Shark (musician)
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Shark, a Los Angeles-based musician, film composer, radio host, and is a founding member and guitarist for American alternative band Wild Colonials
. He also records under the name Shark and Co..
, that released one album, Fun, Faith, & Fairplay, on MCA Records
(Uni Records
in US) in 1989. Three singles were released from the album. One single "Shooting From My Heart", was a Top 40 hit in Canada and entered the UK singles charts on 28 January 1989, and reached number 61; it was in the chart for 2 weeks.
An unreleased second album was released digitally in 2008 as "The New York Tapes".
, Paul Cantelon
, Scott Roewe, and Ian Bernard. The group released three albums between 1994 and 2000. Their most recent release, an EP titled Life as We Know It
, was released in 2007. The band toured internationally, both as a supporting act and as a headliner.
's duet with Kate Bush
, "Don't Give Up
" was released with Dead Rock West
singer Cindy Wasserman.
A cover of Pink Floyd's High Hopes
appears on 2003 tribute album A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd.
The Shark/Scardanelli penned song "Save Your Dreams" has been covered by nine different artists including Gospel act David C. Clarke and The Dynaires and Canadian country singer Justine Stewart, who performed the song at the 2006 World AIDS Day Concert, in Beijing, China. The Central China Television (CCTV) primetime special aired throughout Asia and Europe.http://www.bigridemanagement.com/index.php?page=artist_js
's 2004 Super Bowl
party in Houston, The Sopranos
private Emmy party and the premiere party for the TV movie Their Eyes Were Watching God.
DJ Shark's remix of Rae & Christian
's remix of Dinah Washington
's "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
" appeared in the Michael Douglas
film It Runs in the Family
.
, radio station Indie 103.1
. The multi-format music featured on the show is connected to events; record release dates, #1 chart placings, birthday's, classic gigs, etc. that occurred that week but in different years. The debut show kicked off with the The Rolling Stones
song, "Happy" which came out that week, July 15 in 1972.
The show airs every Sunday from 2:00 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time to an International audience online.
These soundtracks were not released separately from the films...
The main theme from the film, "Route 15 4:30AM" appeared on the Wild Colonials
album Reel Life vol 1
.
At the opening night of the film in Los Angeles a 14 track soundtrack album was given out to the audience as they left.
Album included songs from various artists and three score pieces from composer Shark.
The album has never been formally released.
Wild Colonials
Wild Colonials are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1992 by Angela McCluskey , Shark , Paul Cantelon , Scott Roewe and Ian Bernard...
. He also records under the name Shark and Co..
Big Bam Boo
Shark was one-half of the duo Big Bam BooBig Bam Boo
Big Bam Boo was a British male vocal/instrumental pop duo, comprising Simon Tedd and Shark. They had one single in the UK Singles Chart, "Shooting From My Heart", which entered the chart on 28 January 1989, and reached #61; it was in the chart for two weeks. Tedd later changed his name to Simon...
, that released one album, Fun, Faith, & Fairplay, on MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
(Uni Records
Uni Records
Uni Records was a record label owned by MCA Inc. The brand, which long featured a distinct UNi logo, was established in 1966 by MCA executive Ned Tanen and developed by music industry veteran Russ Regan...
in US) in 1989. Three singles were released from the album. One single "Shooting From My Heart", was a Top 40 hit in Canada and entered the UK singles charts on 28 January 1989, and reached number 61; it was in the chart for 2 weeks.
An unreleased second album was released digitally in 2008 as "The New York Tapes".
Wild Colonials
Shark founded the alternative rock group Wild Colonials in Los Angeles, in 1992, with Angela McCluskeyAngela McCluskey
Angela McCluskey is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in California. She performs as a solo artist and as a member of the folk rock group, Wild Colonials. McCluskey has also provided vocals for Curio and recorded the European dance hit and US Mitsubishi commercial hit "Breathe" among other songs...
, Paul Cantelon
Paul Cantelon
Paul Cantelon Paul Cantelon Paul Cantelon (born December 25, 1959 is an American composer of contemporary classical music, a film score composer and an actor He is also a violinist, pianist, and accordionist, who is also a founding member of American alternative band Wild Colonials....
