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Dick Hyman (I)

Composer, songwriter, conductor, pianist, organist and arranger, educated at Columbia University and a music student of Teddy Wilson. At college, he wrote the Columbia Varsity Show, and later appeared as pianist with the jazz groups of Lester Young, Tony Scott and others, and toured Europe in 1950 with the Benny Goodman orchestra... See full bio »

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Filmography

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1998 Futuro: A New Stance for Tomorrow (documentary short)
 
1992 Alan & Naomi
 
1989 American Playhouse (TV series)
Ask Me Again (1989)
 
1989 Nabokov on Kafka (TV short)
 
1988 Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (documentary)
 
1987 Moonstruck
 
1986 Fame, Fortune and Romance (TV series)
 
1986 Johnny Bull (TV movie)
 
1983 Zelig (music composed by)
 
1982 CBS Library (TV series)
 
1980 NBC Special Treat (TV series)
 
1980 King Crab (TV movie)
 
1980 The Henderson Monster (TV movie)
 
1978 French Quarter
 
1978 The Last Tenant (TV movie)
 
1977 The Deadliest Season (TV movie)
 
1976 Bernice Bobs Her Hair (TV movie)
 
1976 Erased Off
 
1966 Ages of Man (TV movie)
 
1961 The Arthur Godfrey Show (TV movie)
 
1960 The Arthur Godfrey Show (TV movie)
 
1959 The Arthur Godfrey Show (TV movie)
 
1951 Search for Tomorrow (TV series)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (19 titles)
2004 Melinda and Melinda (musician: piano - uncredited)
 
1999 Sweet and Lowdown (conductor, music arranger, musician: additional piano player)
 
1996 Everyone Says I Love You (additional lyrics, music arranged and conducted by, musician: piano and celeste)
 
1995 Mighty Aphrodite (music arranger, music conductor)
 
1994 Bubbe Meises: Bubbe Stories (TV movie) (music arranger)
 
1994 Bullets Over Broadway (conductor, music arranger)
 
1992 Alan & Naomi (conductor, musician: piano)
 
1988 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Closed Set (TV movie) (conductor)
 
Great Performances (TV series) (conductor - 2 episodes, 1987-1988) (conductor: transitional music - 1 episode, 1988) (music arranger - 1 episode, 1988)
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: The Old Reliable (1988) (conductor, music arranger)
Bacall on Bogart (1988) (conductor: transitional music)
 
1987 Moonstruck (music adaptor)
 
1987 Tales from the Hollywood Hills: A Table at Ciro's (TV movie) (conductor)
 
1987 Radio Days (music supervision)
 
1984 Broadway Danny Rose (music supervisor)
 
1983 Zelig (music adapted by)
 
1983 Eubie Blake: A Century of Music (TV movie) (arranger, musical director)
 
1981 The Chosen (musical cues)
 
1978 The Wiz (musician: keyboards - uncredited)
 
1977 Scott Joplin (TV movie) (music arranger - as Richard Hyman, musician - as Richard Hyman)
 
1958 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (TV series) (musical director)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (17 titles)
2009 Whatever Works (performer: "Auld Lang Syne" / arranger: "Auld Lang Syne")
 
2004 Melinda and Melinda (performer: "Darn That Dream" 1939, "Moonglow" 1934, "No Moon at All" 1947, "Prelude 2 Well Tempered Clavier" 1722, "Love Me" 1934, "Memories Of You" 1930, "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" 1942, "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" 1938)
 
2002 Two Weeks Notice (performer: "With Plenty Of Money And You", "If I Had You")
 
2001 The Whole Shebang (writer: "Brooklyn Heights Stroll")
 
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (performer: "Tuxedo Junction", "How High The Moon")
 
1999 Sweet and Lowdown (writer: "3:00 AM Blues" 1999, "Unfaithful Woman" 1999 / performer: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" 1931, "Out of Nowhere" 1931, "Old Fashioned Love" 1923, "3:00 AM Blues" 1999, "Lulu's Back in Town" 1935 / arranger: "Limehouse Blues" 1922, "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" 1919, "There'll Be Some Changes Made" 1921)
 
