Cliff Eidelman


Clifford Glen Eidelman is an American composer and conductor who has scored films including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Free Willy 3: The Rescue, and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery.

Career

Eidelman began his formal training in violin at the age of eight and continued with multi-instrument training ranging from piano and guitar in genres such as jazz to classic music in his youth. After studying music at Santa Monica College and the University of Southern California, he scored his first feature film Magdalene in 1989.
His breakthrough composition was the 1991 score to Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
In the years after, Eidelman continued to compose dramatic and epic scores such as Christopher Columbus: The Discovery. As Eidelman's style of composing changed towards more sentimental and minimalistic scores, so did the films for which he scored.
Eidelman currently resides in Santa Monica, California and continues to score movies.

Notable scores (concert music)

YearTitleDirectorStudioNotes
1988MagdaleneTAT FILM GmbH
1989Dead Man OutRichard PearceHBOTelevision film
1989To Die ForDeran SarafianAcademy Entertainment
1989Animal BehaviorKjehl Rasmussen
H. Anne Riley
Millimeter Films
1989Triumph of the SpiritRobert M. YoungTriumph Films
1989The [Final Days |The Final Days]Richard PearceABCTelevision mini-series about Watergate Scandal
1990Strike It RichJames ScottMiramax FilmsThemes only; score by Shirley Walker
1990Crazy PeopleTony BillParamount Pictures
1990JudgmentTom ToporHBOTelevision film
1991DeliriousTom MankiewiczMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryNicholas MeyerParamount Pictures
1991Tales from the CryptElliot SilversteinHBOEpisode: "The Reluctant Vampire"
1992Christopher Columbus: The DiscoveryJohn GlenWarner Bros. Pictures
1992Leap of FaithRichard PearceParamount Pictures
1993Untamed HeartTony BillMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1993The Meteor ManRobert TownsendMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1994My Girl 2Howard ZieffColumbia Pictures
1994A Simple Twist of FateGillies MacKinnonTouchstone Pictures
1995Now and ThenLesli Linka GlatterNew Line Cinema
1996If These Walls Could TalkNancy SavocaHBOTelevision film
1997The Beautician and the BeastKen KwapisParamount Pictures
1997Free Willy 3: The RescueSam PillsburyWarner Bros. Family Entertainment
1998MontanaJennifer LeitzesInitial Entertainment Group
1998One True ThingCarl FranklinUniversal Pictures
1999Witness ProtectionRichard PearceHBOTelevision film
2000Ocean MenBob TalbotTheatrical IMAX Film
2001An American RhapsodyÉva GárdosParamount Classics
2002Harrison's FlowersElie ChouraquiUniversal PicturesUSA version
2003The [Lizzie McGuire Movie]Jim FallWalt Disney Pictures
2004Sexual LifeKen KwapisShowtime Independent Films
2005The [Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]Ken KwapisWarner Bros. Pictures
2006Open WindowMia GoldmanImage Entertainment
2009He's Just Not That into YouKen KwapisNew Line Cinema
2012Big MiracleKen KwapisUniversal Pictures
2018Being Dolphin 4DBob TalbotSimEx-Iwerks