Stewart Copeland

American drummer and composer (born 1952)

For the Australian politician, see Stuart Copeland.

Stewart Copeland

Copeland in 2025

Background information
Birth name| Stewart Armstrong Copeland
Also known as| Klark Kent
Born|  (1952-07-16) July 16, 1952 (age 73)
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Genres|

* Rock
* pop
* new wave
* film score
* contemporary classical

Occupations|

* Musician
* composer

Instruments|

* Drums
* percussion

Years active| 1974–present
Member of|

* Animal Logic
* Oysterhead
* Gizmodrome

Formerly of|

* Curved Air
* The Police

Website| stewartcopeland.net

YouTube information

Channel|

* Stewart Copeland

Genre| Music
Subscribers| 104 thousand[1]
Views| 14.2 million[1]

* * *

Last updated: February 13, 2025

Musical artist

Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the English rock band the Police from 1977 to 1986, and again from 2007 to 2008. Before the Police, he played drums with the progressive rock band Curved Air from 1975 to 1976.

As a composer, Copeland's work includes the scores of the films Wall Street (1987), Men at Work (1990), Good Burger (1997), and We Are Your Friends (2015); the theme music for television shows The Equalizer, The Amanda Show, and Dead Like Me; and the scores for video games in the Spyro series and Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. He has also written pieces for ballet, opera, and orchestra.

According to MusicRadar, Copeland's "distinctive drum sound and uniqueness of style has made him one of the most popular drummers to ever get behind a drumset".[2] He was ranked the 10th best drummer of all time by Rolling Stone in 2016.[3] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Police in 2003, the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2005, and the Classic Drummer Hall of Fame in 2013.[4][5][6]

## Early life

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Copeland was born in Alexandria, Virginia, on July 16, 1952,[7][8] the youngest of four children of Scottish archaeologist Lorraine Copeland (née Adie; 1921–2013) and American diplomat[9] Miles Copeland Jr. (1916–1991). His mother was born in Edinburgh, while his father was from Alabama. His father was, according to his own 1989 biography[10] and files released by the CIA in 2008,[11] a key intelligence operative in Britain during the Second World War and a founding member of the Central Intelligence Agency. Stewart's mother was also an espionage veteran, serving in the British Special Operations Executive.

Miles Copeland was assigned CIA duties in the Middle East and the family moved to Cairo a few months after Stewart's birth. When Stewart was five years old the family moved to Beirut,[12] where he attended the American Community School. He started taking drumming lessons at age 12 and was playing drums for school dances within a year. He later moved to England, attending the American School in London and Millfield boarding school in Somerset from 1967 to 1969.[12] He went to college in California, enrolling at Alliant International University and the University of California, Berkeley. His eldest brother, Miles Copeland III (born 1944), founded I.R.S. Records and became the Police's manager. He has also overseen Copeland's interests in other music projects. His other brother, Ian Copeland (1949–2006), was a pioneering booking agent who represented the Police and many others.

## Career

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### Curved Air (1975–1976)

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Returning to England, Copeland worked as road manager for the progressive rock band Curved Air's 1974 reunion tour, and then as drummer for the band during 1975 and 1976. The band kicked off with a European tour, which started poorly.[13] Band leader Darryl Way, a notorious perfectionist,[14] grew impatient with the struggling of his bandmates, especially novice drummer Copeland.[13] Then, for reasons no one could pinpoint, the musicians suddenly "clicked" with each other and the band caught fire, quickly becoming a popular and acclaimed live act.[13]

Eventually, Way left the band and after months of gradually losing steam, Curved Air broke up so quietly that, by singer Sonja Kristina's recollections, most of the music press wrote off the band's absence as a "sabbatical". Copeland formed the Police and Kristina and Way both pursued solo careers. Kristina and Copeland maintained the close personal relationship they'd formed while bandmates and were married in 1982.

### The Police (1977–1986)

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Main article: The Police

Copeland performing with the Police in 1979

In early 1977, Copeland founded the Police with lead singer-bass guitarist Sting and guitarist Henry Padovani (who was soon replaced by Andy Summers), and they became one of the top bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Copeland was the youngest member of the band. The Police's early track list (before their album debut) was largely Copeland compositions, including the band's first single "Fall Out" (Illegal Records, 1977) and the B-side "Nothing Achieving". Though Copeland's songwriting contribution was reduced to a couple of songs per album as Sting started writing more material, he continued to co-arrange all the Police's songs together with his two bandmates. Amongst Copeland's most notable songs are "On Any Other Day" (where he also sang lead vocals), "Does Everyone Stare" (later to be used as the title of his documentary on the band Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out), "Contact", "Bombs Away", "Darkness" and "Miss Gradenko". Copeland also co-wrote a number of songs with Sting, including "Peanuts", "Landlord", "It's Alright for You" and "Re-Humanize Yourself".

