Randy Edelman
Randy Edelman (born 1947) is an American film composer and musician. Beginning as a pianist (and recording a few albums in the process), Edelman's first film score was the 1973 film Executive Action. He didn't go into film scoring full-time until the 1980's, when he scored for TV movies for Henry Winkler (Fonzie from Happy Days) and his production company. Since then, he's been known as a composer who is able to tackle multiple genres (mostly action and comedy but he's done a few dramas as well) and has a few cases of Crowning Music of Awesome to his name.
You've probably heard his music in movie trailers and commercials.
Films and television shows scored by Edelman include
- MacGyver (1985) - theme
- The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)
- Twins (1988) - with Georges Delerue
- Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
- Ghostbusters II (1989)
- Quick Change (1990)
- Come See The Paradise (1990)
- Kindergarten Cop (1990)
- Drop Dead Fred (1991)
- My Cousin Vinny (1992)
- Beethoven and its first sequel (1992, 1993)
- The Last of the Mohicans (1992) - with Trevor Jones
- The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
- Gettysburg (1993)
- The Adventures of Brisco County Jr (1993) - theme
- Angels in the Outfield (1994)
- The Mask and Son of the Mask (1994, 2005)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- While You Were Sleeping (1995)
- The Indian in the Cupboard (1995)
- The Big Green (1995)
- Dragonheart (1996)
- Daylight (1996)
- Anaconda (1997)
- Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
- EDtv (1999)
- The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
- The Skulls (2000)
- Shanghai Noon and its sequel (2000, 2003)
- Osmosis Jones (2001)
- Black Knight (2001)
- XXX (2002)
- Gods and Generals (2003) - with John Frizzell
- Underdog (2007)
- Balls of Fury (2007)
- 27 Dresses (2008)
- The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
- Leap Year (2010)