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What's New 2006 |
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| 3/6/2006 |
| 2005 was a busy year for Danny, as
composer of two major television shows in their final
season, NBC’s American Dream and Lifetime’s Strong
Medicine, Danny’s schedule was particularly demanding as
the two long-running shows moved toward their final
episodes. “When a show is winding down, it can be very
intense,” Danny confided. “Plotlines are ending and the
writers and producers have a lot of things they need to
express. The composer has to be available 24/7.” After
completing the last episodes, Danny spent the first
month of 2006 working with producers on the pilot for
“Courting Alex,” the network situation comedy starring
Jenna Elfman as a lovelorn lawyer. “I know I just talked
about endings being intense, but beginnings are too,”
Danny laughs. “When a show is starting up, it is a
virtual crucible of dynamic energy, ideas are flying
around and need to be refined and anchored to reality,
so it can be hectic!” Danny continues to compose for the
Emmy-nominated writing team for the daytime drama
Guiding Light and to write award-winning music for
broadcast news stations around the world.
Big News for Danny’s “Felicity” music fans “I’ve been
asked to record a studio album,” Danny confesses. “I’ve
put it off for a long time, so I’m going to try and get
started on that before a film or TV show comes onto the
schedule.” Danny’s album is set to include the famous
theme from Felicity called, “Linda’s Song,” which has
attracted enormous attention on the Internet.
As CEO of Amusicom Records, Danny is currently
producing three new cd’s to be released in the second
quarter of 2006. “Working in film and television has
given me a deep understanding of the needs of music
supervisors, directors and producers and Amusicom
Records is responding. We have a slate of fresh projects
and a stable of some of the finest composers in the
business.”
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"Guiding Light" Theme |
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| 2/23/2003 |
| Executive Producer John Conboy will
unveil a new show opening on Monday, February 24, 2003.
Guiding Light's Editor/Post Production Mixer Thomas J.
Bornkamp designed the opening sequence with Theme Music
by Danny Pelfrey and Rick Rhodes.The new theme is titled
"TRUE LIGHT" and the new music creates a mood that
compliments the new opening credits...sexuality in the
saxophones, urgency in the drums, passion in the rhythm
and poignancy in the piano.The award winning team of
Pelfrey and Rhodes will also create musical interludes
to accompany scenes within the show.
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Danny Pelfrey Produces Ashanti,Vanessa Carlton,
Usher, Lee Ann Rimes for "American Dreams" |
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| 2/23/2003 |
| Danny Pelfrey has taken on the job
as Score Composer and Record Producer for the show
"American Dreams." A soundtrack of the show is in the
works. The artists included on the show and possible
soundtrack album so far are: Ashanti, Vanessa Carlton,
India Arie, Lee Ann Rimes, Nick Carter, Usher, and
Duncan Shiek. Stay Tuned for more information on this
great CD and Show.
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Danny Pelfrey CD Coming Out Summer
2003! |
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| 1/13/2003 |
| 1/13/03 Due to Danny’s busy
composing schedule for “American Dreams” and “Strong
Medicine,” the “Danny Pelfrey CD project” (originally
scheduled for summer of 2002) will be recorded in the
near future for release in the summer of 2003. The CD
project got started when the Emmy-nominated television
show "Felicity" found their fan site overrun with
e-mails requesting information about one of Danny's
compositions entitled "Linda's Song" which was featured
in a number of scenes where Ben and Felicity share
romantic moments. “Linda’s Song” became the signature
theme of Ben and Felicity's relationship and the most
requested piece of music ever on "Felicity." The song
proved so popular that when a poll was put up on the
site, thousands of fans voted to include “Linda’s Song”
in an upcoming "Felicity" CD release. Danny’s upcoming
CD will feature an expanded version of Linda’s Song”
along with a number of other compositions. Stay tuned
for updates!
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Danny Scores "AMERICAN DREAMS"! |
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| 8/20/2002 |
| Danny will be the composer for NBC's
new fall drama "American Dreams," already being hailed
as "The Next Great American Drama." Set in Philadelphia
in the "60's" and "70's", the series will explore how
one family is transformed by the turbulent events that
shaped America from rock and roll rebellion to the equal
rights movement. America's loss of innocence will be a
strong theme as the show explores the impact of such
powerful events as the Kennedy assassination, the civil
rights movement and the Vietnam war seen through the
eyes of the Pryor family. Brittany Snow (Guiding Light)
stars as a 15 year old Meg Pryor, who achieves her dream
of becoming a dancer on American Bandstand along with
her more sophisticated friend Vanessa Lengies played by
Roxanne Bojarski (Popular Mechanics for Kids). Brittany
is supported by an ensemble cast that includes: Tom
Verica (Providence) as Jack Pryor, three-time Emmy
nominee Gail O'Grady (NYPD Blue) as Helen Pryor, Will
Estes (7th Heaven) as JJ Pryor, Sarah Ramos as Patty
Pryor, Ethan Dampf as Will Pryor, Jonathan Adams (The
American Embassy) as Henry, Arlen Escarpeta (The Shield)
as Sam, Virginia Madsen (The Rainmaker) as Helen and
Joseph Lawrence (Blossom) as the associate producer for
American Bandstand, Michael Brooks. Executive produced
by Jonathan Prince and Dick Clark, American Dreams will
feature vintage footage from the original American
Bandstand and recreate legendary performances from the
era that transformed music and a nation.
