| General info : | | Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948, New York City, New York, U.S. – November 18, 2003, London, England (aged 55)) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, songwriter, and musician.
He began his work as a pop and rock music arranger, notably for Pink Floyd, and was a member of the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble and the Roger Waters Band. Starting in the mid-1980s, he achieved further prominence as a composer of film scores.
Kamen's best known scores include the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon franchises, the Terry Gilliam films Brazil (1985) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Highlander (1986), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Don Juan DeMarco (1994), What Dreams May Come (1998), The Iron Giant (1999), X-Men (2000), and the television series Edge of Darkness, Tales from the Crypt, and Band of Brothers.
During his career, Kamen won four Grammy Awards, out of nine total nominations, and a BAFTA TV Award, and was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Original Song, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Kamen was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997.
He died in London from a heart attack on November 18, 2003, at age 55. | |
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| Websites | | Discogs (www.discogs.com/artist/106802-Michael-Kamen) | |
| Websites | | IMDb (www.imdb.com/name/nm0004383/) | |
| Websites | | https://www.michaelkamen.com/ (www.michaelkamen.com/) | |
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| Video | | Making S&M:San Francisco Symphony & MetallicA | |
| Video | | 'Brazil' Score Production Notebook by Michael Kamen | |
| Video | | 101 Dalmatians, 1996 - Multimedia Press Kit - Interview by Michael Kamen | |
| Video | | A Portrait of Michael Kamen | |
| Video | | Michael Kamen is scoring "Iron Giant" - part 1 | |
| Video | | Michael Kamen on composing Robin Hood score | |
| Video | | Michael Kamen Scoring Robin Hood | |
| Video | | Michael Kamen: Film Composer | |