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Composer for award winning films with
award winning directors,including, StanleyTucci, Alan
Rudoph, Campbell Scott, Eric Simonsen and others.
Composer of the score for 'Big Night','Off the
Map','Hamlet' and others films,
solo jazz release featuring premiere saxophonist
Walt Weiskopf and Rishard Drexler: "La
Pluie Sur La Seine' And another new
jazz single here ! Composer of
the score for 'Big Night','Off the Map','Hamlet' and others
films, solo jazz release.Mike Stern, Gary
DeMichele,Richard Drexler 'Pascal's
Waltz'
Itinerary 2025
July
Copenhagen
Jazz
FestivalJuly10-28
Andalusia
Spain,Mojacar,
artist
residency,
Helsinki
July
28-30
Aug1-Aug 30
Varkaus,
Finland,Taidenitty,
artist
residency
Helsinki Sept
1-5
Sept 24-Oct 20
Rejkyavik/Laugarvatn,Iceland
Screening/artist
residency
Sept 27
Rejkyavik,Iceland,
screening and
dinner event
RIFF, 'Big
Night'.
News 2024
This year I have concluded the artist
residency in
Korpo,Finland
in June. Very grateful to my new friends there
. I was then be off to Denmark and stop by the
Copenhagen
Jazz Festival, I had a great time and
played with
some wonderful
musicians.
I then made a
stop for a few
days in
Budapest to
confer on
some musical
things and
spend a little
time there. .
News
2023 Gary DeMichele has been awarded the Ingmar Bergman
residency at
Faro.
https://bergmangardarna.se/our-guests/ The Swedish radio network P2 has just done a feature on
film music
featuring
discussions
and tracks
from Gary's
soundtrack
from the
feature
film
'Big Night'.
Thank you P2
for your
interest and
the wonderful
piece.
links to the program can be
found here -
https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/restaurangkokets-aptitretande-toner Gary has just concluded an artist residency in June at
NES in
Skagastrond,
north Iceland. find
here-https://www.facebook.com/nesres/
In Jul
, Gary has
just returned
stateside,
from a week at
the Copenhagen
jazz festival.
Should anyone
wish to
purchase
exclusive
tracks,
A'Big
Night' or
'Impostors'
soundtrack CD,
'Music for
Dance' or, of
course
,digital
downloads of
tracks exclusively
available
here, only , Please
emailscrimdy@yahoo.com
with 'product
request' in
the heading.
NEW
releases
on Bandcamp
https://garydemichele1.bandcamp.com
Manuscript of the Score
/'Big Night' Theme
Myself, Bergman residency at
Faro,Bergman
Estate,Faro,Sweden,at Ingmar
Bergman's desk
2023
Please feel free to leave
comments or say hello on my
guestbook.
La Vie Cafe, c.2022
'Gary and I have known
each other since college, and he's
been the composer on most movies
(and a few plays) I've directed or
produced since then, starting with 'BIG
NIGHT' in 1993 and continuing to
'COMPANY RETREAT' this year. Gary is
a musician first - a jazzcomposer,
percussionist, pianist - and a
film scorer by way of his other
disciplines, which makes him the
ideal composer for the very
different movies I'm involved
with. His
ideas are never what I would
expect, which challenges me to
make more effective choices in the
editing room, and the movies
always turn out more layered and
provocative as a result. His
scores always make the movies
better, wider, more compelling'.
Campbell
Scott,Actor/Director
'Long
before I had the great pleasure to
meet and perform with Mr.
DeMichele, his film music for Big
Night and The Secret Lives of
Dentists hugged my ears and
sparked my emotions. I have since
realized that Mr. DeMichele is a
renaissance man in the truest of
definition. In this age of
specialization it is a rare
individual who has absorbed the
entire history of music and
utilizes this knowledge to create
its future. The platforms in which
Mr. DeMichele presents his
talents...film scoring, orchestral
and electronic composition,
theatrical composition, jazz
orchestra and performance on piano
and drums...are impressive,
genuine and on the highest level
of craft. His music expresses the
entire palette of human emotion.'
