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Chad Fischer

Chad Fischer is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer from Santa Monica, California, also known as the frontman of the band Lazlo Bane.

Chad Fischer
GenresAlternative rock, indie rock
Occupation(s)Musician, producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keyboard
Years active1991–present
LabelsFish of Death, Almo Sounds, Lookout Sound, Hollywood Records
Member ofLazlo Bane
Formerly ofSchool of Fish, A Don Piper Situation
Websitewww.chadfischermusic.com

Early years edit

Chad Fischer's early work was being a drummer for the band School of Fish founded by his college friend Josh Clayton-Felt. Fischer replaced the original drummer M.P. in 1991, however he did not play on the band's second album due to fallout with a producer and was replaced by Josh Freese.[1] Nevertheless, Fischer still stayed with the band to perform live.[2] The only official commercial School of Fish release that included his drumming was the single "Take Me Anywhere", which included two live tracks as b-sides.[3]

After School of Fish disbanded in 1994 Chad Fischer went on to build his own recording studio and started to write new material.[1] He signed to Almo Sounds label and formed the band Lazlo Bane, whose debut album, 11 Transistor was released in January 1997.[4]

During the early years Chad Fischer met Colin Hay with whom he became a close friend. Fisher played drums on Hay's 1994 album Topanga, while Hay contributed guitar and vocals to Lazlo Bane's cover of "Overkill" from their debut album. Since then Chad Fischer took part in recording most of Colin Hay's albums, with Fischer's role varying from session musician and songwriter to mixing engineer and co-producer.

Fischer was briefly a member of Don Piper's band A Don Piper Situation playing drums on the self-titled 1997 EP and producing and engineering the track "Ray Falls Down".[5]

Work with Lazlo Bane edit

After Almo Sounds was bought by Universal Music Group[4] Lazlo Bane continued their career as an independent band.[1] Chad Fischer continued to produce Lazlo Bane albums with them being recorded in his own studio and released through the self-established label both named Lookout Sound.[6]

The band's second album All the Time in the World was released in 2002. It included the song "Superman", which became the Lazlo Bane's most recognizable song as it became a theme song for the popular American TV series Scrubs.[1] Chad Fischer along with Lazlo Bane members Tim Bright and Chris Link as songwriters of "Superman" and Scrubs' composer Jan Stevens won BMI TV Music Award of 2003[7] and 2004.[8]

Over the next decade Lazlo Bane released two more studio albums and one EP, all of them independently. Another album by the band, Big Spill, was released in 2013 and was credited to The Rage, Lazlo Bane's alter ego project.

Solo career edit

In October 2019 Chad Fischer released his first non film and TV series related album of music titled National Parks which was dedicated to the American national parks and monuments.[9]

In April 2020 Chad Fischer started releasing videos of music covers[10] on a regular basis. The videos sometimes featured guest appearances by various musicians including long time Fischer's collaborators Larry Goldings,[11] Colin Hay,[12] and School of Fish band members [13] among others. As of October 2021 Fischer released a total of eight videos. Seven songs from these recordings were included on Lazlo Bane album Someday We'll Be Together, which was released on 30 October 2021.[14]

In early 2022 Chad Fischer participated in The Great Song Podcast[15] and Dig Me Out podcast[16] discussing his early musical career with School of Fish, Lazlo Bane, breakthrough of "Superman" as Scrubs theme song and recent video releases and Lazlo Bane reunion.

In July 2022 Fischer released a new video, the cover of The Jayhawks "Blue".[17]

In May 2023 Fishcer took part in Abandoned Albums podcast.[18]

Films and TV series scoring edit

Films edit

In the beginning of 2000s Chad Fischer started providing music and songs for various films and TV shows.

His first full-length film for which he provided the scores was Garden State, released in 2004. Both the film and its soundtrack proved to be critically and commercially acclaimed. Garden State also featured Fischer's original song called "Motorcycle Ride with Sam." It hasn't been officially released, but it is available to listen in the DVD menu of the film and on his Myspace page.[19]

2005's Little Manhattan featured new songs, both by Fischer and Lazlo Bane, that were written especially for the film. It also featured a cover of The Beatles' song "In My Life" produced by Fischer and performed by Matt Scannell. No soundtrack album was ever released, although one of Fischer's songs, "Map of My Heart", is available to listen on his Myspace page.[19] However, promotional compilation of Chad Fischer's music from Garden State and Little Manhattan also featuring his production work was released circa 2005.[20]

For the 2008 film The Rocker Chad Fischer wrote the score[21] and a number of original songs which were performed by fictional bands A.D.D. and Vesuvius. The actual music was mostly performed by Chad Fischer himself with the vocals provided by Teddy Geiger (for A.D.D.) and Keith England (for Vesuvius). A soundtrack album that featured all the original material was also released in 2008.