1999 Soft Toilet Seats (writer: "Summer Vacation", "Soho Stripper")
 
1996 Everyone Says I Love You (writer: "Venetian Scenes", "Recurrence", "No Lover, No Friend That's the End" / performer: "Just You, Just Me" 1929, "Everyone Says I Love You" 1932, "My Baby Just Cares for Me" 1930, "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?" 1929, "Makin' Whoopee" 1928, "I'm Thru With Love" 1931, "Just Say I Love Her" "Dicitencello Vuie" / 1930, "Venetian Scenes", "Recurrence", "All My Life" 1936, "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" 1908, "Looking at You" 1929, "If I Had You" 1929, "Enjoy Yourself It's Later Than You Think" 1950, "Satan Takes a Holiday" 1937, "No Lover, No Friend That's the End", "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" 1926, "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" 1934, "Chinatown, My Chinatown" 1910, "Cocktails For Two" 1934, "Chiquita Banana" 1944, "Mimi" 1932, "Louise" 1929, "You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me" 1930, "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" 1930 / arranger: "Just You, Just Me" 1929, "Everyone Says I Love You" 1932, "My Baby Just Cares for Me" 1930, "I'm a Dreamer, Aren't We All?" 1929, "Makin' Whoopee" 1928, "I'm Thru With Love" 1931, "Just Say I Love Her" "Dicitencello Vuie" / 1930, "Venetian Scenes", "Recurrence", "All My Life" 1936, "Cuddle Up a Little Closer" 1908, "Looking at You" 1929, "If I Had You" 1929, "Enjoy Yourself It's Later Than You Think" 1950, "Satan Takes a Holiday" 1937, "No Lover, No Friend That's the End", "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" 1926, "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" 1934, "Chinatown, My Chinatown" 1910, "Cocktails For Two" 1934, "Chiquita Banana" 1944, "Mimi" 1932, "Louise" 1929, "You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me" 1930, "Hooray for Captain Spaulding" 1930)
 
1995 Mighty Aphrodite (performer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" 1930)
 
1995 Bye Bye Love (writer: "Mr. Moon" / performer: "Mr. Moon" / producer: "Mr. Moon")
 
1987 Radio Days (writer: "Re-Lax Jingle" 1987 / music: "Radio Show Themes" 1987)
 
1986 Hannah and Her Sisters (performer: "Just You, Just Me", "It Could Happen to You", "Polkadots and Moonbeams", "Avalon")
 
1985 Mask (writer: "The Moog and Me" / performer: "The Moog and Me")
 
1985 The Purple Rose of Cairo (writer: "One Day at a Time" - uncredited)
 
1983 Zelig (writer: "Leonard the Lizard" 1983, "Doin' the Chameleon" 1983, "Chameleon Days" 1983, "You May Be Six People, But I Love You" 1983, "Reptile Eyes" 1983, "The Changing Man Concerto" 1983 / performer: "Charleston" 1923, "Chicago That Toddlin' Town" 1922, "Five Feet Two, Eyes of Blue" 1925, "Anchors Aweigh" 1906)
 
1980 Stardust Memories (music: "Hebrew School Rag", "Just One of Those Things" 1935, "Easy to Love" 1936 / performer: "Hebrew School Rag", "Just One of Those Things" 1935, "Easy to Love" 1936 / arranger: "Hebrew School Rag", "Just One of Those Things" 1935, "Easy to Love" 1936)
 
1979 The Ape Girl ("The Moog and Me")
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion
Band Leader
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
2006 Pluck (documentary short)
 
2006 Moonstruck: The Music of Moonstruck (video short)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1969) Album: "The Age of Eectronicus" (Command Records) See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Richard R. Hyman | Richard Hyman
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Had minor hit record in 1968: "The Minotaur" as "Dick Hyman & the Eclectic Electrics". Was first single ever to be entirely performed on a synthesizer (Moog). See more »

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