Ken Tamplin has always been referred to as a “singer’s singer” with vocal references to his cousin Sammy Hagar, while guitarists have hailed his playing, songwriting and production in equality to some of the biggest names in the business. Ken’s past successes, such as his highly acclaimed groups Shout and Magdallan, has continued to expanded horizons for Tamplin to be asked to sing for such groups as Foreigner, Motley Crue, INXS, Skunk Baxter (Doobie Brothers) , Jeff Lynn (ELO), Geazer Butler (Black Sabbath), Accept, Journey and even Peter Frampton. It has also provided a platform for scoring and source music for such features as Inspector Gadget, Perfect Storm, The Waterboy, Charlie’s Angels, Mod Squad, Wild America, Major League III as well as a host of TV series’ such as Melrose Place, 90210, The X-Files, Baywatch, the theme for Ace Ventura (Nickelodeon), Spin City, On Disney Now!, and Entertainment Tonight participated in by Tamplin. Ken has won 3 Dove Awards (like Gospel Grammys) and has 14 nominations.
In addition, Ken Tamplin has also found success in national television commercials for Nestle, Hotwheels, Acura, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Japan Airlines, Lux, and Shakey’s to name a few.
His recent philanthropic CD “Make Me Your Voice” on SPRING HILL/EMI 2003 included gospel legend Andrae’ Crouch and Charlie Peacock, and played a key role in the Presidential signing of the $300,000,000.00 Sudan Peace Act October 2003.
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KEN TAMPLIN
Film / Television Composition
MAJOR MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACKS
THE PUNISHER (John Travolta)
Opening cues #1 and 4
FLICKA
(Old Red Barn, Uncle Ben’s Cabin)
TO END ALL WARS/WARNERS BROS. (Keifer Sutherland)
Produced Soundtrack featuring John Cameron and The London Philharmonic Orchestra
INSPECTOR GADGET/THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
(Re-Record The Good, The Bad, The Ugly)
PERFECT STORM
(Source Cue #9 “The Freezer Scene”)
CHARLIE’S ANGELS (1999-2000)
(Hey Homey + Get With It)
THE MOD SQUAD (1999-2000)
(“Trippin’ + “Tower Of Love”)
THE WATERBOY (1998) / THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
(The House of the Rising Sun + No One To Run With)
MAJOR LEAGUE III (1998) / WARNER – MORGAN CREEK
(Turning Japanese + The Good, the Bad, the Ugly as well as soundtrack)
WILD AMERICA (1997) / WARNER – MORGAN CREEK
(Burn It Down + Suzie Q + A Little Dew From Heaven + Let Me Off)
TELEVISION
BAD GIRLS CLUB
(several featured songs and cues)
THE HILLS
(several featured songs and cues)
REAL WORLD
(several featured songs and cues)
A DOUBLE SHOT AT LOVE
(several featured songs and cues)
BROMANCE
(several featured songs and cues)
TOP MODEL
(several featured songs and cues)
SEX AND THE CITY
(several featured songs and cues)
ACE VENTURA/NICKLEODEON
(Pet Detective/Theme Song)
MALCOM IN THE MIDDLE
(many songs and cues)
FRIENDS
(She Has A Way About Her)
FRANCIS COPPOLA’S FIRST WAVE / SCI-FI CHANNEL
(Not Without You)
THE X FILES
(The Shadow Creeps, Black Velvet Shoes, Something Sacred)
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
(Black Velvet Shoes + Walkin’ On The Strand + 80 LB. Face + Watts It To Ya)
MELROSE PLACE
(She Has A Way About Her, The Most Beautiful Lady)
BAYWATCH
(Rip-Tide + Funsmugglin’ and many others)
SISTER, SISTER
(Groove Me, Slide)
THE HOWIE MANDEL SHOW
(Funkadelic)
ON DISNEY NOW!
