Damon Intrabartolo (1974 – August 13, 2013) was an American

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

orchestrator Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra (or, more loosely, for any musical ensemble, such as a concert band) or of adapting music composed for another medium for an orchestra. Also called "instrumentation", orch ...

and

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. He attended the

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and departed before graduation to work as an assistant to

John Ottman John Ottman (born July 6, 1964) is an American film composer, director, and editor. He is best known for collaborating with director Bryan Singer, composing and/or editing many of his films, including '' Public Access'' (1993), ''The Usual Suspec ...

on ''

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''. His most famous work is the musical ''

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''. A resident of

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, he appeared in a 2001 documentary featuring six gay men attending the

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festival, called '' On the Bus''. On August 13, 2013, Intrabartolo died suddenly in

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. He was 39 years old.

Work

Damon collaborated with Ottman for 13 years as an orchestrator and conductor on films including: *'' Halloween H20'' (1998) *'' Lake Placid'' (1999) *'' Bubble Boy'' (2001) *''

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'' (2002) *''

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'' (2002) *'' X2: X-Men United'' (2003) *'' Gothika'' (2003) *'' Cellular'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *''

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'' (2006) Intrabartolo also served as an orchestrator and conductor on '' In Good Company'' (2004), ''

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'' (2006) and the acclaimed ''

Dreamgirls ''Dreamgirls'' is a Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. It is based on the show business aspirations and successes of R&B acts such as The Shirelles, James Brown, Jackie Wilson, and others, and p ...

'' (2006) underscore with ''

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'' composer

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. He composed the musical '' Bare: A Pop Opera''; his company God Help! Productions also produced the 2000 world premiere in

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. He composed and produced the musical '' Ann E. Wrecksick and the Odyssey of the Bulimic Orphans''; both shows played in Los Angeles and

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. He also composed the musical ''PopNation'', which was first workshopped in Los Angeles. In 2012 and 2013, Canton Theatrical presented industry readings in New York.

Awards

*2001

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*Backstage Garland Award *LA Drama Critics Circle Award *LA Weekly Award for ''bare'' (Best Original Score & Best Musical).

References

External links

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"Bare Facts"
''theatremania'', Michael Portantiere, Apr 8, 2004 1974 births 2013 deaths American musical theatre composers American male musical theatre composers University of Southern California alumni Musicians from Los Angeles American LGBTQ musicians Classical musicians from California 21st-century American LGBTQ people {{US-composer-20thC-stub