James Di Pasquale

James Di Pasquale (born April 7, 1941 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American composer .

Life

James Di Pasquale is the son of Hugo and Lucille, née Ciccone, Di Pasquale. After graduating from St. Mel's High School , he studied at Northwestern University and the Manhattan School of Music , with David Diamond and Ludmila Uhlela among his lecturers. He then played for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , the Bolshoi Ballet and the Royal Ballet . At the same time he worked with musicians such as Gerry Mulligan , Ella Fitzgerald , Henry Mancini and Barbra Streisand . He was also a brief member of the Paul Winter Consort .

Di Pasquale made his debut as a film composer in 1975 with the television drama Sarah T., a young alcoholic , directed by Richard Donner . By 1996 more than 40 other film compositions followed. Di Pasquale has been nominated five times for an Emmy Award . He was honored for his music for the films Two of a Kind , Die Liebe siegt and Rosamunde Pilcher: The Shell Seekers .

From 1995 to 2003, Di Pasquale was married to Donna McNeely. They have a daughter together.

Filmography (selection)

• 1975: Sarah T., a teenage alcoholic ( Sarah T. - Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic )
• 1976: The Public Defender ( Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence )
• 1978: The Black List ( The Critical List )
• 1979: The Chance of a Lifetime ( Fast Break )
• 1981: What moved you ( Advice to the Lovelorn )
• 1982: Two of a Kind
• 1983: Relationship, No Thanks ( Listen to Your Heart )
• 1983: The Football Princess ( Quarterback Princess )
• 1983: Two corpses at supper ( Sparkling Cyanide )
• 1984: The line belongs to the police ( The Red-Light Sting )
• 1985: Love wins ( Love Lives On )
• 1987: Dark Nights ( A Stranger Waits )
• 1988: Broken Angel - Fallen Angel ( Broken Angel )
• 1989: Rosamunde Pilcher: Die Musselsucher ( The Shell Seekers )
• 1990: Spring Desires ( Stolen: One Husband )
• 1991: The Ballerina Killer ( The Killing Mind )
• 1991: A father on the run ( Runaway Father )
• 1992: I want my children back! ( In the Best Interest of the Children )
• 1992: Courage to Love ( Getting Up and Going Home )
• 1992: Seduction - Three times different ( Seduction: Three Tales from the 'Inner Sanctum )
• 1993: The Return of Sherlock Holmes ( Sherlock Holmes Returns )
• 1995: Run, Jane run! ( See Jane Run )
• 1996: Family Fate - A Woman Is Desperate ( Everything to Gain )
• 1996: Her biggest wish ( All She Ever Wanted )

Web links

• James Di Pasquale in the Internet Movie Database (English)