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Joseph Renzetti - Film Composer

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  • First Career: Began as a guitarist with Cameo Records in Philadelphia, played on hit Records like:

    • "Let's Twist Again"

    • "South Street"

    • "The Mash Potatoes"

    • "The Bristol Stomp"

    • "You Can't Sit Down"                       â€‹

  • Second Career: In New York City - became an arranger for several Top Ten Hits like:

    • "Sunny" by Bobby Hebb"

    • "Mandy" by Barry Manilow

    • "98.6" by Keith

    • "Together" by The Intruders

    • "United" by The Intruders

    • "Let The Good Times Roll" by Bunny Sigler

    • "Apple Peaches Pumkin Pie"

    •  By Jay and the Techniques

Third Career: In Los Angeles - Film Composer/Music Director 

  1. The Buddy Holly Story":

    • produced and directed the music for this rock 'n' roll biopic.

    • coached the actors playing Buddy Holly and the Crickets, ensuring they could sing and play instruments authentically.

    • The film featured live performances by the actors on camera, a groundbreaking achievement in movie production.

  2. Score Composition:

    •  composed the score for the original "Child's Play", a horror film written and directed by Tom Holland.

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Highlights of his career include collaborating with director

Gary Sherman in his films; Poltergeist III, Dead & Buried, Wanted: Dead or Alive, and the TV series Missing Persons.

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Renzetti scored the TV movie Elvis starring Kurt Russell, directed by John Carpenter, and produced by Dick Clark.

 

He composed the  music for the film Fatso, starring Anne Bancroft , featuring Dom DeLuise. It was a Mel Brooks film.

 

Scored the  cult classics Frankenhooker and Basket Case 2 & 3.

 

Renzetti received an Academy Award for "Best Adaptation Score" for The Buddy Holly Story

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Fourth Career: In NYC -  Indie Film Composer

Scored the films:

Eating Miss Campbell

Dead Before They Wake

Sorry

Tom Holland - Twisted Tales

The Other Car 

The Fear inside

Universal Signs

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Video Of  Joe Renzetti Accepting the Oscar.

A Documentary - Joe Renzetti's work in"Child's Play" 

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