Emily Bindiger
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Emily Bindiger is an American
singer, belonging to the award-winning a cappella
group The Accidentals
.
Bindiger has recorded for soundtrack
s for movies such as The Stepford Wives
, One Life to Live
, Bullets Over Broadway
, Everyone Says I Love You
, Donnie Brasco, The Hudsucker Proxy
, Michael Collins and The Tune
.
Other work she has done includes songs in skits for Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
and The Drew Carey Show
. Artists she's been credited as performing and/or recording with include Leonard Cohen
, Buster Poindexter, Oscar Brand
, Neil Sedaka
, Ben Vereen
, Black 47
, Deb Lyons
, Laurie Beechman
, Christine Lavin
, Yuri Kasahara
and Patti Austin
. Bindiger also played the role of Francine in the 1980s children's show The Great Space Coaster
, where she acted and played songs, and recorded a theme song for the children television series The Baby-Sitters Club
.
She has recorded with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno
for the Cowboy Bebop
soundtrack, performing Adieu and Flying Teapot. Bindiger has also recorded a number of songs with composer Yuki Kajiura
for the anime series .hack//Sign
(performing 10 songs) and with Yuki for one song in Pandora Hearts
and contributed to Kajiura's solo album Fiction, performing six songs: three from .hack//Sign and three new songs). She also performed a song for the flash anime of Xenosaga - A Missing Year and the anime series El Cazador de la Bruja
(performing forest and I reach for the sun) and Kajiura's latest Pandora Hearts
(performing Every time you Kissed Me which is now featured on the second original soundtrack published by JVC Music in Japan.)
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singer, belonging to the award-winning a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
group The Accidentals
The Accidentals
The Accidentals are an a cappella octet based in New York. They won the 1995 National Finals of the Harmony Sweepstakes and have released several CDs.-Members:Their members:* Margaret Dorn* Emily Bindiger* Dennis Deal* Bill Mitchell* Marcia Pelletiere...
.
Bindiger has recorded for soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
s for movies such as The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives (1975 film)
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction–thriller film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman, and stars Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman and Tina Louise...
, One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
, Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway
Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 crime-comedy film written by Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath and directed by Woody Allen. It stars an ensemble cast including John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri, and Jennifer Tilly....
, Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You is a 1996 American musical film that was written and directed by Woody Allen. The film features many stars, including Julia Roberts, Alan Alda, Edward Norton, Drew Barrymore, Gaby Hoffmann, Tim Roth, Goldie Hawn, and Natalie Portman.Set in New York, Venice, and Paris, the...
, Donnie Brasco, The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Hudsucker Proxy is a 1994 screwball comedy film written, produced, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Sam Raimi co-wrote the script and served as second unit director....
, Michael Collins and The Tune
The Tune
The Tune is an animated film by American filmmaker Bill Plympton.-Plot summary:Del, a hard-working songwriter, is trying to write the perfect song for his slimeball boss, Mr. Mega, so he can keep his job and his girlfriend Didi...
.
Other work she has done includes songs in skits for Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am...
and The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show
The Drew Carey Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004. The show was set in Cleveland, Ohio, and revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionalized version of the actor....
. Artists she's been credited as performing and/or recording with include Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
, Buster Poindexter, Oscar Brand
Oscar Brand
Oscar Brand is a folk singer, songwriter, and author. In his career, spanning over 60 years, he has composed at least 300 songs and released nearly 100 albums, among them Canadian and American patriotic songs...
, Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka
Neil Sedaka is an American pop/rock singer, pianist, and composer. His career has spanned nearly 55 years, during which time he has sold millions of records as an artist and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collaborating mostly with lyricists Howard...
, Ben Vereen
Ben Vereen
Ben Vereen is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.- Early years :...
, Black 47
Black 47
Black 47 are a New York City based celtic rock band with Irish Republican sympathies, whose music also shows influence from reggae, hip hop, folk and jazz...
