John Adams(I)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
John Adams was born on 15 February 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a composer, known for Shutter Island (2010), Run Lola Run (1998) and We Are Who We Are (2020).
- Awards
- 4 wins & 11 nominations total
Music Department
- 1989–1990
Composer
Soundtrack
- After the Hunt5.7
- performer: "Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)", "Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me"
- writer: "Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)", "Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me", "The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: It is as if our earthly life were spent miserably", "The Death of Klinghoffer, Act II: Desert Chorus", "City Noir: III. Boulevard Night"
- 2025
- Luca Guadagnino: Projecting DesireShort
- performer: "Hallelujah Junction: 1st Moment", "The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)", "Harmonielehre: Part III - Meister Eckhardt and Quackie"
- writer: "Hallelujah Junction: 1st Moment", "The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)", "Harmonielehre: Part III - Meister Eckhardt and Quackie"
- 2025
- We Are Who We Are7.3TV Mini Series
- performer: "Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
- writer: "Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
- performer: "Dewain's Song of Liberation and Suprise", "Christian Zeal and Activity" ...
- 2020
- 2018
- Call Me by Your Name7.8
- performer: "Hallelujah Junction"
- writer: "Hallelujah Junction", "Phrygian Gate for Piano", "China Gates for Piano"
- 2017
- 2015
- A Bigger Splash6.4
- performer: "I. Naive and Sentimental Music"
- writer: "I. Naive and Sentimental Music"
- 2015
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)7.7
- performer: "Harmonium: III. Wild Nights"
- writer: "Chorus of Exiled Palestinians from The Death of Klinghoffer", "Harmonium: III. Wild Nights"
- 2014
- 2014
- 2014
- Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency7.7TV Mini Series
- writer: "Short Ride in a Fast Machine"
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- Shutter Island8.2
- performer: "Fog Tropes" (1982), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006)
- writer: "Christian Zeal and Activity" (1973), "My Father Knew Charles Ives: The Lake" (2006)
- 2010
- 2009
- Official site
- Born
- Spouse
- Deborah O'Grady(2 children)
- Publicity listings
- TriviaWinner of the 1995 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his composition "Violin Concerto" (1993).
- QuotesMy roots are profoundly affected by American popular music, jazz, ragtime, swing, rock. I'm not a quoter, nor a musical chameleon like William Bolcom, but my personal style does not deny its roots. In today's so-called classical music, we've lost track of the vernacular. [Opera News, October 1987]
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