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Gary Stockdale
Stockdale in 2010
Background information
Born (1952-11-15) November 15, 1952 (age 71)
Glendale, Los Angeles area, CA, U.S.
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Websitegarystockdale.com

Gary William Stockdale is a U.S. composer, arranger. music director, conductor, singer-songwriter, musician (keyboard, guitar), and backing vocalist. He has composed and performed extensively for theatre, TV, and film, with over 400 published composing credits.[1] Stockdale is particularly renowned for his work collaborating with entertainer duo Penn & Teller, for which he received two Emmy Award nominations and a BMI Award. He is also known for composing songs and scores for many other TV shows including Sabrina the Teenage Witch, as well as for many films including The Aristocrats. He was the original keyboard player in the Brian Setzer Orchestra.[2] Stockdale's songs have been said to "exude a warm, folk-flavored sincerity, ... his voice conveys a melodic sincerity that, when combined with his arranging skills, enables a song to build to a satisfying finale ... A born storyteller and wizened voice of reason, Stockdale ... [delivers] knowing, inspiring messages."[3]

Early life and education

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Stockdale attended Los Angeles City College in the Music and Theater Departments[2] from 1971 to 1975. Right out of college, he began learning the craft of film composition under the wing of four-time Oscar-winning composer Henry Mancini, and later under the wing of six-time Oscar-nominated composer Lalo Schifrin.

Career in Theatre

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Stockdale co-wrote, with Spencer Green, the musical spoof Bukowsical! loosely based on the life of German-American writer Charles Bukowski. The show's songs have been called "uncommonly terrific for the genre",[4] and the show has been praised for "the eclectic bounce of Stockdale’s music and his and Green’s lyrics" in the Los Angeles Times,[5] with further praise for Stockdale found in Backstage,[6] Variety,[7] and more.

Stockdale also composed the "creepy music [that] evokes both carnival and silent horror tunes"[8] for Play Dead, a stage play by Teller and Todd Robbins.

Stockdale teamed up again with Spencer Green on the lyrics, and composed the music, for Bumpersticker: the Musical,[9] a show in the Hollywood Fringe Festival, with each song inspired by a slogan seen on a bumper sticker during a traffic jam. The show was noted for its examples of "how well the music & lyrics work together to make the writers' point"[10] and was named one of the top ten 2016 Los Angeles Theatre Productions.[11]

Career in Television

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Stockdale composed and performed music for, in addition to Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular and Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, many other TV shows including Sabrina the Teenage Witch[1] and The Steven Banks Show, His connection with Lalo Schifrin led to him composing for Australian observational documentary series Sudden Impact.

Career in Film

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Stockdale has worked with Lalo Shifrin on scores for many films including Doctor Detroit, Sudden Impact, F/X2,[12] and The Osterman Weekend.[13] He co-wrote, with Kevin Klingler, the score for the film Hard Ticket To Hawaii,[14] and wrote the score for the American documentary comedy film The Aristocrats. Stockdale also played keyboard on one of Weird Al Yankovic's music videos.[15]

Personal life

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Participants in the "Skeptically Yours" podcast, recorded at The Amazing Meeting for skeptics in 2013. Left to right: Stockdale, podcaster Heather Henderson, magician James Randi, comedian Emery Emery, and psychology professor Ray Hyman.

Stockdale has been married to Danelle "Dani" Hoffman Stockdale since 1993.[16] They live in Glassell Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S., and have two daughters, Savannah and Fiona.[17]

Stockdale is an advocate for skepticism, participating in the "Skeptically Yours" podcast and The Amazing Meeting for skeptics, and promoting skepticism in his songs, most notably "You Don't Know"[18] (see Video clips below).

Stockdale has been on the faculty at Los Angeles College of Music in Pasadena, CA, teaching Vocal Performance,[2] since 2016.

Awards

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Discography

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  • 1987, Hard Ticket To Hawaii – Gary Stockdale, Kevin Klingler, Label: Enjoy The Ride Records, ID: ETR117[14]
  • 2000, Electronic Age Vol. 2 – Gary Stockdale, Label: Killer Tracks, ID: KT129[22]
  • 2010, Bukowsical! Original Cast Recording – Gary Stockdale & Spencer Green, Label: Kritzerland Records, ID: KR 20017-4[23]
  • 2011, Sure of Mice Elf – Gary Stockdale, Label: Cd Baby, UPC: 0789875017022[24]
  • 2017, Keep Letting Go – Gary Stockdale, Label: Global Recording Art, UPC: 646413136228[25]

Video clips

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Songview Search". BMI. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Gary Stockdale". Los Angeles College of Music. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Music Connection Magazine (October 29, 2018). "New Music Critique: Gary Stockdale". Music Connection.
  4. ^ Murray, Matthew (August 14, 2007). "Off Broadway Reviews: Bukowsical!". Talkin' Broadway.
  5. ^ Nichols, David C. (March 24, 2006). "'Bukowsical!' is seeking support". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ Backstage staff (November 4, 2019). "Bukowsical!". Backstage.
  7. ^ Morgan, Terry (March 19, 2006). "Bukowsical!". Variety.
  8. ^ Schwartz, Jonas (December 4, 2013). "Play Dead". TheaterMania.
  9. ^ "Bumpersticker: the Musical". Hollywood Fringe Festival. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  10. ^ Dostal, Ellen (June 16, 2016). "Review: BUMPERSTICKER: THE MUSICAL, a Sure-fire Fringe Favorite". BroadwayWorld.
  11. ^ Schreiber, Brad (December 29, 2016). "Top Ten 2016 L.A. Theatre Productions". HuffPost.
  12. ^ Brown, Jacqui (September 24, 2005). "Stockdale scores again". Los Angeles Times - Burbank Leader.
  13. ^ Dalkin, Gary S. (January 2000). "Lalo SCHIFRIN: The Osterman Weekend". Film Music on the Web.
  14. ^ a b "Gary Stockdale, Kevin Klingler – Hard Ticket To Hawaii". Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  15. ^ Yankovic, Al. "Players". "Weird Al" Yankovic. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  16. ^ Brown, Jacqui (September 24, 2005). "Stockdale Scores Again". Los Angeles Times.
  17. ^ Green, Spencer (November 27, 2010). "A Holiday Song: "All I Want For Christmas Is a Job"". HuffPost.
  18. ^ "Gary Stockdale - You Don't Know from "Keep Letting Go"". ReverbNation. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
  19. ^ a b "Gary Stockdale Awards & Nomination". Television Academy Emmys. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  20. ^ Gioia, Michael (May 30, 2013). "Regional Premiere of Bukowsical, About Life of Novelist Charles Bukowski, Begins May 30 in St. Louis". Playbill.
  21. ^ "George S. Clinton Receives Top BMI Film/TV Honor". BMI News. May 17, 2007.
  22. ^ "Gary Stockdale – Electronic Age - Volume 2". Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  23. ^ Kimmel, Bruce (2010). "Bukowsical! Original Cast Recording". Kritzerland Records.
  24. ^ "Gary Stockdale > Sure of Mice Elf". Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  25. ^ "Stockdale, Garry: Keep Letting Go". Tower Records. Retrieved July 23, 2024.
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