Education
University of Michigan.
University of Michigan.
Prior to his work on The Evil Dead, his first film, he released a jazz LP titled Glisten. LoDuca"s credits include 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, 11 Primetime Emmy Nominations, and “Most Performed Underscore” recognitions from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers for four consecutive years. LoDuca played in a rock band in his teens, before studying literature and composition at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University.
He claimed to prefer composition, because it let him "run among the disciplines without getting caught".
Originally an accomplished jazz guitarist in the Detroit (Michigan, United States of America) area, LoDuca frequently provides music for producer/director Sam Raimi, producer/director Dean Devlin and actor Bruce Campbell"s films and series. He garnered a César Award nomination. Meilleure Musique Écrite Pour Un Film (Best Music) and a Saturn Award nomination for the French international film Brotherhood of the Wolf, as well as being lauded as "Horror Film Composer of the Year" for his score to Army of Darkness. LoDuca was nominated for and won the Emmy Award in 2009 for Outstanding Music Composition Foreign A Series for his music in Legend of the Seeker.
