Jason Frederick
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Jason Frederick is a Canadian
multi-instrumentalist and composer of music for films and television.
, Frederick was educated in Canada and the United States. He studied under
composers Christopher Young
, David Raksin
, and Elmer Bernstein
at the USC Thornton School of Music
, as well as receiving private study with Leonard Rosenman
and Joe Harnell
.
He was in alternative rock band The Walk
from 1987 to 1996, and continues to record under the name Lomax!
.
, starring Denis Leary
and Elizabeth Hurley
, and 2B Perfectly Honest, starring John Turturro
and Robert Vaughn
, as well as contributions to Richard Gibbs
' scores for the films Big Momma's House
, 28 Days
, and Like Mike
.
He composed the music for the television show Darcy's Wild Life
, starring Sara Paxton
. Other television credits include Disney’s The Replacements, and the ABC Family
network's Slacker Cats
.
Frederick also provided additional score for Disney’s 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
, which won the 2003 DVDX award for best musical score.
His music can be heard in such programmes as How Clean Is Your House?
, Good Girls Don't, Dirty Jobs
, America's Got Talent
, Oprah's Big Give
, Property Ladder
, Ace Of Cakes
, Survival of the Richest
, The Amazing Race
, Lassie's Pet Vet
, I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
, and Wedding Central
.
In addition to film and television, Frederick has also scored television advertisements, promotional trailers, and documentary subjects. He also composed and performed the wraparound segments for Showtime’s On The Edge, and the opening theme for psychic Sylvia Browne’s
live stadium appearances.
He has played on recordings with artists such as Billy Preston
, Peter Thomas
, and Death By Chocolate, and has played on soundtrack sessions for film and television such as SyFy’s
Battlestar Galactica
, Warner Bros.
Queen Of The Damned
, and the WB Network's
Summerland
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
multi-instrumentalist and composer of music for films and television.
Biography
Born in Sudbury, Ontario, CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Frederick was educated in Canada and the United States. He studied under
composers Christopher Young
Christopher Young
Christopher Young is an American music composer for both film and television.Many of his music compositions are for horror films, including Hellraiser, Tales from the Hood, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Urban Legend, and Drag Me to Hell...
, David Raksin
David Raksin
David Raksin was an American composer born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the "Grandfather of Film Music." One of his earliest film assignments was as assistant to Charlie Chaplin in the composition of the score...
, and Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein
Elmer Bernstein was an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career which spanned fifty years, he composed music for hundreds of film and television productions...
at the USC Thornton School of Music
USC Thornton School of Music
The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, founded in 1884 and dedicated in 1999, is one of the premier music schools in the United States...
, as well as receiving private study with Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman
Leonard Rosenman was an American film, television and concert composer.-Life and career:Leonard Rosenman was born in Brooklyn, New York. After service in the Pacific with the Army Air Forces in World War II, he earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley...
and Joe Harnell
Joe Harnell
Joe Harnell was an American easy listening composer and arranger....
.
He was in alternative rock band The Walk
The Walk (Canadian band)
The Walk were a Canadian alternative rock band. Originally from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the band was formed in 1987 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Allan, guitarist/keyboardist Jason Frederick, bass guitarist Eric Forget and drummer James Prudhomme...
from 1987 to 1996, and continues to record under the name Lomax!
.
Work
His film work includes DawgDawg (film)
Dawg is 2002 dramedy film directed by Victoria Hochberg. It stars Denis Leary and Elizabeth Hurley, in their second film together. Steffani Brass was nominated for Young Artist Award with his role in this film...
, starring Denis Leary
Denis Leary
Denis Colin Leary is an Irish-American actor, comedian, writer and director. Leary is known for his biting, fast paced comedic style and chain smoking...
and Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Hurley
Elizabeth Jane Hurley is an English model and actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s. In 1994, as Grant became the focus of worldwide media attention due to the global box office success of his film Four Weddings and a Funeral, Hurley accompanied him to the film's Los...
, and 2B Perfectly Honest, starring John Turturro
John Turturro
John Michael Turturro is an American actor, writer and director known for his roles in the films Do the Right Thing , Miller's Crossing , Barton Fink , Quiz Show , The Big Lebowski , O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the Transformers film series...
and Robert Vaughn
Robert Vaughn
Robert Francis Vaughn, , is an American actor noted for stage, film and television work. His best known roles include the suave spy Napoleon Solo in the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., wealthy detective Harry Rule in the 1970s television series The Protectors, Albert Stroller in...
, as well as contributions to Richard Gibbs
Richard Gibbs
Richard “Ribbs” Gibbs is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include the films Sweet Hearts Dance, Dr...
' scores for the films Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell, written by Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer, and starring Martin Lawrence as FBI agent Malcolm Turner. The majority of the film took place in Cartersville, Georgia, but the film was shot on location in California. The...
, 28 Days
28 Days
28 Days are a punk rock band formed in Bacchus Marsh, Australia during 1997. At their career peak, they had a #1 album on the Australian ARIAnet Albums Chart and also a #12 single on the ARIAnet Singles Chart....
, and Like Mike
Like Mike
Like Mike is a 2002 film, directed by John Schultz and starring Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki and Brenda Song. It was produced in association with NBA Entertainment and features many cameo appearances by NBA stars...
