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Alex Lasarenko(1963-2020)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Alex Lasarenko was born on 13 July 1963 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He was a composer, known for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 (2021) and Dinner Rush (2000). He died on 8 November 2020 in Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA.
BornJuly 13, 1963
DiedNovember 8, 2020(57)
BornJuly 13, 1963
DiedNovember 8, 2020(57)
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    • 1 nomination total

Known for

John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
7.7
  • Music Department(additional music)
  • 2001
The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 (2021)
The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52
6.5
  • Composer
  • 2021
Dinner Rush (2000)
Dinner Rush
7.2
  • Composer(as Alexander Lasarenko)
  • 2000
The Business of Strangers (2001)
The Business of Strangers
6.3
  • Composer(as Alexander Lasarenko)
  • 2001

Credits

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Composer

  • Defunctland (2017)
    Defunctland
    9.2
    TV Series
    • Composer (featuring the music of)
    • 2022
  • The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52 (2021)
    The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52
    6.5
    • Composer
    • 2021
  • A Most Beautiful Thing (2020)
    A Most Beautiful Thing
    7.5
    • Composer
    • 2020
  • Justin L. Wilson and Perri Yaniv in Purity (2019)
    Purity
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2019
  • The Last Light (2017)
    The Last Light
    7.4
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2017
  • Andrea Velasco in Desde el principio (2017)
    Desde el principio
    7.5
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2017
  • I am Jane Doe (2017)
    I am Jane Doe
    6.8
    • Composer (music composed by)
    • 2017
  • Truth Is Stranger Than Florida (2016)
    Truth Is Stranger Than Florida
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Composer
    • 2016
  • Mathia Vargas and Gonzalo Trigueros in Consensual (2016)
    Consensual
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2016
  • The Killing Season (2016)
    The Killing Season
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Composer (original music by)
    • 2016
  • New Year's Eve @ Sunny's (2016)
    New Year's Eve @ Sunny's
    Short
    • Composer
    • 2016
  • Underwater Dreams (2014)
    Underwater Dreams
    7.8
    • Composer
    • 2014
  • Contrarian (2013)
    Contrarian
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • Out of Print (2013)
    Out of Print
    7.0
    • Composer
    • 2013
  • Booster (2012)
    Booster
    5.0
    • Composer
    • 2012

Music Department

  • Nature (1982)
    Nature
    8.9
    TV Series
    • composer: additional music
    • composer: original Nature theme
    • composer: theme music ...
    • 2007–2016
  • John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    7.7
    • composer: additional music
    • 2001
  • C. Thomas Howell and Renée Humphrey in Jailbait (1993)
    Jailbait
    4.3
    Video
    • music arranger
    • 1993

Soundtrack

  • John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
    Hedwig and the Angry Inch
    7.7
    • performer: "I Will Always Love You", "Pinch Me"
    • writer: "Pinch Me" (as Alexander Lasarenko)
    • 2001
  • Timothy 'Speed' Levitch in The Cruise (1998)
    The Cruise
    7.6
    • arranger: "Death And The Maiden"
    • performer: "Death And The Maiden"
    • 1998
  • C. Thomas Howell and Renée Humphrey in Jailbait (1993)
    Jailbait
    4.3
    Video
    • performer: "Sinsation Station"
    • writer: "Sinsation Station"
    • 1993

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Out of Print (2013)
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Out of Print (2013)
Underwater Dreams
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Underwater Dreams
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Underwater Dreams

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Alexander Lasarenko
  • Born
    • July 13, 1963
    • Columbus, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • November 8, 2020
    • Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA(Undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Composed the four-note mnemonic used in Disney Channel's re-branding in 2002.

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  • Trivia
    The 2022 documentary "The Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery" found that Lasarenko was the uncredited composer of the four note mnemonic that ended every bumper and interstitial on the network from 2002 on.

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