Brad Hatfield (born May 15, 1956) is a musician, arranger, and Emmy Award winning composer. He is a regular performer on piano and keyboards with the Boston Pops Orchestra.Karuhn, Carri. "Woodfield Beckons Teen Musical Whizzes," Chicago Tribune, August 8, 1996. Retrieved October 25, 2012. He has also performed with the Utah Symphony and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His arrangements, orchestrations and compositions have been performed by the Boston Pops, Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra.Gilber, Andrew. "A Classical Take on Bob Marley?" Boston Globe, March 29, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2012
Career Hatfield's songs have appeared in the films Iron Man 2, Borat, Analyze This, The Break-Up, and Cop Land.Bickelhaupt, Susan and Maureen Dezell. "Seeing Through a Slow Summer," Boston Globe, August 14, 1997.Beggy, Carol. Boston Globe, March 6, 1999. Retrieved October 25, 2012. His music has also appeared in more than two dozen television series, including The Sopranos, ER, CSI, Saturday Night Live, Glee, and Entourage.Bickelhaupt, Susan and Maureen Dezell. Boston Globe, January 5, 1998. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
He has performed on dozens of recordings, including albums by the Boston Pops Orchestra, George Russell Living Time Orchestra,"Fuse Commentary Drill Down: George Russell’s Living Time," Arts Fuse, February 1, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2012. and Mike Metheny.Feather, Leonard. "Metheny Boys Took Similar Steps But in Reverse Order," Los Angeles Times, June 14, 1988. Retrieved October 25, 2012.Brad Hatfield credits – ARTISTdirect Music. Retrieved October 30, 2012. His solo piano playing is featured in the opening scene and end credits of Clint Eastwood's Mystic River.Dyer, Richard."Eastwood's Score Plumbs Depths," Boston Globe, October 8, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
In 2004–2005 and 2007, Hatfield was pianist/arranger and music director for POPSearch, the Boston Pops's nationwide talent competition.Nagazina, Julie. Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle, June 19, 2007. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
Hatfield studied piano performance and composition at Berklee College of Music, and management at Cambridge College.
He teaches at Northeastern University and Berklee College of Music.Perkins, Matt. "Father, Son Bring Music to YouTube," Westwood Patch, January 19, 2012. Retrieved October 26, 2012. He is also a course author and instructor for Berklee Online. In 2012, Hatfield was awarded "Best Online Course" by the University Professional & Continuing Education Association for his Berklee Online course "Music Supervision."Weiss, David. "Berkleemusic.com Debuts New Course 'Music Supervision' Beginning 1/10/11," SonicScoop, December 18, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
Awards Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song Daytime Television (2006)33rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards – National Television Academy Retrieved October 28, 2012 BMI Film and Television Award (2007) Primetime Emmy Award Nomination (2010)Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics 2010 – Primetime Emmy Awards Retrieved October 28, 2012
Selected discography With the Boston Pops Orchestra 1998 – The Celtic Album (BMG Music) 1999 – A Splash of Pops (BMG Music) 2000 – Encore (BMG Music) 2003 – "Mystic River" Soundtrack (Warner Bros. Records) 2004 – Sleigh Ride (Boston Pops Recordings) 2005 – America (Boston Pops Recordings) 2009 – Red Sox Album (Boston Pops Recordings)
With George Russell Living Time Orchestra 1993 – The London Concert (Stash Records) 1996 – It's About Time (Label Bleu) 2005 – The 80th Birthday Concert (Independent)
With Rebecca Parris 2002 – Secret of Christmas (Shira) 2006 – You Don't Know Me (Saying it with Jazz)
With Mike Metheny 1996 – Street of Dreams (Altenburgh) 1988 – Kaleidoscope (MCA/Impulse)
With Susan Werner 2004 – I Can't Be New (Koch Records) 2009 – Classics (Sleeve Dog Records)
With Mordy Ferber 1987 – All the Way to Sendai (Rhino Records) 1995 – Mr X (Half Note Records) 2004 – Being There (Half Note Records)
With Meg Hutchinson 2004 – The Crossing (Little Red Hen) 2008 – Come Up Full (Red House Records) 2010 – The Living Side (Red House Records)
With Carol Sloane and Ken Peplowski 2007 – Dearest Duke (Arbors Records)
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