Cliff Eidelman

Cliff Eidelman
Birth nameClifford Glen Eidelman
Born (1964-12-05) December 5, 1964 (age 59)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)Composer, conductor
Websitewww.cliffeidelman.com

Clifford Glen Eidelman (born December 5, 1964) is an American composer and conductor who has scored films including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.

Career

Eidelman began his formal training in violin at the age of eight and continued with multi-instrument training ranging from piano and guitar in genres such as jazz to classic music in his youth.[1] After studying music at Santa Monica College and the University of Southern California, he scored his first feature film Magdalene in 1989.

His breakthrough composition was the 1991 score to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.[2]

In the years after, Eidelman continued to compose dramatic and epic scores such as Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.[3] As Eidelman's style of composing changed towards more sentimental and minimalistic scores, so did the films for which he scored.

Eidelman currently resides in Santa Monica, California and continues to score movies.

Notable scores (concert music)

  • Symphony No. 2 First recording performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conducted by Cliff Eidelman (2024)
  • Bridges: For solo Piano (2021)
  • The Five Tales for Solo Piano (2019)
  • Night in the Gallery for Chamber Ensemble (released 2019) (performed and recorded by Members of the London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Symphony for Orchestra and Two Pianos (released 2018) (performed and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra)
  • Wedding in the Night Garden (2000) (performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale)
  • The Tempest (1997) (recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra)
Year Title Director(s) Studio(s) Notes
1988 Magdalene Monica Teuber [de] TAT FILM GmbH
1989 Dead Man Out Richard Pearce HBO Television film
To Die For Deran Sarafian Academy Entertainment
Animal Behavior Kjehl Rasmussen
H. Anne Riley 		Millimeter Films
Triumph of the Spirit Robert M. Young Triumph Films
The Final Days Richard Pearce ABC Television mini-series about Watergate Scandal
1990 Strike It Rich James Scott Miramax Films Themes only; score by Shirley Walker
Crazy People Tony Bill Paramount Pictures
Judgment Tom Topor HBO Television film
1991 Delirious Tom Mankiewicz Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Nicholas Meyer Paramount Pictures
Tales from the Crypt Eliott Silverstein HBO Episode: "The Reluctant Vampire"
1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery John Glen Warner Bros. Pictures
Leap of Faith Richard Pearce Paramount Pictures
1993 Untamed Heart Tony Bill Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The Meteor Man Robert Townsend Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1994 My Girl 2 Howard Zieff Columbia Pictures
A Simple Twist of Fate Gillies MacKinnon Touchstone Pictures
1995 Now and Then Lesli Linka Glatter New Line Cinema
If These Walls Could Talk Nancy Savoca HBO Television film
1997 The Beautician and the Beast Ken Kwapis Paramount Pictures
Free Willy 3: The Rescue Sam Pillsbury Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
1998 Montana Jennifer Leitzes Initial Entertainment Group
One True Thing Carl Franklin Universal Pictures
1999 Witness Protection Richard Pearce HBO Television film
2000 Ocean Men Bob Talbot Theatrical IMAX Film
2001 An American Rhapsody Éva Gárdos Paramount Classics
2002 Harrison's Flowers Elie Chouraqui Universal Pictures USA version
2003 The Lizzie McGuire Movie Jim Fall Walt Disney Pictures
2005 Sexual Life Ken Kwapis Showtime Independent Films
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Ken Kwapis Warner Bros. Pictures
2006 Open Window Mia Goldman Image Entertainment
2009 He's Just Not That Into You Ken Kwapis New Line Cinema
2012 Big Miracle Ken Kwapis Universal Pictures
2018 Being Dolphin 4D Bob Talbot SimEx-Iwerks

References

  1. ^ Biography at FilmTracks.com
  2. ^ Star Trek VI soundtrack review at FilmTracks.com
  3. ^ Christopher Columbus: The Discovery soundtrack review at FilmTracks.com