Stewart Copeland

Biography

After rising to international stardom with the authorities, Stewart Copeland generally turned down his pop music past to go after a career being a composer, authoring a prolific group of film results, operas, and ballets. Delivered July 16, 1952 in Alexandria, VA, Copeland — the kid of the CIA agent — spent his formative years in the centre East but went to university in California before settling in Britain in 1975 and playing drums using the intensifying rock device Curved Air. Following group’s dissolution, he founded the authorities with vocalist/bassist Sting and guitarist Henri Padovani (the last mentioned soon changed by Andy Summers). You start with their initial strike, 1979’s “Roxanne,” the trio surfaced among the most widely used and innovative rings from the post-punk period, sketching upon reggae, funk, and globe music to make a exclusively infectious however cerebral make of pop which produced some smash singles including “ALL THINGS She Does Is certainly Magic,” “Every Breathing You Consider,” and “Ruler of Discomfort.” While with the authorities, Copeland — who in 1980 released a single record, Music Madness in the Kinetic Kid, beneath the alias Klark Kent — not merely earned wide important acclaim for his elaborate, textured drumwork, but he added lots of the group’s music as well. On the peak of the commercial success, the authorities disbanded after touring to get the 1983 blockbuster Synchronicity; by that point Copeland had been established being a film composer, nevertheless, getting a Golden World nomination for his rating to Francis Ford Coppola’s Rumble Seafood. In 1985 he released The Rhythmatist, the merchandise of his musical pilgrimage to Africa, accompanied by an ever-increasing amount of film ratings including a set of Oliver Rock features, Wall Road and Chat Radio, furthermore to acclaimed tasks like Ken Loach’s Raining Rocks, Four Times in Sept and Western world Beirut in addition to a lot more mainstream Hollywood productions. Copeland’s various other work carries a stint using the pop-fusion trio Pet Logic in addition to authoring the SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Ballet’s Ruler Lear, the Cleveland Opera’s Holy Bloodstream and Crescent Moon, and Ballet Oklahoma’s Victim. In 2001, it had been announced that Copeland will be touring with previous Doors users Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger as well as the Cult’s Ian Astbury because the Doors from the 21st Hundred years. Copeland later on sued the group for breach of agreement, declaring they reneged on the promise to utilize him on tour and in the studio room, but the match was amicably resolved with Manzarek and Copeland trading kind terms within the press. Next was soundtrack work with the Showtime series Deceased Like Me along with a visitor appearance on guitarist Rusty Anderson’s Undressing Underwater. In 2002 he performed a brief tour in Italy using the percussion quartet Outfit Bash and a little orchestra. The tour was recorded on the Compact disc/DVD bundle Orchestralli, released from the Ponderosa label in 2005. Copeland after that reunited with the authorities in 2007, celebrating the band’s 30th wedding anniversary with an internationally tour.

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#	Fact
1	He is recognized as a virtuoso on the hi-hat. For this reason, Peter Gabriel recruited him to play the hi-hat on his 1986 song "Red Rain". Copeland is the first musician heard on the record.
2	Co-founder, w/Miles A. Copeland III, of Ark 21 Records in 1997.
3	Step-cousin of Courteney Cox.
4	Attended The American Community School of Beirut in Lebanon as a child.
5	Lives in Los Angeles.
6	Has six children. With his first wife, he had three sons (Sven, Jordan, and Scott). With his current wife, he has three daughters (Eve, Grace, and Celeste).
7	Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of The Police) on 10 March 2003.
8	On Sept. 1, 2002, he was presented as the drummer in a re-united version of The Doors. The band, also dubbed "The 21st Century Doors", features original band members Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek, with lead singer of The Cult, Ian Astbury, on vocals.
9	He is fluent in Arabic, the main language spoken during his childhood.
10	Brother of Ian Copeland
11	His brother Miles A. Copeland III was the founder of IRS Records, an A&M subsidiary, in the 1980s.
12	He was the founding member of The Police with future soloist Sting. The group had five #1 singles in the UK between 1979 and 1983 before breaking up in 1986.
13	Copeland's father, Miles Copeland, was a trumpeter in Glenn Miller's Air Force Band, and later became a founding agent in the CIA.
14	Lived in Egypt and Lebanon for a time when he was young due to his parents' careers (his father was in the CIA and his mother was an archaeologist.)



