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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
Stewart Copeland Biography (1952-)
Born July 16, 1952, in Maclean, VA (some sources say Alexandria, VA); son ofMiles Axe, II (a Central Intelligence Agency operative) and Lorraine Elizabeth (an archeologist; maiden name, Adie) Copeland; married Sonja Kristina Shaw(an actress and singer), July 16, 1982; children: Sven, Patrick, Jordan, Scott. Addresses: Manager: Columbia Artists Management, 165 West 57th St.,New York, NY 10019-2201.; Office: Kinetic Kollections, 9729 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232-2739.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Composer, director, musician
- Birth Details
- July 16, 1952
- Maclean, Virginia, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Director, So What?, CCCP, 1983
- Music score producer, Out of Bounds, 1986
- Song producer, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, 1986
- Song producer, Earth Girls Are Easy, 1989
- Drums, Airborne, 1993
- Orchestra-drums, Fresh, 1994
- Percussion performer, The Leopard Son, Discovery Channel Pictures,1996
- Percussion performer, The Pallbearer, Miramax, 1996
- Percussion performer, Gridlock'd, Gramercy, 1997
- Piano performer, bass performer, and drums performer, Pecker, FineLine, 1998
- Drums/percussion, She's All That, Miramax, 1999
- Song arranger, and keyboards, drums, and bass, Simpatico, Fine Line, 1999
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Film Appearances
- Police, Urgh! A Music War, 1981
- (Uncredited) Cameo, She's Having a Baby, 1988
- Voice of first American soldier, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (animated), 1999
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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The 3rd Annual International Rock Awards, 1991
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The Making of the Leopard Son, Discovery Channel, 1996
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Episodic
- (As Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve) Himself, "Cash," The Young Ones,1984
- Pickpocket, "Re-entry," The Equalizer, CBS, 1987
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Limboland, Comedy Central, 1994
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RECORDINGS
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Albums (with The Police)
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Outlandos d'Amour, A&M, 1978
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Regatta de Blanc, A&M, 1979
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Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M, 1980
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Ghost in the Machine, A&M, 1981
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Synchronicity, A&M, 1983
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Every Breath You Take: The Singles, 1986
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Albums (with Animal Logic)
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Animal Logic, 1990
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Animal Logic II, 1991
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Albums (solo)
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The Rhythmatist, 1985
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Albums (Other)
- Recorded Music for the Equalizer and Other Cliffhangers.
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Videos
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The Rhythmatist, A & M Video, 1985
- Himself, Film-Fest DVD: Issue 1--Sundance, 1999
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WRITINGS
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Film Scores
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Rumblefish, Universal, 1983
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Out of Bounds, Columbia, 1986
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Wall Street, 1987
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Talk Radio, 1988
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She's Having a Baby, 1988
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The Jogger, 1988
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil, 1989
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The First Power (also known as Pentagram and Transit), 1990
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Men at Work, 1990
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Riff-Raff, 1990
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Hidden Agenda, 1990
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Highlander II: The Quickening (also known as Highlander--Le retour and Highlander II: The Renegade Version), 1991
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Taking Care of Business (also known as Filofax), 1991
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Wide Sargasso Sea, 1993
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Raining Stones, 1993
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Bank Robber, 1993
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Airborne, 1993
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Fresh, 1994
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Rapa Nui, 1994
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Silent Fall, 1994
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Surviving the Game, 1994
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Decadence, 1994
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Judgement, 1995
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The Pallbearer, Miramax, 1996
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Boys, Buena Vista, 1996
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The Leopard Son, Discovery Channel Pictures, 1996
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Gridlock'd, Gramercy, 1997
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O Que El lsso, Companheiro? (also known as Four Days in September), Miramax, 1997
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Good Burger, Paramount, 1997
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Little Boy Blue, Curb Entertainment, 1998
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West Beyrouth (also known as Beyrouth Al Gharbiyya,
WestBeirut, and West Beyrouth), Cowboy Booking International, 1998
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Very Bad Things, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998
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Pecker, Fine Line, 1998
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She's All That, Miramax, 1999
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Simpatico, Fine Line, 1999
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Skipped Parts, Trimark, 2000
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Boys and Girls, Dimension Films, 2000
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Sunset Strip, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
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Film Songs
- "Deathwish," Riding High, 1980
- "Rehumanize Yourself," Bachelor Party, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, 1986
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Earth Girls Are Easy, 1989
- "Walls Come Down," Very Bad Things, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment,1998
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Television Scores
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Series
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Brutally Normal, The WB, 2000-
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Television Theme Songs
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Series
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The Equalizer, CBS, 1986-
- "In Trouble Again," Droids: The Adventures of R2D2 and C3PO, ABC,1986
- "Amanda's Theme," The Amanda Show, Nickelodeon, 1999-
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Television Scores
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Movies
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Afterburn, HBO, 1992
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Fugitive Among Us, CBS, 1992
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Babylon 5: The Gathering (also known as B5 and Babylon 5), TNT, 1993
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Tyson, HBO, 1995
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White Dwarf, Fox, 1995
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The Assassination File (also known as Out in the Cold), 1996
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, ABC, 1998
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Futuresport, ABC, 1998
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Legalese, TNT, 1998
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Made Men, HBO, 1999
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Specials
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After Midnight, ABC, 1988
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Pilots
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TV 101, CBS, 1988
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Episodic
- "Noah's Ark," Long Ago and Far Away, PBS, 1989
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Opera Scores
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Holy Blood and Crescent Moon, 1989
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Horse Opera, 1993
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Cask of Amontillado, 1994
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Ballet Scores
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Lear, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco, CA, 1985
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The Stars That Played with Lucky Joe's Cards, 1994
- Also scored Prey.
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Symphonies
- Wrote Noah's Ark and Salcheeka.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals:
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The Independent, October 7, 1993, p. 16.
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Interview, September 7, 1997, p. 96.
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People Weekly, October 4, 1993, p. 148.
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