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Ralph Sall is a record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, music supervisor, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, and screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
. He is the president of Bulletproof Entertainment, a company involved in several facets of the entertainment industry, including film, television, comic books and graphic novels, music, internet and live theatre.

Sall is a Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa
Latin honors

Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the Grade with which an academic degree was earned. This system is primarily used in the United States, though some institutions also use the English translation of these phrases rather than the Latin originals....
 graduate of Yale University
Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
. A native of Miami, he currently resides in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 with his wife Lisa and their three young children.

As a music producer, Sall has produced tracks with Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
, The Ramones, Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots is a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band consisting of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
, Jewel
Jewel (singer)

Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide, and almost twenty million in the United States alone....
, Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray is a rock music musical ensemble with members from Newport Beach, California, Orange County, California, California....
, Sublime
Sublime

Sublime may refer to:* Sublime ** their third album Sublime * Sublime * Sublime , the DV8 superhero* Sublime , the X-Men supervillain* Sublime , a 2007 horror movie...
, Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth is an United States pop rock band from San Jose, California.Formed in 1994, the band comprised Steve Harwell , Greg Camp , Paul De Lisle , and Kevin Coleman ....
, Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is a United States Rock music band formed in the 1970s and consisting of Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E. Carlos ....
, Aerosmith
Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
, Jane’s Addiction, and Creed
Creed (band)

Creed was an American post-grunge band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the song "With Arms Wide Open" in 2001....
.






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Ralph Sall is a record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
, music supervisor, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
, songwriter
Songwriter

File:Beethoven.jpgA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer....
, and screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
. He is the president of Bulletproof Entertainment, a company involved in several facets of the entertainment industry, including film, television, comic books and graphic novels, music, internet and live theatre.

Sall is a Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa
Latin honors

Latin honors are Latin phrases used to indicate the Grade with which an academic degree was earned. This system is primarily used in the United States, though some institutions also use the English translation of these phrases rather than the Latin originals....
 graduate of Yale University
Yale University

Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 as the Collegiate School, Yale is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher education in the United States and is a member of the Ivy League....
. A native of Miami, he currently resides in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles

Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....
 with his wife Lisa and their three young children.

As a music producer, Sall has produced tracks with Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney Member of the Order of the British Empire is a multiple Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, Painting, and Animal rights....
, The Ramones, Stone Temple Pilots
Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots is a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band consisting of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....
, Jewel
Jewel (singer)

Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide, and almost twenty million in the United States alone....
, Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray is a rock music musical ensemble with members from Newport Beach, California, Orange County, California, California....
, Sublime
Sublime

Sublime may refer to:* Sublime ** their third album Sublime * Sublime * Sublime , the DV8 superhero* Sublime , the X-Men supervillain* Sublime , a 2007 horror movie...
, Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth is an United States pop rock band from San Jose, California.Formed in 1994, the band comprised Steve Harwell , Greg Camp , Paul De Lisle , and Kevin Coleman ....
, Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is a United States Rock music band formed in the 1970s and consisting of Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E. Carlos ....
, Aerosmith
Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
, Jane’s Addiction, and Creed
Creed (band)

Creed was an American post-grunge band from Tallahassee, Florida that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Song for the song "With Arms Wide Open" in 2001....
. As a songwriter, Sall has written tracks for Liz Phair
Liz Phair

Liz Phair is an United States singer-songwriter and guitarist.Phair began her career in the early 1990s by self-releasing lo-fi audio cassettes under the moniker Girly Sound, before signing with Matador Records and becoming one of the leading artists of the 1990s DIY punk ethic indie rock underground music....
, Jewel
Jewel (singer)

Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet. She has received three Grammy Award nominations and has sold twenty-seven million albums worldwide, and almost twenty million in the United States alone....
, George Clinton and Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray is a rock music musical ensemble with members from Newport Beach, California, Orange County, California, California....
.

As a performer with The Ralph Sall Experience, he has recorded original songs "Rock Me Sexy Jesus" and "You’re As Gay As The Day Is Long", and performs covers of "Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Someone Saved My Life Tonight

"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is an Elton John song from his album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. It is written in the key of A flat, though after having vocal cord surgery in 1987 that resulted in the loss of his falsetto range, John began performing the song in the key of F....
" and "Maniac
Maniac (song)

"Maniac" is a pop music song performed by Michael Sembello....
" for the film Hamlet 2
Hamlet 2

Hamlet 2 is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Andrew Fleming, written by Fleming and Pam Brady, and starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, and David Arquette....
. Tracks by his other group, All Too Much, have been featured in the films of License To Wed
License to Wed

