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Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician and record producer. ==Career== Froom began his career as a keyboard player in Sonoma County, California. The band Crossfire featured two keyboard players; Mitchell on one side of the stage and brother David on the other with Gary Pihl on guitar. He also played keyboards on the Ronnie Montrose-led group Gamma's third album ''Gamma 3'' as well as both late 70s solo albums by David LaFlamme, ''White Bird'' and ''Inside Out''. He produced the first three Crowded House albums, which led to more production jobs with Richard Thompson, Los Lobos, American Music Club, and Suzanne Vega. One early notable work, ''Key of Cool'', later became the soundtrack for the adult film, ''Café Flesh''. Between 1992–2002 Froom formed a full-time partnership with engineer Tchad Blake. Production credits include albums from American Music Club, Stevie Ann, Tasmin Archer, The Bangles, Peter Case, The Corrs, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Crowded House, The Ditty Bops, Tim Finn, Missy Higgins, Indigo Girls, Paul McCartney, Robin Gibb, Maria McKee, Pat McLaughlin, Randy Newman, Nerina Pallot, Pearl Jam, Phantom Planet, Bonnie Pink, Daniel Powter, Bonnie Raitt, Ron Sexsmith, The Del Fuegos, Richard Thompson, and Suzanne Vega. Froom and Blake joined with David Hidalgo and Louie Perez of Los Lobos to form the experimental roots collaboration Latin Playboys. Froom has produced over 60 albums〔(Kontextrecords )〕 and has composed and produced music for numerous films.〔(IMDB Mitchell Froom )〕 He has been nominated for several Grammys including for Record of the Year for ''La Bamba'' by Los Lobos (1988) and Producer of the Year in 1993 for both ''Kiko'' by Los Lobos and ''99.9F°'' by Suzanne Vega.〔(Rock on the Net 1993 Grammys )〕 He was also nominated for the 1998 Golden Globe Award and the 1999 Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for co-writing with Sheryl Crow the James Bond movie title song "Tomorrow Never Dies".〔(Rock on the Net 1999 Grammys )〕 As a musician, Froom has released two solo albums, ''Dopamine'' (1998) and ''A Thousand Days'' (2005). The song "Noodletown" from "Dopamine" won an Emmy when it was used as the theme for PBS' ''Sessions at West 54th''.〔(Damn Fine Day )〕 Froom was a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.〔(Independent Music Awards – Past Judges )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitchell Froom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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