Composer

Composer

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	2005-2007	TV Series 15 episodes
Pucked	2006
Love Wrecked	2005
Fish Eye	2005	Short
Riding the Bus with My Sister	2005	TV Movie
Dead Like Me	2003-2004	TV Series 29 episodes
Desperate Housewives	2004	TV Series 1 episode
Amazon Forever	2004
Evel Knievel	2004	TV Movie
I Am David	2003
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly	2002	Video Game
Breaking News	2002	TV Series
Me and Daphne	2002	Short
Deuces Wild	2002
On the Line	2001
Spyro: Year of the Dragon	2000	Video Game
Sunset Strip	2000
More Dogs Than Bones	2000
Boys and Girls	2000
Skipped Parts	2000
Brutally Normal	2000	TV Series 7 episodes
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!	1999	Video Game
Simpatico	1999
Made Men	1999
She's All That	1999
Legalese	1998	TV Movie
Futuresport	1998	TV Movie
Pecker	1998	music by
Very Bad Things	1998
Spyro the Dragon	1998	Video Game
West Beirut	1998
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	1998	TV Movie
Good Burger	1997
Little Boy Blue	1997
Four Days in September	1997
Insiders	1997	TV Series 6 episodes
Gridlock'd	1997
The Leopard Son	1996	Documentary
The Assassination File	1996	TV Movie
Boys	1996
The Pallbearer	1996
Judgement	1995	Short
White Dwarf	1995	TV Movie
Tyson	1995	TV Movie
Silent Fall	1994
Surviving the Game	1994
Rapa Nui	1994
Decadence	1994
Fresh	1994
Horse Opera	1993	TV Movie
Airborne	1993
Raining Stones	1993
Bank Robber	1993
Wide Sargasso Sea	1993
Babylon 5: The Gathering	1993	TV Movie 1993 original score
Screen One	1992	TV Series 1 episode
Afterburn	1992	TV Movie
Fugitive Among Us	1992	TV Movie
Riff-Raff	1991
Highlander II: The Quickening	1991
Men at Work	1990
Taking Care of Business	1990
Hidden Agenda	1990
The First Power	1990
Shalom Salaam	1989	TV Mini-Series 5 episodes
See No Evil, Hear No Evil	1989
Noah's Ark	1989	Video short
The Jogger	1988/I
Talk Radio	1988
She's Having a Baby	1988
Wall Street	1987
The Equalizer	1985-1987	TV Series 51 episodes
Out of Bounds	1986
The Rhythmatist	1985	Documentary
Rumble Fish	1983

Music Department

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee	2005-2007	TV Series composer - 15 episodes
Dead Like Me	2003-2004	TV Series composer - 28 episodes
Deuces Wild	2002	musician: percussion and piano
The Amanda Show	1999-2001	TV Series composer - 13 episodes
Skipped Parts	2000	musician: percussion, bass guitar and piano / score producer
Simpatico	1999	musician: keyboards, drums and bass
Pecker	1998	musician: piano, bass, drums
Gridlock'd	1997	percussion performer
The Pallbearer	1996	musician: percussion
Fresh	1994	orchestra - drums
Airborne	1993	musician: drums
The Equalizer	1986-1989	TV Series theme by - 37 episodes
Out of Bounds	1986	music score producer
The Great Heep	1986	TV Movie composer: additional music
Droids	1985	TV Series composer - 13 episodes

Soundtrack

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dancing with the Stars	2013	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Independent Lens		TV Series documentary arranger - 1 episode, 2011 performer - 1 episode, 2011 producer - 1 episode, 2011 writer - 1 episode, 2011
Ha-Shminiya	2006	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare	2001	Video Game performer: "Alone in the Dark" Theme Song / producer: "Alone in the Dark" Theme Song / writer: "Alone in the Dark" Theme Song
Boys and Girls	2000	writer: "Straight Cold Player"
Skipped Parts	2000	performer: "Do The Shark" / writer: "Do The Shark"
Boiler Room	2000	writer: "Wait Gekko", "I Just Know"
Farscape	2000	TV Series writer - 1 episode
Simpatico	1999	arranger: "My Old Kentucky Home" 1853 / performer: "My Old Kentucky Home" 1853, "Free of It All" 1999 / writer: "Free of It All" 1999
Pecker	1998	performer: "Straight Boys", "Don't Drop the Soap For Anyone Else But Me", "Pecker Man" / writer: "Straight Boys", "Don't Drop the Soap For Anyone Else But Me", "Pecker Man"
Very Bad Things	1998	writer: "Walls Come Down" 1998
Boys	1996	performer: "She's Not There"
Peter Gabriel's Secret World	1994	TV Movie documentary writer: "Across The River" - as Stuart Copeland
Afterburn	1992	TV Movie writer: "For One Moment"
Highlander II: The Quickening	1991	producer: "Bird Flight", "Destroy Shield", "Sunshield / Dam Escape"
The Jogger	1988/I	writer: "Strange Things Happen"
Earth Girls Are Easy	1988	performer: "THROB" / producer: "THROB" / writer: "THROB"
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2	1986	performer: "Strange Things Happen" / producer: "Strange Things Happen" / writer: "Strange Things Happen"
Out of Bounds	1986	performer: "OUT OF BOUNDS" / producer: "OUT OF BOUNDS" / writer: "OUT OF BOUNDS"
Club Paradise	1986	performer: "Gong Rock" / writer: "Gong Rock"
9½ Weeks	1986	performer: "Cannes" / writer: "Cannes"
Droids	1985	TV Series performer: "In Trouble Again" Opening Theme / writer: "In Trouble Again" Opening Theme
Bachelor Party	1984	writer: "Rehumanize Yourself"
The Cutting Edge Happy Hour	1983	TV Series performer: "Theme for Kinetic Ritual" - as Klark Kent / writer: "Theme for Kinetic Ritual"
Rumble Fish	1983	performer: "Don't Box Me In" / writer: "Don't Box Me In"
Urgh! A Music War	1981	Documentary writer: "So Lonely"
Top of the Pops		TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1978 writer - 1 episode, 1978

