Strange things happen: a life with the Police, polo, and pygmies
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AMY GREY—Founder of the publicity firm Dish Communications, she handled my film, Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out and The Police reunion tour.
DOREEN RINGER ROSS—Vice president for Film and Television Relations at BMI, which represents me as a composer.
EBERHARD SCHOENER—He’s a German composer, conductor, arranger, keyboardist, and conceiver of the outlandish. His recording with me, Sting, and Andy Summers was critical to the musical evolution of The Police. He began his musical life as a violinist and was the first to tour a Balinese gamelan orchestra in the West.
OLAF KÜBLER—A blues and jazz saxophonist in Schoener’s band.
BILLY FRANCIS—Tour manager for The Police through our breakup in 1984. A Londoner, he stayed with Sting and returned as band manager for our reunion tour. He was more our consigliere, but his official title was tour manager.
PHIL DOUGHERTY—Guitar technician for Bono of U2, he was responsible for the one guitar Bono used. He later became Andy Summers’s tour manager for The Police reunion.
ARGENTINA PRESIDENT CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ DE KIRCHNER—The wife of the former president, Néstor Kirchner, she became the country’s first elected female president in 2007 and second since Eva Perón served in the 1970s. She’s serving a four-year term through 2011, which means I’ll have plenty of time to say something else that requires an apology.
PRESIDENT MICHELLE BACHELET OF CHILE—The daughter of a brigadier general who died under torture after Augusto Pinochet came to power in a 1973 coup, she and her mother were later detained and tortured before their release in 1975. A pediatrician and epidemiologist by training, she served as Minister of Health and Defense Minister under President Ricardo Lagos and in 2006 was elected as the first female president of her country. It’s doubtful she’ll ever have a beer with me.
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE—Politically active band from Los Angeles, whose cast remains unchanged since its formation in 1991: vocalist Zack de la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Tim Commerford, and drummer Brad Wilk. One of the most influential American bands for its political activism, RATM has always railed against U.S. foreign and domestic policies, using their music for social activism.
BILL ZYSBLAT—Accountant to the greats, including The Eagles, Simon & Garfunkel, and The Rolling Stones. Sting, too. He was the producer of The Police Reunion Tour (promoted by Live Nation).
STEWART COPELAND’S RAP SHEET
1973 Frolkhaven—At the Apex of High (Private Press LP)
Curved Air
1975 Midnight Wire
1976 Airborne
Klark Kent
1980 Klark Kent (10" Green Vinyl)
1995 Kollekted Works
The Police
1978 Outlandos d’Amour
1979 Reggatta de Blanc
1980 Zenyatta Mondatta
1981 The Police in the East/ The Police Around the World (DVD)
1981 Ghost in the Machine
1983 Synchronicity
1983 The Synchronicity Concert (DVD)
1986 Every Breath You Take—The Singles
1990 Their Greatest Hits
1993 Message in a Box (4 Disc Box Set)
1995 Live! (2 Disc Box Set)
1995 Every Breath You Take—The Classics
1996 Greatest Hits
1997 The Very Best of Sting and The Police
2007 The Police (Best Of) (2 Disc Set)
2008 Certifiable—Live in Buenos Aires 2007 (2 DVD + 2 CD Set)
Stewart Copeland
1985 The Rhythmatist
1988 The Equalizer and Other Cliff Hangers
1997 From Rumble Fish to Gridlock’d (Promotional Compilation)
2003 Orchestralli with Orchestra Ueca, Milano (DVD/CD)
2004 La Notte della Taranta (DVD/CD)
2007 Stewart Copeland: Anthology
Animal Logic
1989 Animal Logic
1991 Animal Logic II
Oysterhead
2001 The Grand Pecking Order
Soundtracks
Rumble Fish (1983)
91/2 Weeks (1986)
Out of Bounds (1986)
Wall Street (1988)
Talk Radio (1988)
Earth Girls Are Easy (1989)
Noah’s Ark (1990)
Men at Work (1990)
Rapa Nui (1994)
Silent Fall (1994)
Highlander II (1995)
Boys (1996)
The Leopard Son (1996)
The Pallbearer (1996)
Four Days in September (1998)
Very Bad Things (1998)
Little Boy Blue (1998)
Pecker (1998)
Simpatico (1999)
Boys and Girls (2000)
Composer Credits
1986 “King Lear,” San Francisco Ballet, Michael Smuin
1988 “Emilio,” Trento Ballet, Italy
1989 “Holy Blood and the Crescent Moon,” Cleveland Opera (1992 Fort Worth Opera)
1992 “Horse Opera,” Opera for Channel 4, United Kingdom
1993 “Noah’s Ark/Solcheeka,” Seattle Symphony Orchestra
1994 “Casque of Amontillado,” Holders Easter Season, Barbados
1994 (and 1999) “Prey,” Ballet Oklahoma
1999 “Kaya, Eve, and Grace,” Catania Music Festival
2003 “La Notte della Taranta,” Melpignano, Puglia (CD/DVD)
2008 “Celeste,” Savannah Music Festival, featuring Daniel Hope (violin)
2009 “Retail Therapy,” La Jolla Music Society’s Summerfest
2009 “Ben Hur Live,” European arena tour, score by Copeland
Film
1984 Rumblefish. Starring Matt Dillon. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Written by S. E. Hinton and Francis Ford Coppola. Executive producer, Francis Ford Coppola. MCA/Universal. [Best Score, Golden Globe nominee, 1984]
1985 The Rhythmatist. Starring Stewart Copeland. Written and directed by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux.
