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It's the spring of 2010, and Stewart Copeland is busy writing a Concerto for Gamelan and Orchestra for a premiere in February 2011 at the Dallas Symphony's Meyerson Hall. The Concerto will be performed by Dallas Symphonyﾒs extraordinary percussion ensemble D'Drum, together with the Symphony Orchestra and will be conducted by new resident Conductor
Jaap van Zweden. Also in process are new works for Percussion Quartets and Quintets: 'Mikrokosmos for Percusssion' together with other new Chamber works, commissioned by The La Jolla Music Society along with all of this, a rumoured return to the Opera Stage.
Stewart's autobiography: "Strange Things Happen: a life with The Police, Polo and Pygmies" was released in October 2009 in the UK and the US and has just appeared as an audio book all of them by Harper Collins imprint Harper Studio. Reunited after 23 years with his bandmates in the The POLICE when they opened the Grammy Awards on February 11th of 2007, Stewart Copeland counts himself fortunate to have been the founder of the most played and successful trio of the 1980s. The POLICE's 2007 and 2008 reunion tour went on to be the biggest of the year, and by the end of all the stops throughout the world in early August 2008 it had grossed more than $387,000,000.00. The tour encompassed appearances throughout the US and Canada, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia, and returned again for a Victory Lap in the US in July and August 2008. Triggered by a happy confluence of events when Sting, Stewart and Andy all found themselves at the Sundance Festival in 2006, the night that Stewart premiered his film "Everyone Stares, The Police Inside Out", the reunion tour took shape in unexpected ways, and served as a triumphant reminder of the quality of Sting's songwriting together with the incredible mastery of their instruments that each member of the band possesses, proof that the Police's celebrated status as one of the greatest bands of the past 30 years is more valid than ever.
Recipient of the Hollywood Film Festival's first Outstanding Music in Film Visionary Award, and a 2003 inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Copeland has been responsible for some of the film world's most innovative and groundbreaking scores. His career includes the sale of more than 60,000,000 records worldwide, and has won him five Grammy Awards. Meanwhile, his travels in search of exotic rhythms and musical celebration have taken him around the world, from mysterious Easter Island to Mozambique, and from the outback of Australia to the remotest regions of the Congolese jungles.
During his composing career Copeland has enjoyed successful collaborations with some of Hollywood's most acclaimed and eclectic directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Oliver Stone, Kevin Reynolds, Bruce Beresford, Ken Loach, and the late John Hughes. In the fall of 2000, Copeland teamed up with Primus' vocalist and bass player Les Claypool, and guitarist and vocalist Trey Anastasio of PHISH to form OYSTERHEAD, with whom he recorded a sparkling album produced by Elektra Records, and with whom he has performed and toured to sold-out houses.
His ORCHESTRALLI ensemble, comprised of Copeland, a four piece percussion quartet and a chamber orchestra performing Stewart's blend of energetic original compositions appeared during 2004 in several Northern European cities in addition to the Southern Italian version of that ensemble: 'LA NOTTE DI TARANTA'.
It was in 1984 that Copeland began his move beyond the rock arena, creating the memorable score to Francis Ford Coppola's 'RUMBLEFISH'. The soundtrack featured a strikingly original mixture of traditional percussion, electronically sampled car horns and ticking clocks. Stewart's unique and daring soundtrack pioneered the field of sound-designed scores, and earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Score. Soon after, Oliver Stone called on him to write the score to 'WALL STREET,' in which he wove in eerie howls and ringing bells to help create the tone of Stone's dog-eat-dog world. The score to Stone's tale about a doomed disc jockey,'TALK RADIO,' became another Copeland tour-de-force. Subsequent assignments include DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES; a two-year stint on the quirky, critically acclaimed Showtime series DEAD LIKE ME; LOVEWRECKED, starring Amanda Bynes for director Randall Kleiser; and I AM DAVID, Walden Media's initial production starring Jim Caviezel and Dame Joan Plowright, written and directed by Paul Feig (creator and executive producer of the much acclaimed 'Freaks and Geeks' ). Copeland also composed the music for Miramax's teen smash SHE'S ALL THAT, for Sam Shepard's taut drama SIMPATICO (with Jeff Bridges, Sharon Stone and Nick Nolte), and for Brazilian auteur Bruno Barretto's FOUR DAYS IN SEPTEMBER (which was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Foreign Film in 1998).