In the 2009 film Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Chad sings a version of Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)".

Other films for which Fischer wrote the score are 10 Years, Loosies, The Babysitters, Black Cloud and Chasing Mavericks.[22]

In 2018, Fischer returned to film scores with Eat, Brains, Love directed by Rodman Flender.[23]

Wildflower, a new film with score by Chad Fischer, premiered in 2022.[24]

Aside from film scores Chad Fischer wrote and performed a number of songs for the films he worked on, however none of them were released on any soundtrack albums or elsewhere.[25]

TV series edit

Chad Fischer's early work on TV scores include shows My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star and The Class.

In 2007 Chad Fischer and Lazlo Bane guitarist Tim Bright started scoring American medical drama series Private Practice.[26] During its run Fischer and Bright won BMI TV Music Award four times: in 2008,[27][28] 2009,[29] 2010[30] and 2012.[31] The show concluded after six seasons in 2013.

After Private Practice Chad Fischer started providing music for another ABC's show, Scandal.[32][33] For his work he won the BMI TV Music Award six times from 2013 to 2018.[34][35][36][37][38][39][40]

In early 2018 the show's score album was released, consisting entirely of Chad Fischer's music.[41][42][43] Scandal itself has also ended in 2018.

In 2016 Fischer started scoring yet another ABC's TV series The Catch.[44] The show ended in 2017.

After ABC shows Chad Fischer scored the first season of the YouTube Premium original anthology 2019 series Weird City.[45]

Record producer edit

Chad Fischer started production work from the first Lazlo Bane album 11 Transistor and produced every subsequent album of the band.

After the death of Fischer's longtime friend and School of Fish bandmate Josh Clayton-Felt, he co-executive produced the release of Center of Six, the second Clayton-Felt's posthumous album. It included several tribute songs produced by Chad Fischer and recorded by Josh's friends.

Fischer's production career progressed as he produced the first recordings and helped develop the sound of Cary Brothers, Alexi Murdoch and Joshua Radin.[46] All of them later became successful musical acts.

The highly acclaimed Garden State soundtrack, released in 2004, subsequently winning a Grammy Award in 2005[47] and receiving platinum certification,[48][49] featured two songs produced by Chad Fischer: "Blue Eyes" performed by Cary Brothers and "Winding Road" performed by actress Bonnie Somerville.

Other musicians and bands Fischer did production for feature Everlast, Lisa Loeb, Colin Hay and The Good Luck Joes among others.

Discography edit

Studio albums edit

Year Album details
2019 National Parks: An Instrumental Album
  • Released: October 9, 2019

Soundtrack albums edit

Year Album details
2018 Scandal: Original Television Series Soundtrack

As featured artist edit

Year Song Album
2006 "Oye Como Va" My Super Ex-Girlfriend: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2008 "The Rocker Score Suite" The Rocker: Music from the Motion Picture
2009 "Alone Again" Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2012 "10 Years Score Suite" 10 Years: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"Chasing Mavericks Score Suite" Chasing Mavericks: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Songs written and performed for films edit

List of songs by Chad Fischer featured only in films and without a release anywhere else
Year Song Film Notes
2001 "Bright Shiny Theme Song" Bubble Boy Written by Kevin Hunter & Chad Fischer. Performed by Chad Fischer, Kevin Hunter and Rachel Robinson
2002 "See the Day" The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2004 "Motorcycle Ride with Sam" Garden State Instrumental
2005 "Miserable Life" Little Manhattan Written and performed by Chad Fischer and Lyle Workman
"Map of My Heart" Available to listen at Chad Fischer's Myspace page[19]
2007 "Come On" Firehouse Dog
"Bye Bye Bye" The Babysitters Written and performed by Sia and Chad Fischer
2010 "Frank & Beans" Furry Vengeance
2012 "O'Hare Air Jingle" The Lorax

Music videos edit

List of music videos, showing year released
Title Year Director Album
"Tomorrow Never Comes" 2008 Brooke Sasick N/A
"Yosemite" 2019 National Parks
"Yellowstone"
"Craters of the Moon"
"Shenandoah"
"Gates of the Arctic" 2020
"A Life of Illusion" Chad Fischer[50] Someday We'll Be together
"Nature's Way"
"Dear God"
"3 Strange Days"
"You've Got a Friend"
"I'll Do Everything"
"Big Shot"
"Our House" 2021
"Blue" 2022 N/A
As director
List of music videos, showing year released
Title Year Artist
"Send Somebody"[51] 2011 Colin Hay
"Love Is Eveywhere"[52] 2022