, Scott Roewe, and Ian Bernard. The group released three albums between 1994 and 2000. Their most recent release, an EP titled Life as We Know It
Life As We Know It EP 1/4
Life As We Know It is the first of four EPs by the American Alternative band Wild Colonials, released in 2007 .- Details :...
, was released in 2007. The band toured internationally, both as a supporting act and as a headliner.
Film scoring
Shark composed the scores for a number of films, starting with I Shot a Man in Vegas in 1995, including Me & Will (1999), Frozen Stars (2003), and 2006's How to Go Out on a Date in Queens, He also has made brief appearances and performed off-screen roles in films including a radio disc jockey's voice in I Shot a Man in Vegas and How to Go Out on a Date in Queens.Solo work
In November 2008, a cover version of Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
's duet with Kate Bush
Kate Bush
Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of the United Kingdom's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years.In 1978, at the age of 19, Bush topped the UK Singles Chart...
, "Don't Give Up
Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)
"Don't Give Up" is song written by Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with Kate Bush for Gabriel's album So. The single version spent eleven weeks in the UK Top 75 chart in 1986, peaking at number nine. It describes the despair of a man who feels isolated and defeated by the economic system, and...
" was released with Dead Rock West
Dead Rock West
Dead Rock West is an American Rock Band based in Los Angeles, California.They play several musical styles: Americana, roots rock, alt-country, country, folk-rock, country rock, and bluegrass.-Biography:...
singer Cindy Wasserman.
A cover of Pink Floyd's High Hopes
High Hopes
As a song title, "High Hopes" may refer to: * "High Hopes" , a song from the 1959 movie A Hole in the Head, popularized by Frank Sinatra* "High Hopes" , a 1982 song by The SOS Band...
appears on 2003 tribute album A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd.
The Shark/Scardanelli penned song "Save Your Dreams" has been covered by nine different artists including Gospel act David C. Clarke and The Dynaires and Canadian country singer Justine Stewart, who performed the song at the 2006 World AIDS Day Concert, in Beijing, China. The Central China Television (CCTV) primetime special aired throughout Asia and Europe.http://www.bigridemanagement.com/index.php?page=artist_js
DJ Shark
Shark also appears as DJ Shark, DJing film premieres and other events including ESPNESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's 2004 Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...
party in Houston, The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
private Emmy party and the premiere party for the TV movie Their Eyes Were Watching God.
DJ Shark's remix of Rae & Christian
Rae & Christian
Rae & Christian were Grand Central Records' founder Mark Rae and fellow producer and DJ Steve Christian. Their music is broadly classed as Hip-Hop / soulful dance music and features such vocalists as The Jungle Brothers, Jeru The Damaja and The Pharcyde as well as contributions from Bobby Womack...
's remix of Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones , was an American blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues"...
's "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a 1944 Louis Jordan song, released as the B-side of single with "G.I. Jive". "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" reached #1 on the US folk/country charts. The Louis Jordan recording also peaked at number two for three weeks on the pop chart and peaked at...
" appeared in the Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
Michael Kirk Douglas is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. Douglas received the...
film It Runs in the Family
It Runs in the Family (2003 film)
It Runs in the Family is a 2003 comedy-drama movie directed by Fred Schepisi and starring three generations of the Douglas family: Kirk Douglas, his son Michael Douglas, and Michael's son Cameron Douglas, who play three generations of a family....
.
All Time is Now
DJ Shark hosts a weekly two-hour radio show, "All Time is Now" which premiered on July 15, 2011 on the Los AngelesLos Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, radio station Indie 103.1
KDLD
KDLD is a commercial radio station in Santa Monica, California, broadcasting to the Los Angeles area on 103.1 FM. KDLE is a commercial radio station in Newport Beach, California, broadcasting to the Orange County area on 103.1 FM....
. The multi-format music featured on the show is connected to events; record release dates, #1 chart placings, birthday's, classic gigs, etc. that occurred that week but in different years. The debut show kicked off with the The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
song, "Happy" which came out that week, July 15 in 1972.
The show airs every Sunday from 2:00 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time to an International audience online.
