Eddie Korvin

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Eddie Korvin
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Eddie Korvin at Blue Rock Studio reception area, c. 1975
Background information
Born
New York City, New York, US
Occupation(s)Recording engineer, mixer, editor, studio owner,
music producer, arranger, composer
Labels Various

Edouard "Eddie" Korvin (born 1945) is an American recording engineer, composer, and music producer.

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Korvin co-composed the score for the Emmy Award-winning documentary series This Was America alongside Ron Frangipane. [1]

Early years

Korvin was born in New York City in 1945 and raised in the Manhattan area. [2] His stepfather was actor Charles Korvin [3] .

Family friends and acquaintances in the music field included composers Burton Lane and Johnny Mercer, singer Anita Ellis, conductor Ted Saidenberg, violinist Issac Stern, bass-baritone George London, record store owner, Sam Goody, Arturo Toscanini, and Murray the K. [4]

Blue Rock Studio

Korvin owned the Blue Rock Studio from 1970 to 1986. [2] The studio was located in SoHo, Manhattan. [3]

Blue Rock Studio was intentionally created as a one-room-only facility. [5]

Work in television and film

Korvin began composing music commercially around 1980, scoring for projects in film, television and commercials. In 1982, he won an Emmy Award for scoring an episode of the documentary series, “This Was America”. Working with film director David Sutherland, a former classmate at Tufts University, Korvin was composer and assistant director for the film Jack Levine: A Feast Of Pure Reason. [6] Other scoring projects included two more films with Sutherland for PBS as well as shows for HBO, Cinemax and an ABC TV Christmas special. [7] Still active today, he has recently worked with director John Alexander as music supervisor on Bender and on Little Satchmo as assistant director, music supervisor, and composer . [8] [9] In 2023, he won a second Emmy for his work on Little Satchmo. [10] In 2024, in partnership with his son, Edouard Korvin, he opened a post production audio facility, Studio 26, in Santa Monica, CA and completed music and sound design on a feature documentary, God As My Witness, directed by Lindsay Q. Pitre. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Studio Update" (PDF). Recording Engineer/Producer. 12 (6): 131–132. December 1981.
  2. 1 2 "Edouard Korvin | Composer, Music Department, Sound Department". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  3. 1 2 "Edouard Korvin - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Eddie Korvin". The Tin Whistle. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  5. ↑ "The Mood Is 'Down-Home' At Blue Rock". Billboard. 25 December 1982.
  6. ↑ "Filmography: Jack Levine: "Feast of Pure Reason" 1989". PBS. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Christmas Miracles". Variety. 12 December 1997. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Bender: Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Documentary, Little Satchmo. "Little Satchmo Documentary". Little Satchmo. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  10. ↑ Staff, OffBeat (2023-06-21). "Little Satchmo Documentary Wins Emmy". OffBeat Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  11. ↑ "Edouard Korvin | Composer". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
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