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Stephen Raymond Merritt〔http://agingspinsters.blogspot.com/2013/02/happy-birthday-stephin-merritt.html〕 (born February 9, 1965),〔United States Copyright Office, (Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) ) (by: Name (Merritt, Stephin) – Merritt, Stephin, 1965- )〕 better known as Stephin Merritt, is an American singer-songwriter, best known as the principal singer and songwriter of the band The Magnetic Fields. He is known for his distinctive and untrained bass voice. ==Musical projects== Merritt created and played principal roles in the bands The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes.〔 He briefly used the name ''The Baudelaire Memorial Orchestra'' as an attribution for a song written for Lemony Snicket's ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'', entitled "Scream and Run Away". Further music was recorded for the audiobook versions of the series and is attributed to The Gothic Archies. ''The Tragic Treasury'' was released by Nonesuch Records in October 2006 along with the 13th and final book of the series.〔(Merritt, Snicket and the 'Tragic Treasury' ), ''All Things Considered'' December 3, 2006〕 Under his own name, he recorded and released the soundtracks to the films ''Eban and Charley'' and ''Pieces of April''. The soundtrack to the Nickelodeon show ''The Adventures of Pete & Pete'' featured many of his songs. He and director Chen Shi-zheng have collaborated on three pieces of musical theatre; ''Orphan of Zhao'' (2003), ''Peach Blossom Fan'' (2004), and ''My Life as a Fairy Tale'' (2005).〔Brantley, Ben. (Exploring the Shadows of a Sunny Writer's Nightmare ) ''New York Times''. July 29, 2005.〕 Selected tracks from these works have been released on Nonesuch Records under the title ''Showtunes''. Additionally, he is one-third of the infrequent, live-only ensemble the Three Terrors, whose other principal members include the ''69 Love Songs'' album's Dudley Klute and LD Beghtol. Past themes of these performances have included French pop music, movie themes (including the title song from ''Deep Throat''), intoxication, and New York. Kenny Mellman (of Kiki & Herb), James Jacobs, Daniel Handler, Jon DeRosa and others have performed with The Three Terrors at these sporadic gala events. Merritt wrote and sang "I'm In a Lonely Way" in a television commercial for Volvo that aired in the summer and fall of 2007. He also performed "The Wheels on the Car". Merritt penned the music and lyrics for a 2009 Off-Broadway stage musical adaptation of ''Coraline'', a novel by Neil Gaiman. In the MCC Theater production, his music will be performed by a piano “orchestra” – complete with a traditional piano, a toy piano, and a prepared piano (a piano that has had its sound altered by attaching objects – such as tin foil, rubber bands and playing cards – to the strings).〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=MCC Theater )〕 He produced a score for the silent film ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'' that was performed at the Castro Theatre, San Francisco on May 4, 2010 as part of the San Francisco International Film Festival. 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「Stephin Merritt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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