John Adams(I)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
John Adams was born on 15 February 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a composer, known for Shutter Island (2010), Run Lola Run (1998) and We Are Who We Are (2020).
- Awards
- 4 wins & 10 nominations
Known for
8.2
- Soundtrack("Fog Tropes" (1982), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006), "Christian Zeal and Activity" (1973), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006))
- 2010
7.3
TV Series
- Soundtrack("Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine", "Dewain's Song of Liberation and Suprise", "Christian Zeal and Activity", "Ensemble: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky", "Put Your Loving Arms Around Me", "Century Rolls: I. First Movement", "Century Rolls: II. Manny's Gym", "Ensemble: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky", "Three Weeks and I'm Still Outta My Mind")
Credits
Music Department
- 1989
Composer
- 2023
- 2013
- 2010
- 2009
- 2003
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 1994
- Tuscarora
- Composer
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990
- 1988
- 1976–1988
- 1986
Soundtrack
- We Are Who We Are7.3TV Series
- performer: "Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
- writer: "Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
- performer: "Dewain's Song of Liberation and Suprise", "Christian Zeal and Activity" ...
- 2020
- 2018
- Call Me by Your Name7.8
- performer: "Hallelujah Junction"
- writer: "Hallelujah Junction", "Phrygian Gate for Piano", "China Gates for Piano"
- 2017
- 2015
- A Bigger Splash6.4
- performer: "I. Naive and Sentimental Music"
- writer: "I. Naive and Sentimental Music"
- 2015
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)7.7
- performer: "Harmonium: III. Wild Nights"
- writer: "Chorus of Exiled Palestinians from The Death of Klinghoffer", "Harmonium: III. Wild Nights"
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency7.7TV Mini Series
- writer: "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- Shutter Island8.2
- performer: "Fog Tropes" (1982), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006)
- writer: "Christian Zeal and Activity" (1973), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006)
- 2010
- 2009
- I Am Love7.0
- writer: "The Chairman Dances", "Century Rolls: I. First Movement", "Fearful Symmetries", "Harmonielehre: Part III. Meister Eckardt and Quackie", "Lollapalooza", "Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: Beginning", "Nixon in China: Act III: Some Men You Cannot Satisfy", "Light Over Water, Part III", "Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses", "The Death of Klinghoffer: Act II, Scene 1: The Desert Chorus", "Nixon in China: Act III, Scene 1: Beginning", "Harmonielehre: Part II. The Anfortas Wound", "Harmonium: Because I Could Not Stop for Death/Wild Night"
- 2009
- 2008
Personal details
- Official site
- Born
- Spouse
- Deborah O'Grady(2 children)
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaWinner of the 1995 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his composition "Violin Concerto" (1993).
- QuotesMy roots are profoundly affected by American popular music, jazz, ragtime, swing, rock. I'm not a quoter, nor a musical chameleon like William Bolcom, but my personal style does not deny its roots. In today's so-called classical music, we've lost track of the vernacular. [Opera News, October 1987]
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