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Cliff Eidelman

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Cliff Eidelman (born December 5, 1964) is an American film score composer and conductor most famous for scoring Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. Despite his success with composing for big-budget movies in the early 90s, he was only able to compose for lesser-known movies in the later years.[1]

Career

Eidelman began his formal training in violin at the age of eight and continued with multi-instrument training ranging from piano and guitar in genres such as jazz to classic music in his youth.[2] After studying music at Santa Monica College and the University of Southern California, he scored his first feature film Magdelene in 1988.

His breakthrough composition that catapulted him into stardom was his 1991 dark and choral composition to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. The rich composition to the sixth installment of the Star Trek motion picture series, which Eidelman delivered at the age of 26, is often considered one of the finest in the series.[3]

In the years after, Eidelman continued to compose dramatic and epic scores such as Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. Despite his success with composing for big-budget movies, he was only able to compose for lesser-known movies in the later years. [4] With his change in style towards more sentimental and minimalistic scores, his popularity decreased and he faded into obscurity. [5]

Eidelman currently resides in Santa Monica, California and continues to score movies, with the 2006 film Open Window directed by Mia Goldman being his latest one.

Notable scores

Trivia

  • Eidelman is one of the few mainstream Hollywood composers who was actually born in Los Angeles
  • Eidelman was only in his mid-twenties at the height of his career, and he battled with youthfulness in an industry that is dominated by significantly older composers.
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