With Lazlo Bane edit

Studio albums
Year Album details
1997 11 Transistor
2002 All the Time in the World
  • Released: September 27, 2002
  • Label: Self-released
2006 Back Sides
  • Released: April 11, 2006
  • Label: Self-released
2007 Guitly Pleasures
  • Released: July 10, 2007
  • Label: Lookout Sound
2013 Big Spill
(The Rage)
  • Released: April 23, 2013
  • Label: Lookout Mountain
2021 Someday We'll Be Together
(Lazlo Bane & Friends)
  • Released: October 30, 2021
  • Label: Self-released
EPs
Year Album details
1996 Short Style
  • Released: August 20, 1996
  • Label: Almo Sounds
2012 Guilty Pleasures the 80's Volume 1
  • Released: October 16, 2012
  • Label: Lookout Sound

With A Don Piper Situation edit

EPs
Year Album details
1997 A Don Piper Situation
  • Released: 1997
  • Label: Scrimshaw Records

As producer, engineer, composer or session musician edit

Year Subject Collaborator Comment
1994 Topanga Colin Hay drums, tambourine[53]
1995 Sins of Our Fathers Andy Prieboy drums, percussion, vocals
1996 Xtended Play Star 69 song "Girl from Mars" recorded and mixed by Chad Fischer (also b-side to "I'm Insane" single)"[53][54]
1997 Eating February song "Rotten Punch" recorded and mixed by Chad Fischer, also credited as additional musicican[53][55]
1998 Transcendental Highway Colin Hay Drums, Percussion, Guitar, Backing Vocals[53][56]
1999 Another True Fiction Jeremy Toback co-writer of the song "You Make Me Feel"
2000 The Notorious One Man Orgy Josh Freese recorded and mixed by Chad Fischer[53][57]
2001 Complicated '00 Andras Jones Chad Fischer co-written, produced, played drums and guitar on "Mystery Behind", drums on "Complicated O"
Going Somewhere Colin Hay mastering, co-writer of the song "Lifeline"
Ali: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Everlast Chad Fischer co-produced the song "The Greatest" with Everlast and Keefus Ciancia
The Dog Days of Summer GIVE mixing[58]
King Of Yesterday Jude co-writer of "Everything's Alright (I Think It's Time)", guitars on "King Of Yesterday", backing vocals on "The Not So Pretty Princess", co-producer on "Oh Boy"[59]
2002 Spirit Touches Ground Josh Clayton-Felt Chad Fischer plays drums and does mixing
Company of Strangers Colin Hay co-writer of the songs "No Win Situation", "How Long Will It Last", "Lifeline", piano, drums, percussion, background vocals, engineer, mixing
Hello Lisa Lisa Loeb co-writer of the song "Take Me Back"
Four Songs Alexi Murdoch Bass, Drums, Percussion, Keyboards, Со-Producer
2003 Man @ Work Colin Hay Chad Fischer provides percussion, drums, recorder, background vocals, loops and drum programming, and also acts as engineer and does mixing
"Don't Bring Me Down" Sia co-writer of the b-side "Broken Biscuit"; later included on the 2006 US reissue of the album Colour the Small One
2004 Modern Drummer Presents Drum Nation Volume One Josh Freese recorded and mixed the song "Lagerborg"[60]
Garden State: Music from the Motion Picture Bonnie Somerville Fischer produced the song "Winding Road"
Riding the Wave The Blanks The cover of Lazlo Bane's "Superman" is produced by Fischer
Fast Too Slow Samsara drums, rhodes and additional recording on the cover of Lazlo Bane's "Trampoline"
2005 Sky High: Original Soundtrack Cary Brothers producer of the cover of Spandau Ballet's "True"
2006 We Were Here Joshua Radin piano
2007 Best Days Matt White bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, engineer, co-writer of the song "Just What I'm Looking For"
Are You Lookin' at Me? Colin Hay drums on "This Time I Got You" and "Me and My Imaginary Friend", percussion on "This Time I Got You", co-producer on "This Time I Got You" and "I Wish I Was Still Drinking", engineer, mixing
Better for the Metaphor Cantinero drums
Hopeful Romantic Renee Stahl drums
The Ten: Film Soundtrack Peter Salett Fischer produced the song "The End of the End of the Ten"
Long Story Short Larry Goldings percussion on "Northeast Direct" and "Foot", producer, recording, mixing, cover art[61]
Here Right Now Graham Colton co-writer of the song "Forget About You"
2008 Wilderness Mad Buffalo drums on the "Rainy Day"
2009 American Sunshine Colin Hay bongos on "Prison Time", backing vocals on "The End of Wilhelmina"
2011 Gathering Mercury Colin Hay drums, percussion, piano, backing vocals, bass guitar, xylophone, bells, mellotron, mixing, additional engineering
2012 10 Years: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Oscar Isaac producer of the song "You Ain't Going Nowhere" (film credit also stated Chad Fischer as a performer along with Kate Mara)
2015 Next Year People Colin Hay drums, tambourine, bass, piano; co-producer of the song "Are We There Yet", engineer on the songs "Are We There Yet" and "Lived in Vain"
Left Brained, Right Hearted Michelle Citrin shakers, tambourines and conga[62]
2017 "Satisfaction" GIVE mixing, dates to 2001[63]
Salma Har Tom Rossi recording and mixing[64]
"You and Me" GIVE recording, mixing, dates to 2002[65]
2019 "Holding It Down" recording, mixing, dates to 2002[66]
December Wildfire Ian Bowers mixing[67]
2020 "Feeling Good" GIVE mixing, dates to early 2000's[68]
"Standing in the Rain" recording, mixing, dates to 2002[69]
2021 I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself Colin Hay guitar, bass, piano, drums, percussion, harmonica, banjo, harmoniuum, mellotron, vocals, mixing, engineer, orchestration
2022 Now and the Evermore backing vocals and mixing on "The Sea Of Always" and "Starfish And Unicorn", mixing on "Love Is Everywhere"

