Joe Andolino
A native of New Jersey, Joe grew up with a variety of musical styles and influences from progressive rock, R&B and fusion. He combined those influences at the University of Southern California into the world of Film Scoring. Studying with some of the biggest names in composition and performance gave Joe a very schooled approach. He can now pull from many sources when producing music. He is a drummer, keyboard player, songwriter, arranger and conductor. He fears being typecast into any one particular style when writing, but a listener can always hear his audio fingerprints on anything he does. I prefer to be a chameleon, that way I can be a part of the different styles of music I enjoy. Coming from a heavy instrumental background, Joe tends to write ³from the bottom up² with the melody lines being derived from the harmonic structure of the tune. Music critics have described his sound as ³progressive pop², ranging from groove oriented tunes to more dramatic ballads. He has written both concert band and jazz charts for educational publications and is a high school music director in Bergen County NJ. Professionally, his writing credits include some notable independent films. He has been featured in ³Who¹s Who in Composing² for 5 years in a row in The Hollywood Reporter. Recently he has ventured into music directing shows and producing other artists, my strongest efforts to date, and the results have been described as nothing less than electrifying by several critics. Jay Chattaway, celebrated television composer, has described Joes music as commercial yet musically ambitious, the best of both. What more could a die-hard musician at heart want to hear; music that pleases the musicians and the masses.
