兼电影配乐和歌曲创作的Randy Edelman于1947年6月10日在新泽西的Paterson出生,他最初是被培养成为一名医生,但是很快他被自己喜欢的音乐改变了过来。
他毕业于辛辛那提大学,在70年代开始出现在公众的视野,作为一名歌曲创作者和音乐编排师,曾经为多名著名的歌星工作过,其中包括James Brown、Barry Manilow和The Carpenters。后来,凭着自身的能力,他成为了一名独立创作的歌者,大热的歌曲有Concrete and Clay和Uptown Uptempo Woman,曾经发行过几张成功的专辑,包括1972年The Laughter and the Tears、1974年Prime Cuts、1975年Farewell Fairbanks和1977年If Love Is Real"。
80年代初,他为著名的电视连续剧"MacGyver"配乐,这次成功的创作让他得到广泛听众的喜爱。从这以后,他沉醉于小型电视电影的配乐工作。
他的第一部重要电影的配乐,是1988年Arnold Schwarzenegger主演的Twins。至从那以后,他为许多大片配乐,其中包括"Ghostbusters II" (1989), "Kindergarten Cop" (1990), “Beethoven” (1992), "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992, co-composed with Trevor Jones), "The Mask" (1994), "While You Were Sleeping" (1995), "Anaconda" (1997), "Six Days Seven Nights" (1998) and "XXX" (2002), as well as popular fan-favourites "Gettysburg" (1993) and "Dragonheart" (1996)
Edelman维持了高度个人风格的作曲,他曾被获得金球奖和BAFTA提名,并领取了2003年度BMI颁发的Richard Kirk奖。他与女演员兼歌创者Jackie De Shannon结了婚。
专辑曲目:
01 A Call To Adventure (Theme From Mummy 3) (03:02)
02 Silently Yearning For Centuries (02:23)
03 Open Wound (02:05)
04 The Reign Of Terror (02:48)
05 A Family Presses Close (02:36)
06 Formation Of The Terra Cotta Army (03:07)
07 Reading Of The Scrolls (03:54)
08 Crash And Burn (02:24)
09 Alex And Lin (01:13)
10 A New Assignment (02:53)
11 Yang Follows The O’Connells (02:53)
12 Shanghai Chase (04:50)
13 Mother And Daughter Reunion (02:01)
14 Ancient China (02:22)
15 Rick’s Long Rod (00:42)
16 Entering The Tomb (05:52)
17 Visit From A 3-Headed Friend (01:36)
18 Memories, Retirement And Dinner (02:30)
19 New Year’s Betrayal (02:23)
20 The Emperor Versus Zi Yuan (01:44)
21 Love In The Himalayas (02:10)
22 2nd Century B.C. (01:09)
23 The Museum Becomes Alive! (01:41)
24 Rick And Evy In Battle (02:40)
25 A Warm Rooftop (01:21)
26 Heartbreak (02:36)
27 Return Of The Dragon (02:47)
28 Shielding A Son (02:30)
29 Finale (03:25)
30 My Sweet Eternal Love - Helen Feng(02:53)