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Michael Kamen (1948–2003)

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His score for The Dead Zone is an adaptation of, and variation on, a theme from the second movement of the Symphony Nr. 2 in D of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). See more trivia »

Born:

Michael Arnold Kamen
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 55) in London, England, UK
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2008 The Madness and Misadventures of Munchausen (video documentary)
 
2007 Ultrasordine (short)
 
2004 First Daughter
 
2004 Boo, Zino & the Snurks
 
2004 Against the Ropes
 
2003 Open Range
 
2001 Band of Brothers (TV mini-series)
– Points (2001)
– Currahee (2001)
 
2001 Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington (TV documentary)
 
2000 X-Men
 
2000 Frequency
 
2000 Metallica: S&M (TV special documentary)
 
1999 The Iron Giant
 
1998 What Dreams May Come
 
1998 Jerry Seinfeld: 'I'm Telling You for the Last Time' (TV special)
 
1998 Lethal Weapon 4
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series)
– Le voyage dans la lune (1998)
– 1968 (1998)
– Can We Do This? (1998)
 
1997 The Winter Guest
 
1997 Event Horizon
 
1997 Remember Me?
 
1997 The Heart Surgeon (TV movie)
 
1997 Inventing the Abbotts
 
1996 101 Dalmatians
 
1996 Jack
 
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus
 
1995 Stonewall
 
1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (TV documentary)
 
1995 Die Hard: With a Vengeance
 
1995 Circle of Friends
 
1994 Don Juan DeMarco
 
1993 The Three Musketeers
 
1992-1993 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
– Death of Some Salesmen (1993)
– Split Personality (1992)
– Showdown (1992)
– The New Arrival (1992)
 
1993 Wilder Napalm
 
1993 Last Action Hero
 
1993 Splitting Heirs
 
1992 Blue Ice
 
1992 Lethal Weapon 3
 
1992 Shining Through
 
1992 Two-Fisted Tales (TV movie) (segment "Showdown")
 
1991 The Last Boy Scout
 
1991 Let Him Have It
 
1991 Company Business
 
1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
 
1991 Hudson Hawk
 
1991 Nothing But Trouble
 
1991 Michael Kamen: Concert for Saxophone (video documentary)
 
1990 Cold Dog Soup
 
1990 Die Hard 2
 
1990 The Krays
 
1989 Lethal Weapon 2
 
1989 Licence to Kill
 
1989 Renegades
 
1989 Road House
 
1989 Rooftops
 
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
 
1988 The Raggedy Rawney
 
1988 Homeboy
 
1988 Die Hard
 
1988 For Queen & Country
 
1988 Crusoe
 
1988 Action Jackson
 
1987 Suspect
 
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me
 
1987 Adventures in Babysitting
 
1987 Rita, Sue and Bob Too!
 
1987 Lethal Weapon
 
1986 Shoot for the Sun (TV movie)
 
1986 Shanghai Surprise
 
1986 Mona Lisa
 
1986 Amazing Stories (TV series)
– Mirror, Mirror (1986)
 
1986 Highlander
 
1985 Edge of Darkness (TV mini-series)
– Fusion (1985)
– Northmoor (1985)
– Breakthrough (1985)
– Burden of Proof (1985)
– Into the Shadows (1985)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1985 Brazil
 
1983 The Dead Zone
 
1983 Angelo My Love
 
1981 Venom
 
1981 Polyester
 
1980 S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
 
1979 Boardwalk
 
1977 Stunts
 
1977 Between the Lines
 
1976 Liza's Pioneer Diary (TV movie)
 
1976 The Next Man
 
1976 Rodin mis en vie (short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (51 titles)
2013 A Good Day to Die Hard (composer: theme music)
 
2007 Ultrasordine (short) (composer: stock music)
 
2007 Live Free or Die Hard (composer: original themes)
 
2003 Concert for George (video documentary) (conductor: orchestra, music arranger)
 
2003 The Fighting Temptations (composer: additional music)
 
2003 Open Range (conductor, orchestrator)
 
2000 X-Men (conductor, orchestrator)
 
2000 Frequency (conductor, music producer, orchestrator)
 
2000 Metallica: S&M (TV special documentary) (orchestrator)
 
1999 The Iron Giant (conductor, music score producer, orchestrations)
 
1998 What Dreams May Come (conductor, musician: oboe solo, orchestrator)
 
1998 Lethal Weapon 4 (conductor, music score producer, orchestrator)
 
1998 From the Earth to the Moon (TV mini-series) (composer: main title theme - 12 episodes)
– Le voyage dans la lune (1998) (composer: main title theme)
– The Original Wives Club (1998) (composer: main title theme)
– For Miles and Miles (1998) (composer: main title theme)
– Galileo Was Right (1998) (composer: main title theme)
– That's All There Is (1998) (composer: main title theme)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1997 Event Horizon (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1997 Inventing the Abbotts (orchestrator)
 
