Tom Pierson

Tom Pierson

Tom Pierson (born Thomas Pierson March 11, 1948 Ashland, Wisconsin)^[1] is an American conductor, composer, musical director, film director, arranger, orchestrator, production crew, musician, and music lecturer.

At the age of 13, he debuted as a soloist with the Houston Symphony.^[2] He studied at the Juilliard School to become a classical pianist and later turned to jazz. He conducted Leonard Bernstein's Mass at the Metropolitan Opera. He has conducted other works as well, including Candide. He has scored films for Woody Allen, notably Manhattan,^[3] and Robert Altman's Quintet.^[4] He filmed Turkey Boy in Japan in 2008.^[5]

Work

• Songs from the movie "Turkey Boy", 2008, CD^[6]
• "Turkey Boy", 2008, DVD^[7]
• Deep Forest By Bruce Huebner, Zabu Tone Music ZT006, CD 2008, as pianist^[8]
• Olathe By Richie Pratt, Artists Recording Collective ARC-2093, CD 2007, as pianist^[9]
• The Hidden Goddess, 2003, CD, ©Point of No Return Music (806635019475), AUTEUR^[10][11]
• Left, Right, 2001, CD^[12]
• Tom Pierson III, 1999, CD, Oglio Records^[13]
• Planet of Tears, 1990, CD^[14][15]
• American Playhouse, 1982, orchestrator; 1 episode - Working TV episode^[16]
• Popeye (film), 1980, composer: additional score^[17][18][19]
• Manhattan (film), 1979, music adapted/arranged by^[20][21][22]
• Hair (film), 1979, conductor/arranger, vocals, as Thomas Pierson^[23][24]
• Quintet (film), 1979^[25][26][27]
• A Perfect Couple, 1979, Orchestra Conductor^{[28][29][30][31]}
• The World of Magic, NBC 1975, hosted by Bill Cosby, as Music Director^[32]

References

1. Tom Pierson Bibliography (translated from Japanese site senzoku.ac.jp) Retrieved 2011-01-24
2. High Note, The Japan Times
3. Adam Harvey, The Soundtracks of Woody Allen: A Complete Guide to the Songs and Music in Every Film, 1969-2005 (McFarland, 2007), ISBN 0-7864-2968-2, ISBN 978-0-7864-2968-4 (online)
4. Composer, Original Music By Tom Pierson
5. Point of No Return Music 2008: ["Turkey Boy" http://www.turkeyboymovie.com/TurkeyBoy.htm]
6. Soundtruck, Turkey Boy Movie
7. Turkey Boy Movie
8. Mark Tourian (acoustic bass), STUDIO TOURIAN
9. Richie Pratt (drums), RichiePratt.net
10. Doug Keahl, CD Reviews
11. Album, Big Band, Music is here
12. MICHAEL PRONKO, The Japan Times Online
13. Tom Pierson III, Billboard Jun 26, 1999, Magazine
14. Big Band, All About Jazz
15. Patricia Myers, JAZZ TIMES 1997
16. American Playhouse
17. Popeye (1980)
18. The New York Times
19. A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman (Paperback), By Robert Kolker, Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (July 27, 2000), ISBN 0-19-512350-6, ISBN 978-0-19-512350-0
20. Manhattan (1979)
21. The New York Times
22. CinemaScope One: STUPENDOUS IN 'SCOPE (Paperback) by John Reid, Lulu.com (May 15, 2004)
23. Hair (1979), Music Department
24. Hair by Galt MacDermot;Tom Pierson
25. Quintet (1979)
26. The New York Times
27. Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music (Paperback), By Royal S. Brown, University of California Press (October 18, 1994), ISBN 0-520-08544-2, ISBN 978-0-520-08544-2
28. Music Department, Tom Pierson
29. The New York Times
30. A Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman (Paperback), By Robert Kolker, Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (July 27, 2000), ISBN 0-19-512350-6, ISBN 978-0-19-512350-0
31. Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music (Paperback), By Royal S. Brown, University of California Press (October 18, 1994), ISBN 0-520-08544-2, ISBN 978-0-520-08544-2
32. Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974-1984 By Vincent Terrace

Further sources

• Blue Nippon: authenticating jazz in Japan By E. Taylor Atkins, Duke University Press (November 2001), ISBN 0-8223-2721-X, ISBN 978-0-8223-2721-9
• Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture (Paperback), By Timothy J. Craig (Editor), M.E. Sharpe (June 2000), ISBN 0-7656-0561-9, ISBN 978-0-7656-0561-0
• Patricia Myers, JAZZ TIMES Jun 1997, Magagine, by JazzTimes, Inc., 144 pages, ISSN 0272-572X
• p. 273, Manhattan, cf. The Bent Lens: A world guide to gay and lesbian film By Lisa Daniel, Claire Jackson, ALLEN & UNWIN, March 2003, ISBN 978-1-74114-014-9
• p. 314, 329, cf. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music (Hardcover), By Stephanie Stein Crease, Chicago Review Press; illustrated edition (October 1, 2001), ISBN 1-55652-425-0, ISBN 978-1-55652-425-7

External links

• Tom Pierson : Free Music, Download selected works for free
• Tom Pierson biography, Senzoku Gakuen College of Music (in Japanese)
• Tom Pierson Profile, Kunitachi College of Music
• Tom Pierson at the Internet Movie Database