Known best among on-line and science fiction fandom for his musical composition and performance in The
Wizard of Speed and Time, John Massari has also created other memorable
music for both genre and more conventional television shows. (Click on John Massari's name above to go to the frames-free version of this page.)
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| Born March 25, 1957, Giovanni Massari moved from New York... |
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| NYC photo © the Museum of the City of New York, all rights reserved. | ||
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...to Los Angeles when he was only 3. | |
| LA photo © 1997, 1998 Earl P. Reinhalter, all rights reserved. | ||
John found himself drawn to fantastic filmmaking at an early age:
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George Pal's fabulous filmmaking excited many an imagination, and the stirring soundtracks by Bernard Herrmann and Russell Garcia made quite an impression on the 7-year-old future musician.
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Some of John's favourite piano influences have been:
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Yattayatta Tiajuana Brass or something. |
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Why the contrabass? Didn't he know about what Branford Marsalis discovered about the tenor sax?? |
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Victor Savant @ Chapman College
Henri Lazarof and Albert Harris
