Gary Stockdale is an American

People of the United States

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 musical composer

Composer

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 and a two-time Daytime Emmy winner. He has composed music for television shows such as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

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; They Came from Outer Space

They Came from Outer Space

They Came from Outer Space is an American science fiction comedy series that aired in syndication from October 1990 to March 1991. The series was created by Tom McLoughlin.-Synopsis:...

; To Tell the Truth

To Tell the Truth

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; Comedy Central’s Last Laugh

Last Laugh

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; Cowboy U

Cowboy U

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; Hayley Wagner, Star!; A Home for the Holidays (CBS), and Showtime’s Penn & Teller: BULLSHIT!. He got his second Emmy nomination for that theme. He recently wrote music for The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats (film)

The Aristocrats is a 2005 documentary film about the famous dirty joke of the same name. It was conceived and produced by comedians Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza, edited by Emery Emery, and released to theaters by TH!NKFilm...

, by Penn Jillette

Penn Jillette

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 and Paul Provenza

Paul Provenza

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, now on DVD.

Fresh out of college, Gary met Oscar-winning music composer Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini

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 and under his mentorship learned the craft of film music composition.

He began his film-music composing career working for the legendary director/producer Roger Corman

Roger Corman

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, scoring Corman's first "art" film (entered in the 1989 Los Angeles Film Festival), Dance of the Damned. Around this time, he started working side-by-side with famed film and television composer Lalo Schifrin

Lalo Schifrin

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, arranging and composing cues for his various projects, including Sudden Impact

Sudden Impact

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, FX2, and Sam Peckinpah’s last film, The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend

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Since 1990, he’s written music for Penn & Teller

Penn & Teller

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. Leading the band on their variety series Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular

Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular

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, he received his first Emmy nomination for his work on that show. He recently scored NBC’s Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End

Penn & Teller: Off the Deep End

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As a performer and singer, Gary has appeared in NBC's Studio 60: Live on the Sunset Strip, and he sang on Neil Young

Neil Young

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's recent "Living With War

Living With War

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" project, soon to be released on DVD. He has also contributed vocals to films such as The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions is a 2003 American science fiction film and the third installment of The Matrix trilogy. The film was released six months following The Matrix Reloaded. The film was written and directed by the Wachowski brothers and released simultaneously in sixty countries on November 5,...

, and television series such as Family Guy

Family Guy

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Gary is part of the long-running LA band The Jenerators

The Jenerators

The Jenerators are a blues-rock band based in Los Angeles, CA featuring Tom Hebenstreit on vocals, electric guitars and keyboards; Bill Mumy on vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, harmonica, keyboards, and percussion; Gary Stockdale on vocals and bass; Miguel Ferrer on vocals, percussion and...

 along with Bill Mumy

Bill Mumy

Charles William "Bill" Mumy, Jr. is an American actor, musician, pitchman, instrumentalist, voice-over artist and a figure in the science-fiction community. He is known primarily for his work as a child television actor....

 (child star of the TV’s Lost in Space

Lost in Space

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, and The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)

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) and Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer

Miguel José Ferrer is an American actor and voice actor who is often cast as a villain. His notable roles include Bob Morton, a supporting character in RoboCop , the short tempered FBI agent Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks, and Dr...

 (Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2001 to May 16, 2007. It stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Medical Examiner's Office...

). Gary was an original member of the Brian Setzer Orchestra, and he appeared as a featured actor and vocal soloist in the cult classic musical TV series Cop/Rock.

Along with Spencer Green, Gary has written a new musical, BUKOWSICAL!, which opened to positive reviews in Los Angeles at the Sacred Fools Theater. BUKOWSICAL! then played the New York International Fringe Festival in August 2007 to sold-out crowds. The show won an award for "Outstanding Musical."

Gary is the recent recipient of a 2007 BMI

Broadcast Music Incorporated

Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...

Award for Music Composition for his work on "Penn & Teller: BULLSHIT".

External links

• Gary Stockdale official site