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Barb Morrison (born Barbara Jean Morrison on May 22, 1967) is an American recording artist, songwriter, and record producer, best known as producer for numerous artists like Deborah Harry and Rufus Wainwright.

Early Life and Music
Morrison, the daughter of James and Helen Morrison, was born May 22, 1967 in Schenectady, New York. She has two brothers, James Jr. and Shawn. After beginning piano at age 7 and saxophone lessons at age 9, Barb joined her first punk band as a drummer at age 14. From there she bought her first guitar for $15.00 at the age of 17 – and within the year she moved to nyc to persue a career in music.

Career
In 1985 she played her first nyc show at CBGBs and became a regular onstage at many East Village venues of the era such as ‘Danceteria’, ‘the Ritz’, ‘Pyramid Club’, and ‘Limelight’. In 1987 she joined the band ‘Gutterboy’ as a saxophone player, guitarist and back up singer. ‘Gutterboy’, fronted by writer/director Dito Montiel, toured with Bryan Adams, The Stray Cats and The Ramones. They were signed to Mercury Records in 1989 and released “St. Stanislaus of E. 7th St.”

In 1992 she left Gutterboy to start the band “Itchy Trigger Finger”  with long time friend Harry Nagle. In Itchy Trigger Finger she toured on Lollapalooza along with Sonic Youth, Hole, Sinead O’ Connor, Cypress Hill, Moby, Beck, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Coolio, yo la tengo, The Roots and Patti Smith. From 1995-1998 she was also the sax player and guitarist for the Squeeze box house band at Don Hill’s. She shared that stage with Green Day, Blondie, Joey Arias, Lady Bunny, John Cameron Mitchell, Nina Hagen, The Runaways, Cherry Vanilla, Justin Bond and Jayne County.

In 2000 Barb scored her first film, ‘The Safety of Objects’, starring Glenn Close. In 2001 Barb began producing a number of bands who had contributed to the film's soundtrack, including Bullet and LP. Barb spent 2000-2006 co-producing and scoring films with teams such as Emboznik, 'Sonic & Buzz' and Blizzard Twins. For a detailed film score discography see the Film Scores discography section.

Currently
Barb is currently producing records in her Brooklyn, NY studio with her Super Buddha partner, Chas Nieland. Recent projects include upcoming releases by Blondie, Franz Ferdinand and Lily Allen.

Albums

 * Gutterboy Geffen Records, (1989, 1992) Saxophone, vocals.
 * St. Stanislaus of East Seventh, Mercury Records (1991) Saxophone, vocals, guitar.
 * Blondie: Sight and Sound EMI (2005) Producer.
 * Rufus Wainwright: Wig in a Box Off Records. (2003) Producer.
 * Scissor Sisters: Filthy/Gorgeous (ATOC vs. Superbuddha remix) ATOC (2005) Remixer.
 * Deborah Harry: Necessary Evil Eleven Seven (2008) Producer/Songwriter.
 * Antony and the Johnsons: Immortal Bird / Cripple And The Starfish Durtro (2000) Clarinet, Saxophone.

Film Scores

 * NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell. Scored this 2007 Emmy-nominated documentary for VH-1. (Credited as Emboznik)


 * Joan of arcadia - source music. Episode #114 on the CBS primetime series 2004 season. (Credited as *Sean Demis & Buzz Morrison *)


 * 'Til_Death_Do_Us_Part:_Carmen_and_Dave - sound chip for promotional ad. Cannes Film festival 2004. for MTV Networks and International Agency: Kidvertisers. ( Credited as *Barb Morrison*)


 * The safety of objects - full score, all source music, incidentals and trailer. feature film starring Glenn Close, Dermot Mulroney, Patricia Clarkson, Joshua Jackson...directed by Rose Troche. Released march 2003. (Credited as : Emboznik, Bullet, Super Buddha, Itchy Trigger Finger.)


 * Rosa negra 2: Como corre el amor (2004) (Credited as : Emboznik/Blizzard Twins/Sonic & Buzz)


 * The l word - full musical score for the pilot. a showtime original series starring Jennifer Beals, Pam Grier. Directed by Rose Troche. (Credited as : Emboznik)


 * Raising Victor Vargas - hip hop source cue. feature film directed by Peter Sollett. sundance film fest choice award, one of IFC's top 10 to watch for in 2003 -released march 30th 2003. (Credited as *Sonic & Buzz*)


 * Choices: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - full musical score. a short film directed by Tamara Jenkins (writer/director, [The Slums of Beverly Hills]) and Scenarios USA. Released on showtime december 2003. (Credited as *Sonic & Buzz*)


 * A Jersey Tale - hip hop source cues. A feature film by Mike Tolijian debuting at the tribeca film fest starring Anthony Chisholm ( from OZ ) (Credited as *Sonic & Buzz*)


 * G - Hip Hop Source Cue. a feature film by [Andrew Lauren], starring Blair Underwood ( Sex & the City ) to be released in sept 2004 (Credited as *Sonic & Buzz*)

Release for spring 2005 (Credited as *Emboznik* & *Sean Semis and *buzz* Morrison*)
 * The 'A' List 'full musical score for this feature film directed by 'Shira Lee Shalit' starring 'Sally Kirkland' (Bruce Almighty, 'Daphne Zuniga', Melrose Place) and David Carradine.


 * David Searching - opening credits & source cue. a feature film starring Anthony Rapp (''Rent ) . directed by leslie smith. released in 1999. (Credited as * Itchy Trigger Finger*)


 * Rufus Wainwright - Produced song 'The Origin of Love' for tribute cd for the movie Hedwig and the Angry Inch released sept 2003. featured in rainlake's documentary of the making of 'wig in a box' (Credited as *Barb Morrison)

A short film Directed by Ben Younger (Boiler Room), shot by Guillermo Navarro (Hellboy) and produced by Michael Waxman (Collateral).. Released for Showtime spring 2005 ( credited as *Emboznik*)
 * ''Toothpaste (film) (Scenarios USA) Full musical score.


 * The Buddy Baker ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop Composed for and Conducted a 20 Piece Orchestra including members of the New York Philharmonic and Metropolitan Opera. Moderated by Mark Snow (The X-files) and Marco Beltrami (Blade II & Terminator 3) (Credited as *Emboznik*)