John F. Kennedy High School Alumni
La Palma, California (CA)
John Massari
John F. Kennedy High School
Class of 1976
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JOHN'S PROFILE
| First Name | John |
| Last Name | Massari |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1976 |
| Gender | Male |
| Current Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Hometown | New York, New York |
| Relationship Status | In a Relationship |
| About Me | Lady GaGa has tweeted me personally... and I don't know why. Proud Father of Aurora and Julia Massari I create dynamic and expressive music scores and sound design for all media. http://www.reverbnation.com/johnmassari http://www.reverbnation.com/johnmassari#!/artist/artist_songs/962336 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006188/ AKA: David Inlander and Biggy G While Lady Gaga's Bad Romance music video represents his most recent work in creating original sound design, John Massari's career path began to germinate at age 6, after his family moved to Los Angeles, California from New York city. His first ever theatrical matinée movie experience was a classic double feature: Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Time Machine. The musical scores to both films made such a powerful impression upon him, that later that afternoon he sat down at the family piano and began to explore creating original music. His early musical instrument training included piano, trumpet, and contra bass. Studied musical composition with Victor Savant at Chapman College later attending the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he studied composition and orchestration with Henri Lazarof, and David Raksin as well as private studies in orchestration and conducting with Albert Harris. While at UCLA, Massari organized concert programs featuring original compositions and arrangements and was awarded the Frank Sinatra Music Award. Shortly after, John served as orchestrator for composers Jerry Fielding, David Rose, and Mark Snow. Massari has been a composer for feature films, television, and commercials. At USC had further studies in composition with Leonard Stein. Composed "The War Prayer," a Narrative Oratorio for Orchestra and Chorus based on Mark Twain's epic poem. Massari is probably best known - and most admired - for creating the "Wonderful World of Disney" theme. Other TV music credits include his Cable Ace nominated score for _"Ray Bradbury Theatre, The" (1985)_." Among his feature film work are the scores for MGM's Cult Classic _Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)_ and the comedy Breathing Hard (2000). In addition, he has worked extensively in DVD home entertainment, scoring original compositions for bonus material on films such as "Gone in 60 Seconds" and "Mission to Mars" as well as Disney classics "Old Yeller" and "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". On the commercial side, his music has been heard in commercials for Nextel, Pontiac and IBM with Ear to Ear Audio Banks An avid explorer of California's Mojave desert, John Massari made a signif...(read more) |
Class of 1976 Alumni
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Class of 1977
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Class of 2001
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Class of 1975
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Class of 2000
Ellen Schweitzer
Class of 1969
Dawn Rojas
Class of 1970
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Class of 1970
Jenny Anderson
Class of 1984
Randy Cathcart
Class of 1973
Catherine Griffiths
Class of 1986
Anna Alvarez
Class of 1991
Kim Kim Luong
Class of 1993
James Fisher
Class of 1969
Matthew Mitry
Class of 2010
Lorri Black
Class of 1974
Kelly Maidman
Class of 1987
Jeff Vaughn
Class of 1973
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Class of 1982
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