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Chad Fischer on Myspace
  • Chad Fischer on IMDB

References edit

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chad, fischer, american, singer, songwriter, multi, instrumentalist, composer, producer, from, santa, monica, california, also, known, frontman, band, lazlo, bane, genresalternative, rock, indie, rockoccupation, musician, producer, songwriterinstrument, vocals. Chad Fischer is an American singer songwriter multi instrumentalist composer and producer from Santa Monica California also known as the frontman of the band Lazlo Bane Chad FischerGenresAlternative rock indie rockOccupation s Musician producer songwriterInstrument s Vocals guitar bass drums keyboardYears active1991 presentLabelsFish of Death Almo Sounds Lookout Sound Hollywood RecordsMember ofLazlo BaneFormerly ofSchool of Fish A Don Piper SituationWebsitewww wbr chadfischermusic wbr com Contents 1 Early years 2 Work with Lazlo Bane 3 Solo career 4 Films and TV series scoring 4 1 Films 4 2 TV series 5 Record producer 6 Discography 6 1 Studio albums 6 2 Soundtrack albums 6 3 As featured artist 6 4 Songs written and performed for films 6 5 Music videos 6 6 With Lazlo Bane 6 7 With A Don Piper Situation 6 8 As producer engineer composer or session musician 7 External links 8 ReferencesEarly years editSee also School of Fish Chad Fischer s early work was being a drummer for the band School of Fish founded by his college friend Josh Clayton Felt Fischer replaced the original drummer M P in 1991 however he did not play on the band s second album due to fallout with a producer and was replaced by Josh Freese 1 Nevertheless Fischer still stayed with the band to perform live 2 The only official commercial School of Fish release that included his drumming was the single Take Me Anywhere which included two live tracks as b sides 3 After School of Fish disbanded in 1994 Chad Fischer went on to build his own recording studio and started to write new material 1 He signed to Almo Sounds label and formed the band Lazlo Bane whose debut album 11 Transistor was released in January 1997 4 During the early years Chad Fischer met Colin Hay with whom he became a close friend Fisher played drums on Hay s 1994 album Topanga while Hay contributed guitar and vocals to Lazlo Bane s cover of Overkill from their debut album Since then Chad Fischer took part in recording most of Colin Hay s albums with Fischer s role varying from session musician and songwriter to mixing engineer and co producer Fischer was briefly a member of Don Piper s band A Don Piper Situation playing drums on the self titled 1997 EP and producing and engineering the track Ray Falls Down 5 Work with Lazlo Bane editSee also Lazlo Bane After Almo Sounds was bought by Universal Music Group 4 Lazlo Bane continued their career as an independent band 1 Chad Fischer continued to produce Lazlo Bane albums with them being recorded in his own studio and released through the self established label both named Lookout Sound 6 The band s second album All the Time in the World was released in 2002 It included the song Superman which became the Lazlo Bane s most recognizable song as it became a theme song for the popular American TV series Scrubs 1 Chad Fischer along with Lazlo Bane members Tim Bright and Chris Link as songwriters of Superman and Scrubs composer Jan Stevens won BMI TV Music Award of 2003 7 and 2004 8 Over the next decade Lazlo Bane released two more studio albums and one EP all of them independently Another album by the band Big Spill was released in 2013 and was credited to The Rage Lazlo Bane s alter ego project Solo career editIn October 2019 Chad Fischer released his first non film and TV series related album of music titled National Parks which was dedicated to the American national parks and monuments 9 In April 2020 Chad Fischer started releasing videos of music covers 10 on a regular basis The videos sometimes featured guest appearances by various musicians including long time Fischer s collaborators Larry Goldings 11 Colin Hay 12 and School of Fish band members 13 among others As of October 2021 Fischer released a total of eight videos Seven songs from these recordings were included on Lazlo Bane album Someday We ll Be Together which was released on 30 October 2021 14 In early 2022 Chad Fischer participated in The Great Song Podcast 15 and Dig Me Out podcast 16 discussing his early musical career with School of Fish Lazlo Bane breakthrough of Superman as Scrubs theme