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Tom Pierson
Thomas Pierson (born March 11, 1948
Ashland, Wisconsin )
[1] is an American composer, conductor and film director.
At the age of 13, he debuted as a soloist with the
Houston Symphony .
[2] He studied at the
Juilliard School to become a classical pianist and later turned to jazz. He conducted
Leonard Bernstein's
Mass at the
Metropolitan Opera . He has conducted other works as well, including
Candide . He has scored films for
Woody Allen , notably
Manhattan ,
[3] and
Robert Altman's
Quintet .
[4] He filmed Turkey Boy in Japan in 2008.
[5]
Songs from the movie "
Turkey Boy ", 2008, CD
[6]
"
Turkey Boy ", 2008, DVD
[7]
Deep Forest By Bruce Huebner, Zabu Tone Music ZT006, CD 2008, as pianist
[8]
Olathe By
Richie Pratt ,
Artists Recording Collective ARC-2093, CD 2007, as pianist
[9]
The Hidden Goddess , 2003, CD, Point of No Return Music (806635019475), AUTEUR
[10]
[11]
Left, Right, 2001, CD
[12]
Tom Pierson III, 1999, CD, Oglio Records
[13]
Tom Pierson II, 1993, CD, AUTEUR
Planet of Tears , 1990, CD
[14]
[15]
American Playhouse , 1982, orchestrator; 1 episode - Working TV episode
[16]
Popeye (film) , 1980, composer: additional score
[17]
[18]
[19]
Manhattan (film) , 1979, music adapted/arranged by
[20]
[21]
[22]
Hair (film) , 1979, conductor/arranger, vocals, as Thomas Pierson
[23]
[24]
Quintet (film) , 1979
[25]
[26]
[27]
A Perfect Couple , 1979, Orchestra Conductor
[28]
[29]
[30]
[31]
The World of Magic, NBC 1975, hosted by Bill Cosby, as music director
[32]
^
"Tom Pierson Bibliography (translated from Japanese site senzoku.ac.jp) Retrieved 2011-01-24" . Archived from
the original on 2010-04-27. Retrieved 2010-01-07 .
^
High Note, The Japan Times
^ Adam Harvey, The Soundtracks of Woody Allen: A Complete Guide to the Songs and Music in Every Film, 1969-2005 (McFarland, 2007),
ISBN
0-7864-2968-2 ,
ISBN
978-0-7864-2968-4 (
online)
^
Composer, Original Music By Tom Pierson
^ Point of No Return Music 2008:
"Turkey Boy"
Archived 2011-07-17 at the
Wayback Machine
^
"Soundtruck, Turkey Boy Movie" . Archived from
the original on 2009-12-30. Retrieved 2010-01-07 .
^
"Turkey Boy Movie" . Archived from
the original on 2009-12-30. Retrieved 2010-01-07 .
^
Mark Tourian (acoustic bass), STUDIO TOURIAN
^
Richie Pratt (drums), RichiePratt.net
^
Doug Keahl, CD Reviews
^
Album, Big Band, Music is here
^ MICHAEL PRONKO,
The Japan Times Online
[1]
^
Tom Pierson III, Billboard Jun 26, 1999, Magazine
^
Big Band, All About Jazz
^ Patricia Myers, JAZZ TIMES 1997
^
American Playhouse
^
Popeye (1980)
^
The New York Times
^ A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman (Paperback), By
Robert Kolker , Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (July 27, 2000),
ISBN
0-19-512350-6 ,
ISBN
978-0-19-512350-0
[2]
^
Manhattan (1979)
^
The New York Times
[3]
^ CinemaScope One: STUPENDOUS IN 'SCOPE (Paperback) by John Reid, Lulu.com (May 15, 2004)
^
Hair (1979), Music Department
^ Hair by
Galt MacDermot ;Tom Pierson
[4] [
dead link ]
^
Quintet (1979)
^
The New York Times
^ Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music (Paperback), By Royal S. Brown, University of California Press (October 18, 1994),
ISBN
0-520-08544-2 ,
ISBN
978-0-520-08544-2
^
Music Department, Tom Pierson
^
The New York Times
^ A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman (Paperback), By
Robert Kolker , Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (July 27, 2000),
ISBN
0-19-512350-6 ,
ISBN
978-0-19-512350-0
[5]
^ Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music (Paperback), By Royal S. Brown, University of California Press (October 18, 1994),
ISBN
0-520-08544-2 ,
ISBN
978-0-520-08544-2
^ Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974-1984 By Vincent Terrace
Further sources
Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan by E. Taylor Atkins, Duke University Press (November 2001),
ISBN
0-8223-2721-X ,
ISBN
978-0-8223-2721-9
Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture (paperback), by Timothy J. Craig (editor), M.E. Sharpe (June 2000),
ISBN
0-7656-0561-9 ,
ISBN
978-0-7656-0561-0
Patricia Myers, Jazz Times June 1997, Magazine, by JazzTimes, Inc., 144 pages,
ISSN
0272-572X
p. 273, Manhattan, cf. The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film by Lisa Daniel, Claire Jackson, Allen & Unwin, March 2003,
ISBN
978-1-74114-014-9
p. 314, 329, cf. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music (hardcover), by Stephanie Stein Crease, Chicago Review Press; illustrated edition (October 1, 2001),
ISBN
1-55652-425-0 ,
ISBN
978-1-55652-425-7
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