Joe Renzetti
Joe Renzetti is an American film composer and session musician. He scores for films and television, and composes works for orchestra, chamber groups, and solo artists.[1]
Career
Born in Philadelphia, Renzetti began his career as a result of Dick Clark and American Bandstand, originating from Philly, Cameo-Parkway records came into existence. Renzetti became Cameo Records' house guitarist, and played on the hits "Let's Twist Again", Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time", "South Street", "Limbo Rock", "Palisades Park", and "Tallahassee Lassie".[2] Joe Renzetti was Gamble and Huff's first arranger, one of the originators of "The Sound Of Philadelphia".[3]
Fascinated by the advances in recording technology, and the profession of arranging for records Renzetti moved his career to New York. There he arranged "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb, "98.6" by Keith, "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" by Jay & the Techniques, and "Mandy" by Barry Manilow.[4]
Renzetti moved to Hollywood and was called to arrange the music for the 1978 film The Buddy Holly Story, which garnered him an Academy Award for Best Adaptation Score.[5]
Filmography
- The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
- Elvis (1979)
- Fatso (1980)
- The Exterminator (1980)
- Dead & Buried (1981)
- Under the Rainbow (1981)
- Vice Squad (1982)
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)
- Poltergeist III (1988)
- Child's Play (1988)
- Lisa (1989)
- Basket Case 2 (1990)
- Frankenhooker (1990)
- Basket Case 3: The Progeny (1991)
List of selected works
- "Waltz" for Blues-Harmonica and Orchestra
- "Echo" for Classical Guitar Quartet
- "On a Chord By Kessel" for Classical Guitar Quartet
- "Holiday Furioso" Scherzo for Orchestra
- "String Quartet in F" - "American"
- "First Chair" A Concerto for Orchestra
- "The 1912 Overture" for Jazz Piano solo and Orchestra
- "Concerto for Three Guitars and Orchestra"
- "Blues, for me?"[6]
Partial list of arranged records
- "Sunny" (composer Bobby Hebb's recording)
- "Mandy" (Barry Manilow's version of "Brandy")
- "98.6" (Keith)
- "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie" (Jay & the Techniques)
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Adaptation Score – The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
- Gold Record for "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb
- Gold Record for "Mandy" by Barry Manilow
- Nomination for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score – Under the Rainbow (1981)
References
- ^ Friedman, Lester D. (2007-04-15). American Cinema of The 1970s: Themes and Variations - Lester D. Friedman - Google Boeken. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813540238. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ "Classic Tracks-Chubby Checker's "The Twist"". Mixonline.com. 2007-03-01. Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ credits on original records - Allmusic. Record producer Jerry Ross
- ^ "Joe Renzetti, Philadelphia History of Music, Rock & Roll, Oldies [archived version of defunct page]". Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
- ^ "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. 2012-08-24. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ "Concert". Joerenzetti.net. Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
External links
- Official website
- Joe Renzetti at IMDb
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- Louis Silvers (1934)
- Max Steiner (1935)
- Leo F. Forbstein (1936)
- Charles Previn (1937)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Alfred Newman (1938)
- Herbert Stothart / Richard Hageman, W. Franke Harling, John Leipold and Leo Shuken (1939)
- Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith and Ned Washington / Alfred Newman (1940)
- Bernard Herrmann / Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace (1941)
- Max Steiner / Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld (1942)
- Alfred Newman / Ray Heindorf (1943)
- Max Steiner / Morris Stoloff and Carmen Dragon (1944)
- Miklos Rozsa / Georgie Stoll (1945)
- Hugo Friedhofer / Morris Stoloff (1946)
- Miklos Rozsa / Alfred Newman (1947)
- Brian Easdale / Johnny Green and Roger Edens (1948)
- Aaron Copland / Roger Edens and Lennie Hayton (1949)
- Franz Waxman / Adolph Deutsch and Roger Edens (1950)
- Franz Waxman / Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin (1951)
- Dimitri Tiomkin / Alfred Newman (1952)
- Bronislau Kaper / Alfred Newman (1953)
- Dimitri Tiomkin / Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin (1954)
- Alfred Newman / Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton and Adolph Deutsch (1955)
- Victor Young / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1956)
- Malcolm Arnold (1957)
- Dimitri Tiomkin / Andre Previn (1958)
- Miklos Rozsa / Andre Previn and Ken Darby (1959)
- Ernest Gold / Morris Stoloff and Harry Sukman (1960)
- Henry Mancini / Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin and Irwin Kostal (1961)
- Maurice Jarre / Ray Heindorf (1962)
- John Addison / Andre Previn (1963)
- Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman / Andre Previn (1964)
- Maurice Jarre / Irwin Kostal (1965)
- John Barry / Ken Thorne (1966)
- Elmer Bernstein / Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (1967)
- John Barry / Johnny Green (1968)
- Burt Bacharach / Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman (1969)
- Francis Lai / The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) (1970)
- Michel Legrand / John Williams (1971)
- Charlie Chaplin, Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell / Ralph Burns (1972)
- Marvin Hamlisch / Marvin Hamlisch (1973)
- Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola / Nelson Riddle (1974)
- John Williams / Leonard Rosenman (1975)
- Jerry Goldsmith / Leonard Rosenman (1976)
- John Williams / Jonathan Tunick (1977)
- Giorgio Moroder / Joe Renzetti (1978)
- Georges Delerue / Ralph Burns (1979)
- Michael Gore (1980)
- Vangelis (1981)
- John Williams / Henry Mancini and Leslie Bricusse (1982)
- Bill Conti / Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1983)
- Maurice Jarre / Prince (1984)
- John Barry (1985)
- Herbie Hancock (1986)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su (1987)
- Dave Grusin (1988)
- Alan Menken (1989)
- John Barry (1990)
- Alan Menken (1991)
- Alan Menken (1992)
- John Williams (1993)
- Hans Zimmer (1994)
- Luis Bacalov / Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995)
- Gabriel Yared / Rachel Portman (1996)
- James Horner / Anne Dudley (1997)
- Nicola Piovani / Stephen Warbeck (1998)
- John Corigliano (1999)
- Tan Dun (2000)
- Howard Shore (2001)
- Elliot Goldenthal (2002)
- Howard Shore (2003)
- Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (2004)
- Gustavo Santaolalla (2005)
- Gustavo Santaolalla (2006)
- Dario Marianelli (2007)
- A. R. Rahman (2008)
- Michael Giacchino (2009)
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010)
- Ludovic Bource (2011)
- Mychael Danna (2012)
- Steven Price (2013)
- Alexandre Desplat (2014)
- Ennio Morricone (2015)
- Justin Hurwitz (2016)
- Alexandre Desplat (2017)
- Ludwig Göransson (2018)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020)
- Hans Zimmer (2021)
- Volker Bertelmann (2022)
- Ludwig Göransson (2023)