Tor Hyams
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Tor Hyams is a songwriter and music producer whose roster of artists include Joan Osborne, Vivian Campbell, Billy Gibbons, Lou Rawls, Broadway Star Rachel York, Lisa Loeb, Perry Farrell, Deborah Harry and more.
Hyams wrote and produced the children's CD - A World of Happiness - for Disney's Buena Vista Records featuring performances from Samuel L. Jackson, Magic Johnson, Lou Rawls, Isaac Hayes, Deborah Harry, Gary Oldman, Perry Farrell, Lisa Loeb, Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole, Brad Whitford, and Jane Kaczmarek. He also co-produced the music video for one of the tracks - The Patience Bossa, directed by Gary Oldman and featuring a duet by Rock music icons Perry Farrell and Deborah Harry.
Hyams also developed and presented the music festival for kids, Kidzapalooza, with rock icon Perry Farrell, which debuted in Chicago in 2005. Hyams continues to produce this festival as part of the famous Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park, Chicago each year. He is also in production on several more children's albums for various labels and is executive producing a new album for Grammy-nominated classical artist Jonathan Elias.
Hyams has also produced a Diane Warren composition for MTV which included the talents of Michelle Branch, Bubba Sparxx & Sleepy Brown, Monica (singer) and J.C. Chasez. In addition, Hyams has produced a number of artists and compilations for TVT Records and UMS Records in New York.
In television, Hyams has composed themes and music packages for NBC, ABC, CBS, TBS, Showtime, The History Channel, USA, FX, Bravo, MTV, Sony and Paramount Television. Additionally, he has scored several feature films, including projects for Miramax, Artisan Entertainment, The Shooting Gallery and Fox Searchlight.
His pet project, Chutzpah (starring George Segal, Gary Oldman, Debi Mazar, et al), has received accolades from the HBO Comedy Festival and the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival Audience Award.