Final movement orchestrated at the house that music built
This Hidden Hills house was built in 1999 for film composer Graeme Revell and his wife, Sinan, and includes a recording facility among its long list of amenities.
The New Zealand native, 49, is known for his blending of traditional ethnic music and sounds such as New Age effects, ghostly vocals and tribal percussion. He created some of these in the guesthouse-turned-studio at the Mediterranean-style home.
One of his most recent projects was “The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D,” released in June. Among many movies featuring his music are “Collateral Damage” (2002), “Spawn” (1997), “The Crow” (1994) and “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle” (1992). His music helped established the mood for the first season of the CBS series “CSI: Miami.”
About this area: Hidden Hills, a city incorporated in 1961, is near Calabasas and the Los Angeles-Ventura county line. It has about 650 home sites, all zoned for horses. Sites vary from 1 acre to 4-plus acres. Prices of homes on the market range from about $2 million for a teardown to $10 million. The community has a tennis court and a pool, although many homes also have their own.
Even with the Revells’ planned move, Hidden Hills will still have a number of homeowners in the entertainment industry, including Lisa Marie Presley, Beau Bridges, Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Sinbad, Melissa Etheridge, Howie Mandell and Joe Rogan, host of the NBC reality show “Fear Factor.”
Asking price: $8.75 million
Size: The home has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms in 10,777 square feet. The lot size is 4.24 acres.
Features: The house has an infinity pool, an acre of formal English-style gardens, city and mountain views, a play yard, a library, two pantries, a wine-tasting room and an indoor racquetball court. Common amenities include horse-riding trails and a front gate manned by security guards.
Where: Hidden Hills
Listing agents: Drew Mandile, (310) 786-1803, and Brooke Knapp, (310) 786-1802, both with Sotheby’s, Beverly Hills, and Carey LaSalle, Coldwell Banker, Calabasas, (818) 540-4035.
To submit a candidate for Home of the Week, please send color interior and exterior photos on a CD with caption information and a description of the house to Ruth Ryon, Real Estate Section, Los Angeles Times, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012. Questions can be sent to homeoftheweek@latimes.com.
