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Tomandandy is an American musical duo from New York City, consisting of members Thomas Hajdu and Andy Milburn. While they are best known for their work scoring films,[1][2] their portfolio includes music for television commercials[3] as well as television programs, records and art installations.[4]

Tomandandy
OriginNew York City, New York, U.S.
GenresFilm score, soundtrack, trance music
Years active1990-present
Members
  • Andy Milburn
  • Thomas Hajdu
Websitewww.tomandandy.com

History


Andy Milburn was born in Texas and went to Princeton University for undergraduate as well as graduate work. At Princeton, his primary focus was creating computer music and computer music applications. During that time, he contributed to the early computer music system called Real-time Cmix. Thomas Hajdu was born in Canada and moved to the US to work on his graduate studies at Princeton University. Tom has sat on many award juries and chaired and spoken at international conferences about the impact of technology on content including TED, MIT Enterprise Forum and Digital Hollywood.

Milburn and Hajdu moved to New York after Princeton and started collaborating with film director Mark Pellington at MTV and film editors Hank Corwin and Bruce Ashley in the UK. Soon their work was being used in commercials, TV shows, feature films, art installations and record projects. Tomandandy quickly grew and they built a number of recording studios in New York and later in Los Angeles. At the same time, Tomandandy invested in technological innovations focusing on digital entertainment. A notable project was the MTV "Buzz" series.[5]

In 1992, Tomandandy appeared on the Red Hot Organization's dance compilation album, Red Hot + Dance, contributing an original dance track, "Theme From Red Hot & Dance (Gothic Mix)." The album attempted to raise awareness and money in support of the AIDS epidemic, and all proceeds were donated to AIDS charities.

In 2009, Tomandandy won Best Horror Score (runner-up) in Fangoria's Chainsaw Award[6] for their score to The Strangers.

In 2020, Tomandandy's Tom Hajdu reflected on The Strangers soundtrack during an interview.[7] "There was a lot of intentionality in mixing strange sounds with familiar sounds! It was a combination of analog, synthetic, and ambient sounds, along with silence, put together in unusual ways. To create combinations that are not necessarily traditional in that respect, or expected." - Tom Hajdu


Selected discography



Other works



Film scores


Year Title Director Notes
1993 Killing Zoe Roger Avary
1995 Mr. Stitch Television film
1997 Going All the Way Mark Pellington
2000 Waking the Dead Keith Gordon Composed with Scott Shields
2002 The Mothman Prophecies Mark Pellington
The Rules of Attraction Roger Avary
2003 Faster Mark Neale
2004 Mean Creek Jacob Aaron Estes
Freshman Orientation Ryan Shiraki
2005 Love, Ludlow Adrienne Weiss
2006 Right at Your Door Chris Gorak
The Hills Have Eyes Alexandre Aja
The Covenant Renny Harlin
2007 P2 Franck Khalfoun
2008 Sleep Dealer Alex Rivera
The Strangers Bryan Bertino
The Echo Yam Laranas
2009 The Good Guy Julio DePietro Composed with Kurt Oldman
2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife Paul W. S. Anderson
And Soon the Darkness Marcos Efron
2011 I Melt with You Mark Pellington
The Details Jacob Aaron Estes
Fastest Mark Neale
2012 Citadel Ciaran Foy
The Apparition Todd Lincoln
Resident Evil: Retribution Paul W. S. Anderson
2013 Blaze You Out Mateo Frazier
Diego Joaquin Lopez
Innocence Hilary Brougher
2014 Animal Brett Simmons
Girl House Trevor Matthews
7 Minutes Jay Martin
2015 H8RZ Derrick Borte
Sinister 2 Ciaran Foy
2016 Havenhurst Andrew C. Erin
The Monster Bryan Bertino
City of Joy Madeleine Gavin Composed with Lokua Kanza
2017 47 Meters Down Johannes Roberts
Wish Upon John R. Leonetti
2019 The Wolf's Call Antonin Baudry
The Silence John R. Leonetti
47 Meters Down: Uncaged Johannes Roberts
Haunt Scott Beck
Bryan Woods
Lucky Day Roger Avary

Selected artistic collaborations



References


  1. Schweiger, Daniel. "Industry Spotlight: Tom Hajdu, the Resident "T" in Tomandandy". Film Music Magazine.
  2. Fichera, J.Blake (1 July 2016). Scored To Death: Conversations with Some of Horror's Greatest Composers. Silman-James Press. pp. 352–403. ISBN 193524714X.
  3. Ho, Richard. "Two's Company: The Return of Tomandandy". Ad Age.
  4. Pener, Degen. "Making Music (Boom, Boom) On Computers". The New York Times.
  5. "Buzz, Episode 1". Network Awesome.
  6. "Chainsaw Awards 2009". IMDB.
  7. Regev, Nir. "tomandandy's Tom Hajdu reflects on 'The Strangers' soundtrack (Interview)". The Natural Aristocrat.




На других языках

[de] Tomandandy

Bei Tomandandy handelt es sich um das Filmkomponisten-Duo Tom Hajdu (Kanada) und Andy Milburn (Vereinigte Staaten). Neben der Komposition für Filme produzieren tomandandy auch Musik für Videospiele, Werbespots, Kunstprojekte und Modenschauen.
- [en] Tomandandy

[es] Tomandandy

Tomandandy es un dúo musical estadounidense formado en 1989 como grupo de música experimental por Andy Milburn y Thomas Hajdu. El dúo es conocido por sus composiciones para bandas sonoras.


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