The "serious" music commissions follow upon the heels of the release of "The Police: Certifiable" live album, which chronicles one of the band's incendiary performances recorded on Dec. 1 and 2, 2007 when they played to a record crowd that packed the River Plate Stadium in Buenos Aires. Featuring favorites including 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic', 'Wrapped Around Your Finger', 'King Of Pain', and 'So Lonely', the 19-track, one-hour and nine-minute album was given 4 stars by the All Music Guide.
Initially released on Nov. 11, 2008, 'Certifiable' is a 2 CD, 2 DVD set. The first and second CDs contain the concert itself, while the first DVD contains the 109-minute wide-screen concert presented in Dolby Surround and Stereo. The second DVD contains the 50-minute bonus feature: "Better Than Therapy" directed by Jordan Copeland, detailing The Police's historic reunion with exclusive behind-the-scenes interviews from the band and road crew, plus two photo galleries of The Police on tour; one series photographed by guitarist and photographer Andy Summers and one by photographer Danny Clinch.
Copeland's ANTHOLOGY, a first "Best Of" collection of solo material, was released in August 2007 by Koch Records. Among the Anthology's 21 tracks were those covering Stewart's solo career, and there are 10 new tracks that have never before been released in the US or Canada. This collection includes compositions from Francis Ford Coppola's RUMBLE FISH as well as work from WALL STREET, THE PALLBEARER, THE LEOPARD SON, DEAD LIKE ME and METROPOLIS. Other notable tracks include the Trey Anastasio/Les Claypool collaboration: Oysterhead, as well as key tracks from the Notte Della Taranta and GIZMO ensembles along with a seminal track credited to the multi-instrumentalist Klark Kent. Copeland says, "Contained on this album are some of the many musical adventures that I've had. Roughly chronological, the Anthology starts with the callow charm of Klark Kent, and ends up with some of the slicker things that I have figured out after four decades of my obsession with music."
Copeland's compelling film EVERYONE STARES: THE POLICE INSIDE OUT was a hugely absorbing and largely full-time assignment for the director, editor, narrator and producer: Stewart Copeland! Premiering to an enthusiastic reaction at the 2006 Sundance Festival, the film's genesis has been completely unique originating as it did from Stewart's 8mm camera. Shot backstage, offstage and on-stage between 1978 and 1982, it is an intimate portrait of the formation and rise to success of the definitive and most played rock band of the 1980s.
Comprised of footage of the Police's most fervent fans, with intimate portraits of Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and band-founder Copeland himself, as well as a crew of managers, agents, roadies and record company personnel, EVERYONE STARES deals with some fascinating and historic backstage content. Created from 50 hours of 3 minute rolls of 8mm film , there was originally of course no plan to release a film from this material until Sundance called 23 years later, so 99% of the on-camera sounds and images required current permissions and clearances. The process took on a forensic and archaeological tone, creating the need to diligently dig up and find people all over the world who were casually caught on camera some 28 years before. Copeland's former band mates have been kind and cooperative in their assistance in bringing the film into existence outside of the Festival circuit, and it was commercially released by both Showtime, and Universal Music Enterprises, worldwide. Miles Copeland and Derek Power are the film's Executive Producers.
Not long after his Sundance premiere, Stewart left for the UK and took up his duties as a judge on the BBC 1 show JUST THE TWO OF US. Gently deriding and--more often than not --applauding the talents in the Pro-Am match up of duetting couples, Stewart enjoyed a hilarious three weeks in London as a new prime time TV star. As a consequence of this successful appearance he repeated this task again as a judge in January 2007 to sky-high ratings and the warmest response imaginable.
A bonus to all this activity was Copeland's 2006 Grammy nomination for Best Rock Instrumental for a track from his 'Orchestralli' album: 'Birds of Prey'. This is one of Copeland's more symphonic tracks but it still features his signature propulsive and blistering beat.
- Awards
- - Cable Ace Award: Best Score, 1993
- - Best Score Golden Globe nominee
- - 5 Grammy Awards
- Film
- - 2005 "The Trouble With Frank" Starring Jon Bon Jovi and Estella Warren, National Lampoon Productions. Directed by Arthur Hiller, Written by William Dozier, Sal Catalano, J.D. Shapiro and Matty Simmons. Executive Producer L. Charles Grimes.
