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GARY LIONELLI

May 2010

Emmy Award win for HBO score

Received a 2010 EMMY AWARD for the score for the HBO film TED WILLIAMS. The film itself also collected an Emmy Nomination for best documentary feature film–congrats to director Margaret Grossi.

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Completed scoring the feature-length documentary film STONEWALL UPRISING for film makers Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. The film tells of the dramatic events of 1969 that

launched a worldwide gay rights revolution. Told by those who took part–from drag queens and street hustlers to police detectives and a former mayor of New York. The film revisits a time when homosexual acts were illegal throughout America, and homosexuality itself was seen as a form of mental illness. Hunted and often entrapped by undercover police in their hometowns, gays from around the US began fleeing to New York in search of a sanctuary. Hounded there still by an aggressive police force, they sought out furtive sex in subway bathrooms and empty meat trucks, and found a semblance of normalcy in a Mafia-run gay bar in Greenwich Village, the Stonewall Inn. When police raided Stonewall on June 28, 1969, gay men and women did something they hadn't done before: they fought back. As the streets of New York erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations, the collective anger announced that the gay rights movement had arrived.

The film will make its national theatrical debut this June.

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November/December 2009

‘Magic & Bird’ for HBO

Scored the film MAGIC AND BIRD for HBO and director Ezra Edelman. The film traces the history of the competition between Los Angeles Lakers immortal “Magic” Johnson and Boston Celtics great Larry Bird,

which began 30 years ago when they led their midwest universities to the 1979 NCAA Championship game, through a decade of dominance, when the two won three NBA MVP awards apiece and a combined eight NBA titles. Debuting on the eve of March Madness, the exclusive HBO presentation also examines the different cultures that helped shape them and contributed to their unique styles, as well as exploring their unlikely friendship. The film will debut March 6, 2010 on HBO.

Listen to the interview with Gary Lionelli about the film at ScoreNotes.com:

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Sept/Oct 2009

‘The Civilian Conservation Corps’ for PBS

Scored director Robert Stone’s new film for PBS American Experience, THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS. The film will debut on PBS in November 2009.

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July/August 2009

‘No Dog Left Behind’ for Discovery

Scored the film NO DOG LEFT BEHIND for DISCOVERY and Emmy Award-winning film maker Ellen Goosenberg Kent. The film tells the incredible story of friendships formed during combat conditions

in Iraq between soldiers and their canine comrades. It is a revealing look into the power of the human-animal bond to comfort, heal, and inspire the best in people in the worst situations; to find their humanity in the midst of dehumanizing conditions. The war in Iraq has seen an unusual number of troops rescuing stray dogs and caring for them, in spite of military prohibitions.

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May/June 2009

‘Ruckus’ TV Series Pilot for MTV

Scored MTV’s new series claymation pilot RUCKUS for director Corky Quakenbush.

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March/April 2009

‘Ted Williams’ for HBO

Scored the film TED WILLIAMS for HBO with director Margaret Grossi. The film debuts July 15th on HBO. Liev Schreiber narrates along with Robert Redford.

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January 2009

‘Waiting for Armageddon’

Scored the Sundance Institute funded film WAITING FOR ARMAGEDDON, by Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. America's 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy - from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon.

This astonishing documentary explores their world - in their homes, at conferences, and on a wide-ranging tour of Israel. By interweaving Christian, Zionist, Jewish and critical perspectives along with telling archival materials, the filmmakers probe the politically powerful - and potentially explosive - alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel...an alliance that may set the stage for what one prominent Evangelical leader calls "World War III."

The film will start a limited-run national theatrical release in January 2010.

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November 2008

Scoring completed on ‘Cats and Dogs’

Finished the score for CATS AND DOGS, a new film by 4-time Emmy Award-winning director Ellen Goosenberg Kent. The film will debut as part the PBS Nature series.

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September 2008

‘Righteous Kill’ trailer debuts

Three cues from various films I’ve scored are used in the trailer for the Robert De Niro and Al Pacino film, ’Righteous Kill.’

VIEW THE TRAILER

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August 2008

‘Roberto Clemente’ Film wins ALMA Award

The film ROBERTO CLEMENTE wins the 2008 ALMA AWARD for Outstanding Made-for-Television Documentary. Congrats to director Bernardo Ruiz and the whole team!

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July 2008

‘Oswald’s Ghost’ gets Emmy Nomination

OSWALD’S GHOST is nominated for a 2008 Primetime Emmy Award. Congrats to director Robert Stone.

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June 2008

HBO’s ‘The Back Nine’

Just completed writing and recording the score for the HBO film THE BACK NINE, directed by Margaret Grossi.

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April 20, 2008

Emmy Award win for score for HBO’s ‘Ghosts of Flatbush’

Won an 2008 EMMY AWARD for the score for the HBO film THE GHOSTS OF FLATBUSH. The film itself also collected an Emmy for best documentary feature.

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April 2008

‘Roberto Clemente’ score completed

Scoring is completed on director Bernardo Ruiz’s new film entitled ROBERTO CLEMENTE for PBS American Experience.

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March 2008

Scoring completed on Sony Pictures animated feature

Scoring is finished on director Mario Piluso’s animated feature HOLLIE HOBBY for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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December 2007

Scoring completed on pilot for Sony/VH1

Scoring has wrapped on a half-hour comedy TV pilot for SONY/Apostle Pictures entitled DATING WITH THE STARS. The show was done in authentic stop-motion claymation by director Corky Quakenbush.

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November 2007

‘Oswald’s Ghost’ in theaters

OSWALD’S GHOST makes its nationwide (in selected cities) theatrical debut in November 2007.

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