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![[press release]](../../images/banner/press_release.gif)
GARY STOCKDALE'S MUSIC IS A JOKE
Succesful "Aristocrats" Into Top 20 Markets Friday
(Hollywood, CA) -Emmy-nominated for "That Bullshit Theme" to the Showtime program "Penn & Teller: Bullshit!," composer Gary Stockdale turns out music that is a joke, providing the score to what has been called the most foul mouthed movie ever, "The Aristocrats." Directed by Paul Provenza, who conceived the show with Penn Jillette, "The Aristocrats" premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, and is a contender in the Documentary Competition. The movie has grossed an estimated $1.6 million after just three weekends in limited release. "The Aristocrats" moves into the Top 20 markets this Friday, August 19.
Featuring more than 100 comedians, "The Aristocrats" takes an unprecedented backstage look at the world of comics in pursuit of telling one very, very, dirty joke; a joke that has been around since the vaudeville era. A loose skeleton of a story, the joke is told differently by each comedian who tells it and its unique delivery and extrapolations are calling cards comics use among each other in private. It is the dirtiest joke they'll ever hear or tell, and now Robin Williams, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Reiser, Martin Mull, Gilbert Gottfried and dozens of other A to D list comedians tell it to the rest of us.
The Aristocrats is the latest in a long relationship Stockdale has had with Penn Jillette. For over a decade, Stockdale has scored and directed the music for the "Bad Boys of Magic" on Penn & Teller's stage shows and TV specials and received an Emmy nomination for "Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular." Jilllette insists, "We give him hard work and he does it perfectly. You may be a big fan [of the 'Bullshit!' theme] but not as big of a fan as I am." Teller (who rarely opens his mouth) calls Stockdale a "bloody genius," and goes on to say, "He can do anything there is in music. I always find it an amazing experience to be around him - it gives me some idea what it must have been like to hang with Bach."
The well-respected composer has written music for such shows as "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," "Team Knight Rider," the syndicated game show, "To Tell the Truth." as well as numerous commercials, films and theatre projects. One of his favorite credits is writing for the ground-breaking failure, and now, cult-classic television show, "Cop Rock.
Stockdale learned the craft of film music composition under the tutelage of Oscar-winning composer Henry Mancini. Through Mancini, he was introduced to "Mission Impossible" composer Lalo Schifrin, when Schifrin was looking for a musician familiar with electronic composition. Alongside Schifrin, Stockdale worked on such films as "Sudden Impact," "Dr. Detroit," and "FX2." When Stockdale is not composing music, he is performing as a member of the rock band, "The Jenerators" with other notable talent as Miguel Ferrer and Bill "Lost in Space" Mumy.
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