song and recent video releases and Lazlo Bane reunion In July 2022 Fischer released a new video the cover of The Jayhawks Blue 17 In May 2023 Fishcer took part in Abandoned Albums podcast 18 Films and TV series scoring editFilms edit See also Category Films scored by Chad Fischer In the beginning of 2000s Chad Fischer started providing music and songs for various films and TV shows His first full length film for which he provided the scores was Garden State released in 2004 Both the film and its soundtrack proved to be critically and commercially acclaimed Garden State also featured Fischer s original song called Motorcycle Ride with Sam It hasn t been officially released but it is available to listen in the DVD menu of the film and on his Myspace page 19 2005 s Little Manhattan featured new songs both by Fischer and Lazlo Bane that were written especially for the film It also featured a cover of The Beatles song In My Life produced by Fischer and performed by Matt Scannell No soundtrack album was ever released although one of Fischer s songs Map of My Heart is available to listen on his Myspace page 19 However promotional compilation of Chad Fischer s music from Garden State and Little Manhattan also featuring his production work was released circa 2005 20 For the 2008 film The Rocker Chad Fischer wrote the score 21 and a number of original songs which were performed by fictional bands A D D and Vesuvius The actual music was mostly performed by Chad Fischer himself with the vocals provided by Teddy Geiger for A D D and Keith England for Vesuvius A soundtrack album that featured all the original material was also released in 2008 In the 2009 film Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs Chad sings a version of Gilbert O Sullivan s Alone Again Naturally Other films for which Fischer wrote the score are 10 Years Loosies The Babysitters Black Cloud and Chasing Mavericks 22 In 2018 Fischer returned to film scores with Eat Brains Love directed by Rodman Flender 23 Wildflower a new film with score by Chad Fischer premiered in 2022 24 Aside from film scores Chad Fischer wrote and performed a number of songs for the films he worked on however none of them were released on any soundtrack albums or elsewhere 25 TV series edit Chad Fischer s early work on TV scores include shows My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star and The Class In 2007 Chad Fischer and Lazlo Bane guitarist Tim Bright started scoring American medical drama series Private Practice 26 During its run Fischer and Bright won BMI TV Music Award four times in 2008 27 28 2009 29 2010 30 and 2012 31 The show concluded after six seasons in 2013 After Private Practice Chad Fischer started providing music for another ABC s show Scandal 32 33 For his work he won the BMI TV Music Award six times from 2013 to 2018 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 In early 2018 the show s score album was released consisting entirely of Chad Fischer s music 41 42 43 Scandal itself has also ended in 2018 In 2016 Fischer started scoring yet another ABC s TV series The Catch 44 The show ended in 2017 After ABC shows Chad Fischer scored the first season of the YouTube Premium original anthology 2019 series Weird City 45 Record producer editChad Fischer started production work from the first Lazlo Bane album 11 Transistor and produced every subsequent album of the band After the death of Fischer s longtime friend and School of Fish bandmate Josh Clayton Felt he co executive produced the release of Center of Six the second Clayton Felt s posthumous album It included several tribute songs produced by Chad Fischer and recorded by Josh s friends Fischer s production career progressed as he produced the first recordings and helped develop the sound of Cary Brothers Alexi Murdoch and Joshua Radin 46 All of them later became successful musical acts The highly acclaimed Garden State soundtrack released in 2004 subsequently winning a Grammy Award in 2005 47 and receiving platinum certification 48 49 featured two songs produced by Chad Fischer Blue Eyes performed by Cary Brothers and Winding Road performed by actress Bonnie Somerville Other musicians and bands Fischer did production for feature Everlast Lisa Loeb Colin Hay and The Good Luck Joes among others Discography editStudio albums edit Year Album details 2019 National Parks An Instrumental Album Released October 9 2019 Soundtrack albums edit Year Album details 2018 Scandal Original Television Series Soundtrack Released