Copeland also recorded under the pseudonym Klark Kent, releasing several UK singles in 1978 with one ("Don't Care") entering the UK singles chart that year, along with an eponymous 10-inch album on green vinyl released in 1980. Recording at Nigel Gray's Surrey Sound Studios, Copeland played all the instruments and sang the lead vocals himself. Kent's "Don't Care", which peaked at No. 48 UK in August 1978, actually predates the first chart single by the Police by several months ("Can't Stand Losing You", issued in October 1978) as "Don't Care" was released in early June 1978.

In 1982, Copeland was involved in the production of a WOMAD benefit album called Music and Rhythm. Copeland's score for Rumble Fish secured him a Golden Globe nomination in 1983. The film, directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola from the S. E. Hinton novel, also had a song released to radio on A&M Records "Don't Box Me In" (UK singles chart n. 91)—a collaboration between Copeland and singer-songwriter Stan Ridgway, leader of the band Wall of Voodoo—that received significant airplay upon release of the film that year.

The Rhythmatist record of 1985 was the result of a pilgrimage to Africa and its people, and it features local drums and percussion, with more drums, percussion, other musical instruments and occasional lead vocals added by Copeland. The album was the official soundtrack to the movie of the same name, which was co-written by Stewart. Copeland is seen in the film playing the drums in a cage with lions surrounding him. The Police attempted a reunion in 1986, but the project fell apart.[15]

### Solo projects and film soundtracks (1987–1998)

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After the Police disbanded, Copeland established a career composing soundtracks for films (Airborne, Talk Radio, Wall Street, Riff Raff, Raining Stones, Surviving the Game, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Highlander II: The Quickening, She's Having a Baby, The First Power, Fresh, Taking Care of Business, West Beirut, I am David, Riding the Bus with My Sister, Good Burger), television (The Equalizer, Dead Like Me, Star Wars: Droids, the pilot for Babylon 5 (1993), Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show, The Life and Times of Juniper Lee), operas (Holy Blood and Crescent Moon, commissioned by Cleveland Opera) and ballets (Prey' Ballet Oklahoma, Casque of Amontillado, Noah's Ark/Solcheeka, commissioned by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, King Lear, commissioned by the San Francisco Ballet Company, Emilio).[16] In 1996, Copeland provided the score for The Leopard Son, Discovery Channel's first commercially released full-length feature film, made by wildlife filmmaker Hugo van Lawick.[17]

Copeland also occasionally played drums for other artists. Peter Gabriel employed Copeland to perform on his song "Red Rain" from his 1986 album So because of his "hi-hat mastery".[2] That year he also teamed with Adam Ant to record the title track and video for the Anthony Michael Hall film Out of Bounds. In 1989, Copeland formed Animal Logic with jazz bassist Stanley Clarke and singer-songwriter Deborah Holland. The trio had success with their first album and world tour but broke up as the members wanted to pursue other projects.[18] He has also played on albums by Mike Rutherford and Tom Waits.

In 1993 he composed the music for Channel 4's Horse Opera and director Bob Baldwin, and in 1999, he provided the voice of an additional American soldier in the animated musical comedy war film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999).[19]

### Spyro the Dragon soundtracks (1998–2002, 2018)

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See also: Spyro (series) § Music

Copeland was commissioned by Insomniac Games in 1998 to make the musical score for the hit PlayStation game Spyro the Dragon.[20] He would play through the levels first to get a feel for each one before composing the soundtrack. He also stayed with the project to create the musical scores for the remaining Insomniac sequels Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro: Year of the Dragon. The franchise shifted over to Universal for the fourth title,[21] Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly, which would be Copeland's last outing with the series. While the soundtracks never saw commercial release, the limited edition of the fourth game came packaged with a bonus CD, containing unused tracks.[22] The soundtracks were very well received,[23] and one track would later appear on the 2007 compilation album The Stewart Copeland Anthology. Copeland composed a new title theme for Spyro Reignited Trilogy.[24]

This period also saw Copeland compose the soundtrack for Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare, his only video game soundtrack outside of the Spyro franchise to date. In 2000, he combined with Les Claypool of Primus (with whom he produced a track on the Primus album Antipop) and Trey Anastasio of Phish to create the band Oysterhead. That same year, he was approached by director Adam Collis to assemble the score for the film Sunset Strip.

