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Zach Danziger
Boom On Film Like a musical cat,
Zach Danziger has had more lives than most drummers have sticks.
The
New York-born drummer cut his teeth with Michel Camilo, Chuck Loeb, and
Wayne Krantz, but just when his rhythmic
intelligence seemed destined
to make him the next chops-heavy drum star, Danziger jettisoned fusion
work for his drum
'n' bass project, Boomish. Danziger then tackled
soundtrack drumming on films such as Ocean's Eleven
and Analyze That.
These days, when not gigging with Boomish or playing in the house band for The
Caroline Rhea Show, Danziger uses his considerable programming skills to score films and television. His credits include
Daredevil, Blade 2, and Big Fat Liar.
How does he do it? "You have to wear clothes so you don't scare
the
client," Danziger says, with the same barmy sense of humor that makes
Boomish such a kick in the head.
Danziger
still loves to blow, but
his soundtrack experience influences every note he plays. "Now that I'm
into programming and
production," he says, "when I play drums I'm
always thinking in that way. They can loop a bar over and over again,
so I
might change the groove every two bars, knowing it gives them more
to work with. Much of what I play is cut up and edited
afterwards. It's
rare that I play on a soundtrack where they keep an entire
take
as-is."
Ken Micallef
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