January 19 2018 Label Hollywood Records As featured artist edit Year Song Album 2006 Oye Como Va My Super Ex Girlfriend Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2008 The Rocker Score Suite The Rocker Music from the Motion Picture 2009 Alone Again Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2012 10 Years Score Suite 10 Years Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Chasing Mavericks Score Suite Chasing Mavericks Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Songs written and performed for films edit List of songs by Chad Fischer featured only in films and without a release anywhere else Year Song Film Notes 2001 Bright Shiny Theme Song Bubble Boy Written by Kevin Hunter amp Chad Fischer Performed by Chad Fischer Kevin Hunter and Rachel Robinson 2002 See the Day The First 20 Million Is Always the Hardest 2004 Motorcycle Ride with Sam Garden State Instrumental 2005 Miserable Life Little Manhattan Written and performed by Chad Fischer and Lyle Workman Map of My Heart Available to listen at Chad Fischer s Myspace page 19 2007 Come On Firehouse Dog Bye Bye Bye The Babysitters Written and performed by Sia and Chad Fischer 2010 Frank amp Beans Furry Vengeance 2012 O Hare Air Jingle The Lorax Music videos edit List of music videos showing year released Title Year Director Album Tomorrow Never Comes 2008 Brooke Sasick N A Yosemite 2019 National Parks Yellowstone Craters of the Moon Shenandoah Gates of the Arctic 2020 A Life of Illusion Chad Fischer 50 Someday We ll Be together Nature s Way Dear God 3 Strange Days You ve Got a Friend I ll Do Everything Big Shot Our House 2021 Blue 2022 N A As director List of music videos showing year released Title Year Artist Send Somebody 51 2011 Colin Hay Love Is Eveywhere 52 2022 With Lazlo Bane edit Studio albums Year Album details 1997 11 Transistor Released January 8 1997 Label Almo Sounds 2002 All the Time in the World Released September 27 2002 Label Self released 2006 Back Sides Released April 11 2006 Label Self released 2007 Guitly Pleasures Released July 10 2007 Label Lookout Sound 2013 Big Spill The Rage Released April 23 2013 Label Lookout Mountain 2021 Someday We ll Be Together Lazlo Bane amp Friends Released October 30 2021 Label Self released EPs Year Album details 1996 Short Style Released August 20 1996 Label Almo Sounds 2012 Guilty Pleasures the 80 s Volume 1 Released October 16 2012 Label Lookout Sound With A Don Piper Situation edit EPs Year Album details 1997 A Don Piper Situation Released 1997 Label Scrimshaw Records As producer engineer composer or session musician edit This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2016 See also Category Albums produced by Chad Fischer See also Category Song recordings produced by Chad Fischer Year Subject Collaborator Comment 1994 Topanga Colin Hay drums tambourine 53 1995 Sins of Our Fathers Andy Prieboy drums percussion vocals 1996 Xtended Play Star 69 song Girl from Mars recorded and mixed by Chad Fischer also b side to I m Insane single 53 54 1997 Eating February song Rotten Punch recorded and mixed by Chad Fischer also credited as additional musicican 53 55 1998 Transcendental Highway Colin Hay Drums Percussion Guitar Backing Vocals 53 56 1999 Another True Fiction Jeremy Toback co writer of the song You Make Me Feel 2000 The Notorious One Man Orgy Josh Freese recorded and mixed by Chad Fischer 53 57 2001 Complicated 00 Andras Jones Chad Fischer co written produced played drums and guitar on Mystery Behind drums on Complicated O Going Somewhere Colin Hay mastering co writer of the song Lifeline Ali Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Everlast Chad Fischer co produced the song The Greatest with Everlast and Keefus Ciancia The Dog Days of Summer GIVE mixing 58 King Of Yesterday Jude co writer of Everything s Alright I Think It s Time guitars on King Of Yesterday backing vocals on The Not So Pretty Princess co producer on Oh Boy 59 2002 Spirit Touches Ground Josh Clayton Felt Chad Fischer plays drums and does mixing Company of Strangers Colin Hay co writer of the songs No Win Situation How Long Will It Last Lifeline piano drums percussion background vocals engineer mixing Hello Lisa Lisa Loeb co writer of the song Take Me Back Four Songs Alexi Murdoch Bass Drums Percussion Keyboards So Producer 2003 Man Work Colin Hay Chad Fischer provides percussion drums recorder background vocals loops and drum programming and also acts as engineer and does mixing Don t Bring Me Down Sia co writer of the b side Broken