John D'Andrea

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John D'Andrea is an American television composer, arranger and music writer.

Biography

D'Andrea, as a boy, was interested in being a musician, due to his father's career playing the saxophone in local New Jersey bands, because of this, his father gave him a saxophone for his ninth birthday.^[1] Years later, D'Andrea attended the Arts High School for music and the Manhattan School of Music in New York. At the same time he, like his father, participated in local New Jersey bands, as a player, singer, and arranger.^[1]

D'Andrea met

D'Andrea is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP),^[1] from which he has garnered three awards. In his spare time, D'Andrea plays the saxophone for the D'Anbino Family Band.^[1]

Credits

Composer

• Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (2009)
• Murder in the Mirror (2000)
• The Test of Love
  (1999)
• Diagnosis murder (1998–1999)
• A Secret Life (1999)
• A Marriage of Convenience (1998)
• Martial Law (1999–2000)
• Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay
  (1998)
• Assault on Devil's Island (1997)
• Steel Chariots (1997)
• In the Line of Duty: Blaze of Glory (1997)
• Gone in a Heartbeat (1996)
• Fall into Darkness (1996)
• Angel Flight Down (1996)
• Baywatch (1989–2001)
• Baywatch Nights (1995)
• Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise
  (1995)
• Mighty Max (1993–1994)
• Deadly Vows (1994)
• Thunder in Paradise (1993)
• The Tower (1993)
• Boiling Point (1993)
• Beyond the Law
  (1992)
• The Entertainers (1991)
• Child's Play 3 (1991)
• Swimsuit (1989)
• The Iron Triangle (1989)
• Dangerous Curves (1988)
• Hunter's Blood (1987)
• Body Slam
  (1986)
• The Education of Allison Tate (1986)
• Savage Streets (1984)
• Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
• Stranger in Our House (1978)
• Love's Dark Ride (1978)
• The Commitment (1976)
• Grey Knight (1993)
• Tough Enough (1983)
• America's Top 10 (1980)

Music writer

• Adam & Steve (2005)
• Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
• Spy Game (2001)
• Dirty Dancing (1987)

Arranger

• Land of the Lost
  (1975)

Awards and nominations

• Won, 1997, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "Days of Our Lives" (shared with Ken Corday, Brent Nelson, Dominic Messinger, Cory Lerios, Amy Burkhard Evans, and Stephen Reinhardt)
• ASCAP
  awards:
• Won, 1996, Top TV Series for "Baywatch"
• Won, 1997, Top TV Series for "Baywatch"
• Won, 1997, Most Performed Underscore

References

External links

• John D'Andrea at
  IMDb
• Danbino family official website