Kari Meredyth Kimmel is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and producer.
14 Facts About Kari Kimmel
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Kari Kimmel is best known for the theme track It's Not Just Make Believe for Ella Enchanted, the theme track Black for The Walking Dead trailer, her Cruel Summer cover for Cobra Kai, and the theme track Where You Belong for The Fosters.
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Kari Kimmel has cited Carole King as her biggest musical inspiration.
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Kari Kimmel has stated that she draws inspiration from Bonnie Raitt, Elton John and Sheryl Crow.
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Kari Kimmel appeared in the music video, which featured on Radio Disney.
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Kari Kimmel then connected with Randy Spendlove, the president of motion picture music at Miramax at the time, with whom she went on to collaborate on over 20 film projects.
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Kari Kimmel has written, arranged, produced, and performed music which has been licensed in over 650 studio films, network television series, trailers, video games, and commercials.
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Kari Kimmel's music has been used in advertisements for Google and Nissan, and the popular video game The Sims.
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Kari Kimmel's track Let's Light It Up was used by WWE wrestler AJ Lee as her entrance theme.
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Kari Kimmel has composed 18 theme songs for multiple television series, including Where You Belong for family drama series The Fosters, and has performed tracks in the films Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2, Dreamgirls, Danny Collins, Descendants, Descendants 2, Teen Beach Movie, Teen Beach Movie 2, and Footloose.
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Kari Kimmel has written songs which have been recorded by notable artists including The Backstreet Boys, Kesha, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato and Gloria Gaynor.
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Kari Kimmel has released five solo albums, titled A Life in the Day, Out of Focus, From the Vault, Go, and Black.
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In 2015, Kari Kimmel launched her own licensing company Glow Music Group, and now represents over 200 bands in addition to her own music.
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In 2017 Kari Kimmel was honored, along with over a hundred other individuals, when she was awarded an ASCAP Screen Music Award for co composing The Fosters' theme song Where You Belong.