man
    6.7
    • Soundtrack("Good Things From The Garden", "Come Alive (You're In The Pepsi Generation)")
    • 1993
    Sylvester Stallone, David Mendenhall, and Rick Zumwalt in Over the Top (1987)
    Over the Top
    5.8
    • Music Department(additional music, uncredited, synthesizer)
    • 1987

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    • Mosquito (2022)
      Mosquito
      5.3
      • music producer
      • musician: keyboards
      • 2022
    • Love Kills (2016)
      Love Kills
      7.1
      • music producer
      • 2016
    • The Guru & the Gypsy
      • music producer
      • musician: keyboards
      • 2016
    • River of Gold (2016)
      River of Gold
      8.0
      • music producer
      • 2016
    • Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey (2016)
      Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey
      7.0
      • music producer
      • 2016
    • Altergeist (2014)
      Altergeist
      3.9
      • music producer
      • musician: piano
      • orchestrator
      • 2014
    • Michael Jackson in This Is It (2009)
      This Is It
      7.2
      • musician: synthesizer (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Jason Clarke and Paz Vega in The Human Contract (2008)
      The Human Contract
      5.0
      • score producer
      • 2008
    • Sublime (2007)
      Sublime
      5.3
      Video
      • composer: additional music
      • 2007
    • Jared Leto in Chapter 27 (2007)
      Chapter 27
      5.6
      • score producer
      • 2007
    • Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003)
      Mayor of the Sunset Strip
      7.0
      • music producer
      • orchestrator
      • 2003
    • Rolling Kansas (2003)
      Rolling Kansas
      6.0
      • music producer
      • orchestrator
      • 2003
    • Michael Caine and Michael Keaton in Quicksand (2003)
      Quicksand
      5.3
      • music producer
      • orchestrator
      • 2003
    • Lauren Holly and Robert Patrick in Pavement (2002)
      Pavement
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • music producer
      • 2002
    • Borderline (2002)
      Borderline
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • music producer
      • 2002

    Composer



    • Christian D. Bruun in Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album (2022)
      Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album
      Podcast Series
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Solo Respira (2022)
      Solo Respira
      3.9
      • composer
      • 2022
    • Mosquito (2022)
      Mosquito
      5.3
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Greg Bryk, Seamus Dever, Mark Pellegrino, and Jenessa Grant in Far Cry 5 (2018)
      Far Cry 5
      7.9
      Video Game
      • composer: Lost on Mars DLC
      • 2018
    • Love Kills (2016)
      Love Kills
      7.1
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • The Guru & the Gypsy
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • River of Gold (2016)
      River of Gold
      8.0
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey (2016)
      Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey
      7.0
      • Composer
      • 2016
    • Altergeist (2014)
      Altergeist
      3.9
      • Composer
      • 2014
    • Amazon Gold (2012)
      Amazon Gold
      5.7
      • Composer
      • 2012
    • Footsteps (2010)
      Footsteps
      8.5
      • Composer
      • 2010
    • Ronald Reagan in Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny (2009)
      Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny
      5.6
      • Composer
      • 2009
    • Clouded
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2009
    • 'Hick' Town
      7.7
      • Composer
      • 2009
    • The Gift
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2009

    Producer



    • Christian D. Bruun in Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album (2022)
      Stories in the Room: Michael Jackson's Thriller Album
      Podcast Series
      • producer
      • 2022–2023

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    Personal details

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    • Born
      • March 19, 1959
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Spouses
        Cynthia Noon-GomesSeptember 6, 2013 - present (1 child)
    • Children
        Dante Marinelli

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      Met Michael Jackson at the 1973 Oscars telecast when Jackson sang the nominated song "Ben" and then met him again 10 years later as a musician on Michael's mega hit album Thriller.

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