Thomas Pierson (born March 11, 1948 Ashland, Wisconsin) is an American composer, conductor and film director.
At the age of 13, he debuted as a soloist with the Houston Symphony.High Note, The Japan Times He studied at the Juilliard School to become a classical pianist and later turned to jazz. He conducted Leonard Bernstein's Mass at the Metropolitan Opera. He has conducted other works as well, including Candide. He has scored films for Woody Allen, notably Manhattan,Adam Harvey, The Soundtracks of Woody Allen: A Complete Guide to the Songs and Music in Every Film, 1969-2005 (McFarland, 2007), , (online) and Robert Altman's Quintet.Composer, Original Music By Tom Pierson He filmed Turkey Boy in Japan in 2008.Point of No Return Music 2008: "Turkey Boy"
Work Songs from the movie "Turkey Boy", 2008, CD "Turkey Boy", 2008, DVD Deep Forest By Bruce Huebner, Zabu Tone Music ZT006, CD 2008, as pianistMark Tourian (acoustic bass), STUDIO TOURIAN Olathe By Richie Pratt, Artists Recording Collective ARC-2093, CD 2007, as pianistRichie Pratt (drums), RichiePratt.net The Hidden Goddess, 2003, CD, Point of No Return Music (806635019475), AUTEURDoug Keahl, CD ReviewsAlbum, Big Band, Music is here Left, Right, 2001, CDMICHAEL PRONKO, The Japan Times Online Tom Pierson III, 1999, CD, Oglio RecordsTom Pierson III, Billboard Jun 26, 1999, Magazine Tom Pierson II, 1993, CD, AUTEUR Planet of Tears, 1990, CDBig Band, All About JazzPatricia Myers, JAZZ TIMES 1997 American Playhouse, 1982, orchestrator; 1 episode - Working TV episodeAmerican Playhouse Popeye (film), 1980, composer: additional scorePopeye (1980)The New York TimesA Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman (Paperback), By Robert Kolker, Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (July 27, 2000), , Manhattan (film), 1979, music adapted/arranged byManhattan (1979)The New York Times CinemaScope One: STUPENDOUS IN 'SCOPE (Paperback) by John Reid, Lulu.com (May 15, 2004) Hair (film), 1979, conductor/arranger, vocals, as Thomas PiersonHair (1979), Music DepartmentHair by Galt MacDermot;Tom Pierson Quintet (film), 1979Quintet (1979)The New York TimesOvertones and Undertones: Reading Film Music (Paperback), By Royal S. Brown, University of California Press (October 18, 1994), , A Perfect Couple, 1979, Orchestra ConductorMusic Department, Tom PiersonThe New York TimesA Cinema of Loneliness: Penn, Stone, Kubrick, Scorsese, Spielberg, Altman (Paperback), By Robert Kolker, Oxford University Press, USA; 3 edition (July 27, 2000), , Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music (Paperback), By Royal S. Brown, University of California Press (October 18, 1994), , The World of Magic, NBC 1975, hosted by Bill Cosby, as music directorEncyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials: 1974-1984 By Vincent Terrace
References
Further sources Blue Nippon: Authenticating Jazz in Japan by E. Taylor Atkins, Duke University Press (November 2001), , Japan Pop!: Inside the World of Japanese Popular Culture (paperback), by Timothy J. Craig (editor), M.E. Sharpe (June 2000), , Patricia Myers, Jazz Times June 1997, Magazine, by JazzTimes, Inc., 144 pages, p. 273, Manhattan, cf. The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay and Lesbian Film by Lisa Daniel, Claire Jackson, Allen & Unwin, March 2003, p. 314, 329, cf. Gil Evans: Out of the Cool: His Life and Music (hardcover), by Stephanie Stein Crease, Chicago Review Press; illustrated edition (October 1, 2001), ,
External links
Tom Pierson biography, Senzoku Gakuen College of Music (in Japanese) Tom Pierson Profile, Kunitachi College of Music