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Lou Natale
Louis "Lou" Natale (January 5, 1950 – March 31, 2019) was an award-winning Canadian composer based in Toronto, who founded Natale Music in 1981. Early life Natale's musical life began with listening to his sister playing classics and popular standards at the piano, followed by his own piano studies at age 8, adding accordion at 12 and guitar and percussion in his teens, when he began writing songs and singing and playing in local bands. He attended McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, N.Y. and St. Michael's College, University of Toronto, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. After university, he studied under Darwyn Aitken, one of Canada's premier symphonic piano teachers, and then studied jazz theory and composition with saxophonist/band leader Ted Moses. Career Lou entered the world of film scoring in the early 1980s when asked by a friend, screenwriter Steve Lucas, if he had thought of composing for film. Lucas knew Lou as a songwriter and had just had a scrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Definition The term is descended from Latin, ''compōnō''; literally "one who puts together". The earliest use of the term in a musical context given by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' is from Thomas Morley's 1597 ''A Plain and Easy Introduction to Practical Music'', where he says "Some wil be good descanters ..and yet wil be but bad composers". 'Composer' is a loose term that generally refers to any person who writes music. More specifically, it is often used to denote people who are composers by occupation, or those who in the tradition of Western classical music. Writers of exclusively or primarily songs may be called composers, but since the 20th century the terms 'songwriter' or ' singer-songwriter' are more often used, particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traders (TV Series)
''Traders'' is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1996 to 2000 and CBC Television from 1997 to 1998. The series centred on the employees of Gardner Ross, an investment bank in the Bay Street financial district of Toronto, Ontario. Series overview Although Global had locked up most of NBC's " Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama '' ER'' to rival CTV. ''Traders'' was broadcast against ''ER'' in the 10 p.m. Thursday time slot. Many critics at the time believed the show would die an early death against the time slot competition, as ''ER'' had even beaten the other American networks in the time slot in a convincing manner. However, despite the stiff competition, ''Traders'' received good ratings, in part thanks to its lead-ins. Bruce Gray and Sonja Smits starred as the firm's senior partners, Adam Cunningham and Sally Ross. The cast also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Screaming Woman
''The Screaming Woman'' is a 1972 American made-for-television horror-thriller film starring Olivia de Havilland and directed by Jack Smight. It is loosely based on a short story by Ray Bradbury (which in turn was based on his 1948 radio play for the CBS show '' Suspense'') with a script written by Merwin Gerard. The film was produced by Universal Television and originally aired as an ''ABC Movie of the Week'' on January 29, 1972. It features John Williams's last score (to date) for a TV movie. Plot De Havilland plays Laura Wynant, a wealthy former mental patient who has travelled to her country estate to recuperate. While there, she discovers, when hearing faint calls for help, that a woman has been buried alive on her property. Laura tries to inform others of what she has found but nobody believes her, and her family begins to suspect a relapse in her mental condition. Because her hands are nearly crippled by arthritis, she is not able to dig the woman up herself. She tricks a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sons And Daughters (1974 U
Sons and Daughters may refer to: Television * ''Sons and Daughters'' (Australian TV series), a 1982–87 soap opera * ''Sons & Daughters'' (2006 TV series), a U.S. sitcom * ''Sons and Daughters'' (1974 TV series), a U.S. drama series starring Gary Frank and Glynnis O'Connor * ''Sons and Daughters'' (1991 TV series), a U.S. series starring Lucie Arnaz * "Sons and Daughters" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), an episode of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' Other uses * ''Sons and Daughters'' (1971 film), a Taiwanese film directed by Yueh Feng * ''Sons and Daughters'' (film), a 2001 Argentine film directed by Marco Bechis * Sons and Daughters (band), a Scottish rock band * "Sons & Daughters", a song by The Decemberists from ''The Crane Wife ''The Crane Wife'' is the fourth album by The Decemberists, released in 2006. It was produced by Tucker Martine and Chris Walla, and is the band's first album on the Capitol Records label. The album was inspired by a Japanese folk tale, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works; further collections have been published after his death. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the US Army. As part of his training, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and the University of Tennessee. He was then deployed to Europe to fight in World War II and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. After the war, he married Jane Marie Cox, with whom he had three children. He adopted his nephews after his siste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas In America
''Christmas In America'' is the twenty-second studio album and a holiday album by Kenny Rogers. Track listing Personnel * Kenny Rogers – lead vocals * Matt Rollings – pianos * Mike Lawler – synthesizers * Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar * Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar * Steve Gibson – electric guitars * Michael Rhodes – bass * Paul Leim – drums * Farrell Morris – percussion * Jim Horn – saxophones, flute * Cindy Reynolds Wyatt – harp * Bergen White – orchestral arrangements and conductor, arrangements (7-14), backing vocals * Carl Gorodetzky – conductor, concertmaster * The Nashville String Machine Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians, based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Members of the group have been credited on records dating from 1972 to the present, although the group was formally formed ... – orchestra * Jim Ferguson – backing vocals * Sherilyn Huffman – backing vocals * Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocence Lost
Laura Kinney (born X-23; Pseudonym, codename Wolverine (character), Wolverine) is a fictional superhero appearing in media (communication), media published by Marvel Entertainment, most commonly in association with the X-Men. The character was created by writer Craig Kyle for the ''X-Men: Evolution'' television series in 2003, before debuting in the ''NYX (comics), NYX'' comic series in 2004. Since then she has headlined two six-issue miniseries written by Kyle and Christopher Yost, a one-shot and self-titled series written by Marjorie Liu, and ''All-New Wolverine'' by Tom Taylor (writer), Tom Taylor. Laura was apparently the cloning, clone and later adoptive daughter of Wolverine (character), Wolverine, created to be the perfect killing machine. For years, she proved herself a capable assassin working for an organization called the Facility. A series of tragedies eventually led her to Wolverine and the X-Men. She attended school at the X-Mansion, and eventually became a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
