Review: Randy Edelman “Comin’ Out The Other Side” By Tara Rabinowitz
For decades Composer, conductor, singer, songwriter, and producer Randy Edelman has been the guardian of the threshold sharing joy, wisdom, and music while breathing life into the most popular movies on the silver screen. He is also recognized for lending the musical creations of his own recorded songs to the most well-known recording artists on the planet. However, the world shifts around us and we shape ourselves to fit, imperfect and beautiful, wounded and thriving, delicate and Invulnerable and forever moving on…..In tribute to a sign of the times Randy Edelman has written and recorded his new anthemic song, “Comin’ Out the Other Side” via Tribeca Records, a SohoJohnny enterprise…
Happiness is the constant of which we endure all winters, and all storms. It is the climate where all things thrive. “Comin’ Out the Other Side” reflects exactly that. Although a unique track from Randy Edelman‘s usual music, in the ribbons of life change is not a loss but something we must dance with it and give it our all. Listening to the song suggests that it’s time to party, time to “grab your hat” and walk out the door, after being sequestered in our homes for so long.
Raised in Teaneck New Jersey, Randy was born with the ability to hear music and transcribe it onto the piano. After a brief quarrel with fate where Randy was temporally thrust into the pursuit of pre-med, he moved into full-time piano and composition study at the Cincinnati Music Conservatory where he was then able to follow his unquestionable destiny. He eventually procured an arranging assignment at James Brown’s King Records. In 1970 Randy relocated to New York to work as a staff writer at CBS Records while simultaneously playing piano in Broadway pit
Like a seductive alchemist Randy began to write and record his own albums transforming the world’s anguish into a narrative of truth and granting him a thriving audience in the UK and a television spot on “Top of the Pops.” After enjoying the triumph of the British collective effervescence at the London Palladium and Drury Lane Theatre’s, Randy began to pursue a new interest in LA where he became interested in creating the life, blood and essence of the movies through music, making the plainest faces come alive with promise.
Randy is responsible for creating an endless cascade of many of the world’s most known soundtracks including: “Ghostbusters 2” “27 Dresses”, “While You Were Sleeping”, “The Last of the Mohicans”, “ Kindergarten Cop”, “Dragonheart”, “XXX”, “Twins”, “My Cousin Vinny”, “The Mask”, “Beethoven”, “ Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”, “Anaconda”, “Mummy 3”, “Gettysburg”, “Billy Madison”, “Leap Year”, “ The Whole Nine Yards”, “EdTV”, “Daylight” and an endless array of others. Some of the Television shows and series he scored include: “MacGyver”, “Mr. Sunshine”, “Backdraft 2” for Netflix, and “Citizen X” for HBO. These credits only touch the surface of his accomplishments. He has also created the music for “Dare Mighty Things” for NASA’s final Shuttle launch, “Wimbledon, Grand Slam Tennis Series” for ESPN, “ESPN Sports Century”, and even the NBC “on air” Olympic Theme, of which he has celebrated over 20 years of Olympic themed glory keeping the musical flame alive.
Aside from crafting and orchestrating the scores that gave life to the films, a myriad of artists have covered and recorded Randy’s original songs from his solo albums. Included in that catalog is Barry Manilow, “Weekend in New England”, The Carpenters, “I Cant Make Music”, and Nelly’s, “My Place”, reaching number 1 on the Billboard hip hop charts. Others include Willie Nelson, “Down in the Everglades, “Patti LaBelle, “Isn’t it a Shame”, “Olivia Newton John, “If Love is Real”, Blood, Sweat & Tears, “Blue Street”, Royal Philharmonic, “Grey”, and a list that continues endlessly. Randy has also opened live in breathtaking arenas for icons such as Frank Zappa, and The Carpenters.
Randy has also received some of the most prestigious awards including BMI Top Grossing Film Awards, BMI’s highest honor, the Richard Kirk Award for Outstanding Career Achievement, the Lifetime Achievement Award in Film Scoring and Composition, the Best Accolade from the Los Angeles Film Awards, an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts and an Emmy for the close of the Olympic Broadcast.
The lyric video for “Comin’ Out the Other Side” is set to be released momentarily. Presented like a short film it adds depth to the already sensitive and emotion packed song. The song can be heard and streamed worldwide on most Digital platforms. The song is more than a mere adventure but rather the substance out future is made of…..
5/5 Stars