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Date of Birth

17 June 1947, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Birth Name

George Stanley Clinton Jr.

Mini Biography

George S. Clinton began his professional musical career as a songwriter, arranger, and session musician in Nashville, while earning degrees in music and drama at Middle Tennessee State University. The summer after graduation, George attended the Atlanta Pop Festival and, upon hearing Joe Cocker perform "With a Little Help from My Friends", left his native Chattanooga, bound for Los Angeles and ready to rock and roll.

Clinton became a staff writer for Warner Brothers Music, with songs recorded by such artists as Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, Johnny Mathis and Smokey Robinson; continued arranging and session work; and, as a recording artist, did four albums for MCA, Elektra, ABC, and Arista. The critically acclaimed George Clinton Band attracted the attention of a movie producer, giving George the opportunity to score his first film,Still Smokin (1983) and later another Cheech and Chong film Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers (1984).

He developed his craft scoring "ninja" movies for Cannon Films, network and cable television movies and miniseries, writing for a wide range of genres and musical styles. The soulful, erotic jazz for Zalman King's Showtime anthology Red Shoe Diaries (1992) (TV) developed quite a following, and brought more public awareness.

His musical inventiveness and versatility in both orchestral and popular idioms have allowed him to contribute memorable scores to such diverse films as the hit comedy Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and its blockbuster sequels and the hit martial arts fantasy Mortal Kombat (1995) and its sequel. Other noteworthy projects include John Waters's A Dirty Shame (2004); Disney's holiday hits The Santa Clause 2 (2002) and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006); Kevin Costner's wild 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001); the scary The Astronaut's Wife (1999), starring Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp; and the sexy thriller Wild Things (1998).

In addition, Clinton has written several concert works, three musicals, and is proud to serve as an adviser at the Sundance Composers Lab. Awards include a 2002 Grammy nomination and 6 BMI Film Music Awards.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Geo Music, Inc.

Spouse

Charlotte Blunt	(2 November 1985 - present) 1 child
Francesca Poston	(? - ?) (divorced)

Trivia

Ex-son-in-law of Tom Poston and Jean Sullivan.

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