License to Wed is a 2007 in film comedy film starring Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, and John Krasinski and directed by Ken Kwapis. The film was released in theaters on July 3 2007....
, Failure to Launch
Failure to Launch

Failure to Launch is a 2006 in film United States romantic comedy film. It is a loose remake of the France film Tanguy , being solely based on its premise, the overgrown thirty-something child who does not want to leave home....
, and The In-Laws
The In-Laws (2003 film)

The In-Laws is a 2003 in film comedy starring Michael Douglas, Albert Brooks, Candice Bergen and Ryan Reynolds. The film is a remake of the original The In-Laws cult classic, which starred Alan Arkin and Peter Falk....
. Sall’s Interstellar Force, a dance music project, charted a Billboard hit with their cover of the Star Wars Theme.

Sall has also written and produced songs for films, including the hit "Rollin’ With My Homies", co-written with Coolio
Coolio

Artis Leon Ivey, Jr. , better known by the stage name Coolio, is a Grammy Award-winning United States rapper and actor. He rose to fame in 1994 with his debut single Fantastic Voyage, and later in 1995 in music with the hit single Gangsta's Paradise , which appeared on the soundtrack for the film Dangerous Minds....
, for the movie Clueless and Words To Me, co-written with Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray is a rock music musical ensemble with members from Newport Beach, California, Orange County, California, California....
, for the Scooby Doo
Scooby-Doo (film)

Scooby-Doo is a 2002 in film live action film based on the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon Scooby-Doo. The film was directed by Raja Gosnell and written by James Gunn and Craig Titley....
 movie.

As the composer and executive music producer on Andrew Fleming
Andrew Fleming

Andrew Fleming is an American film and television director and screenwriter. He directed and wrote or co-wrote the films Bad Dreams , Threesome , The Craft , Dick , Nancy Drew and Hamlet 2....
’s Hamlet 2
Hamlet 2

Hamlet 2 is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Andrew Fleming, written by Fleming and Pam Brady, and starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, and David Arquette....
, Sall wrote the majority of the music and performed the songs under his name. In addition to Hamlet 2, Sall also collaborated with Fleming on the films Nancy Drew, The Craft
The Craft (film)

The Craft is a 1996 in film supernatural teen horror film directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Robin Tunney, Rachel True, Fairuza Balk and Neve Campbell....
, Dick
Dick (film)

Dick is a 1999 in film United States comedy Film directed by Andrew Fleming from a script by himself and Sheryl Longin. It is a parody retelling the events of the Watergate scandal which ended the President of the United States of Richard Nixon and features several cast members from Saturday Night Live....
, and Threesome. He wrote the music for Sony’s The New Guy
The New Guy

The New Guy is a 2002 in film United States teen comedy directed by Ed Decter. The film tells the story of a high school loser Dizzy Gillespie Harrison....
 and Warners’ Grind
Grind (2003 film)

Grind is a 2003 USA film about four young aspiring amateur Skateboarding: Eric Rivers , Matt Jensen , Dustin Knight , and Sweet Lou Singer who are try to make it in the world of pro skateboarding by pulling insane stunts in front of pro skater Jimmy Wilson ....
, for which he also wrote the screenplay.

Sall produced the tribute album
Tribute album

A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist....
 Deadicated, featuring the songs of the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of Rock music, Folk music, bluegrass music, blues, reggae, country music, jazz, Psychedelic rock, space rock and gospel music?and for live performances of long musical improvisati...
. He went on to create the triple-platinum selling Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles
Common Thread: The Songs of The Eagles

Common Thread: The Songs of the Eagles is a tribute album to the Eagles, an American rock music band. Released in 1993 on Giant Records , the album features cover songs of various Eagles songs, as performed by country music acts....
, Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors
Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors

Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors is a tribute album dedicated to The Doors. Record producer Ralph Sall gathered an assortment of new, classic and iconic artists for the record....
, and the Gold-certified Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits.

His Bulletproof label has had soundtrack releases including Hamlet 2, Mean Girls
Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a 2004 in film Cinema of the United States teen film comedy film, based on the book, Queen Bees and Wannabes, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan....
, Grind, Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web (2006 film)

Charlotte's Web is a live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White. It is directed by Gary Winick and produced by Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, The Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies....
, Mad Hot Ballroom
Mad Hot Ballroom

Mad Hot Ballroom is a documentary film by director Marilyn Agrelo and writer/producer Amy Sewell about a ballroom dancing program in the New York City Public school#United_States system....
, Barnyard
Barnyard (film)

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals is a computer-animated film, produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures, that was released on April 4, 2006....
, Sahara
Sahara (2005 film)

Sahara is a 2005 in film Action film/adventure film directed by Breck Eisner and based on the best-selling Sahara by Clive Cussler.Though it opened at number-one, grossing $18 million on its first weekend, Sahara is considered one of the biggest financial failures in Hollywood history....
, and Jackass Number Two.