(Quiet Storm, Cliff’s Of Sardinia)
Wall Of Separation
(composer)
CRUEL LOGIC
(Composer)
Additional songwriting credits include:
KISS – “I CONFESS” release; CARNIVAL OF SOULS / the final sessions, 1998
Awards & Nominations
AWARDS
1994
Dove Award for Best Heavy Metal Songs: “Dancing on a Volcano” & “Testify”
1989
Dove Award for Best Heavy Metal Album: Shout / In Your Face
1989
Dove Award for Best Heavy Metal Song: Shout / “Give Me An Answer”
NOMINATIONS
1996
Dove Award Nomination for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album In the Witness Box
1996
Dove Award Nomination for Best Metal/Hard Rock Song “Death By Inches”
1995
Dove Award Nomination for Best Metal/Hard Rock Song “In the Lap of Legends”
1994
Dove Award Nomination for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album Tamplin
1992
Dove Award Nomination for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album Magdallan / Big Bang
1991
Dove Award Nomination for Best Metal/Hard Rock Album An Axe To Grind
1988
Dove Award Nomination for Best Metal/Hard Rock Song Shout / “It Won’t Be Long”
1988
Dove Award Nomination for Best Metal/Hard Rock Song Shout / “Shout”
TELEVISION NATIONAL COMMERCIALS
HONDA MOTOR COMPANY JAPAN 2,001 “Stand By Me” With Ken Tamplin
HONDA MOTOR COMPANY JAPAN 2,000 “The Way You Feel About It”
FORD MOTOR CORPORATION: 2,000 “Straight Ahead” With Eric Clapton
HONDA MOTOR COMPANY: 2,000 “Life” Starring Ashley Judd
MATTEL 2,000 “Slammers”
HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 1999 “Zed” with ZZ Top
NISSAN 1998 “Mania” With Infectious Grooves
JAPAN AIRLINES 1997
SHAKEY’S PIZZA 1994 “Have Fun At Shakey’s”
LUX SHAMPOO 1993 “The Difference Is You”
MILLER BREWING COMPANY 1992 “It’s Miller” With Ken Tamplin
KEN TAMPLIN
Discography
2009 KEN TAMPLIN HOW SWEET THE SOUND (Spring Hill Music U.S.)
2008 KEN TAMPLIN GOT YOU COVERED (JVC Japan)
2005 DAIZE SHAYNE LIVE YOUR DREAMS (Mascot-Europe, JVC Japan, BCS-U.S.)
2004 TAMPLIN WAKE THE NATIONS (SONY MUSIC,JAPAN, WARNER EUROPE)
2003 TAMPLIN MAKE ME YOUR VOICE III (EMI MUSIC)
2002 TAMPLIN MAKE ME YOUR VOICE II (EMI MUSIC)
TAMPLIN MAKE ME YOUR VOICE (SPRING HILL/EMI)
1999 TAMPLIN: WHERE LOVE IS (CEE’M RECORDS – EUROPE)
1998 SHOUT: BACK (Z RECORDS WORLDWIDE)
1998 TAMPLIN: LIQUID MUSIC (Z RECORDS WORLDWIDE)
1997 TAMPLIN: THE COLORS OF CHRISTMAS (CEE’M RECORDS- EUROPE)
1996 TAMPLIN: WE THE PEOPLE (BENSON / LIBERTY WORLDWIDE)
1995 TAMPLIN: IN THE WITNESS BOX (BENSON / LIBERTY / JVC)
1994 COMPILATION: GOIN’ HOME (ALFA / BRUNETTE – JAPAN)
1993 TAMPLIN: TAMPLIN (BENSON / IRS / ALFA)
1992 SHOUT: AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS (FRONTLINE)
1992 MAGDALLAN: BIG BANG (CHAMELEON / CAPITOL / FRONTLINE)
1991 TAMPLIN: SOUL SURVIVOR (FRONTLINE)
1991 TAMPLIN: ANGELICA (FRONTLINE)
1990 TAMPLIN: THE POWER TEAM (FRONTLINE)
1990 TAMPLIN: AN AXE TO GRIND (FRONTLINE)
1989 SHOUT: IN YOUR FACE (FRONTLINE / MUSIC FOR NATIONS / JVC)
1988 SHOUT: IT WON’T BE LONG (FRONTLINE / MUSIC FOR NATIONS / JVC)
1987 JOSHUA: INTENSE DEFENSE (BMG WORLDWIDE)
1985 JOSHUA: SURRENDER (POLYDOR / VIRGIN / ENIGMA)
1982 JOSHUA: THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE (ENIGMA)