Starr Parodi | |
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Starr Parodi with her 1928 Steinway B which was used on the MGM scoring stage
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Background information | |
Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Genres | Neoclassical, Pop, Jazz, Experimental, Soul, R&B |
Occupation(s) | Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Record Producer, Musician |
Instruments | Piano, Synthesizer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Labels | Sonic Doppler Records |
Website | www.parodifair.com |
Starr Parodi (born Los Angeles, California) is an American composer, conductor, arranger, music director and pianist. She has won multiple BMI most performed music awards,Key Art and Telly Awards. Her solo piano recording "Common Places" was awarded Solo Piano Recording of the Year by solopianoradio.com in 2007 and in 2005 she received an RIAA Gold Record for her recording and updated arrangement of the "James Bond Theme".
Starr, along with her husband/partner Jeff Eden Fair, has composed both themes and underscore for a wide variety of films, film trailers and television shows. A partial list of these projects includes: The Starter Wife - NBC Universal, The Division - Lifetime, G.I. Joe: Renegades - Hasbro, Transformers: Rescue Bots - Hasbro, Bert Stern: Original Madman - Motor Films, The Arsenio Hall Show - Paramount, The Eighteenth Angel - Rysher Films, High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story - New Line Cinema, Maggie - Paramount. Film trailers include: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 - Warner Bros., The Last Samurai - Warner Bros., War of the Worlds - Paramount, GoldenEye - United Artists, Die Another Day - United Artists, Mission: Impossible 2 - Paramount and many others.
The duo also composed the musical theme for the 1990s-era United Artists production logo.