### Collaborations (2002–2006)

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Copeland performing in 2006

In 2002, Copeland was hired by Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger of the Doors to play with them for a new album and tour, but the tour was cut short.[25]

In 2005, Copeland released "Orchestralli", a live recording of chamber ensemble music which he had composed during a short tour of Italy in 2002. Also in 2005, Copeland started Gizmodrome, a new project with avant-garde guitarist David Fiuczynski, multi-instrumentalist Vittorio Cosma, singer Raiz and bassist Max Gazzè. The band made their U.S debut on September 16, 2006, at the Modern Drummer Drum Festival. In January 2006, Copeland premiered his film about the Police called Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out at the Sundance Film Festival. In February and March, he appeared as one of the judges on the BBC television show Just the Two of Us (a role he later reprised for a second series in January 2007).

### The Police reunion (2007–2008)

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Main article: The Police Reunion Tour

At the 2007 Grammy Awards, Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting performed the song "Roxanne" together again as the Police. This marked the band's first public performance since their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. One day later, the band announced that in celebration of the Police's 30th anniversary, they would be embarking on what turned out to be a one-off reunion tour on May 28, 2007. During the tour, Copeland also released his compilation album The Stewart Copeland Anthology, which was composed of his independent work.

In 2007, the French government appointed Copeland (along with Police bandmates Summers and Sting) a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[26]

The group performed 151 dates across five continents, concluding with a final show in August 2008 at Madison Square Garden, New York.

### Projects (Since 2008)

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In 2008, RIM commissioned Copeland to write a "soundtrack" for the BlackBerry Bold smart phone. He created a highly percussive theme of one minute's length from which he evolved six ringtones and a softer 'alarm tone' that are preloaded on the device.[27]

In March 2008, he premiered his orchestral composition "Celeste" at "An Evening with Stewart Copeland", part of the Savannah Music Festival. The performance featured classical violinist Daniel Hope. His appearance at Savannah included a screening of Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out and a question and answer session. Also in 2008, he was commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create a percussion piece involving primarily Indonesian instruments. "Gamelan D'Drum" was first performed in Dallas on February 5, 2012, and had its European Premiere at the Royal Academy of Music in London in July 2012.

On August 21, 2009, at SummerFest 2009, Copeland unveiled the composition "Retail Therapy", which was commissioned by the Music Society. He performed three more original works: "Kaya", "Celeste", and "Gene Pool", the last accompanied by San Diego–based percussion ensemble red fish blue fish.[28] He attended a composer's roundtable and a question and answer discussion in conjunction with the festival. Copeland wrote the score for a theatrical presentation of Ben-Hur, which premiered on September 17, 2009, at the O2 Arena in London. He provided English-language narration of the production, which is performed in Latin and Aramaic.[citation needed] His memoir Strange Things Happen: A Life with The Police, Polo, and Pygmies was released by HarperCollins in September 2009.[29] The book chronicles events in his life from childhood through his work with the Police and to the present.[30] In October 2009, he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion program on BBC Radio 3.[31]

On May 24, 2011, he started a YouTube channel devoted to his videos and project updates.[32] On this channel, he uploads performances with various musicians, including Primus, Andy Summers, Jeff Lynne, Snoop Dogg, and others in his home studio, which he refers to as the Sacred Grove. On August 24, 2011, he was a featured soloist on the Late Show with David Letterman, as part of their second "Drum Solo Week".

On January 10, 2012, he appeared on an episode of the A&E reality series Storage Wars to appraise a drum set for Barry Weiss, buying a Turkish cymbal from the set for $40. In July he reunited with former Animal Logic bandmate Stanley Clarke for a European tour.