1986 Out of Bounds. Starring Anthony Michael Hall. Directed by Richard Tuggle. Written by Tony Kayden.
1987 She’s Having a Baby. Starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. Written and directed by John Hughes. Executive producer, Ronald Colby. Paramount.
1987 Wall Street. Starring Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, and Daryl Hannah. Directed by Oliver Stone. Written by Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone. Producer, Edward R. Pressman. 20th Century Fox.
1988 The Jogger (short). Starring Terry O’Quinn. Written and directed by Robert Resnikoff.
1988 Earth Girls Are Easy. Starring Gina Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and Jim Carrey. Directed by Julien Temple.
1988 Talk Radio. Starring Eric Bogosian. Directed by Oliver Stone. Written by Eric Boogosian and Oliver Stone. Executive producers, Greg Strangis and Sam Strangis. Universal.
1989 See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Written by Earl Barret, Arne Sultan, and Marvin Worth. Executive producers, Earl Barret, Burtt Harris, and Arne Sultan. TriStar.
1990 Hidden Agenda. Starring Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, and Mai Zetterling. Directed by Ken Loach. Written by Jim Allen. Executive producers, John Daly and Derek Gibson. MGM.
1990 Men at Work. Starring Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. Written and directed by Emilio Estevez. Executive producers, Moshe Diamant and Irwin Yablans.
1990 Taking Care of Business. Starring James Belushi and Charles Grodin. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Written by Jill Mazursky and Jeffrey Abrams. Executive producer, Paul Mazursky. Touchstone.
1990 The First Power. Starring Lou Diamond Phillips. Written and directed by Robert Resnikoff. Executive producer, Robert W. Cort. MGM.
1991 Highlander II. Starring Sean Connery and Virginia Madsen. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. Written by Gregory Widen, Brian Clemens, William Panzer, and Peter Bellwood. Executive producers, Guy Collins and Mario Sotela. Miramax/Columbia TriStar.
1991 Riff-Raff. Starring Robert Carlyle and Emer McCourt. Directed by Ken Loac
h. Written by Bill Jesse. Producer, Sally Hibbin.
1993 Seconds Out. Written by Lynda LaPlante. Directed by Bruce McDonald.
1993 Raining Stones. Starring Bruce Jones and Julie Brown. Directed by Ken Loach. Written by Jim Allen. Producer, Sally Hibbin.
1993 The Wide Sargasso Sea. Starring Karina Lombard. Directed by John Duigan. Written by Carole Angier, John Duigan, Jean Rhys, and Jan Sharp. Executive producer, Sara Risher. New Line.
1993 Airborne. Starring Seth Green and Jack Black. Directed by Rob Bowman. Written by Bill Apablasa.
1993 Bank Robber. Starring Patrick Dempsey, Forrest Whittaker, and Mariska Hargitay. Written and directed by Nick Mead. IRS Films.
1994 Airborne. Starring Shane McDermott. Directed by Rob Bowman. Written by Bill Apablasa and Stephen McEveety. Producers, Bruce Davey and Stephen McEveety. Warner Bros.
1994 Fresh. Starring Sean Nelson and Samuel L. Jackson. Written and directed by Boaz Yakin. Executive producer, Lila Cazes. Miramax.