Tim Hagans Composer/Musician/Educator Blue
Note recording artist Artistic
Director, Composer-in-Residence
Emeritus/Norrbotten Big Band
'I have
worked alongside Gary in a
professional capacity as recently
as 2014 and can vouch for his
continued excellence in his
musical composition and arranging
as well as his competence as a
vocalist and drummer. As a
saxophone player I found my role
interpreting his writing to be
challenging and stimulating.'
Walt
Weiskopf
Saxophonist,Composer,Bandleader,Educator
'Gary DeMichele is a good friend
and a talented and versatile
musician/composer with a wide
range of knowledge and
interests. I have enjoyed
playing on his film scores and
playing jazz gigs with him in both
Chicago and Florida. I hope
we continue to work together on
projects as we always have fun
doing it.'
Richard Drexler
Bassist,Pianist,Composer
Note
from Gary -
I
want to take a
moment to
thank all the
great people
that I have
met in my
musical
adventures,on
my artist
residencies
film ,gigs,
and other
projects,
musicians and
great friends
and ,
directors. People
whom
stood
behind my
efforts,and
even when I
was
not sure,(which was quite often) . ,had encouraging things to
say to me and
offered their
support
and
,gave me
confidence
when I needed
it I
hope you know
who you are
,that is, I
don't want to
make a list
because it's a
lot to put on
on the website
,and I
feel like I
would forget
someone.
Thanks for
your
friendship and
respect, it
means a lot to
me. love
and gratitude, Gary
Review Excerpts-
Joel E.Siegel
Washington City Paper
'Big Night' Dirs. Campbell Scott and
Stanley Tucci
'As with fine cooking, Big Night’s savor
stems from careful attention to quality
ingredients. Pascal’s Vegasy restaurant is
production designer Andrew Jackness’
special triumph, a circuslike
crimson-and-faux-stone Mafia hangout
complete with walls of autographed
celebrity glossies and plastic Leaning
Towers of Pisa. Ken Kelsch’s crisp
cinematography and Gary DeMichele’s
musical score, which incorporates vintage
recordings by Rosemary Clooney, Keely
Smith and, of course, Prima, enhance the
film’s ambience.'.
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Kevin Tomas Los Angeles Times
'The Secret Lives of Dentists'
Dir Alan Rudolph
'......."The Secret Lives of Dentists" is
a stylish work from an accomplished,
sophisticated filmmaker that bristles with
intelligence and gleams with Scott's and
Davis' multifaceted, astutely judged
portrayals. The film also glows with the
clear light and cool tones of
cinematographer Florian Ballhaus' images,
and its shifting moods are expressed
beautifully by Gary DeMichele's
distinctive score, at once spare yet
dramatic.' _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Ken
Eisner
Variety
'Hamlet'
Dir.Campbell Scott and Eric Simonsen
..'Also striking is Gary DeMichele’s
piano-and-trumpet-centered score,
which offers a kind of medieval jazz
commentary on the action. Dan
Gillham’s lensing, which
occasionally rests on the buildings’
cornices and gargoyle-like
adornments, is straightforward, with
just enough interpretive movement to
heighten the drama.
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Todd McCarthy
Variety
'The Impostors'
Dir. Stanley Tucci
......'Andrew Jackness’ production design
and Juliet Polcsa’s costumes are
constantly diverting delights to the eye,
and Gary DeMichele’s score is spry.
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Julio Martinez
Variety
'Drums in The Night'(Actors Gang Theatre
co.,artistic Director Tim Robbins (Gary
DeMichele,Composer/Sound design) )
Dir.John Kellam.
..A decided plus in this production is the
compelling sound design of Gary DeMichele
that constantly underscores the harrowing
conditions in the world just outside the
walls of our agenda-challenged
protagonists.
Some of the numerous
performers,directors,collaborators
institutions and organizations with
whom
Gary DeMichele has worked are listed
below ,listed for some next to some of
the names are his work relation to the
person or institution
and/or their core discipline is
sometimes listed.Some film,theater
,directors,and televison credits are
listed also. Full CV available on
request.
Artist Residences awarded are also
listed.
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