Aaron Zigman

Aaron Zigman
Lahir	6 Januari 1963 San Diego, California
Pekerjaan	Composer, arranger, conductor, songwriter, producer
Dikenal atas	Award-winning film composer & musician
Karya terkenal	Film scores for The Notebook, Bridge to Tarabithia, John Q., The Proposal, Flicka, For Colored Girls, Flash of Genius, Sex & the City. Co-written, arranged, produced songs with Quincy Jones, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner.
Situs web	www.AaronZigman.com

Aaron Zigman (lahir 6 Januari 1963) adalah komposer, arranger, pencipta lagu, dan musikus klasik berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Namanya dikenal secara luas melalui karya musiknya berupa skor film antara lain The Notebook, The Company Men, Bridge to Terabithia, John Q., The Proposal, Flicka, For Colored Girls, Flash of Genius, Sex & the City, Alpha Dog, dan Escape from Planet Earth. Zigman juga menulis lagu, mengaransemen, dan memproduseri lebih dari 50 album hits legendaris dan kontemporer beberapa artis di antaranya Quincy Jones, Christina Aguilera, Sting, John Legend, Dione Warwick, Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Seal, dan lain-lain.

Latar belakang

Zigman lahir di San Diego, California. Lulus dari Point Loma High School, dia melanjutkan di University of California, Los Angeles. Sementara masih di universitas, dia menandatangani kontrak dengan Almo Irving dan menuliskan beberapa lagu untuk Carly Simon, program televisiFame, dan menulis lagu bersama David Lasley, Jerry Knight dan Steve Cropper. Tahun 1983, dia mulai belajar bersama keponakannya, George Bassman (yang menyusun orkestra untuk The Wizard of Oz dan mengomposisi musik untuk film Marty dan The Postman Always Rings Twice). Bassman juga menulis komposisi klasik Tommy Dorsey Classic, "Getting Sentimental Over You", yang diaransemen untuk Lena Horne dan Benny Goodman dan diorkestrakan bagi Andre Kostelanetz. Dasawarsa 1980-an, Zigman mulai menggunakan namanya sebagai nama studio musik dan menulis lagu-lagu hits pop untuk The Jets. Kemudian dia bekerja untuk Clive Davis memproduseri dan mengaransemen untuk Aretha Franklin dan Natalie Cole. Selama waktu itu, dia menulis, mengaransemen dan memproduseri lagu-lagu untuk beberapa penyanyi papan atas di industri musik seperti Ray Charles, Sting, Phil Collins, Dionne Warwick, Boz Scaggs, Tina Turner, Seal, Carly Simon, the Pointer Sisters, Jermaine Stewart, Huey Lewis, Jennifer Holliday, Patti LaBelle, Chicago, Natalie Cole dan Christina Aguilera. Dasawarsa 1990-an dia masuk industri, berupa karya soundtrack untuk film Mulan, What's Love Got to Do With It?, The Birdcage, Licence to Kill, dan Pocahontas. Skor film yang cukup hits dikerjakan untuk film produksi tahun 2002 berjudul John Q..

Filmografi

2000-an

Tahun	Judul	Sutradara	Studio	Catatan
2002	John Q.	Nick Cassavetes	New Line Cinema	—
2004	The Notebook	Nick Cassavetes	New Line Cinema	—
	Raise Your Voice	Sean McNamara	New Line Cinema	—
2005	The Wendell Baker Story	Andrew Wilson Luke Wilson	Wendell Distribution	—
	In the Mix	Ron Underwood	Lionsgate	—
2006	Alpha Dog	Nick Cassavetes	Universal Pictures	—
	The Virgin of Juarez	Kevin James Dobson	First Look Studios	—
	ATL	Chris Robinson	Warner Bros. Pictures	—
	Take the Lead	Liz Friedlander	New Line Cinema	—
	Akeelah and the Bee	Doug Atchison	Lionsgate	—
	Step Up	Anne Fletcher	Touchstone Pictures	—
	10th & Wolf	Robert Moresco	ThinkFilm	—
	Flicka	Michael Mayer	20th Century Fox	—
2007	Bridge to Terabithia	Gábor Csupó	Walt Disney Pictures	—
	Pride	Sunu Gonera	Lionsgate	—
	Good Luck Chuck	Mark Helfrich	Lionsgate	—
	The Jane Austen Book Club	Robin Swicord	Sony Pictures Classics	—
	Why Did I Get Married?	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate	—
	Martian Child	Menno Meyjes	New Line Cinema	—
	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Zach Helm	20th Century Fox	with Alexandre Desplat
2008	Step Up 2: The Streets	Jon M. Chu	Touchstone Pictures	—
	Meet the Browns	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate	—
	Sex and the City: The Movie	Michael Patrick King	New Line Cinema	—
	The Family That Preys	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate	—
	Flash of Genius	Marc Abraham	Universal Pictures	—
	Christmas Cottage	Michael Campus	Lionsgate	—
	Lake City	Perry Moore Hunter Hill	Screen Media Films	—
2009	Madea Goes to Jail	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate	—
	The Proposal	Anne Fletcher	Touchstone Pictures	—
	My Sister's Keeper	Nick Cassavetes	New Line Cinema	—
	The Ugly Truth	Robert Luketic	Columbia Pictures	—
	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate	—

2010-an

Tahun	Judul	Sutradara	Studio
2010	The Company Men	John Wells	The Weinstein Company
	The Last Song	Julie Anne Robinson	Touchstone Pictures
	Why Did I Get Married Too?	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate
	Sex and the City 2	Michael Patrick King	New Line Cinema
	For Colored Girls	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate
2011	Madea's Big Happy Family	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate
	I Don't Know How She Does It	Douglas McGrath	The Weinstein Company
	What's Your Number?	Mark Mylod	20th Century Fox
2012	Good Deeds	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate
	Madea's Witness Protection	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate
	Step Up Revolution	Scott Speer	Summit Entertainment
2013	Escape from Planet Earth	Cal Brunker	The Weinstein Company
	Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor	Tyler Perry	Lionsgate
	Peeples	Tina Gordon Chism	Lionsgate
	Baggage Claim	David E. Talbert	Fox Searchlight Pictures
2014	The Other Woman	Nick Cassavetes	20th Century Fox
	The Best of Me	Michael Hoffman	Relativity Media
2016	Wakefield	Robin Swicord

Pranala luar

• Aaron Zigman di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)