Anthony Marinelli

Anthony Marinelli
Marinelli on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in March 2006
Background information
Birth name	Anthony Joseph Marinelli
Born	(1959-03-19) March 19, 1959 (age 58) Burbank, California, United States
Genres	Film score, electronic R & B, pop music classical, jazz, latin
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, conductor songwriter, producer
Instruments	Piano, drums, synthesizer (Synclavier, ARP 2600, Mini Moog)
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Tommy Boy Records Shout! Factory Varèse Sarabande Milan Records Edel America Records MCA Records
Associated acts	Michael Jackson Quincy Jones Giorgio Moroder Ozomatli Dr. John
Website	anthonymarinelli.com

Anthony Marinelli (born March 19, 1959) is a classically trained American pianist, composer and conductor. In his early career, he composed and performed accompaniment on the synthesizer for albums including Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983). Marinelli has also recorded with Lionel Richie, Kenny Loggins, Herb Alpert, Supertramp, The Crystal Method, Billy Childs and James Brown.

Marinelli was a contributor in the production of Quincy Jones' soundtrack for Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (1985) and composed for Young Guns (1988),Graveyard Shift (1990), Leaving Las Vegas (1996), and Internal Affairs (2000).

Excluding episodic-television and commercials, Marinelli's filmography contains over one hundred feature film credits with an AACTA award nomination for the Australian film My Forgotten Man (1993). For television, he won a Daytime Emmy Honors Award for his work on the TV series Santa Barbara (1986–87). Marinelli has also won four Clio Awards, two AICP Awards, two ADDY Awards, three Indian Telly Awards and a Cannes Silver Lion Award for his musical contributions on television commercials. He composed the music for the infamous "Fried Egg" version of This Is Your Brain on Drugs television commercial.