- - 2005 "Lovewrecked" Starring Amanda Bynes, Media 8 Entertainment. Directed by Randall Kleiser, Written by Stephen Langford. Executive Producers James Lance Bass, Derek F.C. Elliot, Kelli Konop and Matthew F. Leonetti Jr.
- - 2004 "I Am David" Starring Jim Caviezel and Ben Tibber, Walden Media/Lions Gate. Directed by Paul Feig, Written by Paul Feig and Anne Holm. Producers Davina Belling, Lauren Levine, and Clive Parsons.
- - 2002 "Deuces Wild" Starring Stephen Dorff and Brad Renfro, MGM. Directed by Scott Kalvert, Written by Paul Kimatian and Christophen Gambale. Executive Producers Eberhard Kayser, Mario Ohoven and Marc Sferrazza.
- - 2001 "On the L" Starring Lance Bass and Joey Fatone, Miramax/Zomba. Directed by Eric Bross, Written by Eric Aronson and Paul Stanton. Executive Producers Robbie Brenner, Jeremy Kramer, Bob Osher, Andrew Panay and Johnny Wright.
- - 2000 "Sunset Strip" Starring Simon Baker, Anna Friel and Nick Stahl, 20th Century Fox. Directed by Adam Collis. Written by Randall Jahnson and Russell DeGrazier, Executive Producer James Dodson.
- - 2000 "Skipped Parts" Starring Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Trimark. Directed by Tamra Davis. Written by Tim Sandlin, Executive Producers Mark Amin, Tamra Davis and Mike Elliott.
- - 2000 "Boys and Girls" Starring Freddie Prinze, Jr., Claire Forlani, and Jason Biggs, Miramax/Dimension. Directed by Robert Iscove, Written by The Drews, Executive Producers Jeremy Kramer, Jill Sobel Messick, Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein.
- - 1999 "Simpatico" Starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges and Sharon Stone, Fine Line. Directed by Matthew Warchus. Written by Sam Shepard, Matthew Warchus and David Nicholls. Executive Producers Sue Baden-Powell, Joel Lubin and Greg Shapiro.
- - 1999 "She's All That" Starring Freddie Prinze, Jr and Rachael Leigh Cook, Miramax. Directed by Rob Iscove. Written by R. Lee Fleming Jr. Executive Producers Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein.
- - 1999 "More Dogs Than Bones" Starring Joe Mantegna and Peter Coyote, Dream Entertainment. Directed by Michael Browning. Written by Michael Browning, Producers Ehud Bleiberg, Yitzhak Ginsberg, Miriam Leffert and Brittany Taylor.
- - 1999 "Made Men" Starring James Belushi, Michael Beach and Timothy Dalton, Silver Pictures. Directed by Louis Morneau. Written by Robert Franke, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Executive Producers Dan Cracchiolo and Steve Richards.
- - 1998 "Very Bad Things" Starring Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz, Polygram. Directed by Peter Berg. Written by Peter Berg. Executive Producers Ted Field, Michael A. Helfant, Scott Kroopf and Christian Slater.
- - 1998 "Pecker" Starring Edward Furlong and Christina Ricci, New Line. Directed by John Waters. Written by John Waters. Executive Producers Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr, Mark Ordeseky, Joe Revitte and Jonathan Weisgal.
- - 1998 "Four Days in September" Starring Alan Arkin, Miramax. Directed by Bruno Baretto. Written by Ferrnando Gabeira and Leopoldo Serran. Producers Lucy Barreto and Luiz Carlos Barreto.
- - 1997 "Little Boy Blue" Starring Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski and John Savage, Warner Bros. Directed by Antonio Tebaldi. Written by Michael Boston. Executive Producer Virginia Giritlian.
- - 1997 "Gridlock'd" Starring Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth, Columbia Tristar/Polygram. Directed by Vondie Curtis Hall. Written by Vondie Curtis Hall. Executive Producers Ted Field, Scott Kroopf and Russell Simmons.
- - 1997 "Good Burger" Starring Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson, Paramount/Nickelodeon. Directed by Brian Robbins. Written by Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert. Executive Producer Julia Pistor.
- - 1996 "The Pallbearer" Starring David Schwimmer and Gwyneth Paltrow, Miramax. Directed by Matt Reeves. Written by Jason Katims and Matt Reeves. Executive Producers Meryl Poster, Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein.
- - 1996 "The Leopard Son" Documentary, Discovery Films. Directed by Hugo Van Lawick. Eecutive Producer Tim Cowling.