1996 101 Dalmatians (orchestrator)
 
1996 Bordello of Blood (executive music producer)
 
1996 Jack (orchestrator)
 
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (executive music producer)
 
1994 Don Juan DeMarco (conductor)
 
1994 Free Willy (TV series) (composer: theme music)
 
1993 The Three Musketeers (orchestrator)
 
1993 X-Men (TV series) (composer: title theme - 1 episode)
– 'Til Death Do Us Part: Part 1 (1993) (composer: title theme)
 
1992 Blue Ice (orchestrator)
 
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 (orchestrator)
 
1992 Shining Through (orchestrator)
 
1991 The Last Boy Scout (conductor)
 
1991 Company Business (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1991 Hudson Hawk (orchestra conductor)
 
1991 Eric Clapton: 24 Nights (TV special documentary) (conductor)
 
1990 Die Hard 2 (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1990 The Krays (music producer)
 
1989 Lethal Weapon 2 (orchestrator)
 
1989 Licence to Kill (conductor)
 
1989 Dead Bang (composer: additional music, conductor: additional music - uncredited, orchestrator: additional music - uncredited)
 
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (conductor, music producer, orchestrations)
 
1988 Homeboy (music performer)
 
1988 Die Hard (conductor)
 
1988 Crusoe (conductor: National Philharmonic Orchestra)
 
1987 Lethal Weapon (music producer, musician, orchestra arranger, orchestra conductor)
 
1986 Highlander (conductor - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1985 Lifeforce (composer: additional music - uncredited)
 
1985 Brazil (conductor - uncredited, music arranger - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1983 The Dead Zone (conductor - uncredited, music arranger, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1982 Pink Floyd The Wall (conductor, orchestrator)
 
1981 Venom (conductor)
 
1981 Polyester (musician: keyboards and oboe)
 
1977 Stunts (conductor)
 
1973 Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew (musician: synthesizer "Alas for You" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (50 titles)
2013 Divorce (TV series)
– Episode #1.9 (2013) (writer: "Everything I Do I Do It for You")
– Episode #1.7 (2013) (writer: "Fields of Joy")
 
2013 A Good Day to Die Hard ("THEME FROM DIE HARD")
 
2012 The X Factor (TV series)
– Live Results Show 2 (2012) (writer: "Everything I Do I Do It for You" - uncredited)
 
2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
– Episode #20.69 (2012) (writer: " Everything I Do I Do It for You" - uncredited)
 
2011 Em dónes vida. El llibre i el disc de La Marató (TV documentary) (writer: "Ho faig per tu")
 
2011 Divendres (TV series)
– Episode #3.61 (2011) (writer: "Ho faig per tu")
 
2011 X-Men: First Class (writer: "Concentration Camp From tt0120903")
 
2011 Spoof Movie No Jutsu! (writer: " Everything I Do I Do It for You" - uncredited)
 
2010 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
– Episode #10.1 (2010) (writer: "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" - uncredited)
 
2009 Family Guy (TV series)
– Ocean's Three and a Half (2009) (writer: " Everything I Do I Do It for You" - uncredited)
 
2007 The Big Bang Theory (TV series)
– The Hamburger Postulate (2007) (writer: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" - uncredited)
 
2007 The Alps (documentary) (arranger: "Who Wants to Live Forever")
 
2006 The Eight (TV series)
– Casio (2006) (writer: "It's Probably Me" - uncredited)
 
2005 The Longest Yard ("Jack and the Ripper")
 
2004 First Daughter (writer: "Dance My Dreams Theme Song from First Daughter")
 
2004 Behind Poem (video documentary) ("Piece of solo cello")
 
2003 Scrubs (TV series)
– My Dirty Secret (2003) (writer: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman")
 
2003 Open Range (writer: "Holding All My Love for You")
 
2002 Bond Girls Are Forever (TV documentary) (writer: "Licence to Kill" / as Michael Karmen)
 
2002 House of Fools ("Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman")
 
2002 Ladykracher (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (2002) (writer: " Everything I Do I Do It for You")
 
