Brad Hatfield (born May 15, 1956) is a musician, arranger, and

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winning

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. He is a regular performer on piano and keyboards with the

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. He has also performed with the Utah Symphony and the

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. His arrangements, orchestrations and compositions have been performed by the Boston Pops, Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Career

Hatfield's songs have appeared in the films '' Iron Man 2'', ''

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'', '' Analyze This'', '' The Break-Up'', and '' Cop Land''. His music has also appeared in more than two dozen television series, including ''

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'', '' ER'', '' CSI'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Entourage''. He has performed on dozens of recordings, including albums by the Boston Pops Orchestra, George Russell Living Time Orchestra, and Mike Metheny. His solo piano playing is featured in the opening scene and end credits of

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's '' Mystic River''. In 2004–2005 and 2007, Hatfield was pianist/arranger and music director for POPSearch, the Boston Pops's nationwide talent competition. Hatfield studied piano performance and composition at

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, and management at Cambridge College. He teaches at

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and Berklee College of Music. He is also a course author and instructor for Berklee Online. In 2012, Hatfield was awarded "Best Online Course" by the University Professional & Continuing Education Association for his Berklee Online course "Music Supervision."

Awards

*Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song Daytime Television (2006) *BMI Film and Television Award (2007) *Primetime Emmy Award Nomination (2010)

Selected discography

With the Boston Pops Orchestra

* 1998 – ''The Celtic Album'' ( BMG Music) * 1999 – ''A Splash of Pops'' ( BMG Music) * 2000 – ''Encore'' ( BMG Music) * 2003 – ''"Mystic River" Soundtrack'' ( Warner Bros. Records) * 2004 – ''Sleigh Ride'' (Boston Pops Recordings) * 2005 – ''America'' (Boston Pops Recordings) * 2009 – ''Red Sox Album'' (Boston Pops Recordings)

With George Russell Living Time Orchestra

* 1993 – '' The London Concert'' (Stash Records) * 1996 – ''It's About Time'' (Label Bleu) * 2005 – '' The 80th Birthday Concert'' (Independent)

With Rebecca Parris

* 2002 – ''Secret of Christmas'' (Shira) * 2006 – ''You Don't Know Me (Saying it with Jazz)''

With Mike Metheny

* 1996 – ''Street of Dreams'' (Altenburgh) * 1988 – ''Kaleidoscope'' ( MCA/Impulse)

With Susan Werner

* 2004 – '' I Can't Be New'' ( Koch Records) * 2009 – ''Classics'' (Sleeve Dog Records)

With Mordy Ferber

* 1987 – ''All the Way to Sendai'' (

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) * 1995 – ''Mr X'' ( Half Note Records) * 2004 – ''Being There'' ( Half Note Records)

With Meg Hutchinson

* 2004 – ''The Crossing'' (Little Red Hen) * 2008 – ''Come Up Full'' ( Red House Records) * 2010 – ''The Living Side'' ( Red House Records)

References

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