Richard Termini

{{Infobox person

| name = Richard Termini

| image = RICHARD TERMINI - FILM SET 2012.jpg

| caption = Termini in 2012

| birth_date = {{bda|June 20, 1956}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| occupation = Educator

}}

Richard Joseph Vincent Termini (born June 20, 1956, Brooklyn, New York) is an American educator, musician, composer, film director, writer and photographer. As a musician Termini played synthesizers and keyboards on several recordings including Type O Negative: World Coming Down,{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Type-O-Negative-World-Coming-Down/release/1194852 |title=Type O Negative – World Coming Down (CD, Album) at Discogs |year=1999 |publisher=Discogs.com |accessdate=November 2, 2012}} Cyndi Lauper: platinum award winning album, She's So Unusual,{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Cyndi-Lauper-Shes-So-Unusual/release/1543478 |title=Cyndi Lauper – She's So Unusual (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= November 1983|accessdate=November 2, 2012}} Patty Smyth: Never Enough,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/never-enough-r18324/credits |title=Never Enough – Patty Smyth |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=November 2, 2012}} The Fixx: Ink,{{cite web|url=http://www.gafter.com/~glen/FIXX/Discogs/The.FIXX.Disc|title= The Fixx Discography|publisher= discogs.com}} Ellison Chase: Welcome to Tomorrow, Jing: Jing Machine and others. Termini also produced the Fallout single featuring future Type O Negative members Peter Steele and Josh Silver.{{cite web|url=http://albumcredits.com/Profile/131005 |title=Richard Termini |publisher=Album Credits |date= |accessdate=March 11, 2012}}

Career

He produced and composed music for John Turturro's Cannes Caméra d'Or-winning film Mac and contributed additional music to Turturro's Illuminata and appears in the film as a Romani guitarist. Termini also composed, performed and produced the music for the Zack Winestine film 'States of Control'. Termini composed and performed music for Television including the animated Kids are Punny which included "Camel Dances" featuring the voice of Madonna.{{cite web|url=https://shop.synthesizers.com/pages/richard-termini |title=Artist Information |publisher=Synthesizers.com |date= |accessdate=December 7, 2013}}

Termini's published photographs include the band Carnivore's first album and several other iconic Carnivore photographs from that period.{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7667250 |title=Carnivore CD Album |publisher=Cduniverse.com |date=June 17, 2008 |accessdate=March 11, 2012}} Termini worked for NewLook magazine in the 1980s and several of his photographs featuring CBGB and various artists are presented there.

Termini composed, produced and performed the music for many of Roman Paska's productions including The End of the World,{{Cite news|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=9E0CEEDF133CF932A2575AC0A964958260|title = Theater|newspaper = The New York Times}} Ghost Sonata, Moby Dick in Venice,{{cite web|url=http://articles.courant.com/1994-07-10/entertainment/9407080043_1_medgar-evers-awadagin-pratt-los-angeles-philharmonic/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612035731/http://articles.courant.com/1994-07-10/entertainment/9407080043_1_medgar-evers-awadagin-pratt-los-angeles-philharmonic/2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2012 |title=Scene – Page 2 – Hartford Courant |publisher=Articles.courant.com |date=July 10, 1994 |accessdate=November 2, 2012}} Yerma and Arden/Ardennes (As You Like It).

Termini taught audio and recording arts in New York City's Center for the Media Arts, and was teacher and chairman at the Institute of Audio Research. He is the founder and former Director of Digital Media Arts (DMX) NYC.

In 2013 the short film The Door, written and directed by Termini won the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival Dark Side Award.

Termini continues to compose and perform today.