Richard Joseph Vincent Termini (born June 20, 1956,

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, New York) is an American educator, platinum record award winning musician, composer, film director, writer and photographer. As a musician Termini played synthesizers and keyboards on several recordings including Type O Negative: ''World Coming Down'',

Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album ''She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achi ...

: platinum award winning album, ''She's So Unusual'',

Patty Smyth Patricia Smyth (born June 26, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter. She first came into national attention with the rock band Scandal and went on to record and perform as a solo artist. Her distinctive voice and new wave image gained br ...

: ''Never Enough'', The Fixx: Ink, Ellison Chase: ''Welcome to Tomorrow'', Jing: Jing Machine and others. Termini also produced the

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single featuring future

Type O Negative Type O Negative were an American gothic metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989 by Peter Steele (bass, lead vocals), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), and Sal Abruscato (drums, percu ...

members

Peter Steele Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O N ...

and

Josh Silver Josh Silver (born November 14, 1962) is an American musician who is the former keyboardist, producer and backing vocalist of gothic metal band Type O Negative. He joined the band at frontman Peter Steele's request. He played for Type O Negat ...

Career

He produced and composed music for

John Turturro John Michael Turturro (; born February 28, 1957) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his contributions to the independent film movement. He has appeared in over sixty feature films and has worked frequently with the Coen brothers, ...

's Cannes

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-winning film '' Mac'' and contributed additional music to Turturro's '' Illuminata'' and appears in the film as a Romani guitarist. Termini also composed, performed and produced the music for the Zack Winestine film 'States of Control'. Termini composed and performed music for Television including the animated ''Kids are Punny'' which included "Camel Dances" featuring the voice of Madonna. Termini's published photographs include the band Carnivore's first album and several other iconic

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photographs from that period. Termini worked for NewLook magazine in the 1980s and several of his photographs featuring

CBGB CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for '' Country'', '' BlueGrass'', and '' Blues'', Kr ...

and various artists are presented there. Termini composed, produced and performed the music for many of Roman Paska's productions including ''The End of the World'', ''Ghost Sonata'', ''

Moby Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship ''Pequod'', for revenge against Moby Dick, the giant whi ...

in Venice'', ''

Yerma ''Yerma'' is a play by the Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca. It was written in 1934 and first performed that same year. García Lorca describes the play as "a tragic poem." The play tells the story of a childless woman living in rural S ...

'' and ''Arden/Ardennes (As You Like It)''. Termini taught audio and recording arts in New York City's Center for the Media Arts, and was teacher and chairman at the

Institute of Audio Research The Institute of Audio Research (IAR) was an educational institution in New York City. Students of IAR were offered a wide variety of academic programs in the field of music production and audio engineering. Students could choose from courses in a ...

. He is the founder and former Director of Digital Media Arts (DMX) NYC. In 2013 the short film The Door, written and directed by Termini won the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival Dark Side Award. Termini continues to compose and perform today.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Termini, Richard 1956 births Living people American people of Italian descent American male singers American cinematographers American rock keyboardists American film score composers American male film score composers Songwriters from New York (state) American rock singers American photographers Singers from New York City Musicians from Brooklyn Educators from New York City American male songwriters