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Danny Pelfrey Composes "Strong Medicine"
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| 6/26/2002 |
| Danny will be composing music for
the original Lifetime series, "Strong Medicine,"
executive-produced by Whoopi Goldberg and Tammy Ader.
"Strong Medicine" is a medical drama with an ensemble
cast concentrating on two women doctors from
dramatically different backgrounds. The show takes a new
approach to the traditional medical drama by using a
woman's perspective. Executive poducer Tammy Ader who
also writes for the show, worked on the successful
television dramas "Party of Five" and "Sisters. Not only
is the show entertaining, but the episodes are fearless,
taking on tough, controversial issues and exploring the
emerging ethics of modern medicine.
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Danny Pelfrey Signs Three Game Deal With
Activision! |
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| 6/26/2002 |
| Top interactive game producer
"Activision" signed Danny Pelfrey to a three game deal
to score three new "Star Trek" games for the
best-selling franchise. The "Star Trek" games are known
for their cutting-edge, movie quality cinematics and
their dramatic scores which have pushed interactive
games to a new level of realism. Danny has created music
for six "Star Trek" interactive games, including "Star
Trek Armada" the best-selling "Star Trek" game to date.
Danny also scored "Star Trek Elite Force" which was
nominated for "Game of the Year." The three game
Activision deal includes "Bridge Commander," which
allows the player to act as Captain of the Enterprise
and has generated a lot of buzz among gamers.
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Star Trek "Links and Reviews" |
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| 6/26/2002 |
| "Star Trek" Links to Reviews and
News about Danny Pelfrey!
Check out these links:
www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/zones/reviews/pc/feb02/bridgec.html
www.gg8.com/news.php?id=2584
www.music4games.net/r_startrekawayteam.html
http://actionvault.ign.com/features/den/dpelfrey.shtml
http://www.digitalgamedeveloper.com/2002/06_jun/features/pelfrey.htm
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Farewell to Felicity! |
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| 6/26/2002 |
| Danny bid a fond farewell to
"Felicity" the television series for which he was
nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Music
Composition For A Series" (Dramatic Underscore) for a
special episode entitled, "Help For The Lovelorn" which
was a homage to Rod Serling?s "Twilight Zone" series.
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TV Season 2001 Ends with Danny in High
Gear! |
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| 6/26/2002 |
| It's been a busy year for Danny,
having just completed scoring two seasons of the Emmy-
winning sitcom "Spin City" starring Heather Locklear and
Charlie Sheen and two seasons of the dramatic television
series "That's Life" starring Ellen Burstyn and Paul
Sorvino. Danny also scored the television series "Danny"
starring Daniel Stern and wrote the opening theme with
Linda Lawley and Russell Buchanan. Next year Danny will
be moving on to score the dramatic series "Strong
Medicine."
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Danny Pelfrey Wins Best Song at Video Premiere
Awards! |
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| 6/26/2001 |
| Danny Pelfrey was honored at the
prestigious "Video Premiere Awards" for his work on
Dreamwork's "Joseph: King of Dreams," the animated film
which topped the video sales charts. "Better Than I" the
beautifully arranged song of faith written by John
Bucchino and produced and arranged by Danny won the
award for "Best Song." Danny's elegant and deeply moving
underscore using classical and ethnic instrumentation
for "Joseph" was also nominated for "Best Original
Score."
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Prime Time Emmy Nomination 2000 |
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| 8/13/2000 |
| Danny Pelfrey was most recently
honored with an Emmy Nomination for
Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic
Underscore) for a special episode of Felicity
entitled, "Help For The Lovelorn."
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Spin City |
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| 8/12/2000 |
| Danny Pelfrey wrote the new "Spin
City" theme and will be the weekly composer for the
Emmy-nominated ABC sitcom, Spin City, starring
Heather Locklear and Charlie Sheen.
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"Joseph: King of Dreams" Tops Video
Charts! |
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| 8/12/2000 |
| The home video release of "Joseph:
King of Dreams" from Dreamworks SKG, topped the home
video sales charts for weeks. Danny composed and
orchestrated the score for "Joseph: King of Dreams" and
produced and arranged five new songs by eminent New York
songwriter John Bucchino for the film which garnered
several awards. The release of "Joseph" saw Danny
honored with the "Video Premiere Award" for "Best Song"
and nominated for "Best Original Score."
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Joseph - King of Dreams |
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| 8/11/2000 |
| The premiere of Joseph - King of
Dreams for DreamWorks SKG will be on November 7,
2000. Danny Pelfrey composed and orchestrated the score
and produced five new songs by John Bucchino.
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