.
He composed the music for the television show Darcy's Wild Life
Darcy's Wild Life
Darcy's Wild Life is an American-Canadian television series, filmed during 2004-2006, and broadcast on Discovery Kids and the Family Channel. The show revolves around Darcy Fields , the daughter of an eccentric actress who decides to move away from Malibu to raise her daughter in a more normal...
, starring Sara Paxton
Sara Paxton
Sara Paxton is an American actress, model and singer. She grew up in California and began acting at an early age, appearing in many minor roles in both films and television shows, before coming to wider renown in 2004, after playing the title role in the series Darcy's Wild Life and Sarah Borden...
. Other television credits include Disney’s The Replacements, and the ABC Family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
network's Slacker Cats
Slacker Cats
Slacker Cats is an animated ABC Family series that premiered on August 13, 2007. It was the first animated show on ABC Family since the Fox Family era. It was created using Adobe Flash....
.
Frederick also provided additional score for Disney’s 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure is a 2003 American direct-to-video animated film released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on January 21, 2003. The film is the sequel to the 1961 Disney animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians...
, which won the 2003 DVDX award for best musical score.
His music can be heard in such programmes as How Clean Is Your House?
How Clean is Your House?
How Clean Is Your House? was a British entertainment/lifestyle television programme in which expert cleaners Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie visited extremely filthy homes and then cleaned them to perfection...
, Good Girls Don't, Dirty Jobs
Dirty Jobs
Dirty Jobs is a program on the Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television, in which host Mike Rowe is shown performing difficult, strange, disgusting, or messy occupational duties alongside the typical employees. The show premiered with two pilot episodes in November 2003...
, America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent
America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network, and part of the global British Got Talent franchise. It is a talent show that features singers, dancers, magicians, comedians, and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of...
, Oprah's Big Give
Oprah's Big Give
Oprah's Big Give is a reality television series that aired Sunday nights at 9:00 PM Eastern/8:00PM Central on ABC, and is hosted by Nate Berkus. The Big Give is produced by Harpo Productions, and created and produced by Oprah Winfrey, and also produced by Bert Van Munster and Elise Doganieri...
, Property Ladder
Property Ladder (TV series)
Property Ladder is the name of two television shows from the United Kingdom and United States where first-time property or real-estate developers purchase houses , renovate them, and attempt to sell them for a profit. Their efforts are the featured bit of the show...
, Ace Of Cakes
Ace of Cakes
Ace of Cakes is an American reality television show which airs on the Food Network. The show focuses on the daily operations of Duff Goldman's custom cake shop, Charm City Cakes, in Baltimore, Maryland; including small-business ownership, working with various vendors, tasting with customers,...
, Survival of the Richest
Survival of the Richest
Survival of the Richest is an American reality television show with the WB Television Network that first aired on March 31, 2006, in which seven "rich kids" who had a combined net worth of over $3 billion were forced to work together with 7 "poor kids" who had a combined debt of $150,000, through a...
, The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race is a reality television game show in which teams of two people, who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, race around the world in competition with other teams...
, Lassie's Pet Vet
Lassie's Pet Vet
Lassie's Pet Vet is a reality television series about the health, lifestyle and community of pets. It is hosted by Jeff Werber and the collie, Lassie. This series is currently seen on WTTW in Chicago, Illinois, and on PBS stations in the United States....
, I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant is a television program that airs on Discovery Fit & Health, TLC and a spanish version on Discovery en Español in the US...
, and Wedding Central
Wedding Central
Wedding Central was an American digital cable television channel that focused on programming involving brides and weddings, which was a spin-off of the programming which made up much of WE tv's schedule at the network's launch on August 18, 2009. The network was launched by the Rainbow Media...
.
In addition to film and television, Frederick has also scored television advertisements, promotional trailers, and documentary subjects. He also composed and performed the wraparound segments for Showtime’s On The Edge, and the opening theme for psychic Sylvia Browne’s
Sylvia Browne
Sylvia Browne is an American author who describes herself as a psychic and spiritual medium...
live stadium appearances.
He has played on recordings with artists such as Billy Preston
Billy Preston
William Everett "Billy" Preston was a musician who gained notoriety and fame, first as a session musician for the likes of Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and The Beatles, and later finding fame as a solo artist with hits such as "Space Race", "Will It Go Round in Circles" and "Nothing from...
, Peter Thomas
Peter Thomas (composer)
Peter Thomas is a German composer/arranger. He was born in Breslau on 1 December 1925, and his active career spanned more than 50 years between 1955 and 2006....
, and Death By Chocolate, and has played on soundtrack sessions for film and television such as SyFy’s
Syfy
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
, Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
Queen Of The Damned
Queen of the Damned (film)
Queen of the Damned is a 2002 film adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series, The Queen of the Damned, although the film contains many plot elements from the latter novel's predecessor, The Vampire Lestat. It stars Aaliyah as the vampire queen Akasha, and Stuart...
, and the WB Network's
The WB Television Network
The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...
Summerland
Summerland (TV series)
Summerland is an American drama television series created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin. It is centered on a clothing designer in her 30s, Ava Gregory , raising her niece and nephews after their parents die in a tragic accident...
.