Biscuit later included on the 2006 US reissue of the album Colour the Small One 2004 Modern Drummer Presents Drum Nation Volume One Josh Freese recorded and mixed the song Lagerborg 60 Garden State Music from the Motion Picture Bonnie Somerville Fischer produced the song Winding Road Riding the Wave The Blanks The cover of Lazlo Bane s Superman is produced by Fischer Fast Too Slow Samsara drums rhodes and additional recording on the cover of Lazlo Bane s Trampoline 2005 Sky High Original Soundtrack Cary Brothers producer of the cover of Spandau Ballet s True 2006 We Were Here Joshua Radin piano 2007 Best Days Matt White bass drums guitar keyboards percussion engineer co writer of the song Just What I m Looking For Are You Lookin at Me Colin Hay drums on This Time I Got You and Me and My Imaginary Friend percussion on This Time I Got You co producer on This Time I Got You and I Wish I Was Still Drinking engineer mixing Better for the Metaphor Cantinero drums Hopeful Romantic Renee Stahl drums The Ten Film Soundtrack Peter Salett Fischer produced the song The End of the End of the Ten Long Story Short Larry Goldings percussion on Northeast Direct and Foot producer recording mixing cover art 61 Here Right Now Graham Colton co writer of the song Forget About You 2008 Wilderness Mad Buffalo drums on the Rainy Day 2009 American Sunshine Colin Hay bongos on Prison Time backing vocals on The End of Wilhelmina 2011 Gathering Mercury Colin Hay drums percussion piano backing vocals bass guitar xylophone bells mellotron mixing additional engineering 2012 10 Years Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Oscar Isaac producer of the song You Ain t Going Nowhere film credit also stated Chad Fischer as a performer along with Kate Mara 2015 Next Year People Colin Hay drums tambourine bass piano co producer of the song Are We There Yet engineer on the songs Are We There Yet and Lived in Vain Left Brained Right Hearted Michelle Citrin shakers tambourines and conga 62 2017 Satisfaction GIVE mixing dates to 2001 63 Salma Har Tom Rossi recording and mixing 64 You and Me GIVE recording mixing dates to 2002 65 2019 Holding It Down recording mixing dates to 2002 66 December Wildfire Ian Bowers mixing 67 2020 Feeling Good GIVE mixing dates to early 2000 s 68 Standing in the Rain recording mixing dates to 2002 69 2021 I Just Don t Know What to Do with Myself Colin Hay guitar bass piano drums percussion harmonica banjo harmoniuum mellotron vocals mixing engineer orchestration 2022 Now and the Evermore backing vocals and mixing on The Sea Of Always and Starfish And Unicorn mixing on Love Is Everywhere External links editOfficial website Chad Fischer on Myspace Chad Fischer on IMDBReferences edit a b c d Lazlo Bane wants to be your Superman Pauseandplay com Archived from the original on October 21 2013 Retrieved October 20 2013 School of Fish The Best Lesson Learned 2ndfirstlook com December 27 2010 Retrieved February 20 2019 Take Me Anywhere CD single liner notes a b Almo Sounds History onamrecords com Retrieved July 14 2014 A Don Piper Situation music adonpipersituation net Retrieved October 4 2018 CHAD FISCHER BIO lookoutsound com Archived from the original on June 2 2006 Retrieved November 18 2020 2003 BMI Film TV Awards Song List bmi com May 14 2003 Retrieved April 9 2016 2004 BMI Film TV Awards Song List bmi com May 12 2004 Retrieved April 9 2016 About National Parks chadfischermusic com Retrieved October 21 2019 A Life Of Illusion Joe Walsh youtube com April 18 2020 Retrieved November 1 2021 Big Shot performed by GoldFisch featuring Ron Burgundy youtube com October 15 2020 Retrieved November 1 2021 You ve Got A Friend QC youtube com June 20 2020 Retrieved October 5 2021 3 Strange Days 2020 youtube com May 21 2020 Retrieved October 5 2021 Someday We ll Be Together Lazlo Bane music apple com October 30 2021 Retrieved November 1 2021 I m No Superman Theme from Scrubs w Chad Fischer of Lazlo Bane greatsongpodcast com February 16 2022 Retrieved December 20 2022 Chad Fischer of School of Fish talks with us about the shifting tides of the 90s becoming friends with Colin Hay and making a music living digmeoutpodcast com April 8 2022 Retrieved December 20 2022 Blue The Chads youtube com July 16 2022 Retrieved December 20 2022 Episode 410 Chad Fischer Musician Composer Frontman of abandonedalbums podbean com March 15 2023 Retrieved October 10 2023 a b c Chad Fischer on Myspace The Film Music of Chad Fischer discogs Retrieved December 27 2017 Mikael Carlsson May 13 