We’ve got a little bit of red carpet here in Wallingford, in form of Ed Hartman, owner of Wallingford’s Drum Exchange. Since no Oscar star is complete without an official press release, we hand the mic over to Ed’s:
Olympic Marimba Records is proud to announce that the Academy Award winning film, “The Blind Side” starring Sandra Bullock (best actress) features a piece of music by Ed Hartman, Seattle musician and composer. Ed writes music for film and television, and is a well-known percussionist and teacher in the Pacific Northwest. […]
Ed’s piece, “Football Funk” is used in a key dramatic football game sequence in the film. The music is in a Southern funky marching band style. Ed creates his music using both electronic and acoustic instruments in his studio in Wallingford, in Seattle, Washington. As a composer he writes full orchestral compositions along with jazz, Latin pop, and world music. Ed specializes in percussive music, especially featuring marimba and vibes. Ed loves to fuse styles together, such as his piece Beethoven’s Samba, featuring “Ode to Joy” played in a Brazilian samba style. That piece was used in “Mini’s First Time”, a black comedy starring Alec Baldwin.
This has been a good year for Ed Hartman. He also won a recent national video competition through vistaprint.com. He directed, starred, narrated, and scored the production (view it here: youtube.com/vistaprint). The video is a funny spoof of the “In a world…” film trailers.
Ed Hartman is on the board of directors of the Seattle Composers Alliance (seattlecomposers.org), which supports activities of local composers working in the Pacific Northwest. The SCA is working on future events that bring together composers and the film community.
You can read more about Ed on his web site, Edhartmanmusic.com. Congratulations, Ed. Say hi to Sandra for us.