Solo releases
- "Don't Give UpDon't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)"Don't Give Up" is song written by Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with Kate Bush for Gabriel's album So. The single version spent eleven weeks in the UK Top 75 chart in 1986, peaking at number nine. It describes the despair of a man who feels isolated and defeated by the economic system, and...
" single — Shark and Co. with Cindy Wasserman (2008, Magnetic Memories) - "Don't Give UpDon't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)"Don't Give Up" is song written by Peter Gabriel and recorded as a duet with Kate Bush for Gabriel's album So. The single version spent eleven weeks in the UK Top 75 chart in 1986, peaking at number nine. It describes the despair of a man who feels isolated and defeated by the economic system, and...
(Special Mix)" single — Shark and Co. with Cindy Wasserman (2010, Magnetic Memories) Europe only release
Movie soundtracks
- Dead Man's Curve/The Curve soundtrack (1999, Chromatic).
- Dead Man's Curve/The Curve a song based soundtrack (1999, Toho) (song: "Theme from Dead Man's Curve (edit)") Japan only.
- Frozen Stars soundtrack (2004, The OrchardThe Orchard (music label)The Orchard is a New York City based digital distribution and entertainment services company that works with independent artists and labels, and content providers...
) (song: "Love Theme from Frozen Stars")
These soundtracks were not released separately from the films...
- I Shot a Man in Vegas (1995)
The main theme from the film, "Route 15 4:30AM" appeared on the Wild Colonials
Wild Colonials
Wild Colonials are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1992 by Angela McCluskey , Shark , Paul Cantelon , Scott Roewe and Ian Bernard...
album Reel Life vol 1
Reel Life vol 1
Reel Life, Vol. 1 is a compilation album by American alternative band Wild Colonials, released in 2000 .- Details :Reel Life, Vol. 1 is a compilation featuring songs and score cues recorded and composed for various films. Over the previous six years since their debut album Fruit of Life in 1994,...
.
- How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)
At the opening night of the film in Los Angeles a 14 track soundtrack album was given out to the audience as they left.
Album included songs from various artists and three score pieces from composer Shark.
The album has never been formally released.
Compilation appearances
- A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd (2003, Stanley) (as Shark 'n the Smoke) (song: "High HopesHigh Hopes (Pink Floyd song)"High Hopes" is a song from the 1994 Pink Floyd album, The Division Bell, composed by David Gilmour with lyrics by Gilmour and Polly Samson...
")
with Wild Colonials
- Fruit of LifeFruit of LifeFruit of Life is the debut album for American Alternative band Wild Colonials, released in 1994 .- Details :Fruit of Life features some of Wild Colonials' more popular early songs, including first single "Spark", "Victim" and "Rainbow." Most of the songs on the album were recorded during a single...
(1994, DGCDGC RecordsDGC Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and currently operates as an auxiliary label of Interscope Records.-Company history:...
/GeffenGeffen RecordsGeffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
) - This Can’t Be LifeThis Can’t Be LifeThis Can't Be Life is the second album for American Alternative band Wild Colonials, released in 1996 .- Details :This Can't Be Life features a more Rock-oriented sound than their first more acoustic debut Fruit of Life. This update in sound and volume was due to the band touring extensively the...
(1996, DGC/Geffen) - Reel Life vol 1Reel Life vol 1Reel Life, Vol. 1 is a compilation album by American alternative band Wild Colonials, released in 2000 .- Details :Reel Life, Vol. 1 is a compilation featuring songs and score cues recorded and composed for various films. Over the previous six years since their debut album Fruit of Life in 1994,...
(2000, Chromatic) - Life As We Know It EP 1/4Life As We Know It EP 1/4Life As We Know It is the first of four EPs by the American Alternative band Wild Colonials, released in 2007 .- Details :...
(2007, Hip-OHip-O RecordsHip-O Records is a record label, currently part of Universal Music Group, which specializes in reissues and compilations. Their Hip-O Select label is currently in the midst of releasing the Complete Motown Singles, a series of fourteen box sets which include both sides of every 45 from Motown...
)
Filmography
- I Shot a Man in Vegas (1995)
- Dead Man's Curve/The Curve (1998)
- Me and Will (1999)
- The Spreading Ground (2000)
- The Yard Sale (2002)
- Frozen Stars (2003)
- How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)