Ralph Sall won the 1994 Razzie Award (Worst Original Song) for the song Addams Family (Whoomp!) from the movie Addams Family Values
Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values is a 1993 in film Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated sequel to the 1991 in film comedy film The Addams Family ....
. He shared the award with his co-writers Stephen Gibson and Cecil Glenn.

Filmography


Composer

  • Hamlet 2
    Hamlet 2

    Hamlet 2 is a 2008 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film directed by Andrew Fleming, written by Fleming and Pam Brady, and starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, and David Arquette....
     2008
  • Nancy Drew 2007
  • Grind
    Grind (2003 film)

    Grind is a 2003 USA film about four young aspiring amateur Skateboarding: Eric Rivers , Matt Jensen , Dustin Knight , and Sweet Lou Singer who are try to make it in the world of pro skateboarding by pulling insane stunts in front of pro skater Jimmy Wilson ....
     2003
  • The New Guy
    The New Guy

    The New Guy is a 2002 in film United States teen comedy directed by Ed Decter. The film tells the story of a high school loser Dizzy Gillespie Harrison....
     2002

Music supervisor

  • Nancy Drew 2007
  • Kitchen Confidential
    Kitchen Confidential (TV series)

    Kitchen Confidential, the television series based on Anthony Bourdain's New York Times Best Seller list book, Kitchen Confidential, was a sitcom which debuted on September 19, 2005 on the Fox Broadcasting Company network....
Episode 1: Exile on Main Street Episode 2: Aftermath
  • Head Cases
    Head Cases

    Head Cases is an United States primetime comedy-drama television program, best known as the first show cancelled for the 2005-06 United States network television schedule....
Episode 1: Pilot
  • Paranormal Girl 2002 (TV)
  • Happy Campers
    Happy Campers

    Happy Campers are a Punk rock/Rock music band, from Las Vegas, Nevada. The band consists of three members: Isaac Campa , Master Jay and MeanGene ....
     2001
  • Grosse Pointe
    Grosse Pointe (TV series)

    Grosse Pointe is an United States television sitcom which aired on the The WB Television Network during the 2000-2001 television season. Created by Darren Star, it was a satire depicting the behind-the-scenes drama on the set of a television show, and was inspired in large part by Star's experiences as the creator and producer of the nigh...
Episode 1: Pilot
  • Three Kings
    Three Kings (film)

    Three Kings is a 1999 in film comedy-drama war film written and directed by David O. Russell from a story by John Ridley about a gold heist in the style of Kelly's Heroes....
     1999
  • Dick
    Dick (film)

    Dick is a 1999 in film United States comedy Film directed by Andrew Fleming from a script by himself and Sheryl Longin. It is a parody retelling the events of the Watergate scandal which ended the President of the United States of Richard Nixon and features several cast members from Saturday Night Live....
     1999
  • The Replacement Killers
    The Replacement Killers

    The Replacement Killers is a 1998 in film Cinema of the United States action film, directed by Antoine Fuqua in his directorial debut. It stars Chow Yun Fat and Mira Sorvino....
     1998
  • Switchback 1997
  • Bio-Dome
    Bio-Dome

    Bio-Dome is a 1996 movie starring Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin and directed by Jason Bloom . The story centers on two men named Bud and Doyle and their experience inside a "bio-dome", a form of a closed ecological system....
     1996
  • Billy Madison
    Billy Madison

    Billy Madison is a 1995 in film comedy film starring Adam Sandler in the title role about a slacker who must go back to school in order to take over his father's company....
     1995
  • Addams Family Values
    Addams Family Values

    Addams Family Values is a 1993 in film Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated sequel to the 1991 in film comedy film The Addams Family ....
     1993
  • Tremors
    Tremors (film)

    Tremors is a 1990 in film dark comedy monster film about a group of people from a small Nevada town fighting wiktionary:subterranean worm-creatures dubbed "Graboids"....
     1990
  • Downtown
    Downtown (film)

    Downtown is a 1990 police action film directed by Richard Benjamin and Starring Forest Whitaker, Joe Pantoliano and Anthony Edwards....
     1990


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