Jason Staczek
{{autobiography|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Jason Staczek
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|12|4}}
| birth_place = Washington, D.C.
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| genre = Film scores, orchestral, electronic music
| occupation = Composer
| instrument = Hammond organ, piano, cello
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = Milan Records
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| website = http://staczek.net/
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Jason Staczek (born December 4, 1965) is an American composer,{{cite news|title=Jason Staczek |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/491913/Jason-Staczek/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826232737/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/491913/Jason-Staczek/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 August 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2014 |accessdate=23 August 2014}} record producer{{cite web|title=Jason Staczek|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jason-staczek-mn0000978578/credits|website=allmusic.com|accessdate=23 August 2014}} and keyboardist.{{cite web|title=Jason Staczek|url=http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/sundance/2013/bios/jason-staczek.aspx|website=www.ascap.com|accessdate=23 August 2014}}
Life and career
Staczek was born in Washington, D.C., attended high school in Miami and studied physics at the University of Michigan. He played the Hammond organ in Seattle bands and sessions beginning in the 1990s. From 2002 to 2008 Staczek co-owned Chroma Sound, a music and film post-production studio and record label in Seattle.{{cite web|title=Chroma Sound|url=http://www.last.fm/label/Chroma+Sound|website=last.fm|accessdate=23 August 2014}} Clients of Chroma Sound included Presidents of the United States of America{{cite web|title=Presidents Of The United States Of America, The – These Are The Good Times People at discogs.com|url=http://www.discogs.com/Presidents-Of-The-United-States-Of-America-These-Are-The-Good-Times-People/release/2247147|website=discogs.com|date=11 March 2008 |accessdate=23 August 2014}} and Robyn Hitchcock.{{cite web|title=Music still Brad Zeffren's moment |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/nicolebrodeur/2009073122_brodeur17m.html |website=seattletimes.com |accessdate=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120453/http://seattletimes.com/html/nicolebrodeur/2009073122_brodeur17m.html |archivedate=26 August 2014 }} In 2003 Staczek was hired as staff composer for The Film Company, a Seattle film production studio,{{cite web|title=Staff |url=http://www.thefilmcompany.org/staff.html |website=thefilmcompany.org |accessdate=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120152/http://www.thefilmcompany.org/staff.html |archivedate=26 August 2014 }} through which he met and developed a working relationship with Canadian director Guy Maddin.
Staczek has composed music for the soundtracks to the films Brand Upon the Brain! (2006),{{cite web|title=Guy Maddin's Brand Upon the Brain! soundtrack|url=https://www.amazon.com/Guy-Maddins-BRAND-UPON-BRAIN/dp/B0014E6BU4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1408635094&sr=8-2&keywords=brand+upon+the+brain+soundtrack|website=amazon.com|accessdate=23 August 2014}} My Winnipeg (2008),{{cite web|title=My Winnipeg (2007) Full Cast and Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093842/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1|website=imdb.com|accessdate=23 August 2014}} Keyhole (2011),{{cite web|title=Music From The Motion Picture Keyhole |url=http://www.milanrecords.com/releases/releases.php?release_name=KEYHOLE |website=milanrecords.com |accessdate=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120706/http://www.milanrecords.com/releases/releases.php?release_name=KEYHOLE |archivedate=26 August 2014 }} Jobriath A.D. (2012),{{cite web|title=Jobriath A.D.|url=http://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/sales/jobriath|website=thefilmcollaborative.org|accessdate=23 August 2014}}with Ian Moore The Roper (2013){{cite web|title=The Roper (2013)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2413494/|website=imdb.com|accessdate=23 August 2014}} and Song of the New Earth (2014).{{cite web|title=Song of the New Earth (2014) Full Cast and Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3546396/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ql_1|website=imdb.com|accessdate=23 August 2014}} Brand Upon the Brain! premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, where the silent film was accompanied by a live orchestra conducted by Staczek, narrated by Louis Negin, with sound provided by three live Foley artists and a castrato-style singer. Staczek went on to conduct orchestras accompanying the film's live performances in Berlin,{{cite news|title=Brain! to get silent treatment in Berlin|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/brain-get-silent-treatment-berlin-127383|website=hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=23 August 2014}} Buenos Aires,{{cite web|title=Interview with Guy Maddin in Buenos Aires|url=http://www.branduponthebrain.com/blog/2007/04/interview-with-guy-maddin-in-buenos.htm|website=branduponthebrain.com/blog|accessdate=23 August 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140823045420/http://www.branduponthebrain.com/blog/2007/04/interview-with-guy-maddin-in-buenos.htm|archive-date=23 August 2014|url-status=dead}} New York,{{cite news|title=Brand upon the Brain! (2006): Marks Mysterious and Foundlings Sad: O, Tangled Web!