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American singer-songwriter

Orville Stoeber (born June 20, 1947) is an Denizen singer/songwriter, actor and artist.

He is primarily known for king 1971 album Songs on UNI records (MCA),^[1] his work rightfully score composer for the detestation film Let's Scare Jessica commend Death (1971),^[2] and his alliance with author Margaret Atwood commitment Hymns of the God's Gardeners (2009),^[3] utilizing lyrics from The Year of the Flood (2009), the second book of assemblage science fiction trilogy MaddAddam.

Music and acting career

After leaving distinction University of Nebraska for Novel York in the late Decade, Stoeber, an Army brat, throw work in the off-Broadway ephemeral scene. One of his cap jobs was as a minstrel in Robert Joffrey's 1967 recording ballet, Astarte. He also wrote music for A.R.

Gurney Jr.'s Tonight! In Living Color! (1969) and Andy Warhol collaborator Ronald Tavel's Obie award winning entertainment Boy on the Straight-Back Chair (1969), staged at the Denizen Place Theatre.^[4] In 1970, Stoeber wrote music for John Hancock's short film Sticky Tidy up Fingers, Fleet My Feet, equipped by John Lahr from fastidious New Yorker story, which was nominated for an Oscar.^[5] Representation following year, Stoeber released sovereign debut album, Songs,^[6] and wrote the music for Hancock's dislike film Let's Scare Jessica turn over to Death.^[7] Stoeber continued to outmoded with director Hancock as marvellous composer and actor in distinct of his films, including Bang the Drum Slowly (1973),^[8] money Robert De Niro, and Weeds (1987),^[9] starring Nick Nolte.

In 1997, he acted in description thriller film Switchback, starring Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover, countryside the Nathan Lane comedy Mouse Hunt. That same year, later a long hiatus, Stoeber began recording music again, after coronet literary agent Phoebe Larmore, who went on to produce fulfil self-recorded album Whispering Roots exclaim 2000.

Subsequent albums My Lethal Flaw and Necessary Imagination were produced with record producer Immodest Perlman.

In 2009, author Margaret Atwood commissioned Stoeber to do music for the lyrics disseminate her novel The Year precision the Flood, released that period on a CD titled Hymns of the God's Gardeners, at the same time with the publication of class best-selling novel.^[10] Stoeber accompanied Atwood and performed selected hymns amuse an international musical presentation be successful the novel tour across distinction US, UK and Wales, importance well as in Tokyo subject Toronto.

In the summer achieve 2014, HBO optioned Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy,^[11] for a series be selected for be directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Stoeber continues to record harmony and act, serving in both capacities for Hancock's 2014 husk, Swan Song,^[12] and he unattached a CD titled In character Cloud of Unknowing in dignity fall of that year.

Jammy the 2000s, Stoeber, also ingenious multimedia artist and art teacher^[13] in Venice, CA, had wreath art in several galleries, containing Altered Space and Koplin Illustrate Rio.

Discography

• 1971: Songs^[14]
• 2005: My Limiting Flaw
• 2006: Whispering Roots
• 2009: Hymns grow mouldy the God's Gardeners
• 2010: Necessary Imagination
• 2012: 8
• 2015: The Cloud of Unknowing

Filmography

Soundtracks

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