Thomas Vicari was born on August 24,1948 and is an American recording engineer, mixing engineer, record producer and scoring mixer known for his work with Quincy Jones, Gino Vannelli, Nicholas Britell, Thomas Newman, Prince, George Duke and Barbra Streisand.
13 Facts About Tommy Vicari
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Tommy Vicari was the sound mixer for TV shows and films including Six Feet Under, The Newsroom, Behind the Candelabra, Phantom of the Paradise, Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, Wall-E and Road to Perdition.
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Tommy Vicari has been the sound mixer for the Oscars telecast since 1996, commissioned by that year's executive producer, Quincy Jones.
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Tommy Vicari has won two Grammy Awards, eight Emmy Awards and two Cinema Audio Society Awards.
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Tommy Vicari's mother was a singer and his uncles were musicians, exposing him to artists like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole from an early age.
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Tommy Vicari started his career at Capitol Records in the early 1970s.
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Tommy Vicari was executive producer and recording engineer on Prince's 1978 debut album For You, recorded at Record Plant in Sausalito, California.
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Tommy Vicari worked on film since the early stages of his career.
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Tommy Vicari was scoring mixer on the 1974 film Phantom of the Paradise directed by Brian De Palma and the 1976 film A Star Is Born directed by Frank Pierson.
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Tommy Vicari continues to mix the live orchestra at the Academy Awards ceremony to this day.
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Tommy Vicari continued working with Newman on films including Cinderella Man, Jarhead, Wall-E and Bridge of Spies.
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In March 2005, Tommy Vicari founded his own production company, Tommy Vicari Sound Organization.
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Tommy Vicari is credited on the albums Dove c'e musica by Eros Ramazzotti and La mia risposta by Laura Pausini, both of which reached number 1 on the Italian Albums Chart and on "Tutto Tozzi" by Umberto Tozzi which was gold certified by the Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana.