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Dr. Gio Washington-Wright's Top Los Angeles Studio Musicians Tribute Site

Check out the great videos! Not only do you get to see most of these great studio musicians in action, but you get to see how movie scores are recorded by some of my favorite composers.

Musicians

 

Studio Trumpeter Chris Tedesco working on "Batman Begins" (top) and TV's "Star Trek" (middle)

Chris Tedesco playing with Charley Davis and Dennis Farias at the Latin Grammys

Studio woodwind expert Dan Higgins playing clarinet with his son Dustin


 
Studio trombonist Bill Reichenbach (with Mike Davis) recording "Trombone Institute Of Technology"

Studio trumpeter Wayne Bergeron playing "Rhythm Method"

Studio trombonist Alex Iles playing "Sweet Georgia Brown"

Studio trumpeter Chuck Findley playing "Ole"


Studio trumpeter Charley Davis playing "Something" with Buddy Rich

Wallace Roney performing "In Questa Reggia" by Puccini with conductor / arranger Bob Belden and an L.A. studio group. GORGEOUS music...

Frank Szabo, Chuck Findley, Les Lovitt, Oscar Brashear, Snooky Young - trumpets

Bill Lane - french horn, Bill Watrous - trombone, Bill Reichenbach - bass trombone, Bill Roper - tuba

Jim Walker - flute, Sam Riney - alto flute, Gene Cipriano - english horn, Gary Herbig - bass clarinet, Ron Janelli - bassoon

Ira Coleman - bass, Ralph Penland - drums, Bruce Hall - timpani

Film Scores

Danny Elfman: Scoring "Planet Of The Apes"

Danny Elfman: Scoring "Red Dragon"

Danny Elfman: Scoring "Spider-Man"

Danny Elfman talks about writing the music to "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

Composer Klaus Badelt talks about his career in Hollywood

Michael Giacchino and others talking about the "Alias" series finale scoring session

Elliot Goldenthal: Scoring "Batman Forever"

James Horner: Scoring "A Beautiful Mind"

James Newton Howard: Scoring "The Village"

John Powell: Scoring "The Bourne Supremacy"

John Williams: Scoring "Memoirs Of A Geisha"

Hans Zimmer: Scoring "Pirates of The Carribean 2: Dead Man's Chest"