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Biography
Jill Tracy is a singer, pianist, writer, composer , and performance artist based in San Francisco . http://sfist.com/2005/10/26/interview_jill_tracy.php Jill Tracy Interview sfist.com 26 October 2005. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
Known for her dark, evocative, cinematic style, Jill Tracy states that some of her biggest childhood influences were film score composers such as Bernard Herrmann , and classic suspense tales, including Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang films, Ray Bradbury stories, and Rod Serling 's The Twilight Zone . She is listed in San Francisco Magazine 's Top 100 Creative Forces in the Bay Area, has been awarded "Best of the Bay" by San Francisco Bay Guardian, has been nominated for two California Music Awards and SF Weekly Music Awards.
Following her 1996 solo debut CD Quintessentially Unreal, Tracy released Diabolical Streak (1999), her first studio album featuring The Malcontent Orchestra. The song "Evil Night Together" was awarded the SIBL international Grand Prize for songwriting. The album was listed among the "Top 10 Neo-Cabaret albums of all time" in Shift magazine.
"The Fine Art of Poisoning," also from Diabolical Streak , became an animated short film in 2003, a collaboration with Bay Area animator Bill Domonkos. "The Fine Art of Poisoning" has garnered film festival awards internationally, including Best Experimental Film in the 2003 New Orleans Film Festival as well as Best Music Video in both the 2003 Chicago and Seattle International Film Festivals.
Jill Tracy and The Malcontent Orchestra's original score to F.W. Murnau ’s 1922 silent vampire classic Nosferatu debuted live at San Francisco’s Foreign Cinema in 1999 and toured Northern California theatres during Halloween season for five consecutive years. This led to the 2002 CD release Into the Land of Phantoms , selections from the Nosferatu score.
Jill Tracy released her fourth album, The Bittersweet Constrain , in 2008 produced by Alex Nahas. This album has a heavier sonic edge with the addition of exotic instruments such as the sarod, harmonium, and Chapman Stick. This first single and video from The Bittersweet Constrain is "Haunted by the Thought of You."
Discography
Albums
Quintessentially Unreal (1996)
Diabolical Streak (1999)
Into the Land of Phantoms (2002)
The Bittersweet Constrain (2008)
BENEATH: The Bittersweet Constrain (2011)
Compilations
"Meantime" on Market Street, Best of Café du Nord (live) (2000)
"Evil Night Together" on SIBL (Songs Inspired by Literature) Artists for Literacy (2002)
"Evil Night Together" on Projekt|Projekt’s A Dark Cabaret (2005)
"Torture" on The Sepiachord Companion (2009)
"In Between Shades" on Projekt|Projekt’s A Dark Cabaret 2 (2011)
Guest Appearances
"Blood Sucker Blues / Tidal Wave Of Blood" by David J. + Shok (2010)
Films
In the Wake (2001) Jill Tracy narrates the film, the song "Extraordinary" is featured in the score.
The Fine Art of Poisoning (2003) short film collaboration/music video project with animator Bill Domonkos.
Heavy Put Away (2003) appears as nightclub singer, performed piano score, "Evil Night Together" is the film's end title song.
Ice Cream Ants (2006) stars as the sinister Mona, performed/composed title song "Pulling Your Insides Out."
The Black Dahlia (film)|The Black Dahlia (2007) composed/performed the song "Pulling Your Insides Out."
NERVOUS96 (2011) Jill Tracy and violinist Paul Mercer scored this surreal short from filmmaker Bill Domonkos
TV
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Ion Network) - features Jill Tracy's song "Evil Night Together".
Jekyll (BBC) - features "Evil Night Together".
NCIS (TV series)|NCIS (CBS-TV) Episode "Ravenous" - features "Evil Night Together".
The History Detectives (PBS)- features Jill Tracy's song "The Fine Art of Poisoning."
Written Works
The Keeper of the Shop - published in Morbid Curiosity Magazine #6
The Next Best Thing to Stevie Nicks - published in Morbid Curiosity Magazine #8
The Keeper of the Shop - published in anthology Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues (Scribner 2009)
At Louche Ends - Jill Tracy writes foreword for Maria Alexander poetry collection (Burning Effigy Press 2011))
References
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External links
http://www.jilltracy.com Jill Tracy official website
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http://www.jilltracy.bandcamp.com Jill Tracy on Bandcamp
Interviews
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/sfmetro/09.13.99/tracy-9935.html Mysteria Woman: Jill Tracy interview in Metropolitan Magazine
http://sfist.com/2005/10/26/interview_jill_tracy.php Woman of Mystery: Jill Tracy Interview in SFist
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? f=/c/a/2008/10/08/NSN013B33C.DTL A Musical Seance: Jill Tracy Interview in San Francisco Chronicle
http://coilhouse.net/2008/09/haunted-by-the-thought-of-jill-tracy/ Haunted by the Thought of Jill Tracy: Coilhouse article
http://www.tor.com/index.php? option=com_content& view=blog& id=58258 ''I'll Hold Your Hand While They Drag the River: An Interview with Jill Tracy in TOR
http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/synthful/jill-tracy/ The Elegant Side of the Netherworld: Jill Tracy Interview in LA WEEKLY
http://www.sepiachord.com/jilltracyint.htm Jill Tracy Interview in Sepiachord
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