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Parodi/Fair first moved into feature-length films with Rysher Films' The 18th Angel (starring Rachel Lee Cook and Stanley Tucci). The beauty and strength of the film’s dark and intense score shouldn’t surprise anyone accustomed to Parodi and Fair’s music for dramatic series (including the critically acclaimed The Division starring Bonnie Bedelia), television films (The Elian Gonzalez Story, Little Girls In Pretty Boxes, Sex, Lies & Obsession, etc...) - - and the vital and diverse scope of their movie trailers for which they have received numerous awards. They are known for an impressive array of Hollywood’s most visible trailers, from their highly successful arrangement & production of the James Bond Theme forwhich they received a gold record, and The Last Samurai, to Failure To Launch, The Last Holiday, War of the Worlds, X-Men 3, V for Vendetta, etc... "Scoring for film is a discovery process," says Parodi. "The most important thing is to hold on to that first gut feeling you have about a film, and then allow yourself to discover the deeper layers of each scene & how music can help convey that discovery." Born in Los Angeles, California, Parodi is a composer/recording artist & musician. Originally classically trained on piano, she was always drawn to writing her own compositions and collaborating with other artists, and started playing in various soul, gospel, jazz and rock bands. She has studied at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan, the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, with various teachers at UCLA & Orange Coast College, and with experimental synthesist/composer Dr. Edith Smith. It is Starr Parodi's work with the Arsenio Hall Show as part of the show's dynamic house band “The Posse” that garnered the young keyboardist early recognition for her cool demeanor and talent for spicy funk grooves. During her career Starr's talents have been sought after often to accompany such artists as Seal, Carlos Santana, BB King, Celine Dion, Al Green, Mavis Staples, Phil Keaggy, Jimmy Cliff, Phil Collins & Patti LaBelle among many others. She was asked to play piano at the Kennedy Center for the inauguration of President Clinton, and she also performed as an artist at Keyboard Magazines' 20th Anniversary concert in which 20 of the world’s top keyboardists were invited to play. Parodi recorded & co-produced her own critically acclaimed solo album “Change” which was released on the Gifthorse/Curb record label and embraced her love of jazz, world music, and soul. In addition to Film/TV composing, she is currently at work on a solo piano recording to be released later this year.
Their passion is apparent in their collaborative work as composers. Gifted in the use of vocals, unusual samples and instrumentation, the team's facility with a multitude of instruments and styles allows them to feel at home in the worlds of traditional and non traditional film scores. They delight in taking risks to find the perfect textures for each project, from mangling sampled field tapes of South Pacific Tuete drummers into electronic soundscapes to creating symphonic tone poems reminiscent of modern classical/impressionistic composers. "Most films are about relationships in one form or another," says Parodi. "We often draw upon the various aspects of our relationship for additional musical inspiration." Fair also believes that the male-female aspect of their partnership in a male-dominated field gives the team a certain edge. "As a woman, Starr gives an additional insight to the music," explains Fair. "I think directors respect her ability to look at the characters and story from a feminine perspective that might otherwise be overlooked and determine how and if it should be addressed in the music.” Jeff & Starr have recently finished construction on their extraordinary new studio in Los Angeles which combines the best of old school analog and modern digital recording and writing tools. Awards Key Art Awards Tellys Gold Record BMI Film & Televisioni Music Awards London International Award (Goldeneye, Stargate, Speechless) Chicago International Film Festival The New York Festivals American Women in Radio & Television Award Representation Christine Russell Contact ParodiFair Jeff Eden Fair / Starr Parodi |
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Starr Parodi and Jeff Eden Fair are rare in the movie business; a devoted husband-and-wife team who deeply understand the unique relationship between the screen image, and the music.
After growing up playing woodwinds and brass in Pacific Northwest area youth orchestras, Fair studied bass and composition at the Cornish Institute where he became active in Seattle's alternative rock recording scene. Jeff was drawn to sound design, music production and electronic music at an early age and shortly after finishing his studies he moved to Los Angeles and because of his interests in the genre, he became very closely involved in the development of musical & sampling software, heading up the Research and Development department of the pioneering music software company, Hybrid Arts, as well as sharing his knowledge and experience by teaching courses in electronic music at UCLA. It was at this time that Jeff was invited to join pop/R&B artist George Howard for the recording and pre-production of two of his #1 albums. Jeff met Starr backstage at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles when she was touring with Howard. They didn't meet again until months later ("She invited me for lunch, I invited her to dinner," says Fair). In a starry-eyed tale that merits its own movie, they were engaged one week later.