Cliff Eidelman

Clifford Glen Eidelman (born December 5, 1964) 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.

Cliff Eidelman
Birth name	Clifford Glen Eidelman
Born	(1964-12-05) December 5, 1964 Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor
Website	www.cliffeidelman.com

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)

• Symphony No. 2 First recording performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conducted by Cliff Eidelman (2024)
• Bridges: For solo Piano (2021)

• The Five Tales for Solo Piano (2019)
• Night in the Gallery for Chamber Ensemble (released 2019) (performed and recorded by Members of the London Symphony Orchestra)
• Symphony for Orchestra and Two Pianos (released 2018) (performed and recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra)
• Wedding in the Night Garden (2000) (performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale)
• The Tempest (1997) (recorded by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra)

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
1988	Magdalene	Monica Teuber	TAT FILM GmbH
1989	Dead Man Out	Richard Pearce	HBO	Television film
	To Die For	Deran Sarafian	Academy Entertainment
	Animal Behavior	Kjehl Rasmussen H. Anne Riley	Millimeter Films
	Triumph of the Spirit	Robert M. Young	Triumph Films
	The Final Days	Richard Pearce	ABC	Television mini-series about Watergate Scandal
1990	Strike It Rich	James Scott	Miramax Films	Themes only; score by Shirley Walker
	Crazy People	Tony Bill	Paramount Pictures
	Judgment	Tom Topor	HBO	Television film
1991	Delirious	Tom Mankiewicz	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Nicholas Meyer	Paramount Pictures
	Tales from the Crypt	Eliott Silverstein	HBO	Episode: "The Reluctant Vampire"
1992	Christopher Columbus: The Discovery	John Glen	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Leap of Faith	Richard Pearce	Paramount Pictures
1993	Untamed Heart	Tony Bill	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
	The Meteor Man	Robert Townsend	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1994	My Girl 2	Howard Zieff	Columbia Pictures
	A Simple Twist of Fate	Gillies MacKinnon	Touchstone Pictures
1995	Now and Then	Lesli Linka Glatter	New Line Cinema
	If These Walls Could Talk	Nancy Savoca	HBO	Television film
1997	The Beautician and the Beast	Ken Kwapis	Paramount Pictures
	Free Willy 3: The Rescue	Sam Pillsbury	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
1998	Montana	Jennifer Leitzes	Initial Entertainment Group
	One True Thing	Carl Franklin	Universal Pictures
1999	Witness Protection	Richard Pearce	HBO	Television film
2000	Ocean Men	Bob Talbot		Theatrical IMAX Film
2001	An American Rhapsody	Éva Gárdos	Paramount Classics
2002	Harrison's Flowers	Elie Chouraqui	Universal Pictures	USA version
2003	The Lizzie McGuire Movie	Jim Fall	Walt Disney Pictures
2005	Sexual Life	Ken Kwapis	Showtime Independent Films
	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants	Ken Kwapis	Warner Bros. Pictures
2006	Open Window	Mia Goldman	Image Entertainment
2009	He's Just Not That Into You	Ken Kwapis	New Line Cinema
2012	Big Miracle	Ken Kwapis	Universal Pictures
2018	Being Dolphin 4D	Bob Talbot	SimEx-Iwerks

External links

• Cliff Eidelman at IMDb
• Official website* Cliff Eidelman at Filmtracks.com
• Cliff Eidelman at SoundtrackNet