Andrew Hollander
| Andrew Hollander | |
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| Occupations | composer, songwriter, producer, pianist |
| Website | http://www.andrewhollandermusic.com |
Andrew Hollander is an American composer, songwriter, producer, and pianist. Hollander first garnered attention in the film world for his work on the feature film Wrestling With Alligators, a Grand Jury Prize nominee at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, and most recently for his score for Waitress.[1] Other notable credits include The Photographer starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee [2] Rhythm of the Saints,[3] I'll Take You There, and Serious Moonlight, an upcoming[when?]Magnolia Pictures release directed by Cheryl Hines and starring Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Kristen Bell, and Justin Long.
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[edit] Early life and career
Andrew Hollander was born and raised in West Orange, New Jersey. In his teenage years Hollander performed in and wrote songs for a series of rock and roll bands. By 15 he was musical directing concerts which gave him the opportunity to perform with Motown stars The Marvelettes, The Shirelles, and Mary Wilson of The Supremes.
Hollander received his B.A. in Music from the University of Massachusetts where he worked alongside iconic jazz musician Yusef Lateef and played piano on three of Lateef's records. After college, Hollander moved to New York City to focus on his music career. He joined the rock band Mr. Henry, which gave him the opportunity to tour with and open for Counting Crows, Live, and Squirrel Nut Zippers. After Mr. Henry fulfilled a deal with EMI Music for two records, Hollander co-founded Sugarbox Studios, a full-service music production and recording studio in New York City.
In addition to scoring numerous films, Andrew Hollander has scored television commercials for American Express, Coca Cola, and Dasani.[4] Hollander has also worked with many recording artists including Fall Out Boy, Dana Parish, Your Vegas (Universal/Republic), Yep Rock's Rock Plaza Central, Say Hey Record's White Rabbits, C. Gibbs, and Atlantic recording artist Shanna Crooks.
[edit] Filmography
- Snapshots from a .500 Season (1997)
- Wrestling With Alligators (1998)
- Reno Finds Her Mom (1998)
- Circus Lives (199?)
- Moving In/Moving Out (199?)
- I'll Take You There (1999)
- The Photographer (2000)
- The Shadows of Bob and Zelda (2000)
- Standard Time aka. Anything But Love (USA new title) (2002)
- Rhythm of the Saints (2003)
- East Broadway aka. Falling For Grace (USA new title) (2006)
- Gray Matters (2006)
- Waitress (2007)
- Schooled (2007)
- Weather Girl (2009)
- Serious Moonlight (2009)[5]
- Labor Pains (2009)
- The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009) (post-production)
- Meet Monica Velour (2009) (post-production)
[edit] References
- ^ "'Waitress' success bittersweet for composer". United States: The Hollywood Reporter. 2007-06-21. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/music_reporter/e3i07b4dbb2a064255caedefafd8afad5d8. Retrieved September 2, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Awards for Rhythm of the Saints (2003)". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271234/awards. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ^ "Andrew Hollander". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390867/. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ^ "Andrew Hollander set to score two new features: Jack & Addie and Serious Moonlight". soundtrack.net. 2008-08-07. http://www.soundtrack.net/news/article/?id=1219. Retrieved September 2, 2009.
- ^ Cooper, Chet. "Cheryl Hines Interview". Ability Magazine. http://abilitymagazine.com/Cheryl_hines.html. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