1994 Decadence. Starring Steven Berkoff. Written and directed by Joan Collins and Steven Berkoff.
1994 Rapa Nui. Starring Jason Scott Lee, Esai Morales, and Sandrine Holt. Directed by Kevin Reynolds. Written by Kevin Reynolds and Tim Rose Price. Executive producers, Guy East and Barrie M. Osborne. Warner Bros.
1994 Silent Fall. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, and John Lithgow. Directed by Bruce Beresford. Written by Akiva Goldsman. Executive producer, Gary Barber. Warner Bros.
1994 Surviving the Game. Starring Ice-T and Rutger Hauer. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson. Written by Eric Bernt. Executive producer, Kevin J. Messick. New Line.
1995 Judgement. Starring Matthew McConaughey. Directed by David Winkler.
1996 Boys. Starring Winona Ryder. Directed by Stacy Cochran. Written by Stacy Cochran and James Salter. Executive producers, Ted Field, Robert W. Cort, and Scott Kroopf. Interscope.
1996 The Leopard Son (documentary). Directed by Hugo Van Lawick. Executive producer, Tim Cowling. Discovery Films.
1996 The Pallbearer. Starring David Schwimmer and Gwyneth Paltrow. Directed by Matt Reeves. Written by Jason Katims and Matt Reeves. Executive producers, Meryl Poster, Bob Weinstein, and Harvey Weinstein. Miramax.
1997 Good Burger. Starring Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson. Directed by Brian Robbins. Written by Dan Schneider, Kevin Kopelow, and Heath Seifert. Executive producer, Julia Pistor. Paramount/Nickelodeon.
1997 Gridlock’d. Starring Tupac Shakur and Tim Roth. Written and directed by Vondie Curtis Hall. Executive producers, Ted Field, Scott Kroopf, and Russell Simmons. Columbia Tristar/Polygram.
1997 Little Boy Blue. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Nastassja Kinski, and John Savage. Directed by Antonio Tebaldi. Written by Michael Boston. Executive producer, Virginia Giritlian. Warner Bros.
1998 West Beyrouth. Written and directed by Ziad Doueri. Producers, Rashid Bouchareb and Jean Brehat.
1998 Four Days in September. Starring Alan Arkin. Directed by Bruno Baretto. Written by Ferrnando Gabeira and Leopoldo Serran. Producers, Lucy Barreto and Luiz Carlos Barreto. Miramax.
1998 Pecker. Starring Edward Furlong and Christina Ricci. Written and directed by John Waters. Executive producers, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr., Mark Ordeseky, Joe Revitte, and Jonathan Weisgal. New Line.
1998 Very Bad Things. Starring Christian Slater and Cameron Diaz. Written and directed by Peter Berg. Executive producers, Ted Field, Michael A. Helfant, Scott Kroopf, and Christian Slater. Polygram.
1999 Made Men. Starring James Belushi, Michael Beach, and Timothy Dalton. Directed by Louis Morneau. Written by Robert Franke, Alfred Gough, and Miles Millar. Executive producers, Dan Cracchiolo and Steve Richards. Silver Pictures.
1999 More Dogs Than Bones. Starring Joe Mantegna and Peter Coyote. Written and directed by Michael Browning. Producers, Ehud Bleiberg, Yitzhak Ginsberg, Miriam Leffert, and Brittany Taylor. Dream Entertainment.
1999 She’s All That. Starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook. Directed by Rob Iscove. Written by R. Lee Fleming Jr. Executive producers, Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein. Miramax.
1999 South Park, Bigger, Longer and Uncut. Produced, written, and directed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Paramount.
1999 Simpatico. Starring Nick Nolte, Jeff Bridges, and Sharon Stone. Directed by Matthew Warchus. Written by Sam Shepard, Matthew Warchus, and David Nicholls. Executive producers, Sue Baden-Powell, Joel Lubin, and Greg Shapiro. Fine Line.
2000 Boiler Room. Written and directed by Ben Younger. Producers, Suzanne and Jennifer Todd. New Line.
2000 Boys and Girls. Starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Claire Forlani, and Jason Biggs. Directed by Robert Iscove. Written by The Drews. Executive producers, Jeremy Kramer, Jill Sobel Messick, Bob Weinstein, and Harvey Weinstein. Miramax/Dimension.
