Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 523

He featured songs including “If Love Is Real” (recorded by Olivia Newton-John), an
emotional “You” (as recorded by the Carpenters), and Randy’s own charted hits, “The
Uptown, Uptempo Woman” and “Pretty Girls” (used in the film The Beast Inside). And
there was much more music to enjoy as well.
He shared the riveting melange of his film scores in an enraptured showcase of
emotion and passion. The crowd remained entranced by the poetry and the intimacy of
his musical display. They could feel what he felt….and what he felt was intense.
A musical heterodox at times and certainly an anomaly, Randy speaks in all genres,
some not yet invented or known publicly to the wider world encapsulated within his
musical soundtracks including “Last of the Mohicans”, “My Cousin Vinny”, “While You
Were Sleeping”, “Kindergarten Cop”, “Ghostbusters ll”, “Dragonheart”, “Beethoven”,
“The Bruce Lee Story”, and over 100 other film and television scores.
There is a wistful elegance to Randy songs, whether they be about the demise of
romance, the echoing of a dream or the longing for deeper love. Randy Edelman
has emerged as a solo artist with an exuberant mystique connected to his one-man
shows, proven by the well deserved standing ovation he received from a congregation
that included artists like Grandmaster Caz, Screamin’ Rachael (Queen of House
Music), DJ So Gaudy, actor Apache Ramos, Desmond Child, representatives from the
UN, and a host of others…