In May 2013, he and the Long Beach Opera premiered The Tale Tell Heart, an opera based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.[33]

On November 26, 2013, he appeared in the first episode of The Tim Ferriss Experiment.[34]

In 2017, he formed the supergroup Gizmodrome with Adrian Belew, Vittorio Cosma, and Mark King and released an album of the same name.[35] That album peaked at No. 14 on the UK Independent Albums chart.[36][37]

Ricky Kej and Copeland previously worked together on a song in 2016. During a pause in concerts and overall activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Kej reached out to Copeland. The duo eventually collaborated on a studio album entitled Divine Tides. This album was released in 2021 alongside eight music videos shot in locations ranging from the Himalayas in India, to forests in Spain.[38] In April 2022, the album scored Copeland his sixth Grammy Award, and Ricky Kej his second Grammy Awards, in the category of Best New Age Album.[39]

Copeland performing in 2022

On September 5, 2021, the opera Electric Saint about the life of Nikola Tesla by Copeland with libretto by Jonathan Moore premiered at the National Theater of Weimar.[40][41]

In 2022, he was appointed a Visiting Scholar at McGill University in the laboratory of Dr. Daniel J. Levitin, during which time they co-wrote the chapter "What Can the Performing Arts Learn from Empirical Time Research? Timing, Tempo and Rhythm: Evidence from the Laboratory and the Concert Stage" for the Oxford University Press book "Performing Time: Synchrony and Temporal Flow in Music and Dance."[42]

On February 6, 2023, the album Divine Tides brought Copeland his seventh Grammy Award and Ricky Kej his third Grammy Award in the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in the category of Best Immersive Audio Album.[43]

## Personal life

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In 1974, Copeland became romantically involved with Curved Air vocalist Sonja Kristina, and they were married from 1982 to 1991.[44][45] He adopted her son from a previous relationship, and they had two sons of their own.[45][46] In 1981, he fathered a son with Marina, the daughter of Irish author Desmond Guinness and Mariga Guinness.[45][47][48] He currently lives in Los Angeles with his second wife Fiona,[49] with whom he has three children.[45][50]

Copeland's hobbies include rollerskating, cycling along the beach in Santa Monica, filmmaking, and playing polo.[45] He is also active on his YouTube channel, where he uploads videos of himself and other musicians during jam sessions in his studio, the Sacred Grove.[51][52]

## Drumming style

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Copeland grew up listening to a combination of Lebanese music, rock and roll, jazz, and reggae, but he selected from these styles what he needed rather than imitating them. In the 1980s, when many musicians were looking for bigger sound from bigger drums, he added Octobans. Invented by Tama Drums in 1978, Octobans consisted of eight six-inch drums in the shape of narrow tubes. He used another innovation, a splash cymbal based on a toy that he owned and that he helped Paiste design. He relied heavily on his 13" hi-hats.[53]

Despite being left-handed, Copeland plays a right-handed drum kit, placing the hi-hats on his left and ride cymbal and floor toms on his right. He uses a wide dynamic range and demonstrates a proficiency of jazz-style articulation in his snare drum playing, interspersing strong back-beats with soft rim comping. During his years with the Police, he became known for engaging only the hi-hat with the bass drum to keep the beat.[citation needed]

In an interview with Far Out, Copeland cited Mitch Mitchell of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin, jazz drummer Buddy Rich, Ringo Starr of the Beatles, and Ginger Baker of Cream as his all-time favorite drummers.[54]

## Equipment

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Copeland's equipment includes Tama drums, Paiste cymbals, Remo drum heads, and Vater signature drum sticks.[53]

### Original live kit set-up (1984)

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* Tama Imperialstar Mahogany Drums (9-ply) and Paiste Cymbals:
* Drums – Midnight Blue
* 10x8" Rack Tom
* 12x8" Rack Tom
* 13x9" Rack Tom
* 16x16" Floor Tom
* 14x5" Pearl B4514 Chrome over Brass Snare Drum
* 22x14" Bass Drum
* Tama Octobans Low Pitch (x4)
* Cowbell
* Wood Blocks
* Cymbals – Paiste
* 13" Formula 602 Medium Hi-Hats
* 16" 2002 Crash
* 8" 2002 Bell
* 7.5 Ufip Ictus Bell
* 8" 2002 Splash (x2)
* 11" 2002 Splash
* 14" (or 16") Rude Crash/Ride
* 16" (or 18") Rude Crash/Ride
* 18" 2002 Medium
* 24" Rude Ride/Crash
* 20" 2002 China
* Simmons (x2) Pads (to his left)
* Assorted Percussion
* Stewart also used Calato Regal Tip Rock Wood Tipped Drumsticks

