Jeremy Adelman (born 1973) is an American composer for film and television, trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist, and major-label music producer and arranger in genres including funk, indie and jazz. He is primarily known as the composer and songwriter for prime-time CW TV series '' Hart of Dixie'' starring Rachel Bilson.

Biography

Early life and career

Adelman was born in

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. He performed as an orchestral trumpeter and moved to NY in 1989 to study at the

Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most el ...

of Music. During this period he cultivated an interest in

Jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

and studied further in

Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in mu ...

's world-renowned jazz program. Jeremy played in local

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form which originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads from the Afr ...

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

and R&B bands amidst the thriving NYC music scene of the early 90s. He then joined the Mercury Record's funk band Milo Z, managed by

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, and played shows with legendary artists like

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, Maceo Parker, The Neville Brothers, The Meters, Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers &

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. He would return to Juilliard in 2001 to study composition with Stanley Wolfe.

Composing

In 1996, Adelman composed for the 3rd season of Comedy Central's Viva Variety created by Michael Ian Black, Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. His job involved composing & producing songs for guest stars to perform and/or sing including Ben Stiller,

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, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Carmen Electra, Whoopi Goldberg,

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, David Cassidy,

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, Bobcat Goldthwait, Robin Leach, Abe Vigoda,

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, and Erik Estrada. Jeremy collaborated with tomandandy on various film projects such as

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starring Jeff Bridges, Waking the Dead starring

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and Jennifer Connelly & Arlington Road starring

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Indie pop

Adelman has produced and composed with

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for Chase's band Brookville. Even composing the song "Nothing's Meant To Last" with

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and Brazilian Girls Didi Gutman &

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. Between 2002-2005, he toured as a member and performer in Brookville, sharing bills with Goldfrapp, Tahiti 80 and even appearing on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. In 2003 he began performing as drummer for the band

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and continued to perform as multi-instrumentalist with numerous bands appearing three times on

Fearless Music ''Fearless Music'' was a televised musical showcase broadcast between 2004 and 2010 which featured live performances from up-and-coming acts, primarily from the alternative rock and indie rock circuits. It was filmed at the Crash Mansion rock clu ...

Motive

In 2001 he began working directly with ad agencies and created international music production house Motive Music Sound. He has been recognized for his musical compositions in various national and international campaigns with many prestigious awards including the Cannes Grand Prix, two London International Grand Prizes, an

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

nomination, a Gold Andy, four Silver Clios and a One Show Pencil. He has also served as a panelist for the

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Film & TV conference with keynote speaker

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Sleepy Rebels

In 2005, he started the band Sleepy Rebels on his label Powerful Company with

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and Erica Driscoll. The band was successful on national licenses for TV shows and commercials. Soon he got sponsoring from CME's Media Pro Studios to shoot three music videos for the band's songs, "Unbelievable", "Magic Girl" and "Looking Glass". Sleepy Rebels collaborated over the course of three albums, World Record, Yellow Tree and the Christmas themed album, Bah Humbug. Sleepy Rebel's music has been used in ads for

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, VW,

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and many others.

chose to make the Sleepy Rebels' song "Unbelievable" their theme song for 2009.

Trivia

Jeremy's father Howard Adelman was the medical examiner in the event that was made into the movie

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Discography

* 1994 - Milo Z - Basic Need to Howl - Trumpet * 2000 - Anthony Robustelli - Trumpet * 2002 -

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- More B.S. - Horn, Trumpet * 2002 -

Rachael Sage Rachael Sage (born Karen Rachael Weitzman in 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. She is the founder of indie label MPress Records. Sage has released fourteen solo studio albums. Sage was named one of the Top 100 Independen ...

- Flugelhorn, Trumpet * 2004 - Paco - This Is Where We Live - Horn, Horn Arrangements, Group Member * 2004 - Eugene Mirman - The Absurd Nightclub Comedy of Eugene Mirman - Composer * 2005 - JJ Sansaverino - Sunshine After Midnight - Trumpet * 2005 - Ashby - Looks Like You've Already Won - Horn, Horn Arrangements, Producer * 2005 -

- In the Clear - Additional Personnel, Guest Artist, Trumpet * 2006 - The Mosquitos - Mosquitos III - Flugelhorn, Horn * 2006 - Ezekial - Love and War - Trumpet * 2006 - Brookville (band) - Life In The Shade - Synthesizer, Producer, Engineer, Drum Programming, Composer "Nothing's Meant To Last" * 2008 -

- My Someday - Trumpet * 2008 - Sleepy Rebels - World Record - Producer, Composer, Instrumentation, Vocals, Mixer, Group Member * 2009 - Brookville (band) - Broken Lights - Composer, Programming * 2010 - Lana Mír - Composer, Instrumentation * 2012 - Sleepy Rebels - Bah Humbug! - Producer, Composer, Instrumentation, Vocals, Mixer, Group Member * 2011 - Sleepy Rebels - Yellow Tree - Producer, Composer, Instrumentation, Vocals, Mixer, Group Member * 2021 - Women of Tomorrow - album with Laura Bell Bundy - Producer, Composer, instrumentation, Vocals, Mixer, programmer

Filmography

* 1997 - Viva Variety (TV Series) - Composer * 1999 - Freakshow (Short) - Composer * 2003 - Spot: The Professional (Short) - Composer * 2005 - Turning Green - Performer * 2006 - First Person Killers: Ronald DeFeo (TV Movie Documentary) - Composer * 2008 - Fire & Ice - Soundtrack * 2009 -

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(TV Series) - Soundtrack * 2009 - Weekend with my Mother (Feature Film) - Composer * 2012 - A Conversation About Cheating with My Time Traveling Future Self (Short) - Composer * 2012 - Sweet Little Lies :aka Minte-Ma Frumos (Feature Film) - Composer * 2011 - 2015 - Hart of Dixie (TV Series) (49 Episodes) - Composer * 2013 - Stupid Hype (TV Movie) - Composer * 2014 - L.A. Rangers (TV Series) - Composer * 2015 - Skits-O-Frenic (TV Series) - Composer * 2015 - Becoming Santa (TV Movie) - Composer * 2015 - Anti_Social (Short) - Composer * 2017 - The Wanderers: The Quest of the Demon Hunter - Composer * 2017 - The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman - Composer, additional music * 2019 - The World Without You (Feature Film) directed by Damon Shalit- Composer

References

External links

Official site

Twitter

Motive Music Sound website

Jeremy Adelman on Allmusic

Official Hart of Dixie site

Official Sleepy Rebels website

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