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut	1999		American Soldier #1 (voice)
Limboland	1994	TV Series 1994
Horse Opera	1993	TV Movie	Jesse James
The Equalizer	1987	TV Series	Pickpocket

Producer

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Island Fever with Stewart Copeland	2016	TV Movie executive producer
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out	2006	Documentary producer

Director

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out	2006	Documentary

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out	2006	Documentary

Editor

Editor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out	2006	Documentary

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Crude	2009	Documentary very special thanks
Urban Strike	1994	Video Game special thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Dreadtown		Documentary post-production	Himself
Island Fever with Stewart Copeland	2016	TV Movie	Himself
The Nation's Favourite 80s Number One	2015	TV Movie documentary	Himself
City Walk	2015	TV Series documentary
Hell's Kitchen	2014	TV Series	Himself - Restaurant Patron
Tavis Smiley	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Red Eye w/Tom Shillue	2014	TV Series	Himself - Guest Panelist
The Us Festival 1982: The US Generation Documentary	2013	Documentary
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police	2012	Documentary
Reincarnated	2012	Documentary	Himself
The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single	2012	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Beware of Mr. Baker	2012	Documentary
How the Brits Rocked America	2012	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself
Storage Wars	2012	TV Series	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman	2011	TV Series	Himself - Musical Guest
The Invocation	2010	Documentary	Himself
I'm in a Rock 'n' Roll Band	2010	TV Mini-Series documentary	Himself / Himself - Drummer, The Police
Rock'n'roll... Of Corse!	2010	Documentary	Himself
Later... With Jools Holland	2009	TV Series	Himself - Interview
The Crossroads with Martin Anthony	2009	TV Series	Himself - Guest
Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...	2009	TV Series	Himself
Better Than Therapy	2008	Video	Himself
The Police: Certifiable	2008	Video	Himself
One Giant Leap 2: What About Me?	2008	Video documentary	Himself
Seven Ages of Rock	2007	TV Series documentary	Himself
Breakfast	2007	TV Series	Himself
Just the Two of Us	2006-2007	TV Series	Judge
Durch die Nacht mit...	2006	TV Series documentary	Himself
Zibb	2006	TV Series documentary	Himself
'Rumble Fish': The Percussion-Based Score	2005	Video short	Himself
SingStar Party	2004	Video Game	Himself (as the Police)
I Love the '80s Strikes Back	2003	TV Series documentary	Himself
Big Sound	2001	TV Series	Himself
100 Greatest Number One Singles	2001	TV Special documentary	Himself
Behind the Music	2000	TV Series documentary	Himself
Searching for Roger Taylor	2000	Documentary	Himself
Film-Fest DVD: Issue 1 - Sundance	1999	Video documentary	Himself
Music Bridges Over Troubled Waters	1999	Documentary	Himself
Warp	1999	TV Series	Himself
I Want My MTV	1996	Video	Himself
She's Having a Baby	1988		Himself (uncredited)
The Police: Every Breath You Take - The Videos	1987	Video	Himself
No 73	1985	TV Series	Himself
The Rhythmatist	1985	Documentary	Stewart Copeland
The Police: Synchronicity Concert	1984	Video documentary	Himself - Drums, Vocals
The Young Ones	1984	TV Series	Himself - Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve
Late Night with David Letterman	1984	TV Series	Himself
Cheggers Plays Pop	1983	TV Series	Himself
Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar	1982	TV Series	Himself
Police: Around the World	1982	Video	Himself
Urgh! A Music War	1981	Documentary	Himself - Police
Beat-Club	1980	TV Series	Himself - Musician
Punk and Its Aftershocks	1980	Documentary	Himself (as The Police)
Top of the Pops	1978-1979	TV Series	Himself / Himself - The Police

