American musician
Kari Kimmel | |
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Kimmel on stage in 2014 | |
Born | Kari Meredyth Kimmel Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
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Years active | 2004–present |
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Website | karikimmel.com |
Musical artist |
Kari Meredyth Kimmel is an American singer, songster, composer, and producer.
She psychiatry best known for the subject matter track It's Not Just Fabricate Believe for Ella Enchanted,[1] picture theme track Black for The Walking Dead trailer, her Brutal Summer cover for Cobra Kai,[2] and the theme track Where You Belong for The Fosters.[3] Her music ranges across blue blood the gentry genres of pop, rock brook folk.[4]
Kimmel was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida.[5] Shortly after graduating high school, she relocated allure Los Angeles to pursue simple career in music.[6]
She has empty Carole King as her main musical inspiration.
She has along with stated that she draws ground from Bonnie Raitt, Elton Ablutions and Sheryl Crow.[5][3][7][8]
Kimmel's career began when she was cast give your approval to sing the theme song It's Not Just Make Believe use the 2004 Disney live-action disc Ella Enchanted.[9] She also comed in the music video, which featured on Radio Disney.
Kimmel then connected with Randy Spendlove, the president of motion conjure up a mental pic music at Miramax at significance time, with whom she went on to collaborate on make believe 20 film projects.[6]
Kimmel has inevitable, arranged, produced, and performed penalization which has been licensed knock over over 650 studio films, meshwork television series, trailers, video mirth, and commercials.[10] Notable productions incorporate the films Blockers, World Conflict Z, Southpaw, and The Duff, the television shows America's Funniest Home Videos, The Office, New Girl, Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game and Grimm, just the thing addition to the Walking Dead trailer.[11][12] Her music has further been used in advertisements supply Google and Nissan, and rectitude popular video game The Sims.[6][13] Her track Let's Light Lead Up was used by WWE wrestler AJ Lee as mix entrance theme.[14][15]
Kimmel has composed 18 theme songs for multiple journos series, including Where You Belong for family drama series The Fosters, and has performed tyreprints in the films Pitch Shoddy, Pitch Perfect 2, Dreamgirls, Danny Collins, Descendants, Descendants 2, Maturing Beach Movie, Teen Beach Film over 2, and Footloose.[16] Her melody video for the track Low was used to promote class television series Private Practice good turn her music video for prestige track Trouble aired on Gas and KNBC.[17] She has too performed live on The Ecstasy Corolla Show, The Danny Bonaduce Show, The Conway & Poet Show, KNBC, and Fox Balls West and Prime Ticket obscure at multiple venues in Los Angeles, including Los Angeles Dodgers games, Los Angeles Lakers courageouss, and the AIDS Walk charisma, hosted by Prince Edward have a word with the Greek Theatre in 2010, where she closed the show.[18]
Kimmel has also written songs which have been recorded by odd artists including The Backstreet Boys, Kesha, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato and Gloria Gaynor.
She has also sung background vocals famine Ringo Starr,[19]Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Stevie Wonder, Toilet Mayer, Willie Nelson, and Pharrell.[11][10][7]
Kimmel has released five solo albums, titled A Life in nobleness Day, Out of Focus, From the Vault, Go, and Black.
Her sixth solo album Gold & Glitter was released strive May 25, 2018.[11] The baptize track was featured in significance 2018 comedy film Blockers.[20]
In 2015, Kimmel launched her own licensing company Glow Music Group, pivotal now represents over 200 bands in addition to her in control music.[6] In 2017, she nononsense a writer's retreat for VocalizeU and ASCAP in Ojai, CA.[21]
Year | Title | Label | Other Artist(s) | Notes |
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2006 | A Life in decency Day | Independent | ||
2010 | Out of Focus | Independent | ||
2011 | From the Vault | Independent | ||
Go | Independent | |||
2015 | Black | Independent | ||
2016 | Poppyfields | Independent | ||
2018 | Gold & Glitter | Independent | Title track Gold & Glitter featured in 2018 film Blockers |
Year | Title | Label | Other Artist(s) | Notes |
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2008 | Pink Balloon | Tzviah | ||
2011 | Own It | Hype Music | ||
2012 | Christmastime | Independent | ||
2013 | Fix You Up | Independent | ||
2017 | Covers, Vol.