2008 The Rocker Assigned to Chad Fischer filmmusicmag com Retrieved August 12 2018 Chad Fischer Scoring Chasing Mavericks filmmusicreporter com August 31 2012 Retrieved August 12 2018 Chad Fischer to Score Rodman Flender s Eat Brains Love filmmusicreporter com August 14 2018 Retrieved October 6 2019 Chad Fischer Scoring Matt Smukler s Wildflower filmmusicreporter com September 11 2022 Retrieved January 10 2023 Chad Fischer on IMDB IMDb Retrieved August 26 2016 RIP Private Practice serenadaconceicao com December 10 2012 Retrieved April 6 2016 2008 BMI Film TV Awards Winners List bmi com Retrieved May 7 2019 Private Practice Season 4 Metacritic Retrieved April 6 2016 2009 BMI Film amp Television Music Awards Winners bmi com Retrieved April 6 2016 2010 BMI Film TV Award Winners bmi com May 20 2010 Retrieved May 7 2019 Rolfe Kent Receives Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film amp TV Awards bmi com May 17 2012 Retrieved May 7 2019 Chad Fischer To Score ABC s Scandal filmmusicreporter com September 16 2011 Retrieved August 12 2018 Best of 2012 Behind the Scenes Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas scores with Scandal Entertainment Weekly December 13 2012 Retrieved April 6 2016 Cliff Martinez and Top Composers Honored at the 2013 BMI Film amp TV Awards bmi com May 16 2013 Retrieved May 7 2019 Mychael Danna Honored at BMI Film amp TV Awards filmmusicreporter com May 15 2014 Retrieved April 6 2016 Mychael Danna and Top Composers Honored at 2014 BMI Film TV Awards bmi com May 15 2014 Retrieved April 6 2016 Oscar Winning Composer Alexandre Desplat Honored as BMI Icon at 2015 Film TV Awards bmi com May 14 2015 Retrieved May 7 2019 Composer James Newton Howard Honored as BMI Icon at 2016 Film TV Awards bmi com May 12 2016 Retrieved May 7 2019 Alan Silvestri Receives BMI Icon Award at 2017 BMI Film TV and Visual Media Awards bmi com May 11 2017 Retrieved May 7 2019 John Williams Honored With Special Award at 34th Annual BMI Film TV amp Visual Media Awards bmi com May 10 2018 Retrieved May 7 2019 Score Album for ABC s Scandal to Be Released filmmusicreporter com January 18 2018 Retrieved August 12 2018 Media Gazelle January 28 2018 Out on Spotify Scandal Original Television Series Soundtrack by Chad Fischer crank11 news Retrieved August 12 2018 permanent dead link Mihnea Manduteanu March 26 2018 Soundtrack review Scandal Chad Fischer 2018 soundtrackdreams com Archived from the original on July 29 2018 Retrieved August 12 2018 Chad Fischer Scoring ABC s The Catch filmmusicreporter com March 17 2016 Retrieved August 12 2018 YouTube Premium s Weird City to Feature Original Score by Chad Fischer filmmusicreporter com January 28 2019 Retrieved October 6 2019 Josh Radin waycoolmusic net Retrieved April 6 2016 Nominations and wins Grammy Retrieved March 5 2019 Paoletta Michael September 22 2007 One Man One Soundtrack Billboard p 32 Retrieved April 22 2013 American certifications Garden State Recording Industry Association of America Chad Fischer Music chadfischermusic com Retrieved January 13 2022 Colin Hay Send Somebody June 13 2011 Retrieved January 21 2018 via Vimeo Colin Hay Love Is Eveywhere 2022 Retrieved April 4 2022 via Vimeo a b c d e Chad Fischer credits AllMusic Retrieved November 10 2017 Star 69 Xtended Play discogs 1996 Retrieved November 13 2017 Star 69 Eating February discogs 1997 Retrieved November 13 2017 Colin Hay Transcendental Highway discogs 1998 Retrieved November 10 2017 Josh Freese The Notorious One Man Orgy discogs July 8 2000 Retrieved November 14 2017 Give lollipop com Retrieved March 7 2018 Jude King Of Yesterday discogs com Retrieved November 18 2020 Josh Freese Lagerborg bandcamp com Retrieved October 4 2018 Larry Goldings Long Story Short discogs com Retrieved November 18 2020 Left Brained Right Hearted by Michelle Citrin bandcamp com Retrieved October 4 2018 Satisfaction by Give bandcamp com Retrieved October 3 2018 Salma Har by Tom Rossi bandcamp com Retrieved October 4 2018 You and Me by Give bandcamp com Retrieved October 3 2018 Holding It Down by Give bandcamp com Retrieved October 3 2018 December Wildfire instagram com Archived from the original on December 25 2021 Retrieved December 26 2019 Feeling Good by Give bandcamp com Retrieved April 23 2020 Standing in the Rain by Give bandcamp com Retrieved June 22 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chad Fischer amp oldid 1220993601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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