Chieli Minucci is the leader of the Grammy-nominated contemporary jazz group, Chieli Minucci & Special EFX, which formed in 1982.Also known as a composer for television and film, Minucci was nominated for 10 Daytime Emmy Awards and has won three, in 1998, 2007, and most recently in 2008, for his eclectic compositional work in the USA, on CBS’s "The Guiding Light", which holds the record as the longest running TV show in American history. He has written music for well-known programs such as Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, Good Morning America (theme), Bloomberg Radio (theme), Access Hollywood, and others. He also contributed music to the soundtracks of "No Country for Old Men" (2007), as well as most recently to ‘Lifted’ (2007).