2000 Skipped Parts. Starring Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Directed by Tamra Davis. Written by Tim Sandlin. Executive producers, Mark Amin, Tamra Davis, and Mike Elliott. Trimark.
2000 Sunset Strip. Starring Simon Baker, Anna Friel, and Nick Stahl. Directed by Adam Collis. Written by Randall Jahnson and Russell DeGrazier. Producer, Art Linson. Executive producer, James Dodson. 20th Century Fox.
2001 On the Line. Starring Lance Bass and Joey Fatone. Directed by Eric Bross. Written by Eric Aronson and Paul Stanton. Executive producers, Robbie Brenner, Jeremy Kramer, Bob Osher, Andrew Panay, and Johnny Wright. Miramax/Zomba.
2002 Deuces Wild. Starring Stephen Dorff and Brad Renfro. Directed by Scott Kalvert. Written by Paul Kimatian and Christophen Gambale. Executive producers, Eberhard Kayser, Mario Ohoven, and Marc Sferrazza. MGM.
2004 I Am David. Starring Jim Caviezel and Ben Tibber. Directed by Paul Feig. Written by Paul Feig and Anne Holm. Producers, Davina Belling, Lauren Levine, and Clive Parsons. Walden Media/Lions Gate.
2004 Amazon Forever. Written and directed by Jean-Pierre Dutilleux. Gentleman Films.
2005 Lovewrecked. Starring Amanda Bynes. Directed by Randall Kleiser. Written by Stephen Langford. Executive producers, James Lance Bass, Derek F. C. Elliot, Kelli Konop, and Matthew F. Leonetti Jr. Media 8 Entertainment.
2006 Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out. Produced, written, narrated, and edited by Stewart Copeland. Executive producers, Miles Copeland and Derek Power. A&M Universal.
Television
1985 The Ewoks and the Droids. Created by George Lucas. ABC/Lucasfilm.
1986 The Equalizer (pilot and three seasons). Starring Edward Woodward and Robert Lansing. Created by Michael Sloan. Executive producers, Stuart Cohen, James Duff McAdams, and Michael Sloan. Studios USA/ CBS.
1989 After Midnight (pilot). Starring Marg Helgenberger, Marc McClure, and Ed Monaghan. Directed by Tony Richardson. Written by Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat. Executive producers, Allan Dennis and Barry J. Hirsch. MGM/ABC.
1990 TV101 (pilot). Starring Sam Roberts and Brynn Thayer. Created, directed, and executive produced by Karl Schaefer. GTG.
1992 Fugitive Among Us. Starring Peter Strauss and Eric Roberts. Directed by Michael Toshiyuki Uno. Written by Mike Cochran and Gordon Greisman. Executive producer, Andrew Adelson. ABC.
1993 Afterburn. Starring Laura Dern. Directed by Robert Markowitz. Written by Elizabeth Chandler. Executive producer, Steve Tisch. HBO. [Best Score, Cable Ace Award, 1993]
1993 Babylon 5 (two-hour pilot). Directed by Richard Compton. Created by J. Michael Straczynski. Producer, Doug Netter. TNT/Warner Bros.
1995 Tyson. Starring Michael Jai White and Paul Winfield. Directed by Uli Edel. Written by Jose Torres and Robert Johnson. Executive producers, Ross Greenburg and Edgar J. Scherick. HBO.
1995 White Dwarf. Starring Paul Winfield and Neal McDonough. Directed by Peter Markel. Written by Bruce Wagner. Executive producers, Francis Ford Coppola, Robert Halmi Sr., and Bruce Wagner. Cabin Fever Entertainment.
1998 Futuresport. Starring Dean Cain and Vanessa Williams. Directed by Ernest Dickerson. Written by Steve De Jarnatt and Robert Hewitt Wolfe. Executive producers, Deborah Raffin, Michael Viner,
and Ron Ziskin. ABC/Amen Ra/Dove.
1998 Legalese. Starring James Garner. Directed by Glenn Jordan. Written by Billy Ray. Executive producer, J. Paul Higgins. New Line/TNT.
1998 The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3. Starring Edward James Olmos, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Donnie Wahlberg. Directed by Felix Alcala. Written by John Godey, Peter Stone, and April Smith. Executive producers, Pen Densham, Richard Barton Lewis, and John Watson. ABC Trilogy/MGM.
1998–2003 Spyro the Dragon I, II, III, IV. Universal Interactive/Sony Computer Entertainment America.