Tomandandy is an American musical duo from New York City, consisting of members Thomas Hajdu and Andy Milburn. While they are best known for their work scoring films, the duo has also produced music for television commercials and programs, records and art installations.
Background Andy Milburn was born in Texas and attended Princeton University. During that time, he contributed to the early computer music system called Real-time Cmix. Thomas Hajdu was born in Canada and moved to the United States to work on his graduate studies at Princeton University.
Career Milburn and Hajdu moved to New York after graduating and started collaborating with film director Mark Pellington at MTV and film editors Hank Corwin and Bruce Ashley in the UK. Soon their work was being used in commercials, TV shows, feature films, art installations and record projects. Tomandandy quickly grew and they built a number of recording studios in New York and later in Los Angeles.
In 1992, Tomandandy appeared on the Red Hot Organization's dance compilation album, Red Hot + Dance, contributing an original dance track, "Theme From Red Hot & Dance (Gothic Mix)." The album attempted to raise awareness and money in support of the AIDS epidemic, and all proceeds were donated to AIDS charities.
In 2009, Tomandandy won Best Horror Score (runner-up) in Fangorias Chainsaw Award for their score to The Strangers.
In 2020, Tomandandy's Tom Hajdu reflected on The Strangers soundtrack during an interview.
Selected discography
Other works Zoo TV: Live from Sydney (1994) "You'll Know You Were Loved" - Lou Reed from Friends Original TV Soundtrack - Reprise, 1995 "In Our Sleep" - Laurie Anderson - Warner Bros., 1995 "Cartridgemusic" from Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip - TVT, 1996 "It Goes Back" - David Byrne from Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip - TVT, 1996 United States of Poetry - PolyGram, 1996 "Old Western Movies" - collaboration with William S. Burroughs from Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness - Ryko, 1997 Family Tools (2013) (TV series theme)
Film scores Year Title Director Notes 1993 Killing Zoe Roger Avary 1995 Mr. Stitch Television film 1997 Going All the Way Mark Pellington 2000 Waking the Dead Keith Gordon Composed with Scott Shields 2002 The Mothman Prophecies Mark Pellington The Rules of Attraction Roger Avary 2003 Faster Mark Neale 2004 Mean Creek Jacob Aaron Estes Freshman Orientation Ryan Shiraki 2005 Love, Ludlow Adrienne Weiss 2006 Right at Your Door Chris Gorak The Hills Have Eyes Alexandre Aja The Covenant Renny Harlin 2007 P2 Franck Khalfoun 2008 Sleep Dealer Alex Rivera The Strangers Bryan Bertino The Echo Yam Laranas 2009 The Good Guy Julio DePietro Composed with Kurt Oldman 2010 Resident Evil: Afterlife Paul W. S. Anderson And Soon the Darkness Marcos Efron 2011 I Melt with You Mark Pellington The Details Jacob Aaron Estes Fastest Mark Neale 2012 Citadel Ciaran Foy The Apparition Todd Lincoln Resident Evil: Retribution Paul W. S. Anderson 2013 Blaze You Out Mateo FrazierDiego Joaquin Lopez Innocence Hilary Brougher 2014 Animal Brett Simmons Girl House Trevor Matthews 7 Minutes Jay Martin 2015 H8RZ Derrick Borte Sinister 2 Ciarán Foy 2016 Havenhurst Andrew C. Erin The Monster Bryan Bertino City of Joy Madeleine Gavin Composed with Lokua Kanza 2017 47 Meters Down Johannes Roberts Wish Upon John R. Leonetti 2019 The Wolf's Call Antonin Baudry The Silence John R. Leonetti 47 Meters Down: Uncaged Johannes Roberts Haunt Scott BeckBryan Woods Lucky Day Roger Avary
References
External links Official website
Official MySpace Tomandandy Spotify