John D'Andrea

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John D'Andrea is an American television composer, arranger and music writer.

Biography

D'Andrea, as a boy, was interested in being a musician, due to his father's career playing the saxophone in local New Jersey bands, and his father, because of this, gave him a saxophone for his ninth birthday.cite web |url=http://www.soundtrack.net/composers/database/?id=1284 |title=Soundtrack biography on John D'Andrea |publisher=www.soundtrack.net |accessdate=2008-06-23] Years later, D'Andrea attended the Arts High School for music and the Manhattan School of Music in New York. At the same time he, like his father, participated in local New Jersey bands, as a player, singer, and arranger.

D'Andrea met Bob Marcucci in 1963. Marcucci secured a recording contract for him as a singer with Sinatra's label "Reprise Records", which caused him to become a regular on the 60's network hit music show "Shindig". After this, he became a musical director, and accompanied artists such as The Beach Boys, Paul Revere, The Raiders, Vic Damone, Steve and Eydie, Eddie Rabbitt and Sylvie Vartan around the world.

He has arranged/produced 25 Gold and Platinum Records and 70 Chart Records including such #1 hits as "Indian Reservation" by Paul Revere & the Raiders, "Da Doo Ron Ron" by Shaun Cassidy, "Can You Read My Mind" (Superman Theme) by Maureen McGovern, "Somewhere in Time" by Roger Williams, and "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes. He won a Grammy Award for his arrangement in "Time of My Life".

D'Andrea is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), from which he has garnered three awards. In his spare time, D'Andrea plays the saxophone for the D'Anbino Family Band.

Credits

Composer

*"Murder in the Mirror" (2000)
*"The Test of Love" (1999)
*"Diagnosis Murder" (1998-1999)
*"A Secret Life" (1999)
*"A Marriage of Convenience" (1998)
*"Martial Law" (1999-2000)
*"" (1998)
*"Assault on Devil's Island" (1997)
*"Steel Chariots" (1997)
*"" (1997)
*"Gone in a Heartbeat" (1996)
*"Fall Into Darkness" (1996)
*"Angel Flight Down" (1996)
*"Baywatch" (1989-2001)
*"Baywatch Nights" (1995)
*"" (1995)
*"Mighty Max" (1993-1994)
*"Deadly Vows" (1994)
*"Thunder in Paradise" (1993)
*"The Tower" (1993)
*"Boiling Point" (1993)
*"Beyond the Law" (1992)
*"The Entertainers" (1991)
*"Child's Play 3 (1991)
*"Swimsuit (1989)
*"The Iron Triangle" (1989)
*"Dangerous Curves" (1988)
*"Hunter's Blood" (1987)
*"Body Slam" (1986)
*"The Education of Allison Tate" (1986)
*"Savage Streets" (1984)
*"Grambling's White Tiger" (1981)
*"Stranger in Our House" (1978)
*"Love's Dark Ride" (1978)
*"The Commitment" (1976)
*"Grey Knight" (1993)
*"Tough Enough" (1983)

Music writer

*"Adam & Steve" (2005)
*"" (2004)
*"Spy Game" (2001)
*"Dirty Dancing" (1987)

Awards/Nominations

Daytime Emmy awards:

*Won, 1997, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "Days of Our Lives" (shared with Ken Corday, Brent Nelson, Dominic Messinger, Cory Lerios, Amy Burkhard Evans, and Stephen Reinhardt)

*ASCAP awards:

*Won, 1996, Top TV Series for "Baywatch"
*Won, 1997, Top TV Series for "Baywatch"
*Won, 1997, Most Performed Underscore

References

External links

*IMDB name|0195224|John D'Andrea
* [http://www.danbino.com/ Danbino family official website]