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Harry Manfredini (born August 25, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer and jazz soloist, who has scored more than one hundred films, including most of the Friday the 13th series. He has had years of classical training, as well as twenty years in the popular music scene.
Harry Manfredini, perhaps best known for his genre scores including Friday the 13th and its sequels, here proves once again why he is a master at creating musical suspense. His score blends perfectly with the noir-like lighting, elevating the film from creepy to downright unsettling.
Harry Manfredini. Composer: Friday the 13th. Film composer Harry Manfredini specializes in writing for horror films, but is also a song writer and jazz soloist. From his haunting dramatic scores for The Friday the 13th films, to his adventurous music for The Omega Code, Harry Manfredini has established himself as a motion picture music composer of the same style as Bernard Herrmann.
- Composer, Music Department, Actor
- August 25, 1943
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Harry Manfredini is a film composer and musician who has scored over one hundred films, including the FRIDAY THE 13TH series and SWAMP THING. He has a background in classical and popular music, and has also written a Broadway musical and children's films.
Harry Manfredini is a film composer who specializes in writing for horror films, but also a song writer and jazz soloist. He has composed scores for The Friday the 13th, The Omega Code, Wishmaster and other films. He is influenced by Bernard Herrmann and has a haunting style of music.
- August 25, 1943
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Apr 18, 2015 · Harry Manfredini talks about his career, his music and his experience working on the horror film franchise. He reveals how he met director Sean S. Cunningham, how he used a Korg synthesizer and how he felt about the violence in the films.
Nov 13, 2020 · When composer/musician Harry Manfredini got the job to score Friday the 13th, which is celebrating its 40th-anniversary this year, he already had a few notches in his professional belt, but he was mainly just trying to keep working. “It was about putting food on the table,” he said recently, over the phone from his home in Valencia, California.
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