Clifford Glen "Cliff" Eidelman (born December 5, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer and conductor who scored films such as Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.
It's hard to get bored with a movie when your own music is playing in it. Each time, you hear something different. There are cues you'll hear on the album that you won't even recognize in the film because of sound effects. I'm too close to the music. I know all the subtleties and, yes, most of them are not in the film.
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I think Jerry Goldsmith said it well that what we as film composers do is lay down the backdrop for drama. Music is a real mystery -- something spiritual that speaks to somewhere deep inside us all. It communicates in a way nothing else does: no dialogue, no acting, no sound effects. I can't put my finger on it, but when I get to the third movement of Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" I almost feel as if I'm being lifted out of my body. It's almost an experience of going beyond myself, taking me someplace else, and nothing else can do that for me. Music in film talks to people that way.
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Fact
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His musical training began at age eight; he was taught the violin.
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His first conducting experience was a ballet and overture that was commissioned by Santa Monica College.
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Studied composition and orchestration at the University of Southern California.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Big Miracle
2012
He's Just Not That Into You
2009
music by
Open Window
2006
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
2005
Sexual Life
2005
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
2003
Ocean Men: Extreme Dive
2001
Documentary
An American Rhapsody
2001
Harrison's Flowers
2000
USA version
Witness Protection
1999
TV Movie
One True Thing
1998
Montana
1998
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
1997
The Beautician and the Beast
1997
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
TV Movie
Now and Then
1995
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
My Girl 2
1994
The Meteor Man
1993
Untamed Heart
1993
Leap of Faith
1992
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
Backfield in Motion
1991
TV Movie
Delirious
1991
Tales from the Crypt
1991
TV Series 1 episode
Judgment
1990
TV Movie
Crazy People
1990
Jacob Have I Loved
1989
TV Movie
Triumph of the Spirit
1989
The Final Days
1989
TV Movie
Animal Behavior
1989
Dead Man Out
1989
TV Movie
Magdalene
1988
To Die For
1988
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
He's Just Not That Into You
2009
conductor / orchestrator
Sexual Life
2005
musician: piano & guitar / orchestrator
The Lizzie McGuire Movie
2003
conductor
An American Rhapsody
2001
conductor
Harrison's Flowers
2000
orchestrator
Witness Protection
1999
TV Movie orchestrator
One True Thing
1998
conductor / orchestrator
Free Willy 3: The Rescue
1997
conductor
The Beautician and the Beast
1997
conductor
Now and Then
1995
conductor / orchestrator
Untamed Heart
1993
orchestrator
Leap of Faith
1992
conductor
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
1992
conductor
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
conductor
Star Trek Logs: An MTV Big Picture Special Edition
1991
TV Special documentary composer: stock music - uncredited
Delirious
1991
conductor / musical director - uncredited
Crazy People
1990
conductor
Strike It Rich
1990
composer: theme music
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Atop the Fourth Wall
2013
TV Series 1 episode
A Simple Twist of Fate
1994
arranger: "Red Is the Rose"
Delirious
1991
writer: "BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS"
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2009
BMI Film Music Award
BMI Film & TV Awards
He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Known for movies
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) as Composer
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) as Composer
One True Thing (1998) as Composer
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) as Composer
$700,000