### The Police Reunion (2007–2008) tour kit

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* Tama Starclassic Maple Drums and Paiste Cymbals:
* Drums – Custom Police Blue Sparkle Maple Wood
* 10x8" Tom
* 12x8" Tom (To the left of his snare drum)
* 13x9" Tom
* 16x16" Floor Tom
* 18x16" Floor Tom
* 20x14" Tama Gong Drum
* 22x18" Bass Drum
* 14x5" Tama SC145 Stewart Copeland Signature Snare
* Tama Custom Police Blue Sparkle Octobans (x4) (custom made for Copeland)
* Cymbals – Paiste
* 12" Prototype Micro Hi-Hats
* 16" Signature Full Crash
* 17" Signature Fast Crash
* 18" Signature Fast Crash
* 18" Signature Full Crash
* 18" 2002 Flat Ride (prototype)
* 22" Signature Blue Bell Ride
* 10" Signature Splash
* 8" Signature Bell
* 8" Signature Prototype Splash
* Assorted percussion
* Stewart also uses his own Vater Stewart Copeland Standard Sticks.

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## Discography

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### Studio albums

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* 1980: Klark Kent: Music Madness from the Kinetic Kid (as Klark Kent)
* 1985: The Rhythmatist
* 1988: The Equalizer and Other Cliff Hangers
* 1995: Kollected Works (as Klark Kent)
* 2003: La Notte della Taranta (Live in Melpignano 17.08.2003)
* 2005: Orchestralli (live album)
* 2007: The Stewart Copeland Anthology (compilation)
* 2009: Music From Ben Hur Live
* 2023: Police Deranged for Orchestra
* 2023: Klark Kent Deluxe Edition (as Klark Kent)

### Curved Air

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* 1975: Midnight Wire
* 1976: Airborne

### The Police

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* Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
* Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
* Zenyatta Mondatta (1980)
* Ghost in the Machine (1981)
* Synchronicity (1983)

### Collaborations

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* 1977: Strontium 90: Police Academy by Strontium 90
* 1982: Acting Very Strange by Mike Rutherford
* 1986: So by Peter Gabriel
* 1989: Mr. Doubles by Moon on the Water
* 1989: Animal Logic by Animal Logic
* 1990: One World One Voice by Various
* 1991: Animal Logic II by Animal Logic
* 2001: The Grand Pecking Order by Oysterhead
* 2002: Alice by Tom Waits
* 2002: Blood Money by Tom Waits
* 2005: Crossing Times And Continents by Eberhard Schoener & Friends (with Sting and Andy Summers)
* 2017: Gizmodrome by Gizmodrome
* 2021: Gizmodrome Live by Gizmodrome
* 2021: Divine Tides with Ricky Kej
* 2023: Police Beyond Borders with Ricky Kej

### Film scores

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Title  | Year  | Director  | Notes

