Tommy Coster
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Thomas Joseph Coster, Jr |
| Born |
June 10, 1966 Burlingame, California |
| Origin | San Bruno, California |
| Genres | Hip hop, jazz, jazz fusion, dubstep, trap, adult contemporary, world music, Latin, rock, JPop, KPop, EDM, RnB, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Record Producer, Music Composer, Film Composer, musician, |
| Instruments | Piano, synthesizer, keyboards, drums, drum machine, sampler |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Labels | JVC, Headfirst, Sony, Interscope, Aftermath |
| Associated acts | N.W.A, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Tha Dogg Pound, 50 Cent, Game, Nate Dogg, Xzibit, D12, Santana |
| Website |
tommycoster |
Thomas Joseph Coster, Jr. (born June 10, 1966), known as Tommy Coster, is an American record producer, keyboardist, entertainment entrepreneur and composer. He is the son of Santana keyboardist Tom Coster. He is the founder and current CEO of FAUP Entertainment, 327 Entertainment, Retsoc Tech, and Kitty King Music Publishing. He has produced and composed music for Interscope, JVC, Universal, Aftermath, Shady Records, G-Unit, For Life, Def Jam, AVEX, Warner Brothers, Fox Searchlight, Paramount, Sony Pictures, MGM, FCB, BBDO, NBC, ABC, CBS and Disney. He has composed songs with such artists as Dr. Dre, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Carlos Santana. In 2000 he co-wrote the single "The Real Slim Shady" with Dr. Dre and Eminem.
Career
In 1999 Tommy worked on various projects, one of which being "The Marshall Mathers LP". From 1999 to 2004, he performed on several records including, "The Marshall Mathers LP", "Get Rich Or Die Tryin", "Devil's Night", "War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)", "The Documentary".
Film and commercial work
Coster alongside Brad Fairman scored Master P's movie entitled "I Got The Hook Up". Later, in 1998 Coster scored two movies for Michael Martin and Snoop Dogg, "The Eastsidaz" and "Da Game of Life".
2011 to present
In 2011, Coster was involved in the soundtrack for South Africa's first animation movie called "Jock of The Bushveld" which featured the voices of Bryan Adams & Helen Hunt.
Filmography and television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | I Got The Hook Up | Composer |
| 1998 | Da Game of Life | Composer |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live | Live performance with Dr. Dre, Eminem and Snoop Dogg |
| 2000 | Gatorade | Composer for 3 National Gatorade commercials with Michael Jordan for Foote Cone & Belding |
| 2000 | Kumho Tires | Composer for National Kumho Tire commercial for Sang Am |
| 2000 | Saturday Night Live | Live performance with Eminem and Dido |
| 2000 | Top of The Pops | Live performance with Eminem and Dido |
| 2000 | Road Dogz | Composer |
| 2000 | Eastsidaz | Composer |
| 2000 | A Path Beyond Thought | Composer |
| 2000 | The Last Gunshot | Composer |
| 2001 | 43rd Grammy Awards | Wrote a musical intro for the live performance of "Stan" with Elton John and Eminem |
| 2002 | Serving Sara | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2002 | Barbershop | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2002 | The Luau | Composer |
| 2002 | Living The Life | Composer |
| 2003 | Fox Anti-Piracy PSA | Composer |
| 2003 | Dumber Than Dirt | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2003 | Chasing Papi | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2003 | Freaky Friday | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2003 | Gatorade | Composer for National Gatorade commercial with Derrick Jeter & Yao Ming for Foote Cone & Belding |
| 2004 | Eminem AKA | Composer |
| 2004 | Little Black Book | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2004 | The Honeymooners | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2005 | Roll Bounce | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2005 | Underclassman | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2006 | Stormbreakers | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2006 | I Think I Love My Wife | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2006 | The X-Files: I Want to Believe: Original Motion Picture Score | Additional composer for trailer |
| 2006 | Miami Vice | Contributing Composer |
| 2006 | Dumber Than Dirt | Composer |
| 2006 | Klunkerz | Composer |
| 2011 | Jock of The Bushveld | Song writer and Music Supervisor |
| 2011 | Seven Days in Utopia | Song writer |
| 2011 | Yoko | Song writer |
| 2011 | 30 Degrés Couleur | Additional score and song writer |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street | Soundtrack and opening song |