Erik Godal
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Biography
Godal played in several bands throughout the 1990s, beginning in 1992 with the band Blind Fish on Polygram. Together with his Blind Fish band mate David HallydayDavid Hallyday
David Hallyday is a French singer/songwriter and amateur sports car racer. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt and is the son of the French singers Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday....
, they formed the band Novacaine
Novacaine (band)
Novacaine is an American rock music group, formed in 1996 in Santa Monica, California. In the late '80s, David Hallyday had some success with his first solo records, but was unhappy. He decided to quit music, planning to do something different. But he had the idea to reform his high-school garage...
releasing only one album with Mercury Records in 1996. In 1998 he joined the LA Noir Surf band The Blue Hawaiians
The Blue Hawaiians
The Blue Hawaiians are a surf-rock group from Los Angeles. They formed in 1994 to play at the opening of their friend Michelle's club, The Lava Lounge. They rose to fame soon thereafter due to the rise of one of their earliest fans, Quentin Tarantino, and an appearance on the soundtrack of the hit...
of which he is still a member. From 2000 through 2002 he also continued to still work with David Hallyday
David Hallyday
David Hallyday is a French singer/songwriter and amateur sports car racer. He was born in Boulogne-Billancourt and is the son of the French singers Sylvie Vartan and Johnny Hallyday....
, touring and producing David's 2002 album, Revelation which was recorded in London. Starting 2003, after having already done music for the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...
along with The Blue Hawaiians
The Blue Hawaiians
The Blue Hawaiians are a surf-rock group from Los Angeles. They formed in 1994 to play at the opening of their friend Michelle's club, The Lava Lounge. They rose to fame soon thereafter due to the rise of one of their earliest fans, Quentin Tarantino, and an appearance on the soundtrack of the hit...
Erik moved more into film and TV music. He was nominated for an Annie award for best TV score in 2006. Erik's other credits include playing on albums for various major artists both in the US and in France, including on several for David's father Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday
Johnny Hallyday is a French singer and actor. An icon in the French-speaking world since the beginning of his career, he was considered by some to have been the French Elvis Presley. He was married for 15 years to one of the most popular French female singers: Sylvie Vartan...
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Discography
1994 Blind Fish, 2004 BBF1996 Novacaine
2004 Gacy Soundtrack
2005 The Blue Hawaiians, Live At The Lava 2
Composer
- Out There (2001)
- Repossessed (2002)
- Path of a Nomad: An Explorer's Odyssey (2003)
- Gacy (2003)
- The Seventh Bottle (2003)
- Dark Town (2004)
- The Affair (2004)
- In His Kiss (2004)
- Only in America (2005)
- The Seeker (2005)
- Subject TwoSubject TwoSubject Two is a 2006 American film directed by Philip Chidel, starring Christian Oliver and Dean StapletonThe plot revolves around Adam a medical student who is lured to a cabin far from civilization wherein he volunteers to be repeatedly killed and reanimated by Dr. Franklin Vick, with use of a...
(2006) - Greed (2006)
- Stripped Down (2006)
- What Love IsWhat Love IsWhat Love Is is a 2007 romantic comedy film, written and directed by Mars Callahan, starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Matthew Lillard, Sean Astin, Anne Heche, and Gina Gershon. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays a man who finds out the true nature of love one Valentine's Day when he wants to propose to his...
(2007) - The Gift: Life Unwrapped (2007)
- Holodomor: Ukraine's Genocide of 1932-33 (2008)
- Irreversi (2008)
- Ready or Not (2008)
- Freeway Killer (2009)
External links
- http://www.erikgodal.com
- http://www.pascalrecords.com