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Schola: Sakamoto Ryûichi ongaku no gakkô	2010	TV Series	Himself
Top of the Pops 2	2007	TV Series	Himself
Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out	2006	Documentary	Himself
The Filth and the Fury	2000	Documentary	Himself
Top of the Pops	1979-1995	TV Series	Himself - The Police / Himself

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2005	BMI TV Music Award	BMI Film & TV Awards		Desperate Housewives (2004)	· Danny Elfman · Steve Bartek · Steve Jablonsky
2004	BMI Cable Award	BMI Film & TV Awards		The Amanda Show (1999)
1998	Hollywood Discovery Award	Hollywood Film Awards	Music in Film Visionary
1993	CableACE	CableACE Awards	Original Score	Afterburn (1992)

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2004	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)	Dead Like Me (2003)
1984	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Original Score - Motion Picture	Rumble Fish (1983)



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#	Quote
1	I have the most enormous gong in the world; it's bigger than Neil Peart's, and it's bigger than John Bonham's. If Neil has a revolving kit, then I have a bigger gong. I play other instruments as well, mind you, but drums are my main thing.
2	I didn't say I was religious. I'm a big fan of the Old Testament and the perfidy it contains. I read very little fiction.
3	[in 1980] We've broken all existing records as far back as The Beatles, at this point, in terms of speed of record sales, the kind of hysteria. There hasn't been such a clear lead for one group, ahead of all the rest. The last group who had a clear lead were Queen, but we're bigger now than Queen were then. We're probably bigger than Led Zeppelin too, because they never had any teen appeal or hysteria. I suppose the Bay City Rollers had hysteria, but they didn't have any music.
4	I have great respect for rap artists. In fact, not for the rap artists, but the people who make the music over which they rap. Rap music - the music itself is incredible - but [the people that make the music] are hardly ever credited. The guy who gets the credit, whose picture is on the album cover, is the guy who's making the unpleasant noise with stupid lyrics that don't mean anything to me. But the music underneath it is really important and really creative. Those guys never seem to be credited.
5	In our day, we were The Beatles of the '70s or the '80s or whichever...and we were the biggest thing since whatever and then six months after we broke up, Duran Duran were the biggest. After that, somebody else was and, six months ago, Oasis were the biggest. Now the Spice Girls are. So it's kind of hard to take any of that seriously.
6	The film composer has the widest skill set of any musician because he has to go to places that his instincts wouldn't take him. I learned all kinds of useful stuff that I now apply to my own artistic vision.
7	I was not a big fan of opera. I didn't really "get" the first few I saw until I saw a David Hockney production of "Tristan". That was en education as to what it's all about with opera: the power, the majesty, the kick-ass of a big orchestra and a big story.
8	I am a crusader, educating musicians who have the depth of talent for large-scale enterprises. I encourage them. It's really a lot of fun. It's magnificent when you hear the orchestra pump it out. Learning to score a chart is easier than learning French. There are fewer words and, being musicians, the people I'm talking about already have that covered.
9	When I was a film composer under a deadline those instruments would gather dust. And any time I spent hooting away on my bass clarinet just for the fun of it felt like time wasted. Then I came to the realization that it's not goofing off, that's what I'm here for.
10	Classical music was always going through my head. Even when I listened to Hendrix [Jimi Hendrix] I imagined strings around him. I was never into opera, though. I had a problem with the singers. That exaggerated vibrato. It obscures the melody. Then I saw Wagner [Richard Wagner]'s "Parsifal" and I got it - overwrought dramatic subjects and overwrought dramatic music sobbing with emotion. When the opportunity to write one came, I thought, "There's nothing wrong with opera that a good opera wouldn't fix".
11	Smile my friends, in show-biz you have to take the rough with the smooth.



#	Trademark
1	Virtuoso technique on the hi-hat
2	Plays drums utilizing the traditional grip, where the right hand uses an overhand grip of one drumstick, while the left hand uses an underhand grip of the other stick. This is a rarity among rock drummers, almost all of whom use match grip, or an overhand grip on both sticks.
3	Ever-present suede leather gloves when playing his drums



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