Scott Bomar is a Memphis based musician, Emmy Award-winning Film/TV composer and producer, songwriter and engineer of multiple Grammy winning and nominated recordings. Projects include the films Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan, Mississippi Grind and Soul Men. Bomar produced and engineered Cyndi Lauper’s Grammy nominated album, Memphis Blues, at his Electraphonic Recording Studio and co-wrote the song, “The House Always Wins” on William Bell’s 2016 Grammy winning album, This is Where I Live. His most recent film project is for the Netflix film MY NAME IS DOLEMITE.

Based on the real-life story of Rudy Ray Moore, MY NAME IS DOLEMITE, stars Eddie Murphy and was premiered at the Toronoto Film Festival in September of 2019. The film centers on Filmmaker Rudy Ray Moore, best known for portraying the character of Dolemite in both his stand-up routine and a series of blaxploitation films, starting with the film "Dolemite" in 1975. The film was released on Netflix on October 25, 2019 and has received critical praise for Eddie Murphy's performance, including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor and Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical.

In this episode, Scott Bomar discusses his research into and how he paid homage to the blaxsploitation genre of the 1970s. Bomar details his inspiration from composers such as Quincy Jones and Lalo Schifrin and the performances of many instrumentalists who played on such famous films such as Shaft, Chuck Turner and Superfly. While revealing some of the musical connection to previous work he did for HUSTLE & FLOW, Scott Bomar shares how an encounter at the recording studio with another huge, musical influence, Isaac Hayes played out.

ANNOTATED TRACKS / SEGMENTS

02:21 - Put Your Weight on It

03:58 - I'm Gonna Kill Dolemite

05:51 - Sell It

07:46 - Scene 3

08:42 - Promote It

10:47 - The Phone Call

11:50 - New House Record

13:42 - Arrived

SOUNDTRACK

The original score for My Name is Dolemite was released by Milan Records on October 4, 2019, on digital and can be purchased at Amazon.com, iTunes, or streaming on Spotify and Apple Music

MORE ABOUT THE COMPOSER

You can hear more music by Scott Bomar at his official site:

https://www.electraphonicrecording.com/ or you can follow him on Twitter @electraphonic.

ABOUT THE ANNOTATOR

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