|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/movies/09brai.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=23 August 2014|first=Manohla|last=Dargis|date=9 May 2007}} Mexico City, San Francisco and Los Angeles.{{cite web|title=Maddin's Brand Upon the Brain! Set for Spring U.S. Release|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/maddins_brand_upon_the_brain_set_for_spring_u.s._release|website=indiewire.com|date=21 March 2007 |accessdate=23 August 2014}}
Staczek was named a Sundance Composer Lab Fellow in 2012.{{cite web|title=Sundance Institute Selects Six Fellows for 2012 Feature Film Composers Lab|url=http://www.sundance.org/press-center/release/sundance-institute-selects-six-fellows-for-2012-feature-film-composers-lab|website=sundance.org|accessdate=23 August 2014}}{{cite web|title=Sundance invite is music to a composer's ears|url=http://www.vashonbeachcomber.com/entertainment/162893266.html|website=vashonbeachcomber.com|date=18 July 2012 |accessdate=23 August 2014}} His concert work for cimbalom and orchestra premiered at Benaroya Hall in Seattle in March 2013.{{cite web|title=Celebrate World Music! |url=http://www.burmermusic.com/Celebrate_World_Music_.php |website=burmermusic.com |accessdate=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826113216/http://www.burmermusic.com/Celebrate_World_Music_.php |archivedate=26 August 2014 }} The piece was released on the album Celebrate World Music which won the 2014 Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Award for Best Contemporary Classical Album.{{cite web|title=Album Nominees : 13th Annual Independent Music Awards |url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/13th/album/contemporary-classical |website=independentmusicawards.com |accessdate=23 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120328/http://www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/13th/album/contemporary-classical |archivedate=26 August 2014 }}
Partial filmography
TV Series
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!width="330"|Title !width="200"|Director !width="200"|Producers !width="350"|Notable Mentions |
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| rowspan="1"| 2014
| Rocketmen | Webster Crowell | |
Partial Discography
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| width="50"|Year
!width="330"|Album !width="200"|Artist !width="200"|Label !width="350"|Credit |
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| rowspan="1"| 1999
| Trad Arr Jones |
| rowspan="1"| 2000
| Rock Star God | Sub Pop |
| rowspan="1"| 2002
| What It Is And How to Get It | Shuggie | Good Ink Records |
| rowspan="1"| 2003
| Only With Laughter Can You Win | Sub Pop |
| rowspan="1"| 2003
| Motherfuckers Be Trippin' | Mid Fi |
| rowspan="1"| 2005
| Live Seattle 12/03/04 | Goodness | Kufala |
| rowspan="1"| 2005
| Alive Without Control |
| rowspan="1"| 2006
| Nothing but Time | Garth Reeves | Chroma Records | Producer, engineer, Hammond organ, piano, accordion, guitar, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals |
| rowspan="1"| 2011
| Keyhole | Jason Staczek | Primary artist |
| rowspan="1"| 2011
| El Sonido Nuevo | Ian Moore and The Lossy Coils | Hablador Records |
| rowspan="1"| 2011
| Marble Son | Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter | Fargo | Piano |
| rowspan="1"| 2012
| You, Anniversary |
| rowspan="1"| 2012
| Pull It Together |
| rowspan="1"| 2012
| Lung of Love | Amy Ray | Vocal engineer |
| rowspan="1"| 2013
| Imitations |
| rowspan="1"| 2013
| Celebrate World Music | Various Artists | Burmer Music | Composer of "Lila Sziv" |
Further reading
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/07/movies/07madd.html?_r=0 Newfangled Silent Movie With a Bit of Old Barnum]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/movies/24darg.html Not for the Faint of Heart or Lazy of Thought]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1732926}}
- {{SoundCloud}}
- {{allMusic|jason-staczek-mn0000978578}}
- [http://www.jmhdigital.com/2012/09/six-strings-with-jason-staczek.html Interview with Jason Staczek at Howlin' Wolf]
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Category:American film score composers
Category:American male film score composers
Category:American television composers
Category:American male television composers
Category:University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni