Brad Hatfield (born May 15, 1956, in

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) is a musician, arranger, and

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winning

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. He is a regular performer on piano and keyboards with the

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. He has also performed with the

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and the

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. His arrangements, orchestrations and compositions have been performed by the Boston Pops,

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, and

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. Hatfield's songs have appeared in the films ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. His music has also appeared in more than two dozen television series, including ''

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'', '' ER'', '' CSI'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Hatfield was co-composer for the FX series '' Rescue Me'' from mid-season five through season seven. He has performed on dozens of recordings, including albums by the Boston Pops Orchestra, George Russell Living Time Orchestra, and

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. His solo piano playing is featured in the opening scene and end credits of

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's ''

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''. In 2004–2005 and 2007, Hatfield was pianist/arranger and music director for

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, the Boston Pops's nationwide talent competition. Hatfield studied piano performance and composition at

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, and management at

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. He teaches at

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and Berklee College of Music. He is also a course author and instructor for Berklee Online. In 2012, Hatfield was awarded "Best Online Course" by the University Professional & Continuing Education Association for his Berklee Online course "Music Supervision." Hatfield and his wife, the musician and composer Gaye Tolan Hatfield, live in

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. They have two children, Paul and Lee.

Awards

*Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song Daytime Television (2006) *BMI Film and Television Award (2007) *Primetime Emmy Award Nomination (2010)

Selected discography

With the Boston Pops Orchestra

* 1998 – ''The Celtic Album'' (

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) * 1999 – ''A Splash of Pops'' (

) * 2000 – ''Encore'' (

) * 2003 – ''"Mystic River" Soundtrack'' (

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) * 2004 – ''Sleigh Ride'' (Boston Pops Recordings) * 2005 – ''America'' (Boston Pops Recordings) * 2009 – ''Red Sox Album'' (Boston Pops Recordings)

With George Russell Living Time Orchestra

* 1993 – '' The London Concert'' (Stash Records) * 1996 – ''It's About Time'' (Label Bleu) * 2005 – ''

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'' (Independent)

With Rebecca Parris

* 2002 – ''Secret of Christmas'' (Shira) * 2006 – ''You Don't Know Me (Saying it with Jazz)

With Mike Metheny

* 1996 – ''Street of Dreams'' (Altenburgh) * 1988 – ''Kaleidoscope'' ( MCA/Impulse)

With Susan Werner

* 2004 – '' I Can't Be New'' (

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) * 2009 – ''Classics'' (Sleeve Dog Records)

With Mordy Ferber

* 1987 – ''All the Way to Sendai'' (

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) * 1995 – ''Mr X'' (

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) * 2004 – ''Being There'' (

)

With Meg Hutchinson

* 2004 – ''The Crossing'' (Little Red Hen) * 2008 – ''Come Up Full'' (

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) * 2010 – ''The Living Side'' (

)

References

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