Tomandandy

{{Infobox musical artist

|name=Tomandandy

|origin=New York City, New York, U.S.

|background=group_or_band

|genre=Film score, soundtrack, trance music

|years_active=1990-present

|website={{URL|http://www.tomandandy.com/}}

|current_members=

Andy Milburn
Thomas Hajdu

}}

Tomandandy is an American musical duo from New York City, consisting of members Thomas Hajdu and Andy Milburn. While they are best known for their work scoring films,{{cite web|url=http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=6199|title=Industry Spotlight: Tom Hajdu, the Resident "T" in Tomandandy|website=Film Music Magazine|last1=Schweiger|first1=Daniel}}{{cite book |last=Fichera|first=J.Blake|date=1 July 2016|title=Scored To Death: Conversations with Some of Horror's Greatest Composers|publisher=Silman-James Press|isbn=978-1935247142|pages=352–403}} the duo has also produced music for television commercials{{cite web|url=http://adage.com/article/creativity/s-company-return-tomandandy/123495/|website=Ad Age|last1=Ho|first1=Richard|title=Two's Company: The Return of Tomandandy|date=14 April 2006 }} and programs, records and art installations.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/02/style/egos-ids-making-music-boom-boom-on-computers.html|title=Making Music (Boom, Boom) On Computers|last1=Pener|first1=Degen|work=The New York Times |date=2 August 1992 }}

Background

Andy Milburn was born in Texas and attended Princeton University. During that time, he contributed to the early computer music system called Real-time Cmix. Thomas Hajdu was born in Canada and moved to the United States to work on his graduate studies at Princeton University.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Career

Milburn and Hajdu moved to New York after graduating and started collaborating with film director Mark Pellington at MTV and film editors Hank Corwin and Bruce Ashley in the UK. Soon their work was being used in commercials, TV shows, feature films, art installations and record projects. Tomandandy quickly grew and they built a number of recording studios in New York and later in Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

In 1992, Tomandandy appeared on the Red Hot Organization's dance compilation album, Red Hot + Dance, contributing an original dance track, "Theme From Red Hot & Dance (Gothic Mix)." The album attempted to raise awareness and money in support of the AIDS epidemic, and all proceeds were donated to AIDS charities.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

In 2009, Tomandandy won Best Horror Score (runner-up) in Fangoria's Chainsaw Award{{cite web|title=Chainsaw Awards 2009|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001163/2009?ref_=nmawd_awd_1|website=IMDB}} for their score to The Strangers.

In 2020, Tomandandy's Tom Hajdu reflected on The Strangers soundtrack during an interview.{{cite web|title=tomandandy's Tom Hajdu reflects on 'The Strangers' soundtrack (Interview)|last=Regev |first=Nir |url=https://thenaturalaristocrat.com/2020/07/24/tomandandy-tom-hajdu-reflects-on-the-strangers-soundtrack-interview/|website=The Natural Aristocrat|date=24 July 2020 }}

Selected discography

=Other works=

Zoo TV: Live from Sydney (1994)
"You'll Know You Were Loved" - Lou Reed from ''Friends Original TV Soundtrack - Reprise, 1995
"In Our Sleep" - Laurie Anderson - Warner Bros., 1995
"Cartridgemusic" from Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip - TVT, 1996
"It Goes Back" - David Byrne from Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip - TVT, 1996
United States of Poetry - PolyGram, 1996
"Old Western Movies" - collaboration with William S. Burroughs from Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness - Ryko, 1997
Family Tools (2013) (TV series theme)

=Film scores=

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Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes
1993 \| Killing Zoe \| rowspan=2\| Roger Avary \|
1995 \| Mr. Stitch \| Television film
1997 \| Going All the Way \| Mark Pellington \|
2000 \| Waking the Dead \| Keith Gordon \| Composed with Scott Shields
rowspan=2\| 2002 \| The Mothman Prophecies \| Mark Pellington \|
The Rules of Attraction \| Roger Avary \|
2003 \| Faster \| Mark Neale \|
rowspan=2\| 2004 \| Mean Creek \| Jacob Aaron Estes \|
Freshman Orientation \| Ryan Shiraki \|
2005 \| Love, Ludlow \| Adrienne Weiss \|
rowspan=3\| 2006 \| Right at Your Door \| Chris Gorak \|
The Hills Have Eyes \| Alexandre Aja \|
The Covenant \| Renny Harlin \|
2007 \| P2 \| Franck Khalfoun \|
rowspan=3\| 2008 \| Sleep Dealer \| Alex Rivera \|
The Strangers \| Bryan Bertino \|
The Echo \| Yam Laranas \|
2009 \| The Good Guy \| Julio DePietro \| Composed with Kurt Oldman
rowspan=2\| 2010 \| Resident Evil: Afterlife \| Paul W. S. Anderson \|
And Soon the Darkness \| Marcos Efron \|
rowspan=3\| 2011 \| I Melt with You \| Mark Pellington \|
The Details \| Jacob Aaron Estes \|
Fastest \| Mark Neale \|
rowspan=3\| 2012 \| Citadel \| Ciaran Foy \|
The Apparition \| Todd Lincoln \|
Resident Evil: Retribution \| Paul W. S. Anderson \|
rowspan=2\| 2013 \| Blaze You Out \| Mateo Frazier Diego Joaquin Lopez \|
Innocence \| Hilary Brougher \|
rowspan=3\| 2014 \| Animal \| Brett Simmons \|
Girl House \| Trevor Matthews \|
7 Minutes \| Jay Martin \|
rowspan=2\| 2015 \| H8RZ \| Derrick Borte \|
Sinister 2 \| Ciaran Foy \|
rowspan=3\| 2016 \| Havenhurst \| Andrew C. Erin \|
The Monster \| Bryan Bertino \|
City of Joy \| Madeleine Gavin \| Composed with Lokua Kanza
rowspan=2\| 2017 \| 47 Meters Down \| Johannes Roberts \|
Wish Upon \| John R. Leonetti \|
rowspan=5\| 2019 \| The Wolf's Call \| Antonin Baudry \|
The Silence \| John R. Leonetti \|
47 Meters Down: Uncaged \| Johannes Roberts \|
Haunt \| Scott Beck Bryan Woods \|
Lucky Day \| Roger Avary

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

1993

| Killing Zoe

| rowspan=2| Roger Avary

1995

| Mr. Stitch

| Television film

1997