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| Photo courtesy of Marvin Hamlish Official Website |
"I have to keep reminding myself that 'A Chorus Line' was initially considered weird and off the wall," ... "You mustn't underestimate an audience's intelligence." -Marvin Hamlisch
One of America's most talented musical artists, left us suddenly this past week. Marvin Hamlisch was also one of only two people to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize (the other person was Richard Rodgers). Plus he also won Golden Globes.
When he was 21 Hamlisch wrote Lesley Gore's song “Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows,” later, the pop hit “Nobody Does It Better,” sung by Carly Simon, Aretha Franklin's “Break It to Me Gently” and Barbara Streisand's “The Way We Were.”
Hamlisch wrote the film scores for: the James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me," "The Sting", “Ordinary People,” “Sophie’s Choice” and, most recently, “The Informant.” His theater scores included: “The Goodbye Girl” (1993), “Sweet Smell of Success” (2002) and “Imaginary Friends” (2002) and his greatest theatrical hit "A Chorus Line."
A CHORUS LINE: (a synopsis) At an audition for an upcoming Broadway production, the formidable director and his assistant choreographer put the dancers through their paces. Every dancer is desperate for work. The director tells them he is looking for a strong dancing chorus of four boys and four girls. He asks the dancers to introduce themselves and talk about their pasts. The stories generally progress chronologically from early life experiences through adulthood of each career.
His comment about writing music, "It’s easy to write things that are so self-conscious that they become pretentious, that have a lot of noise. It’s very hard to write a simple melody. ”
MARVIN HAMLISCH MOVIES:
- 1969
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN - 1969 THE APRIL FOOLS
- 1970 MOVE
- 1970 FLAP
- 1971 SOMETHING BIG
- 1971 KOTCH
- 1971 BANANAS
- 1972 THE WAR BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
- 1973 THE WORLD’S GREATEST ATHLETE
- 1973 SAVE THE TIGER
- 1974 THE WAY WE WERE
- 1974 THE STING
- 1975 THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE
- 1977 THE ABSENT-MINDED WAITER
- 1977 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
- 1978 SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR
- 1978 ICE CASTLES
- 1979 CHAPTER TWO
- 1979 STARTING OVER
- 1980 SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES
- 1980 ORDINARY PEOPLE
- 1980 GILDA LIVE
- 1982 SOPHIE’S CHOICE
- 1982 I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES
- 1983 ROMANTIC COMEDY
- 1984 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
- 1985 D.A.R.Y.L.
- 1985 A CHORUS LINE
- 1987 WHEN THE TIME COMES
- 1987 THREE MEN AND A BABY
- 1987 THE RETURN OF THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN AND THE BIONIC WOMAN
- 1988 SAM FOUND OUT: A TRIPLE PLAY
- 1988 LITTLE NIKITA
- 1988 DAVID
- 1989 THE JANUARY MAN
- 1989 SHIRLEY VALENTINE
- 1989 THE EXPERTS
- 1990 WOMEN AND MEN: STORIES OF SEDUCTION
- 1991 SWITCHED AT BIRTH
- 1991 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
- 1992 MISSING PIECES
- 1994 SEASONS OF THE HEART
- 1996 THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES
- 2009 THE INFORMANT!
MARVIN HAMLISCH BROADWAY PLAYS:
- 1973 SEESAW
- 1975 A CHORUS LINE
- 1978 THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG
- 1983 JEAN SEBERG
- 1986 SMILE
- 1993 THE GOODBYE GIRL
- 2002 SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS: THE MUSICAL
- 2002 IMAGINARY FRIENDS
His funeral visitation in NYC is open to the public and will be held August 12 & 13 at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, 81st and Madison.
(source: Marvin Hamlish website and wikipedia)
(source: Marvin Hamlish website and wikipedia)
Until later,
Jack
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