Jonathan Firstenberg

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Jonathan Firstenberg is an American television composer and music supervisor.

Biography

Jonathan Firstenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up on Long Island, in Floral Park and Woodbury.cite web|url=http://www.taxi.com/transmitter/0602/headlineB0602.html |title=Universal Music Production Library interview with Jonathan Firstenberg|publisher=Universal music (copy derived from Taxi.com) |date=2006-02 |accessdate=2008-06-18] Inspired by his parents, Firstenberg studied different varieties of music in his youth, and started playing rock and orchestral music with a violin and a guitar. When he graduated from college, Firstenberg started his career in music by taking a job with Hansen Music, in New York City.

In 2005, Firstenberg auditioned and was recruited to lead the Universal Music Production Library, a division of Universal Music Publishing Group, as creative director. In this role, he is responsible for carrying out the vision and mission of Universal Music Publishing Group, CEO David Renzer and Scott James, Sr. V.P. Licensing for Film and Television and New Technologies. Firstenberg stated in an interview that he hopes to inspire composers, songwriters, producers, musicians and vocalists to invest in their music efforts by placing some of their works into the library system.

Credits

*"Cats, Cops and Stuff" (1990)
*"Born to be Mild" (1990)
*"The Long Kiss Goodnight" (1996)
*"Santa Barbara"
*"The Guiding Light"
*"Another World"
*"Capitol"
*"Days of Our Lives"
*"All My Children"
*"General Hospital"

Awards/Nominations

Daytime Emmy awards:

*Won, 1993, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "Santa Barbara" (shared with Dominic Messinger and Rick Rhodes)
*Won, 1996, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" (shared with Robyn Cutler, Michael Licari, Rick Rhodes, Ron Cohen, John Henry Kreitler, Wes Boatman, Danny Lawrence, John E. Young, David Grant, Barry De Vorzon, Richard Hazard, Edward Dzubak, and Alan Bellink)

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External links

*IMDB name|1680706|Jonathan Firstenberg
* [http://emusician.com/tutorials/emusic_reel_money/ Reel Money - A real-world guide to getting music into film and TV soundtracks.]