- - 1996 "Boys" Starring Winona Ryder, Interscope. Directed by Stacy Cochran. Written by Stacy Cochran and James Salter. Executive Producers Ted Field, Robert W. Cort and Scott Kroopf.
- - 1994 "Surviving the Game" Starring Ice-T and Rutger Hauer, New Line. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. Written by Eric Bernt. Executive Producer Kevin J. Messick.
- - 1994 "Silent Fall" Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton and John Lithgow, Warner Bros. Directed by Bruce Beresford. Written by Akiva Goldsman. Executive Producer Gary Barber.
- - 1994 "Rapa Nui" Starring Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales and Sandrine Holt, Warner Bros. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Written by Kevin Reynolds and Tim Rose Price. Executive Producers Guy East and Barrie M. Osborne.
- - 1994 "Fresh" Starring Sean Nelson and Samuel L. Jackson, Miramax. Directed by Boaz Yakin. Written by Boaz Yakin. Executive Producer Lila Cazes.
- - 1994 "Airborne" Starring Shane McDermott, Warner Bros. Directed by Rob Bowman. Written by Bill Apablasa and Stephen McEveety. Producers Bruce Davey and Stephen McEveety.
- - 1993 "The Wide Sargasso Sea" Starring Karina Lombard, New Line. Directed by John Duigan. Written by Carole Angier, John Duigan, Jean Rhys and Jan Sharp. Executive Producer Sara Risher.
- - 1993 "Raining Stones" Starring Bruce Jones and Julie Brown. Directed by Ken Loach. Written by Jim Allen. Producers Sally Hibbin.
- - 1991 "Riff-Raff" Starring Robert Carlyle and Emer McCourt. Directed by Ken Loach. Written by Bill Jesse. Producer Sally Hibbin.
- - 1991 "Highlander II" Starring Sean Connery and Virginia Madsen, Miramax/Columbia TriStar. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. Written by Gregory Widen, Brian Clemens, William Panzer and Peter Bellwood. Executive Producers Guy Collins and Mario Sotela.
- - 1990 "The First Power" Starring Lou Diamond Phillips, MGM. Directed by Robert Resnikoff. Written by Robert Resnikoff. Executive Producer Robert W. Cort.
- - 1990 "Taking Care Of Business" Starring James Belushi and Charles Grodin, Touchstone. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Written by Jill Mazursky and Jeffrey Abrams. Executive Producer Paul Mazursky.
- - 1990 "Men at Work" Starring by Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. Directed by Emilio Estevez. Written by Emilio Estevez. Executive Producers Moshe Diamant and Irwin Yablans.
- - 1990 "Hidden Agenda" Starring Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif and Mai Zetterling, MGM. Directed by Ken Loach. Written by Jim Allen. Executive Producers John Daly and Derek Gibson.
- - 1989 "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" Starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, TriStar. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Written by Earl Barret, Arne Sultan and Marvin Worth. Executive Producers Earl Barret, Burtt Harris and Arne Sultan.
- - 1988 "Talk Radio" Starring Eric Bogosian, Universal. Directed by Oliver Stone. Written by Eric Boogosian and Oliver Stone. Executive Producers Greg Strangis and Sam Strangis.
- - 1987 "Wall Street" Starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen and Daryl Hannah, 20th Century Fox. Directed by Oliver Stone. Written by Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone. Producer Edward R. Pressman.
- - 1987 "She's Having a Baby" Starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern, Paramount. Directed by John Hughes. Written by John Hughes. Executive Producer Ronald Colby.
- - 1984 "Rumblefish" Starring Matt Dillon, MCA/Universal. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Written by S. E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola. Executive Producer Francis Ford Coppola. [Best Score Golden Globe nominee]
- Television
- - 2005 "The Life and Times of Juniper Lee" The Cartoon Network. Created by Judd Winick.
- - 2005 "Riding the Bus with My Sisiter" Starring Rosie O'Donnell and Andie MacDowell, Hallmark Hall of Fame. Directed by Anjelica Huston. Written by Rachel Simon and Joyce Eliason. Executive Producers Rosie O'Donnell and Larry Sanitsky.
- - 2005 "Desperate Housewives" Starring Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Eva Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan, ABC/Touchstone. Created by Marc Cherry. Executive Producer Marc Cherry.
