Adam Schlesinger

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Adam Schlesinger

Background information
Origin New York, NY,
United States
Genres Power pop, alternative rock
Occupations Bassist
Songwriter
Producer
Instruments Bass guitar, guitar, piano, drums
Associated acts Fountains of Wayne
Ivy
Tinted Windows

Adam Schlesinger is an American songwriter, composer and record producer. He is the bassist for the bands Fountains of Wayne, Ivy and Tinted Windows. He is an owner of Scratchie Records[1] and Stratosphere Sound,[2] a recording studio in New York City. Schlesinger grew up in Manhattan and Montclair, New Jersey.[3]

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[edit] Award nominations

Schlesinger was nominated for an Academy Award[4] and a Golden Globe Award[5] for writing the title track of the Tom Hanks-directed film That Thing You Do![6] as well as two other songs for the film. Fountains of Wayne was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2003 for Best New Artist and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[7]

Schlesinger and David Javerbaum were nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for Best Original Score for his music for the musical Cry-Baby.[8]

Schlesinger and Javerbaum also received a 2009 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music And Lyrlcs, for their song "Much Worse Things", performed by Elvis Costello and Stephen Colbert on the television special "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift Of All!"

[edit] Songwriting

[edit] In films

Schlesinger composed and produced several original songs, including Way Back into Love, for the 2007 film Music and Lyrics, starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.[9][10] His music has also been featured in films such as Shallow Hal (which he scored with Ivy);[11] Robots;[12] There's Something About Mary;[11] Me, Myself & Irene;[13] Josie and the Pussycats;[10] Scary Movie;[14] Art School Confidential;[15] Fever Pitch;[16] The Manchurian Candidate;[17] Because of Winn-Dixie;[18] Orange County;[19] Two Weeks Notice;[13], and others, as well as numerous television shows.

[edit] Songs written for other artists

He has also written songs for and with other artists, including:

[edit] In theatre

Schlesinger and Daily Show Executive Producer David Javerbaum recently co-wrote the songs for the musical theater adaptation of the John Waters film Cry-Baby.[20] Cry-Baby debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California, in November 2007.[20] Previews for the Broadway run began at the Marquis Theatre on March 15, 2008. Its official opening night was April 24, 2008.[21]

[edit] In television

Schlesinger's television composing work includes theme music, songs, and incidental music for "Crank Yankers", "The Howard Stern Show", "Sesame Street", "The Dana Carvey Show", "John Leguizamo's House Of Buggin'", Comedy Central's "Night Of Too Many Stars", Robert Smigel's cartoons for Saturday Night Live, Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital", and others. His songs have also been licensed for use on numerous television shows including Scrubs, The Hills, Gossip Girl, Melrose Place, Felicity, Roswell, and others.

[edit] Production work

As a record producer and mixer, he has worked with Motion City Soundtrack,[22] Verve Pipe,[14] Robert Plant, America,[23] The Sounds, They Might Be Giants,[24] Fastball, and many other artists, as well as producing or co-producing five Fountains of Wayne and five Ivy albums.

He is currently in the studio working with Dashboard Confessional[25] for their new album due out sometime in 2009.

[edit] Side Projects

Schlesinger is also in a side project band called Tinted Windows formed by guitarist James Iha, previously of The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle, singer Taylor Hanson of Hanson, and Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick. This new project will run alongside all the artists' main bands.

[edit] References

  1. ^ McCormick, Moira (1999-12-04). "Scratchie Records Is Back In The Game With New Releases". Billboard. http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4630524-1.html. 
  2. ^ Campion, James (2007-04-06). "Adam Schlesinger Interview". Aquarian Weekly. http://www.jamescampion.com/fow-dialogue.html. 
  3. ^ Wise, Brian (2004-02-08). "Eclectic Sounds of New Jersey, Echoing From Coast to Coast". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E5DE163AF93BA35751C0A9629C8B63. Retrieved 2007-11-21. 
  4. ^ Drees, Rich. "That Tune You Do: Writing The Music For That Thing You Do". FilmBuffOnline. http://www.filmbuffonline.com/Features/ThatTuneYouDo.htm. 
  5. ^ Aswad, Jem. "Adam Schlesinger: Those Things He Do". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. http://ascap.com/musicbiz/schlesinger.html. 
  6. ^ "KTVU.com Talks To Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger". KTVU. 2007-06-22. http://www.ktvu.com/entertainment/13554930/detail.html. 
  7. ^ "OutKast leads Grammy nods". CNN. 2003-12-04. http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/04/grammy.nominations/index.html. 
  8. ^ "'In the Heights' heads list of Tony nominees". Associated Press (MSNBC). May 13, 2008. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24594561/wid/21370087/. 
  9. ^ Leopold, Todd (2007-04-03). "Creating some 'Music and Lyrics'". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/03/sidebar.schlesinger/index.html. 
  10. ^ a b Rabin, Nathan (2007-04-25). "Interview with Adam Schlesinger". A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/content/interview/adam_schlesinger. 
  11. ^ a b Daly, Sean (2005-04-03). "Songwriter Schlesinger: His Expertise Is Catchy". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18956-2005Apr1.html. 
  12. ^ "Robots". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808512304/cast. Retrieved 2008-02-04. 
  13. ^ a b Kenny, Glenn. "The Music — and Lyrics — Man". Premiere.com (Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc.). http://www.premiere.com/features/3784/the-music-151-and-lyrics-151-man.html. Retrieved 2008-02-04. 
  14. ^ a b Cohen, Jonathan. "Andy Chase, Dominique Durand and Adam Schlesinger: No Distance Too Far". Nude as the News. http://www.nudeasthenews.com/interviews/30. 
  15. ^ "Art School Confidential". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808628304/cast. Retrieved 2008-02-04. 
  16. ^ Vancheri, Barbara (2007-02-14). "Music and Lyrics: Comedy's catchy, but not classic". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07045/761829-120.stm. 
  17. ^ Harris, Will (2007-04-05). "A Chat With Adam Schlesinger". Bullz-Eye.com. http://www.bullz-eye.com/music/interviews/2007/adam_schlesinger.htm. 
  18. ^ Hay, Carla (2004-11-30). "Harris, Colvin, Finns Whistle 'Dixie'". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000728443. 
  19. ^ "Orange County". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1807736420/cast. Retrieved 2008-02-04. 
  20. ^ a b "La Jolla Playhouse Presents Broadway-Bound Cry-Baby" (PDF). Press release. 2007-09-27. http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/PR/DownloadReleases/CryBabyRelease.pdf. 
  21. ^ Cry-Baby at the Internet Broadway Database
  22. ^ "Motion City Soundtrack: Full Biography". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/motion_city_soundtrack/artist.jhtml. 
  23. ^ Cohen, Jonathan (2006-01-17). "Schlesinger, Iha Producing New America Disc". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001847255. 
  24. ^ Di Perna, Alan. "Adam Schlesinger: Welcome Interstate Musicians". Harp (November/December 2004). https://www.harpmagazine.com/reviews/cd_reviews/detail.cfm?article_id=2415. 
  25. ^ Carrabba, Chris (March 11, 2008). "In the Studio". Dashboard Confessional. http://www.dashboardconfessional.com/news/default.aspx?pg=2. 

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