John D'Andrea is an American television composer, arranger and music writer.

Biography

D'Andrea, as a boy, was interested in being a musician, due to his father's career playing the saxophone in local

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bands, because of this, his father gave him a saxophone for his ninth birthday. Years later, D'Andrea attended the Arts High School for music and the

Manhattan School of Music The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory A music school is an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music. Such an institution can also be known as a school of music, music a ...

in New York. At the same time he, like his father, participated in local New Jersey bands, as a player, singer, and arranger. D'Andrea met Bob Marcucci in 1963. Marcucci secured a recording contract for him as a singer with Sinatra's label

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, which caused him to become a regular on the 1960s network hit music show '' Shindig''. After this, he became a musical director, and accompanied artists such as

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, The Raiders,

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around the world. He has arranged/produced 25

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Records and 70 chart hits including such No. 1 hits as "

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, "Can You Read My Mind" (Superman Theme) by

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, "Somewhere in Time" by

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. He won a

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for his arrangement of "Time of My Life". D'Andrea is a member of the

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(ASCAP), from which he has garnered three awards. In his spare time, D'Andrea plays the saxophone for the D'Anbino Family Band.

Credits

Composer

*'' Bionicle: The Legend Reborn'' (2009) *'' Murder in the Mirror'' (2000) *'' The Test of Love'' (1999) *''

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'' (1998–1999) *'' A Secret Life'' (1999) *'' A Marriage of Convenience'' (1998) *''

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'' (1999–2000) *'' Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay'' (1998) *'' Assault on Devil's Island'' (1997) *'' Steel Chariots'' (1997) *'' In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory'' (1997) *'' Gone in a Heartbeat'' (1996) *'' Fall into Darkness'' (1996) *'' Angel Flight Down'' (1996) *''

Baywatch ''Baywatch'' is an American Drama (film and television), drama television series about lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, and Hawaii, starring David Hasselhoff. It was created by Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz ...

'' (1989–2001) *''

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'' (1995) *'' Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise'' (1995) *'' Mighty Max'' (1993–1994) *'' Deadly Vows'' (1994) *'' Thunder in Paradise'' (1993) *'' The Tower'' (1993) *''

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'' (1993) *'' Beyond the Law'' (1992) *''

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'' (1991) *''

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'' (1991) *''Swimsuit'' (1989) *'' The Iron Triangle'' (1989) *'' Dangerous Curves'' (1988) *'' Hunter's Blood'' (1987) *''

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'' (1986) *'' The Education of Allison Tate'' (1986) *'' Savage Streets'' (1984) *'' Grambling's White Tiger'' (1981) *'' Stranger in Our House'' (1978) *'' Love's Dark Ride'' (1978) *'' The Commitment'' (1976) *'' Grey Knight'' (1993) *'' Tough Enough'' (1983) *''

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'' (1980)

Music writer

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'' (2005) *'' Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights'' (2004) *''

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'' (2001) *''

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'' (1987)

Arranger

*'' Land of the Lost'' (1975)

Awards and nominations

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awards: *Won, 1997, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "

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" (shared with

Ken Corday Kenneth Robert Corday (born June 16, 1950) is an American television soap opera producer and music composer. He is the son of Ted Corday and Betty Corday, the co-creators of ''Days of Our Lives''. His production company, Corday Productions, ...

, Brent Nelson,

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, Amy Burkhard Evans, and

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) *

ASCAP The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) () is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadc ...

awards: *Won, 1996, Top TV Series for "

" *Won, 1997, Top TV Series for "

" *Won, 1997, Most Performed Underscore

References

External links

*
Danbino family official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Andrea, John Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American composers Manhattan School of Music alumni Daytime Emmy Award winners Grammy Award winners MGM Records artists 21st-century American male musicians American television composers American male television composers American film score composers American male film score composers