Biography
Marc Bonilla, a seasoned rock guitarist and session player residing in Los Angeles, California, relocated southward from the San Francisco Bay Area during the closing years of the 1980s. While instructing at the Guitar Institute of Technology, he first drew notice in 1991 through his role as a touring musician with Toy Matinee, an association that secured a solo contract with Reprise Records and yielded the albums EE Ticket, issued in June 1991, and American Matador in 1993. He next joined 3rd Matinee, the short-lived group formed in Toy Matinee’s wake, and performed on the band’s sole release, Meanwhile, which appeared in 1994.
Bonilla collaborated with former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes, who had contributed to American Matador, on the singer’s Addiction album of 1997, co-authoring numerous tracks; he later contributed both performances and one original song to Hughes’ follow-up, The Way It Is, released in 1999. In 2000 he supplied performances and additional music for comedian Bobby Gaylor’s Fuzzatonic Scream. He also served as a member of California Transit Authority, the ensemble launched by ex-Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine, and played on the group’s 2006 album Full Circle. His partnership with keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer produced the 2009 recording Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla.
Beyond recording projects, Bonilla has maintained an active career composing and performing for film and television. His motion-picture credits encompass American Heart (1992), Diggstown (1992), Terminal Velocity (1994), Caught Up (1998), Inferno (1999), Road Kill (1999), The Replacements (2000), Mother Ghost (2002), The Eavesdropper (2004), White Rainbow (2005), and Mad Money (2008). For television he received a 2001 Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for the series Big Apple.
Bonilla collaborated with former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes, who had contributed to American Matador, on the singer’s Addiction album of 1997, co-authoring numerous tracks; he later contributed both performances and one original song to Hughes’ follow-up, The Way It Is, released in 1999. In 2000 he supplied performances and additional music for comedian Bobby Gaylor’s Fuzzatonic Scream. He also served as a member of California Transit Authority, the ensemble launched by ex-Chicago drummer Danny Seraphine, and played on the group’s 2006 album Full Circle. His partnership with keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer produced the 2009 recording Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla.
Beyond recording projects, Bonilla has maintained an active career composing and performing for film and television. His motion-picture credits encompass American Heart (1992), Diggstown (1992), Terminal Velocity (1994), Caught Up (1998), Inferno (1999), Road Kill (1999), The Replacements (2000), Mother Ghost (2002), The Eavesdropper (2004), White Rainbow (2005), and Mad Money (2008). For television he received a 2001 Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for the series Big Apple.
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