Marvin Hamlisch
Marvin Frederick Hamlisch ( born June 2, 1944 in New York City; † August 6, 2012 in Los Angeles ) was an American composer and is considered one of the most successful musical and film composer of the 20th century.
Life
Hamlisch, who came from a Jewish family in Vienna origin (as well as Barbra Streisand, with whom he worked intensively for many years ), early learned to play the piano and was a child prodigy. As a teenager, he gave concerts in the Town Hall. Then he studied at the Juilliard School of Music. Already at this time he resorted to composing; In 1966 he wrote to Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows ( Lesley Gore ) a first hit. After Sam Spiegel had heard him at a party at the piano, he gave him the job for his first film composition ( for The Swimmer, 1966). He then moved to Los Angeles to be closer to the studios. Large notoriety reached its adaptations of Scott Joplin's ragtime compositions, which he wrote in 1973 for the film The Sting.
From him comes the music to many movies and TV series and the most successful Broadway musical A Chorus Line and They're Playing Our Song. In 1977, Hamlisch also the music for the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). He was also since 1993 the conductor and arranger of concerts by Barbra Streisand.
Hamlisch has been honored with numerous awards. Outstanding was the year in this respect in 1974 when he was awarded a total Oscars in three different categories. This was followed in the years to seven Oscar nominations. Three times he won an Emmy Award, two-time Golden Globe Award. Most often, he received four times the ASCAP Award.
Hamlisch died on August 6, 2012 after a short illness at the age of 68 years.
Works
Filmography
Stage / Musicals
Awards (selection)
- The Way I Was, ( autobiography), Marvin Hamlisch; Gerald Gardner, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York 1992, 234 pages, ISBN 0-684-19327-2