Jan Randall
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Jan Randall
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| Background information | |
| Born | July 26, 1952 |
| Genres |
Folk Blues Jazz Classical Soundtrack |
| Occupation(s) |
Singer–songwriter Composer |
| Instruments |
piano guitar |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Labels | iTunes |
| Website | http://www.janrandall.com |
Jan Randall is a Canadian composer and pianist. Randall played entirely by ear from childhood, started working in blues and pop music bands while still in high school, and after receiving formal classical and jazz training as a composer and arranger went on to spend a decade in theatre before moving on to make a career of composing sound tracks for broadcast.
Commissioned works by Randall include a ballet for the National Ice Theatre of Canada, A Midsummer Night’s Ice Dream (1992) which won a sterling award for Outstanding Fringe Experience.Tangled Ice Webs followed in 1998, after which came Poetry in Motion (2006). He composed and produced the music for the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships, and composed and directed the music for the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Athletics.
In 1985 he built a recording studio, Randall's Recordings, specifically for film and television music production. The studio has garnered over 700 broadcast production credits. In 1998 he won a Rosie award for Best Composer/Musical Score for the NFB production "Lost Over Burma" which featured narration by Christopher Plummer. He composed music for many other documentaries for the NFB, a large body of educational programs for ACCESS Television, and music to underscore a decade of award winning productions for Karvonen Films and The Discovery Channel.
Jan Randall has been Music Director, Pianist, Song Composer and Musical Improvisor for theatrical comedy troupes. He worked in Edmonton, Toronto and Santa Monica collaborating with The Second City,. His first show for them was directed by Catherine O'Hara, and he later worked with Robin Duke, Ron James, Debra McGrath, Richard Kind, Bruce Pirrie, Sandy Belkovske, and Mike Myers. He also appeared on SCTV as a Turkish border guard in the scene "The Midnight Express" where Eugene Levy and Tony Rosato play Abott and Costello smuggling hashish. While in Santa Monica, he house sat for Ryan Stiles who was recording his first "Whose Line Is It" series in England.
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