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Joe Renzetti

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Actor
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Joe Renzetti a native of Philadelphia, PA., Interested in film composing, left for Hollywood and landed a gig doing the music for a new rock n' roll biopic, "The Buddy Holly Story."

There he taught the actors portraying Holly the Crickets to sing and play their instruments. They were then filmed performing live on camera, which was a first for a movie. Joe Renzetti won an Academy Award for "Best Adaptation Score" for "The Buddy Holly Story."

He worked with Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks on the film "Fatso" featuring Dom DeLuise.

He scored the original "Child's Play," written and directed by Tom Holland, and did a cable series by Tom for FearNet called "Twisted Tails."

Joe Renzetti has collaborated with director Gary Sherman on : "Poltergeist III," "Dead & Buried," "Vice Squad," "Wanted: Dead or Alive," and the TV series "Missing Persons."

Joe supplied the scores for "Frankenhooker" and both "Basket Case 2&3."
BornJanuary 4
BornJanuary 4
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Ira Heiden, Paul Rudd, Logan Kim, Josh Gad, Shelby Young, Sarah Natochenny, Carrie Coon, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, and Celeste O'Connor in S.O.S. fantômes: L'héritage (2021)
    S.O.S. fantômes: L'héritage
    7.0
    • Soundtrack("Child's Play Theme")
    • 2021
    Mark Hamill in Child's Play : La Poupée du mal (2019)
    Child's Play : La Poupée du mal
    5.7
    • Soundtrack("Original Child's Play Theme")
    • 2019
    Brad Dourif and Dinah Manoff in Jeu d'enfant (1988)
    Jeu d'enfant
    6.7
    • Composer
    • 1988
    The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
    The Buddy Holly Story
    7.2
    • Composer
    • 1978

    Credits

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    Composer



    • Small Town Stories
      • Composer
      • In Production
    • Ever After
      • Composer
      • Post-production
    • The Fear Inside
      • Composer
      • Completed
      • Short



    • The Ethansponge Investigation Part 1 (2025)
      The Ethansponge Investigation Part 1
      6.9
      Video
      • Composer (original soundtrack by and from)
      • 2025
    • Sorry (2025)
      Sorry
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Patrick Bergin, Sylvester McCoy, Kareem Nasif, Manjot Sumal, Nathan Shepka, and Grace Cordell in Dead Before They Wake (2025)
      Dead Before They Wake
      5.2
      • Composer
      • 2025
    • Anwar Speight's Serpents (2023)
      Anwar Speight's Serpents
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Spores (2023)
      Spores
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2023
    • Lloyd Kaufman, Lala Barlow, Sierra Summers, Emily Haigh, Lyndsey Craine, Vito Trigo, Michaela Longden, and Blade Braxton in Eating Miss Campbell (2022)
      Eating Miss Campbell
      4.6
      • Composer
      • 2022
    • Beggar Girl (2017)
      Beggar Girl
      Short
      • Composer
      • 2017
    • Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (2014)
      Tom Holland's Twisted Tales
      4.0
      • Composer
      • 2014
    • Twisted Tales (2013)
      Twisted Tales
      4.5
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2013
    • Universal Signs (2008)
      Universal Signs
      7.0
      • Composer
      • 2008
    • 39: A Film by Carroll McKane (2006)
      39: A Film by Carroll McKane
      5.8
      • Composer
      • 2006
    • Abbe Kanter and Michael Jaye in Tyrants in Therapy (2001)
      Tyrants in Therapy
      TV Series
      • Composer
      • 2001–2006
    • Wired Angel
      • Composer
      • 1999
    • One Take (1998)
      One Take
      6.8
      • Composer
      • 1998
    • Blondes Have More Guns (1996)
      Blondes Have More Guns
      4.4
      • Composer
      • 1996

    Music Department



    • At the Hop
      • arranger: original score
      • In Production



    • Brad Dourif and Dinah Manoff in Jeu d'enfant (1988)
      Jeu d'enfant
      6.7
      • conductor
      • score producer (uncredited)
      • 1988
    • Mort ou vif (1986)
      Mort ou vif
      5.9
      • score recordist (as Joseph Renzetti)
      • 1986
    • Tron (1982)
      Tron
      6.7
      • additional orchestrator
      • composer: additional music (uncredited)
      • 1982
    • Ray Sharkey in Le temps du rock'n'roll (1980)
      Le temps du rock'n'roll
      6.9
      • orchestrator (uncredited)
      • 1980
    • The Chisholms (1979)
      The Chisholms
      7.0
      TV Series
      • additional original music
      • music adaptation
      • 1980
    • Cotton Candy (1978)
      Cotton Candy
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • composer: songs
      • conductor
      • 1978
    • The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
      The Buddy Holly Story
      7.2
      • conductor
      • 1978
    • Benita Evans in CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960)
      CBS Repertoire Workshop
      TV Series
      • musical director (as Joe Renzi)
      • 1966

    Actor



    • The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
      The Buddy Holly Story
      7.2
      • Violinist #1
      • 1978

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      • Joseph Renzetti
    • Born
      • January 4
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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