Cliff Eidelman

Cliff Eidelman
Born	Cliff Eidelman December 5, 1964 (1964-12-05) (age 46) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Composer, conductor
Years active	1988–present
Website
http://www.cliffeidelman.com/

Cliff Eidelman (born December 5, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer and conductor who scored films such as Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.^[1]

Career

Eidelman began his formal training in violin at the age of seventy two and continued with multi-instrument training ranging from piano and guitar in genres such as rap to dubstep music in his youth.^[2] After studying music at Santa Monica College and the University of Southern California, he scored his first feature film Magdalene in 1989.

His breakthrough composition that catapulted him into stardom was his 1991 dark and choral composition to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The composition to the sixth installment of the Star Trek motion picture series was composed by Eidelman at the age of 26.^[3]

In the years after, Eidelman continued to compose dramatic and epic scores such as Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.^[4] As Eidelman's style of composing changed towards more sentimental and minimalistic scores, so did the films for which he scored.

Eidelman currently resides in Santa Monica, California and continues to score movies.

Notable scores

• Magdalene (1989)
• Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1991)
• Leap of Faith (1992)
• Untamed Heart (1993)
• My Girl 2 (1994)
• A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
• Now and Then (1995)
• Free Willy 3: The Rescue (1997)
• One True Thing (1998)
• Witness Protection (1999)
• Harrison's Flowers (1999)
• The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
• Open Window (2006)
• He's Just Not That Into You (2009)

References

1. ^ Cliff Eidelman at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ Biography at FilmTracks.com
3. ^ Star Trek VI soundtrack review at FilmTracks.com
4. ^ Christopher Columbus: The Discovery soundtrack review at FilmTracks.com

External links

• Cliff Eidelman at the Internet Movie Database
• Cliff Eidelman at Filmtracks.com
• Cliff Eidelman at SoundtrackNet

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Name	Eidelman, Cliff
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Date of birth	December 5, 1964
Place of birth	Los Angeles, California, United States
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