| Michael Kamen | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | April 15, 1948 New York City, New York, USA |
| Died | November 18, 2003 (aged 55) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Genre(s) | Film score |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Oboe |
Michael Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. "Hautbois" redirects here for the strawberry variety see Hautbois strawberry. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film
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Background
Kamen was born in New York City, USA and studied at the New York High School of Music & Art in New York, then at Juilliard's School for Music Dance and Drama in New York. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. While studying the oboe, he formed a rock classical fusion band called New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, which was on the first of Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts with the New York Philharmonic. "Hautbois" redirects here for the strawberry variety see Hautbois strawberry. The New York Rock & Roll Ensemble was a Rock band of the late 1960s and early 1970s described as playing "classical baroque rock" WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes The New York Philharmonic is the oldest active Symphony Orchestra in the United States, organized during 1842
Early work
Kamen's early work centered on ballets, thirteen in all, then expanding into Hollywood by writing the score for The Next Man in 1976, then into pop and rock arranging, collaborating with Pink Floyd on their album, The Wall. The Next Man (also known as The Arab Conspiracy or Double Hit) is a 1976 American political action thriller film starring Pink Floyd are The Wall is a Rock opera presented as a Double album by the English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late One of his songs, "Sing Lady Sing", was renamed "Them Changes" and parlayed into a hit by Buddy Miles. George Allen Miles Jr ( September 5, 1947 &ndash February 26, 2008) known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock
Career in popular music
Kamen became a highly-sought arranger in the realms of pop and rock music. In Great Britain he was among a small, illustrious group of arrangers whose names constantly appeared on popular releases by major artists. His contemporaries in this field included Academy Award winner Anne Dudley, Richard Niles, and Nick Ingman. His successes include his work with Pink Floyd, David Gilmour and Roger Waters[1] (he is one of the few people to have been invited to work with both former Pink Floyd members, after their acrimonious split), as well as Queen, Eric Clapton, Roger Daltrey, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, David Bowie, Eurythmics, Queensrÿche, Rush, Metallica, Herbie Hancock, The Cranberries, Bryan Adams, Jim Croce, Sting and Kate Bush. Pink Floyd are David Jon Gilmour CBE (born 6 March 1946 is an English Musician, best known as the Lead guitarist one of the lead Singers George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943 in Great Bookham, Surrey) is an English rock musician Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944) is an English rock Vocalist, songwriter and actor best known as the Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20 1950 is an American singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave Queensrÿche (ˈkwiːnzraɪk is an American heavy metal / Progressive metal band formed in 1981 in Bellevue Washington. Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Herbert Jeffrey Hancock ("Herbie" born April 12 1940 is a Jazz Pianist and Composer. The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1990 {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock James Joseph Croce, pronounced (CROW-chee ( January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) popularly known as Jim Croce, was an STING ( S equence T o and with' IN' G raphics is a free Web-based suite of programs for a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between protein sequence Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 is an English singer songwriter musician and Record producer. For Bush, Kamen delivered an orchestral backing for "Moments of Pleasure" from The Red Shoes album, substantially building upon a simple piano theme Bush had composed. The Red Shoes is the seventh studio album by Kate Bush. First released in November 1993 it was accompanied by Bush's short film The Line the Cross In this instance, and many others, he conducted the orchestra personally for the recording. In 1984 Kamen had similarly heightened the impact of a pop recording for the Eurythmics "Here Comes the Rain Again", that score relying as much on his compositional skills as his arranging talents. Five years later, he did the music For Queen and Country. For Queen and Country is a 1989 Crime drama Film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and produced by Atlantic Entertainment Group
In 1990 Kamen joined many other guests for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin. The Wall is a Rock opera presented as a Double album by the English Progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released in late Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.
In 2002 he was part of the Concert for George as string conductor. The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first
Other works
Kamen wrote eleven ballets, a saxophone concerto, and provided scores for the films such as The Dead Zone, For Queen and Country, Polyester, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Highlander, X-Men, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Licence to Kill, the Lethal Weapon series, the first three films of the Die Hard series, Mr. Holland's Opus, Splitting Heirs and many others. For Queen and Country is a 1989 Crime drama Film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and produced by Atlantic Entertainment Group Polyester is a 1981 John Waters film starring Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, and Mink Stole. Brazil is a 1985 Dystopian Black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 Film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville, Sarah Polley Highlander is a 1986 fantasy Action film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen. X-Men is a 2000 Superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics characters of the same name. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a 1991 Adventure film directed by Kevin Reynolds. Licence to Kill (1989 directed by John Glen is the 16th James Bond Spy film, and the second and last featuring Timothy Dalton. Lethal Weapon is a 1987 Action film, the first in a series of American Films that were released in 1987 1989 Die Hard is an Academy Award nominated 1988 American Action film. Mr Holland's Opus is a 1995 Drama film in which Richard Dreyfuss plays Glenn Holland a musician and composer who takes a teaching job Splitting Heirs is a 1993 British Film starring Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine To this day the overture from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is used by Morgan Creek Productions as their identifying theme, while New Line's corresponding theme is the opening segment of a track from Highlander. Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a 1991 Adventure film directed by Kevin Reynolds. Morgan Creek Productions is an American film studio that has released box-office hits like Young Guns, Major League, True Romance New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a Highlander is a 1986 fantasy Action film directed by Russell Mulcahy and based on a story by Gregory Widen. He also scored both the From the Earth to the Moon and Band of Brothers series on HBO. From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO Television Miniseries (1998 co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Band of Brothers is a ten-part Television World War II Mini-series based on the book of the same title written by Historian
In television, his best known work was on the 1985 BBC Television serial Edge of Darkness, on which he collaborated with Eric Clapton to write the score. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Edge of Darkness is a British television Drama serial, produced by BBC Television in association with Lionheart Television International Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer The pair were awarded with a British Academy Television Award for Best Original Television Music for their work. The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTAs &mdash or to differentiate them from the BAFTA Film Awards, the BAFTA Television Awards In 1994, Kamen conducted an orchestration of The Who's music for a concert series called Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who which was subsequently released on DVD. The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964. The primary lineup consisted of guitarist Pete Townshend He also worked with heavy metal band Metallica, on a two day concert that was held in Berkeley, California, with the San Francisco Symphony. Metallica is an American heavy metal band that formed in 1981 in. Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. The San Francisco Symphony ( SFS) is a leading Orchestra based in San Francisco California. The S&M album went multi-platinum in 2001. S&M is a live album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony on April 21-22
Kamen was nominated for two Academy Awards and won three Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, two Ivor Novello Awards, an Annie Award and an Emmy. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The Ivor Novello Awards, named after the Cardiff born entertainer Ivor Novello, are Awards for Songwriting and Composing.
Later years
His involvement with Mr. Holland's Opus, a film about a frustrated composer who finds fulfillment as a high school music teacher, led Kamen to create The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation in 1996. Mr Holland's Opus is a 1995 Drama film in which Richard Dreyfuss plays Glenn Holland a musician and composer who takes a teaching job The foundation supports music education through the donation of new and refurbished musical instruments to underserved school and community music programs and individual students in the United States. In 2005 the foundation created an emergency fund for schools and students affected by Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest in the history of the United States
In 2002, Kamen, along with Julian Lloyd Webber, Dame Evelyn Glennie, and Sir James Galway launched the Music Education Consortium in the UK. Julian Lloyd Webber (born April 14 1951) is one of the world's most renowned solo cellists Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, DBE (born July 19 1965 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish virtuoso Percussionist. Sir James Galway OBE (born December 8, 1939) is a Northern Ireland &ndashborn Virtuoso flautist from Belfast, nicknamed The consortium's efforts led to the injection of £332 million for music-education in the UK.
Though diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997, Kamen died in London from a heart attack in 2003, at the age of 55. Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Myocardial infarction ( MI or AMI for acute myocardial infarction) also known as a heart attack, occurs when the blood supply His last recorded work appeared on Bryan Adams's album Room Service where he played the oboe and wrote the orchestration to "I Was Only Dreamin". {Otherpeople|Brian Adams}} Bryan Adams OC, OBC, (born Bryan Guy Adams on November 5, 1959) is a Canadian rock Room service is an accommodation available at many Hotels where workers at the hotel bring food and other items to hotel rooms by request of the guest and usually for extra charge Kamen had also completed the charts for accompaniment to two songs on Kate Bush's album Aerial, which was released in November 2005. Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 is an English singer songwriter musician and Record producer. Kate Bush 's eighth studio album Aerial, is a two-disc set released on November 7, 2005. Some of Bush's fans, pleased by Kamen's scoring of "Moments of Pleasure" from Bush's 1993 album The Red Shoes, expressed gratitude when it became known that the work had been finished. " Moments of Pleasure " is a song written and recorded by musician Kate Bush.
In 2004, when Annie Lennox accepted the Academy Award for Best Original Song (her composition "Into the West" from The Return of the King), she dedicated her achievement to the memory of her dear friend Kamen. " Into the West " is a song written by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox, and performed by Lennox herself during the Closing credits This article is about the live-action movie which shares a title with a book, video game, and animated film.
Michael Kamen was survived by his wife, Sandra Keenan-Kamen, and by his daughters, Sasha and Zoe.
References
- ^ Mabbett, Andy (1995). The complete guide to the music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus, 150p. ISBN 071194301x.
External links
- Michael Kamen's official website
- Michael Kamen at the Internet Movie Database
- Film Composer Tributes - Michael Kamen
- Discussion of other composers' music appropriated in three Kamen scores
- Official site of Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation founded by Michael Kamen
- Photo
- Michael Kamen at Soundtrackguide. net
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