, Deb Lyons
Deb Lyons
Deb Lyons is a singer-songwriter from New York City. She is most associated with her work in Broadway, and is well-recognized for her multiple performances in clubs such as The Bitter End and The Bottomline....
, Laurie Beechman
Laurie Beechman
Laurie Hope Beechman was an American singer. As a performer, she was known for her Broadway performances in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats, and Les Misérables...
, Christine Lavin
Christine Lavin
Christine Lavin is a New York City-based singer-songwriter and promoter of contemporary folk music. She has recorded numerous solo albums, and has also recorded with other female folk artists under the name Four Bitchin' Babes...
, Yuri Kasahara
Yuri Kasahara
Yuri Kasahara is a Japanese opera singer.Kasahara is a graduate of Tokyo's "Star Woman High School of Urawa", with self-education in the Toho Gakuen School of Music, majoring in singing, minoring in piano. During university attendance, she debuted in A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Samita Hall...
and Patti Austin
Patti Austin
-Life and career:Austin was born in Harlem, New York. She made her debut at the Apollo Theater at age four and had a contract with RCA Records when she was only five. Quincy Jones and Dinah Washington have proclaimed themselves as her godparents....
. Bindiger also played the role of Francine in the 1980s children's show The Great Space Coaster
The Great Space Coaster
The Great Space Coaster is a children's television show that ran from 1981 through 1986. The series was directed by Dick Feldman, and distributed by Sunbow Productions.-Show summary and history:...
, where she acted and played songs, and recorded a theme song for the children television series The Baby-Sitters Club
The Baby-Sitters Club
The Baby-sitters Club is a series of novels written by Ann M. Martin and published by Scholastic between 1986 and 2000, that sold 17 milllon copies. Many of the novels were ghostwritten, including 43 by Peter Lerangis. However, Ann Martin wrote the first 35 novels.The series is about a group of...
.
She has recorded with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno
Yoko Kanno
is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, anime films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements...
for the Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop
is a critically acclaimed and award-winning 1998 Japanese anime series directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, written by Keiko Nobumoto, and produced by Sunrise. Its 26 episodes comprise a complete storyline: set in 2071, the series follows the adventures, misadventures and tragedies of five bounty...
soundtrack, performing Adieu and Flying Teapot. Bindiger has also recorded a number of songs with composer Yuki Kajiura
Yuki Kajiura
, born August 6, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese composer and music producer. She has provided the music for several popular anime series, such as one of the Kimagure Orange Road movies, Noir, .hack//SIGN, Aquarian Age, Madlax, My-HiME, My-Otome, .hack//Roots, Pandora Hearts, Puella Magi...
for the anime series .hack//Sign
.hack//SIGN
.hack//Sign is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and produced by studio Bee Train and Bandai Visual, that makes up one of the four original storylines of the .hack franchise...
(performing 10 songs) and with Yuki for one song in Pandora Hearts
Pandora Hearts
is a manga series by Jun Mochizuki. Originally starting serialization in the shōnen magazine GFantasy published by Square Enix in June 2006. Currently fourteen volumes have been released in Japan. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books but has been dropped;...
and contributed to Kajiura's solo album Fiction, performing six songs: three from .hack//Sign and three new songs). She also performed a song for the flash anime of Xenosaga - A Missing Year and the anime series El Cazador de la Bruja
El Cazador de la Bruja
, is an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train studio. It is a spiritual successor of Noir and Madlax and the final installment of Bee Train's "girls-with-guns" trilogy. The series was aired on TV Tokyo from April to September in 2007...
(performing forest and I reach for the sun) and Kajiura's latest Pandora Hearts
Pandora Hearts
is a manga series by Jun Mochizuki. Originally starting serialization in the shōnen magazine GFantasy published by Square Enix in June 2006. Currently fourteen volumes have been released in Japan. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books but has been dropped;...
(performing Every time you Kissed Me which is now featured on the second original soundtrack published by JVC Music in Japan.)