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Monday, May 12, 2014
Chasing Life After Squirrels to the Nuts Rob the Mob Composer Stephen Endelman is Still the Man
Meeting, composer, producer, musician and arranger, Stephen
Endelman, was to say the least, effectively mysterious. The man has a deep love
of humanity, which is undeniably creative, absorptive, and kind. This same
depth resonates in his voice, the movement of his hands and in the sensitivity
of his eyes. The tone and quality of his productions and his musicianship, is as
reflective as are his compositions. His love of instruments hides beneath that
boyish grin and shapes a confident style, which comes to him, as easily as,
drinking a cool glass of water on a summer day.
Endelman, British born, spending his entire youth in London,
somehow in 1992, found his way to New York. He had the opportunity to work with
Robert DeNiro on an independent film, called, “A Bronx Tale.” If you know of
Endelman’s work, DeNiro seized a sensitive love tale that outlined racial
prejudice between Bronx born Italians and the Blacks in the hood. When two of
the hood’s youth become emotionally entangled, they take an, against all odds, love
conquers all, stance. Stephen’s re-uniting with longtime Miramax bud, “Rob the
Mob” director, Raymond De Felitta, shows standard truths, that all hold equal
sharing of back and forth ideas, between, composer and director. Endelman and
DeFelitta often use Stephen’s Los Angeles based studio, rather than using the
music-temping process. The decision to use the studio cuts down on production time
and most of all helps to maintain a solid, yet reasonable budget. Scores by the magic duo, often share a soft
and wistful side of Endelman. In the case of choosing action suggestive
percussion, Endelman visited a prison cell, where he mixed authentic sounds
from the flipping of a toilet seat , and the slamming of a cell door to the
scraping of prison bars.
Much of that same musical, eclectic style translates into
his current television, ABC drama, “Chasing Life. Stephen chats up, the main
character of the movie, 23 year old, April, played by Italia Ricci. It seems
that the Boston Globe’s new, journalist-reporter takes a blood test and is
devastated to find that she has a rare form of cancer. Using a clever mix of
light-hearted sounds, some comedy and a bit of drama, Endelman’s scoring for
this fun filled family dram-com, is sure to bring some serious attention to
matters of the heart, mind and spirit of the matter. “Chasing Life” airs on ABC Family, June 10.
9/8c.
In addition to television and film, Stephen Endelman’s,multi-layered personality, lends his talent
and resources to helping young veterans learn film, and camera work. The skilled Clarinet player understands the
need for mentors for the young, and strongly supports such community programs. His
own brush with brain cancer, secures his place as an authority on how to merge
music, images, and its spiritual fortitude to bend and shape destiny. He is of
the opinion that music and sound, may in fact, offer an emotional shield
against life’s often-harsh circumstances.
Judging from his very positive outlook on life, he could
very well, in fact,be right. Other films by the talented composer include, “The
Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain”, Household Saints”, David
O’ Russell’s, Flirting with Disaster, David Mamet, Redbelt and Bruce
Beresford’s, Evelyn.
His soundtrack produced, compilation of Cole Porter tunes,
earned a Grammy nomination, for the Irwin Winkler directed, De-Lovely.
For more information on Stephen Endelman , www.stephenendelman.com and contact
Albert Tello, Costa Communications, Inc., 8265 W. Sunset Blvd. Ste.201, Los Angeles, CA 90046, (323) 650-3588 www.costacomm.com.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Ahmanson’s Porgy & Bess Premiere Draws Diversity Celebs and Re-Creates Cultural History of America
Yes, I know, what you’re thinking, if you’ve seen them once,
you’ve seen them all. That age, old story, boy meets girl in need of help, girl
meets boy, who is more than willing to help girl. Porgy and Bess an old classic
staged in the most elegant of settings, the Ahmanson. The present cast of Porgy
and Bess, could do no wrong, receiving loud claps from all sides of the room.
The audience filled up with the young, not so young, black, white and all
shades in between. Some Los Angeles
based celebrities, elegantly graced a blue-ti-fully colored Porgy and Bess backdrop
stretched on the outside wall of the venue. Actress, Angela Bassett, with beau,
actor, Courtney Vance, laughed and both were tickled with catch up
conversations held outside and in and around the theater, while guest vocalist
like, Freda Payne spoke candidly with local ABC News anchorman about the
performance. Other Hollywood attendees included, Kiki Shephard, Kym Whitley,
Briana Michole White, David Talbert, Keith David, Mike Medavoy, Darrin Henson,
Brenda Strong and Diane Paulus, to name a few. Check out www.ankhentertainmentone.net, Stones in the Color of Rare Blog to read the full story. Enjoy
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