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Rumble Fish | 1983 | Francis Ford Coppola |
The Rhythmatist | 1985 | Jean-Pierre Dutilleux | Documentary, also actor
Out of Bounds | 1986 | Richard Tuggle |
Wall Street | 1987 | Oliver Stone
Talk Radio | 1988
She's Having a Baby | John Hughes
The Jogger | Robert Resnikoff
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (film) | 1989 | Arthur Hiller
Taking Care of Business | 1990
The First Power | Robert Resnikoff
Men at Work | Emilio Estevez
Hidden Agenda | Ken Loach
Riff Raff | 1991
Highlander II: The Quickening | Russell Mulcahy
Murder in High Places | John Byrum | TV movie
Final Verdict | Jack Fisk
Fugitive Among Us | 1992 | Michael Toshiyuki Uno
Laws of Gravity | Nick Gomez
Afterburn | Robert Markowitz | TV movie
Lorenzo's Oil | George Miller
Horse Opera | 1993 | Bob Baldwin | TV movie
Wide Sargasso Sea | John Duigan |
Airborne | Rob Bowman
Raining Stones | Ken Loach
Bank Robber | Nick Mead
Surviving the Game | 1994 | Ernest Dickerson
Decadence | Steven Berkoff
Rapa-Nui | Kevin Reynolds
Fresh | Boaz Yakin
Silent Fall | Bruce Beresford
Judgement | 1995 | David Winkler | Short
White Dwarf | Peter Markle | TV movie
Tyson | Uli Edel
The Assassination File | 1996 | John Harrison
The Leopard Son | Hugo van Lawick | Documentary
SubUrbia | Richard Linklater |
Boys | Stacy Cochran
The Pallbearer | Matt Reeves
Gridlock'd | 1997 | Vondie Curtis-Hall
Anna Karenina | Bernard Rose
Four Days in September | Bruno Barreto
Good Burger | Brian Robbins
Kiss Me, Guido | Tony Vitale
Little Boy Blue | Antonio Tibaldi
Two Girls and a Guy | James Toback
Welcome to Woop Woop | Stephan Elliott | Special thanks
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | 1998 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | TV movie
Sour Grapes | Larry David
Your Friends & Neighbors | Neil LaBute
Pecker | John Waters
Futuresport | Ernest R. Dickerson | TV movie
Legalese | Glenn Jordan
West Beirut | Ziad Doueiri |
Very Bad Things | Peter Berg
Simpatico | 1999 | Matthew Warchus
She's All That | Robert Iscove
Boys and Girls | 2000
More Dogs Than Bones | Michael Browning
3 Strikes | DJ Pooh
Sunset Strip | Adam Collis
Skipped Parts | 2001 | Tamra Davis
The Center of the World | Wayne Wang
On the Line | Eric Bross
Deuces Wild | 2002 | Scott Kalvert
Me and Daphne | Rebecca Gayheart
I Am David | 2003 | Paul Feig
Evel Knievel | John Badham | TV movie
Amazon Forever | 2004 | Jean-Pierre Dutilleux |
Love Wrecked | 2005 | Randal Kleiser | TV movie
Riding the Bus with My Sister | Anjelica Huston
Fish Eye | Jordan Copeland | Short
National Lampoon's Pucked | 2006 | Arthur Hiller | With Kat Green, Billy Lincoln and Rich McCulley
Everyone Stares | Stewart Copeland | Documentary, also director, producer and narrator
We Are Your Friends | 2015 | Max Joseph |
Under the Volcano | 2021 | Gracie Otto | Documentary

### TV series

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Title  | Year  | Notes

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The Young Ones | 1984 | 1 episode ("Cash"). Appears as a member of Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve.
The Equalizer | 1985 |
Star Wars: Droids | Theme music only, co-written with Derek Holt
Shalom Salaam | 1989 | Miniseries
Long Ago and Far Away | 1 episode ("Noah's Ark"), was also released as an audiobook.
Babylon 5 | 1994 | Pilot only
Insiders | 1997 | Miniseries
The Amanda Show | 1999–2002 |
Brutally Normal | 2000
Breaking News | 2002
Dead Like Me | 2003–2004
Desperate Housewives | 2004 | 1 episode ("Who's That Woman?")
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | 2005–2007 | Co-wrote theme music with Rob Cuariclia, David Lehner and Rob Lehner
Amas de Casa Desesperadas | 2008 | 1 episode ("¿Quién es esa mujer?")
Stewart Copeland's Adventures in Music | 2020 | TV mini-series, presenter

### Video games

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Title  | Year  | Developer(s)  | Notes

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Urban Strike | 1994 | Granite Bay Software, The Edge, Foley Hi-Tech | Special thanks
Spyro the Dragon | 1998 | Insomniac Games |
Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! | 1999
Spyro: Year of the Dragon | 2000 | With Ryan Beveridge
Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare | 2001 | Darkworks | With Thierry Desseaux
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly | 2002 | Check Six Studios, Equinoxe Digital Entertainment | With Peter Neff and Kenneth Burgomaster
Guitar Hero: World Tour | 2008 | Neversoft | Music thanks
Spyro Reignited Trilogy | 2018 | Toys for Bob | Original music, main theme, assisted with remastered tracks[55]

## See also

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* Music portal
* Biography portal

* List of drummers
* Membranophone (list of drums)

## References

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2000s|

* Genius Loves Company – Al Schmitt, Robert Hadley & Doug Sax, John Burk, Phil Ramone & Herbert Walf (2005)
* Brothers In Arms - 20th Anniversary Edition – Chuck Ainlay, Bob Ludwig, Chuck Ainlay & Mark Knopfler (2006)
* Morph The Cat – Elliot Scheiner, Darcy Proper & Donald Fagen (2007)
* Love – Paul Hicks, Tim Young, George Martin & Giles Martin (2008)
* Mussorgsky: Pictures At An Exhibition; Night On Bald Mountain; Prelude To Khovanshchina – Michael Bishop & Robert Woods (2009)

