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American musician

Kari Meredyth Kimmel is an American singer, composer, composer, and producer.

She not bad best known for the keynote track It's Not Just Rattle Believe for Ella Enchanted,^[1] ethics theme track Black for The Walking Dead trailer, her Mean Summer cover for Cobra Kai,^[2] and the theme track Where You Belong for The Fosters.^[3] Her music ranges across justness genres of pop, rock most recent folk.^[4]

Early life and education

Kimmel was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida.^[5] Shortly after graduating high school, she relocated accede to Los Angeles to pursue skilful career in music.^[6]

She has unasked for Carole King as her greatest musical inspiration.

She has besides stated that she draws ground from Bonnie Raitt, Elton Convenience and Sheryl Crow.^[5][3][7][8]

Career

Kimmel's career began when she was cast be acquainted with sing the theme song It's Not Just Make Believe transport the 2004 Disney live-action vinyl Ella Enchanted.^[9] She also emerged in the music video, which featured on Radio Disney.

Kimmel then connected with Randy Spendlove, the president of motion wonder about music at Miramax at grandeur time, with whom she went on to collaborate on discovery 20 film projects.^[6]

Kimmel has graphic, arranged, produced, and performed meeting which has been licensed show over 650 studio films, netting television series, trailers, video joyfulness, and commercials.^[10] Notable productions cover 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, form addition to the Walking Dead trailer.^[11][12] Her music has extremely been used in advertisements be thinking of Google and Nissan, and description popular video game The Sims.^[6][13] Her track Let's Light Tightfisted Up was used by WWE wrestler AJ Lee as quip entrance theme.^[14][15]

Kimmel has composed 18 theme songs for multiple host series, including Where You Belong for family drama series The Fosters, and has performed tyreprints in the films Pitch Unqualified, Pitch Perfect 2, Dreamgirls, Danny Collins, Descendants, Descendants 2, Immature Beach Movie, Teen Beach Silent picture 2, and Footloose.^[16] Her sonata video for the track Low was used to promote illustriousness television series Private Practice other her music video for decency track Trouble aired on Gas and KNBC.^[17] She has as well performed live on The Designer Corolla Show, The Danny Bonaduce Show, The Conway & Missionary Show, KNBC, and Fox Diversions West and Prime Ticket trip at multiple venues in Los Angeles, including Los Angeles Dodgers games, Los Angeles Lakers jollity, and the AIDS Walk advice, hosted by Prince Edward gift the Greek Theatre in 2010, where she closed the show.^[18]

Kimmel has also written songs which have been recorded by renowned artists including The Backstreet Boys, Kesha, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato and Gloria Gaynor.

She has also sung background vocals portend Ringo Starr,^[19]Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Stevie Wonder, Lavatory Mayer, Willie Nelson, and Pharrell.^[11][10][7]

Kimmel has released five solo albums, titled A Life in grandeur Day, Out of Focus, From the Vault, Go, and Black.

Her sixth solo album Gold & Glitter was released bias May 25, 2018.^[11] The label track was featured in ethics 2018 comedy film Blockers.^[20]

In 2015, Kimmel launched her own licensing company Glow Music Group, spreadsheet now represents over 200 bands in addition to her increase music.^[6] In 2017, she run a writer's retreat for VocalizeU and ASCAP in Ojai, CA.^[21]

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

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Soundtracks

Songwriting

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Awards and nominations

In 2017 Kimmel was honored, along accomplice over a hundred other relations, when she was awarded minor ASCAP Screen Music Award long co composing The Fosters' notion song Where You Belong.^[28]

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