2001 Operación triunfo (TV series)
– Episode #1.7 (2001) (writer: "Everything I Do I Do It for You")
 
2001 If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (documentary) (writer: "You're the One")
 
1998 What Dreams May Come (writer: "Chris & Annie's Theme")
 
1998 Hope Floats (writer: "When You Love Someone")
 
1997 U Turn (writer: "La Mujer Que Amas" / as M. Kamen)
 
1997 Inventing the Abbotts (lyrics: "On Springfield Mountain" / producer: "On Springfield Mountain" / arranger: "On Springfield Mountain")
 
1996 Jack (writer: "Star")
 
1996 This Life (TV series)
– Father Figure (1996) (writer: " Everything I Do I Do It for You" - uncredited)
 
1996 The 68th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman")
 
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus (music: "COLE'S SONG" / producer: "COLE'S SONG")
 
1995 Assassins (writer: "La Muerta", "The Day of the Dead" / performer: "The Day of the Dead")
 
1995 Circle of Friends (writer: "You're The One")
 
1994 Don Juan DeMarco (writer: "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?", "¿Has Amado Una Mujer De Veras?" / music: "Loco Loco" / performer: "Loco Loco", "¿Has Amado Una Mujer De Veras?")
 
1993 The Three Musketeers (writer: "All For Love")
 
1993 Last Action Hero (writer: "Real World" / performer: "Dream On" / arranger: "Dream On")
 
1993 Splitting Heirs (music: "LA MRE")
 
1992 Lethal Weapon 3 (music: "It's Probably Me" / producer: "It's Probably Me")
 
1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (writer: " Everything I Do I Do It for You")
 
1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (writer: " EVERYTHING I DO I DO IT FOR YOU", "WILD TIMES" / as M. Kamen)
 
1991 Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (TV documentary short) (writer: "Overture and a Prisoner of the Crusades From Chains to Freedom" - uncredited, "Maid Marian" - uncredited, "Maid Marian Segment" - uncredited, "Sir Guy of Gisborne and the Escape to Sherwood" - uncredited / performer: "Maid Marian Segment" - uncredited)
 
1991 Hudson Hawk (producer: "HUDSON HAWK THEME")
 
1991 Nothing But Trouble (writer: "Helen Claire" / performer: "Helen Claire")
 
1991 Eric Clapton: 24 Nights (TV special documentary) (writer: "Edge of Darkness")
 
1989 Licence to Kill (arranger: "Fur Elise" - uncredited, "Bamba" - uncredited)
 
1988 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (music: "The Torturer's Apprentice" / lyrics: "The Torturer's Apprentice")
 
1988 The Raggedy Rawney (writer: "Funeral Lament")
 
1987 Someone to Watch Over Me (producer: "SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME")
 
1981 Polyester (music: "BE MY DADDY BABY", "THE BEST THING" / lyrics: "BE MY DADDY BABY", "THE BEST THING" / performer: "BE MY DADDY BABY" / producer: "BE MY DADDY BABY" / arranger: "BE MY DADDY BABY")
 
1971 Zachariah (writer: "Grave Digger")
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2007 Captain Abu Raed (in memory of)
 
2004 First Daughter (dedicatee)
 
2004 Exorcist: The Beginning (in memory of)
 
2004 Boo, Zino & the Snurks (dedicatee)
 
2004 Beyond the 'Open Range' (video documentary) (in loving memory of)
 
1998 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (16 titles)
2003 Concert for George (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Na plovárne (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 July 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2002 David Gilmour in Concert (video)
Himself
 
2001 Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Beatles Revolution (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Making of 'The Iron Giant' (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 S&M Documentary (video short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 MADtv (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.12 (2000) … Himself
 
2000 The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 Metallica: S&M (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Der Klang der Bilder (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Pavarotti & Friends 2 (TV documentary)
Himself - Conductor
 
1994 Celebration: The Music of Pete Townshend and The Who (documentary)
Conductor
 
1991 Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (TV documentary short)
Himself - Composer
 
1991 Michael Kamen: Concert for Saxophone (video documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Eric Clapton: 24 Nights (TV special documentary)
Himself - Conductor
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2006 Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (video)
Himself (segment "No Leaf Clover")
 

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Released "Concerto For Saxophone Featuring David Sanborn" on Warner Bros. Records (1990) See more »

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Trivia:

His score for The Dead Zone is an adaptation of, and variation on, a theme from the second movement of the Symphony Nr. 2 in D of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). See more »

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