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Ethan Stoller

From Biggie to Burlesque

About Me

FILMOGRAPHY:
2008 - Speed Racer (dir. Wachowski Brothers) Temp score; Promotional film score
2007 - Julie & the Clown (dir. Stephanie Sellars) Original score and songs
2007 - Twisted: A Balloonamentary (dir. Sara Taksler & Naomi Greenberg) Original score, as member of Mayfair Workshop
2006 - Chicago Bulls player introductions (dir. The Wachowski Brothers) Original music, with Jamie Poindexter, and remix of "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project
2006 - V for Vendetta (dir. James McTeigue), "BKAB," closing credits song - BUY IT NOW!
2005 - License to Play (dir. Ann Rose) Original score
2005 - Red Hook Justice, PBS (dir. Meema Spadola), Original score
2005 - Loving & Cheating, Cinemax (dir. Thom Powers), Original score
2001 - Roadrunner, (dir. Christopher Blasingame), Original score, with Chris Blasingame
DISCOGRAPHY:
2007 - Doppelganger by Cynthia Lin - Mixing, additional production
2007 - Kaotic Drumline, Co-Producer
2006 - Arthi Meera, Producer - Buy it on iTunes!
2005 - I Believe In You by Dynamite Ham (producer, performer) BUY IT
2000 - Big Band Bash, Soundies Records, Liner notes
COMMERCIALOGRAPHY
2007 - Chicago Blackhawks, "Red Rising"
2007 - Safeway, "It’s Here"

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/23/2005
Band Website: ethanstoller.com
Band Members: I mostly stick to the composing/producing but I do dabble in piano, guitar, bass, clarinet, theremin, musical saw, washboard, slide whistle, and (urp) vocals. I'm fortunate enough to have had many esteemed collaborators including Dave Ratzlow, Chris Blasingame, Jamie Poindexter (founder of the Kaotic Drumline), Arthi Meera, the Mayfair Workshop (Mark Greenberg, Clarence Fraher, Paul von Mertens, Steve Versaw, and Jeff Parker), Cynthia Lin, Chandra Clark and Nate Mayland, And i have all my mastering done by Collin Jordan over at the Boiler Room--he's good.
Influences: Jon Brion, RD Burman, Lullaby Baxter, Frank Loesser, Magnetic Fields, Franklin Bruno, They Might Be Giants, Ween, Cake, Soul Coughing, Starlight Mints, Dr. Frank, Cornershop, Fatboy Slim, White Stripes, Twink, Bjork, Old 97's, Lata Mangeshkar, Dinning Sisters, One Ring Zero, Tom Waits, Andrew Bird, Rilo Kiley, K McCarty, The Breeders, Alvino Rey, Alice Donut, Asha Bhosle, Beau Hunks, Missy Elliott, Wilco, The Coctails, Betty Hutton, OK Go, Boswell Sisters, The Ratzlow, Brainiac, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Michael Giacchino, Flaming Lips, Ken Nordine, The Beatles, Perez Prado, Cab Calloway, Randy Newman, Jay Dee, Jonathan Richman, Calexico, Prince, Beck, Boyd Raeburn, John Kirby, Raymond Scott, Blackalicious, Hal Kemp, Duke Ellington, Tom Ze, Caetano Veloso, Chano Pozo, Freelance Hellraiser, Belle & Sebastian, Machito, Gilberto Valdes, Milt Hinton, Charles Mingus, MF Doom, Latin Playboys, Jerry Goldsmith, Maxine Sullivan, Lucy Ann Polk, Les Brown, Jan Savitt, Butterglory, Red Norvo, Tito Puente, Buster Harding, MTX, A Tribe Called Quest, Solex, Blossom Dearie, Mirah, Ralph Carney, Earle Hagen, Amalia Rodrigues, DJ Greg Caz, Angel Melendez, Benny More, Bertolt Brecht, Anita O'Day, Club Foot Orchestra, Broken Social Scene, Don Davis, Annette Hanshaw, Mary Lou WIlliams, Enon, Nada Surf, Bernard Herrmann, Danny Elfman, Quincy Jones, Beulah, Superchunk, Billy May, Phil Moore, Aretha Franklin, Arsenio Rodriguez, Marc Ribot, Greg Cohen, Blondie, Artie Shaw, Arto Lindsay, Cibo Matto, and so many more...
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My Blog

MORE SPEED RACER MUSIC MADNESS!

Apple is hosting a new Speed Racer featurette that has a lot of new music of mine. GO!...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:35:00 PST

SPEED RACER MUSIC HITS THE WEB!

I’ve been working for months on music for Speed Racer now and finally some of my music has hit the web. You can check it out here--click on the video tab and click Exclusive Speed Racer Clip. ...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:29:00 PST

Cynthia Lin Doppelganger CD release show Saturday night!

New Yorkers, go check out Cynthia Lin and a full band for the big CD release show!Saturday March 29 20088 -10PMCynthia Lin Doppelganger CD Release Concert@ Baruch Performing Arts Centeras part of the ...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:58:00 PST

Web is teeming with Ethan Stoller info!

I promise I won’t let it get to my head, but there are a couple new mentions of me on the web that the completist element of my fandom may be interested in. First, I was amused not only to lear...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:45:00 PST

BKAB nears 100K, New videos up, New score on the way

--So "BKAB Speechless" will be crossing the 100,000 play mark some time soon. Thanks to everyone who likes the song. I'm sorry the lawyers were never able to hammer out a proper release of the speec...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:16:00 PST

SPEED RACER TRAILER PREMIERES TONIGHT! WOW!

Hey everybody,Be sure to check your local listings for "Entertainment Tonight" tonight. They are unveiling the first trailer for Speed Racer. I have been working on the temp score, which involves a ...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:20:00 PST

CYNTHIA LINS DOPPELGANGER - HEAR IT, ORDER IT, LOVE IT!!

I had the distinct pleasure of working with Cynthia Lin on her new EP, Doppelganger. It is now available in a variety of formats.*pre-order the CD with hand-crafted cover here*download the digital al...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:53:00 PST

Dont skip the commercials!

I blogged a few months back about my work with the Mayfair Workshop, a group of Chicago composers making music for commercials, games and other fun stuff. Well, we've got the ball (or puck) rolling p...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:50:00 PST

"JULIE AND THE CLOWN" INVADES EAST COAST FILM FESTIVALS

Julie and the Clown is a cool little new movie directed by New York writer/director/actor/singer Stephanie Sellars. Stephanie was kind enough to let me compose the score for the film. It has been se...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:29:00 PST

MAYFAIR WORKSHOP'S BIG DEBUT @ SXSW--TWISTED

For the last few months, Mark Greenberg of The Coctails has been brewing something big. Mark's been successfully producing "music for use" as Mayfair Recordings for a few years now. His work has app...
Posted by Ethan Stoller on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 04:31:00 PST