Fitzpatrick is best known for his career in the entertainment industry as a songwriter, record producer, soundtrack composer and filmmaker. He is also the founder of the non-profit organization EarthTones.
Early life
Fitzpatrick was born in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan's music and business schools in 1983.[citation needed] While there, he worked for Eclipse Jazz, a student-run body striving for better exposure of jazz artists through the production of live shows in the Ann Arbor area.[3]
Fitzpatrick later expanded into film music by working as a music editor for the film composer Georges Delerue, going on to co-produce an orchestral retrospective of Delerue's film scores in 1991, The London Sessions, which included a track co-written by Fitzpatrick and performed by Carl Anderson entitled "Between You and Me."[5][6]
Soundtracks
In the '90s, Fitzpatrick began working as a film composer, music supervisor and executive music producer in Hollywood.[7]
In 2022, in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the original Friday film, EnVisage Entertainment and Ingrooves/Universal released Fitzpatrick’s previously unreleased original score to the film. The score featured his band Hidden Faces.[18]
Songwriter and music producer
In 2008, Fitzpatrick wrote the Grammy-nominated song “Soul Music,”[19] performed by Anthony Hamilton and selected in the category “Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards”[20] The song was the title track for the film Soul Men.[19]
In 2010, in partnership with Terry McBride, Fitzpatrick produced Yoga Revolution, a compilation CD to promote yoga and meditation programs in schools. The album featured recordings from Sheryl Crow and Sting, among others.[21][22]
His 2017 single “Call On Me” and music video from Universal’s film Bring It On: Worldwide were part of a non-profit initiative to promote music and arts for schools.[23]
His 2018 single “Stronger Than Pride” was the theme song for Love Jacked,[24] a film distributed by Netflix.[25][26]
In 2019, Fitzpatrick released a 20th Anniversary Edition of his 1999 solo piano album entitled New Standards, which included a piano version of “Stronger Than Pride”[27] as well as a book of original sheet music under the same title.[27]
Filmmaker
In 2001, Fitzpatrick directed and produced the short film Jungle Jazz: Public Enemy #1, which premiered at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival, winning The Silver Bear Award for best Short Film.[28] The film won additional awards in Sydney, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Kansas City and Santa Cruz.[29][30] In 2007, Fitzpatrick completed his first animated short film The Rebel Angel.
The majority of his film work has come through music videos. Amongst his work are the 2011 videos “Hip Hop Nation” (featuring recording artists KRS-One and K’naan)[31] and “Express Yourself” (featuring Nneka and Ziggy Marley).[32]
In 2018, Frank was an executive producer for the romantic comedy Love Jacked.[33][failed verification]
Music, Health & Technology
In 2011, Fitzpatrick attended the Executive Program at Singularity University. The following year, he helped facilitate Singularity University's inaugural Hollywood Executive Program.[34][35] In 2014, he joined the faculty of Exponential Medicine at the university, an annual conference discussing the implications of breakthrough technologies on healthcare.[36] In 2017 and 2019[37] he was a speaker at the conference, presenting as an expert on music and health.[38][36]
In 2020, Fitzpatrick joined the Sound Health Network, a collaboration between the NEA, UCSF, the NIH and the Kennedy Center.[39] He started writing an ongoing series of articles on the convergence of sound, music, health and technology as a contributing writer for Forbes.[39]
In 2021, he expanded his writing to include blogs and articles for Thrive Globaland ExO Insights,[40]and published the book Amplified, with a foreword by Daniel Levitan, author of “This is Your Brain On Music”. The same year, Fitzpatrick presented to leaders in business, health and exponential technology at Singularity University Australia Summit[41] and as a Music and Health expert for public news programs including Fox and iHeart Radio.[42]
In 2022, Fitzpatrick joined Apple as a Music and Health Specialist.[39]
Philanthropy and social entrepreneurship
EarthTones
Fitzpatrick as the founder of EarthTones, a non-profitarts organization, has created a number of initiatives and partnerships serving youth through music, education and wellbeing.[43]
In 2012, EarthTones launched the WHY Music project, an initiative to provide people with a way to best utilize the benefits of music in all the areas of their lives.[44] WHY Music began with a series of articles in the Huffington Post,[45] and expanded to include a series of live talks, round tables, and workshops. That year, EarthTones partnered with City of Hope to launch Yoga For Hope in Los Angeles, in support of people dealing with life-threatening diseases.[46][47] In 2013, Fitzpatrick was nominated as a Gifted Citizen from the Ciudad de las Ideas for the WHY Music project's potential to positively impact over 10 million lives.[48] The project later expanded further with a program tailored for schools.[49]
Along with Director of Pepperdine's Center for Media and Entertainment, Craig Detweiler, Fitzpatrick created and hosted the 2014 International Forum Education: Disrupted at Pepperdine University.[53]