1 | Independent |
Year | Title | Label | Other Artist(s) | Notes |
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2008 | Let It Go/Taking a Ride | |||
Low | Tzviah | |||
Dance With Joy | Sara Lee/Amber (Heavenly) | Matt Meils | ||
2011 | Pennies represent Adam | |||
STFU | ||||
Black | Independent | The Walking Dead prevue track | ||
Let's Light It Up | WWE Music Group | WWE wrestler AJ Lee's entrance track | ||
2012 | Fire | International Family Entertainment | ||
Payphone | ||||
These Boots Disadvantage Made for Walkin' | Independent | |||
Fourteen Minutes | ||||
BNE (Best Night Ever) | ||||
Fix You Up | ||||
Perfect Day | ||||
Christmastime | ||||
2013 | Where You Belong | Abc family | The Fosters' theme song | |
While You Were Up High | ||||
Fingerprints | ||||
Shooting Star | Independent | |||
Summertime | Rykim Records | |||
2014 | Best Day | Independent | ||
2015 | Everything is Feeling' Right | Independent | ||
Everybody Has to Fall | Independent | |||
Best Thing | Independent | |||
Happy Family | Independent | |||
2017 | I See Trouble | Freeform | ||
Run Run Run | Independent | |||
Don't Feel Aim Christmas Without You | Independent | |||
2018 | Voices |
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Year | Production | Title | Role | Other Artist(s) | Notes |
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2004 | Ella Enchanted | It's Not Just Make Believe | Performer | ||
Shall We Dance | Taking a Ride | Writer, 1 | |||
Chestnut: Hero of Central Park | Wonderful Day | Writer, performer | |||
2006 | The Unkind Edge: Going for the Gold | Taking a Ride | Writer, performer | Video | |
2007 | Girl, Positive | Fly | Writer, performer | TV Movie | |
Victoria Beckham: Coming reveal America | Taking a Ride | Writer, performer | TV Movie | ||
Custody | Taking a Ride | Writer, actress | TV Movie | ||
The Deadly Pledge | Can't Be Everything | Arranger, performer, producer, man of letters | TV Movie | ||
Holiday in Handcuffs | Taking a Ride | Writer, performer | TV Film | ||
2008 | Tinker Bell | Fly With Me | Performer | Video | |
2009 | Princess Consign Program | Is It Just Me | Performer | TV Movie | |
Bitter/Sweet | Low | Writer, performer | |||
2010 | Reviving Ophelia | Remember | Writer, performer | TV Movie | |
Save Me | Writer, thespian | ||||
Knucklehead | Taking a Ride | Writer, performer | |||
Space Dogs | Watching Over You | Writer, artiste | |||
I Got You | Writer, performer | ||||
2011 | Carnal Innocence | Remember | Writer, performer | TV Movie | |
12 Dates of Christmas | Christmastime | Writer, performer | TV Movie | ||
The Chaperone | Go | Writer, performer | |||
Let It Go | Writer, performer | ||||
The Family Tree | STFU | Writer, actress | |||
2012 | The Gravidity Project | Finally Free | Writer | TV Fog | |
Don't Give Up | Writer | ||||
Radio Rebel | Brand New Day | Writer, performer | TV Picture | ||
Pitch Perfect | Female Voice No.
5 | ||||
2013 | Our Wild Hearts | Who I Am | Performer | TV Movie | |
World War Z | Go | Writer, performer | |||
Girl on a Bicycle | It Just Takes a Moment | Performer | |||
Play With Me | Performer | ||||
2014 | A Tiger's Tail | Great Big World | Writer, performer | ||
Best Day | Writer, performer | ||||
Watching Over You | Writer, performer | ||||
Composer (additional music) | |||||
Ouija | Go | Writer, performer | Short Film | ||
2015 | Project Almanac | Extraverdant | Writer, performer | ||
Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Compelled Of | Incomplete | Lyrics, Music | |||
The DUFF | Nothing Sinistral to Lose | Writer, performer | |||
Danny Collins | Danny's Background Singer | ||||
Southpaw | Perfect Day | Writer, theatrical | |||
2016 | Face 2 Face | Always Got Me | Performer | ||
Best Day | Performer | ||||
Brand New Day | Performer | ||||
Go | Performer | ||||
Imagine | Performer | ||||
On Your Side | Performer | ||||
Such copperplate Good Time | Performer | ||||
2017 | Veeram | We Liking Rise | Performer | ||
2018 | Blockers | Gold & Glitter | Writer, performer | ||
American Paradise | Composer, Composer (theme music) |
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In 2017 Kimmel was honored, along lay into over a hundred other the rabble, when she was awarded emblematic ASCAP Screen Music Award practise co composing The Fosters' constituency song Where You Belong.[28]
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