- - 2003/4 "Dead Like Me" (multiples) MGM TV/Showtime. Created by Bryan Fuller EP
- - 2003 "Dead Like Me" (pilot) MGM/Showtime. Created by Bryan Fuller. Directed by Scott Winant. Emmy nomination Best Score
- - 2002 "Breaking News" Starring Tim Matheson, New Line Television, Pilot/Episodes TNT. Created by Gardner Stern and Rhonda L. Moore.
- - 2000 "Brutally Normal" Touchstone/The WB Network. Written by Stephen Chbosky, Michael Goldberg, Will McRobb, Tommy Swerdlow and Chris Viscardi.
- - 1999 "The Amanda Show" (Main Title) Starring Amanda Bynes, Nickelodeon. Created by Dan Schneider.
- - 1998-2003 "Spyro the Dragon" I, II, III, IV Universal Interactive/Sony Computer Entertainment America
- - 1998 "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" Starring Edward James Olmos, Vincent D'Onofrio and Donnie Wahlberg, ABC Trilogy/MGM. Directed by Felix Alcala. Written by John Godey, Peter Stone and April Smith. Executive Producers Pen Densham, Richard Barton Lewis and
- - 1998 "Legalese" Starring James Garner, New Line/ TNT. Directed by Glenn Jordan. Written by Billy Ray. Executive Producer J. Paul Higgins.
- - 1998 "Futuresport" Starring Dean Cain and Vanessa Williams, ABC/Amen Ra/Dove. Directed by Ernest Dickerson. Written by Steve De Jarnatt and Robert Hewitt Wolfe. Executive Producers Deborah Raffin, Michael Viner and Ron Ziskin.
- - 1995 "White Dwarf" Starring Paul Winfield and Neal McDonough, Cabin Fever Entertainment. Directed by Peter Markel. Written by Bruce Wagner. Executive Producers Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Halmi Sr. and Bruce Wagner.
- - 1995 "Tyson" Starring Michael Jai White and Paul Winfield, HBO. Directed by Uli Edel. Written by Jose Torres and Robert Johnson. Executive Producers Ross Greenburg and Edgar J. Scherick.
- - 1993 "Babylon 5" (2 hr pilot) TNT/Warner Bros. Directed by Doug Netter Richard Compton. Created by J. Michael Straczynski. Executive Producers Douglas Netter and J. Michael Straczynski.
- - 1993 "Afterburn" Starring Laura Dern, HBO. Directed by Robert Markowitz. Written by Elizabeth Chandler. Executive Producer Steve Tisch. [Cable Ace Award: Best Score, 1993]
- - 1992 "Fugitive Among Us" Starring Peter Strauss and Eric Roberts, ABC. Directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno. Written by Mike Cochran and Gordon Greisman. Executive Producer Andrew Adelson.
- - 1990 "TV101" (pilot) Starring Sam Roberts and Brynn Thayer, GTG. Created, Directed and Executive Produced by Karl Schaefer.
- - 1989 "After Midnight" (pilot) Starring Marg Helgenberger, Marc McClure and Ed Monaghan, MGM/ABC. Directed by Tony Richardson. Written by Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat. Executive Producers Allan Dennis and Barry J. Hirsch.
- - 1986 "The Equalizer" (pilot) Starring Edward Woodward and Robert Lansing, Studios USA/CBS. Created by Michael Sloan. Executive Producers Stuart Cohen, James Duff McAdams and Michael Sloan.
- - 1985 "The Ewoks and the Droids" ABC/ Lucasfilm. Created by George Lucas
- Other
- - 2009 "Ben Hur Live" A spectacle in the round featuring a crew and cast of more than 400, with
recording of the 2hr and 10' score taking place in London, Los Angeles, Dusseldorf, Essen,
Istanbul and Bratislava
- - 2003 "La Notte della Taranta" Melpignano, Puglia
- - 2002 "Orchestralli" Orchestra Ueca, Milano
- - 1999 "Caya, Eve and Grace" Catania Music Festival
- - 1994 "Casque of Amontillado" Libretto: David Bamberger
- - 1993 "Noah's Ark, Solcheeka" Seattle Symphony Orchestra
- - 1992 "Horse Opera" Opera for Channel 4, UK
- - 1989 "Holy Blood and the Crescent Moon" Cleveland Opera
- - 1988 "Emilio" Trento Ballet Co, Italy
- - 1986 "King Lear" San Francisco Ballet, Michael Smuin
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