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Jill Fraser was born on 11 October, 1952, is an American film composer. Discover Jill Fraser's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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Jill Fraser (born October 11, 1952) is an American composer and electronic music pioneer based in Los Angeles, CA. She is particularly known for her longstanding work using analog modular synthesis systems.
In 1962, the family moved to Chapel Hill, NC.
While she was still in high school, composer Roger Hannay heard her compositions and allowed her to attend his classes at the University of North Carolina.
Fraser went on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree from East Carolina University, where she studied with Otto Henry and composed her first electronic works using a Moog IIIp modular synthesizer system.
At the urging of composer Morton Subotnick, Fraser left North Carolina to attend California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where she was mentored by both Subotnick and Mel Powell, and attended master classes with John Cage and Lou Harrison.
During this time, Fraser composed on the Buchla modular system and worked as an assistant to Morton Subotnick, helping to create voltage control tracks for the composer's original Nonesuch Records release of "A Sky of Cloudless Sulfur."
Fraser has been a prolific writer of both electronic and acoustic music for films, television and TV commercials since the 1970s.
She has received Clio awards for her work with Lexus and Adidas.
Born in Cincinnati, OH, Jill started classical piano training at age 4.
Beginning in the 1970s, Fraser began work as a session musician and sound designer in Hollywood, bringing her modular system and other synthesizers into the studios.
Her unique sonic palette and eclectic musical sensibilities quickly brought her into high demand for film and commercial scoring, where she remains active to this day.
While primarily known for futuristic synthesizer scores, she also writes in many styles for acoustic instruments and has employed many well-known musicians, such as Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers, American blues legend Paul Butterfield and renowned session drummer Jim Keltner.
Jill Fraser has written original music for hundreds of TV commercials.
Her clients include Lexus, BMW, Honda, Porsche, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Suzuki, NBC, Apple, Adidas, Estee Lauder, Baskin Robbins, Yamaha Motorcycles, Bose, Carl's Junior, Hardee's, Mattel, Nike, and National Geographic, among many others.
Fraser has been honored with Clio awards for her work with Lexus and Adidas.
Fraser created the electronic sound effects for the cult classics "Zardoz" (1974) starring Sean Connery, and "Empire of the Ants" (1977).
She collaborated with Oscar-winning composer Jack Nitzsche to create electronic music for the Paul Schrader film "Hardcore" (starring George C. Scott), as well as William Friedkin's "Cruising" (starring Al Pacino) and "When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder?".
After receiving her M.F.A. from CalArts in 1978, Fraser began work at Serge Modular Music in Hollywood, where she built her first modular synthesizer system.
The first Serge synthesizers had been introduced at CalArts five years earlier by composer/inventor Serge Tcherepnin.
Together with Berkeley-based Don Buchla's seminal designs, these modular instruments came to define the "West coast synthesis" approach to electronic music creation, focusing on waveshaper techniques and non-traditional controllers, such as touch plates, rather than the subtractive synthesis and piano-style keyboard controllers characteristic of "East Coast synthesis."
The relatively compact and accessible Serge modular systems were designed to democratize the sonic possibilities provided by the larger, costlier modular systems produced at the time by Buchla, Moog and ARP.
Today, Fraser continues to perform and record with classic original Serge modules, along with modern analog and digital electronics.
In 1982, Fraser co-composed the score (with Nitzsche) for the movie "Personal Best," the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriter Robert Towne and the first starring role for Mariel Hemingway.
Fraser's score utilized both analog synthesizers and the then-new Fairlight CMI, one of the world's first digital samplers and audio workstations.
Controversial at the time of its release due to the film's exploration of physical attraction between same-sex athletic competitors, "Personal Best" is today considered a classic and frequently cited as one of the greatest sports movies of all time.
Fraser also created synthesizer tracks with Buffy Sainte Marie on the score for the film "Spirit of the Wind" and later performed live with Sainte Marie, touring with her Serge modular synthesizer in Canada, Europe and the US.
Other film scores from this period include "Reckless and in Love" (starring Meg Foster) and "Cutting Class" (starring Brad Pitt).
In addition to her work for film and television, Fraser's music has been released on several solo and collaborative albums.
Her first CD was "Alphabetical Disorders," a collection of synthscapes set to poetry by Ivan E. Roth, released on the pioneering electronic music label Periodic Music in 1988.
Fraser's performances with Roth were part of the vibrant Los Angeles punk and spoken word scene curated by Harvey Kubernik, opening for acts such as the Minutemen and Henry Rollins.
Alphabetical Disorders (with Ivan E. Roth) (1988) Splashdown, commissioned by Health & Tennis Corporation of America (1988) Smart Shack (2015) the zZyzx Society (2018)
“Cutting Class” composer (1988) “Reckless and in Love” composer (1983) “Personal Best” composer (1982) “Hardcore” electronic music (1979) “Spirit of the Wind” electronic music (1979) “When You Comin’ Back Red Ryder” electronic music (1979)
In 1989, Fraser married guitarist Gregg Arreguin, who played with Morris Day, Chris Isaak, Seal, Jon Hassell and k.d. lang.
Arreguin was diagnosed with cancer in 2002 and died in 2003.
Their daughter, Sofia Arreguin currently plays keyboards and synthesizers in the band Wand.
In 2015, she performed with Tcherepnin and other original members of Serge at a 40-year reunion concert held in San Francisco at The Lab.
A collection of Fraser's shorter pieces entitled "Smart Shack" was released in 2015, followed by electronic duets with the zZyzx Society (2018).
Since 2017, Fraser has been performing live electronic music with Peter Grenader as the zZyzx Society.
They released the album, "the zZyx Society" in 2018.
Fraser is featured in the book, "Patch & Tweak: Exploring Modular Synthesis" by Kim Bjørn and Chis Meyer.