2010s|

* Transmigration – Michael Bishop & Elaine Martone (2010)
* Britten's Orchestra – Keith O. Johnson & David Frost (2011)
* Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – Elliot Scheiner, Bob Ludwig, Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner (2012)
* Modern Cool – Jim Anderson, Darcy Proper & Michael Friedman (2013)
* Live Kisses – Al Schmitt & Tommy LiPuma (2014)
* Beyoncé – Elliot Scheiner, Tom Coyne & Beyoncé (2015)
* Amused To Death – James Guthrie & Joel Plante (2016)
* Dutilleux: Sur le Même Accord; Les Citations; Mystères de l'Instant & Timbres, Espace, Mouvement – Alexander Lipay & Dmitriy Lipay (2017)
* Early Americans – Jim Anderson/Darcy Proper/Jim Anderson & Jane Ira Bloom (2018)
* Eye in the Sky – Alan Parsons, Dave Donnelly & P.J. Olsson (2019)

2020s|

* Lux – Morten Lindberg (2020)
* Soundtrack of the American Soldier – Jim R. Keene & the United States Army Field Band (2021)
* Alicia – Alicia Keys (2022)
* Divine Tides – Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej (2023)
* The Diary of Alicia Keys – Alicia Keys (2024)
* i/o (In-Side Mix) – Peter Gabriel (2025)

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – Class of 2003

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* AC/DC
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* The Clash
* Terry Chimes, Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer
* Elvis Costello & the Attractions
* Elvis Costello, Steve Nieve, Bruce Thomas, Pete Thomas
* The Police
* Stewart Copeland, Sting, Andy Summers
* The Righteous Brothers
* Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley

Non-performers
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* Mo Ostin

Sidemen|

* Benny Benjamin
* Floyd Cramer
* Steve Douglas

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The Police

* Sting
* Andy Summers
* Stewart Copeland
* Henry Padovani

Studio albums|

* Outlandos d'Amour
* Reggatta de Blanc
* Zenyatta Mondatta
* Ghost in the Machine
* Synchronicity

Live albums|

* Live!
* Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires

Compilations|

* Every Breath You Take: The Singles
* Their Greatest Hits
* Greatest Hits
* Every Breath You Take: The Classics
* The Very Best of Sting & The Police
* The Police

Box sets|

* Six Pack
* Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings
* Every Move You Make: The Studio Recordings

Singles|

* "Fall Out"
* "Roxanne"
* "Can't Stand Losing You"
* "So Lonely"
* "Message in a Bottle"
* "Walking on the Moon"
* "Bring On the Night"
* "The Bed's Too Big Without You"
* "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
* "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
* "Invisible Sun"
* "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
* "Spirits in the Material World"
* "Secret Journey"
* "Every Breath You Take"
* "Wrapped Around Your Finger"
* "Synchronicity II"
* "King of Pain"

Other songs|

* "Next to You"
* "Reggatta de Blanc"
* "Driven to Tears"
* "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around"
* "Behind My Camel"
* "Demolition Man"
* "Synchronicity I"
* "Tea in the Sahara"

Tours|

* Ghost in the Machine Tour
* Synchronicity Tour
* A Conspiracy of Hope Tour
* The Police Reunion Tour

Related articles|

* Discography
* Songs
* Strontium 90
* Police Academy
* Miles Copeland
* Brimstone & Treacle
* ¡Policia!: A Tribute to the Police
* Everyone Stares
* Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police

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Curved Air

* Sonja Kristina
* Kirby Gregory
* Chris Harris
* Robert Norton
* Andy Tween
* Grzegorz Gadziomski

* Darryl Way
* Francis Monkman
* Florian Pilkington-Miksa
* Mike Wedgwood
* Eddie Jobson
* Stewart Copeland
* Tony Reeves

Studio albums|

* Air Conditioning
* Second Album
* Phantasmagoria
* Air Cut
* Midnight Wire
* Airborne
* Lovechild
* North Star

Live albums|

* Live
* Live At The BBC
* Alive, 1990

Hit single|

* "Back Street Luv"

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