Dynamite Ham is just me, Ethan Stoller. I play a few musical instruments, some of which you see floating around here: piano, guitar, standup bass, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, electric bass, clarinet, bass-clarinet, theremin, musical saw, glockenspiel, accordion, talking drum, snare drum, mbira, washboard, jew's harp, nose flute, rain stick, vibraslap, ocarina, kazoo, Fanta bottle, other various shakers and percussion.

I have composed and produced the soundtracks for four films. Two of them premiered on national television in 2005. Loving and Cheating (dir. Thom Powers) debuted on Cinemax in February. Red Hook Justice (dir. Meema Spadola) premiered on May 24 on PBS. License To Play is a 2005 documentary by first-time filmmaker, Ann Rose. My first score was for the independent film, Roadrunner (dir. Christopher Blasingame) in 2001.

In 2005, I released I Believe In You, interpretations of songs by Broadway/Hollywood composer Frank Loesser and Dr. Frank, leader of the legendary band The Mr T Experience.

My track "BKAB" appears in the closing credits of V for Vendetta, which opened March 17, 2006.

I am also an amateur music historian and collector. I wrote the liner notes for Soundies Records CD, Big Band Bash. In 2003, I served as a special music advisor to the Wachowski Brothers for The Matrix Revolutions.

 

 

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