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Infobox musical artist| name = Marvin Hamlisch| image = Official 2011 MH .jpg| caption = Hamlisch conducting| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Marvin Frederick Hamlisch| birth_date = birth date and age|1944|6|2|birth_place = New York City, New York , United States|U.S. | occupation = Composer , conducting|conductor | instrument = Piano | genre = Musical theatre , Film , Pops orchestra|Pops | years_active = 1965–present| associated_acts = Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Seattle Symphony Orchestra Dallas Symphony Orchestra Pasadena Symphony and POPS San Diego Symphony Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is an American composer . He is one of only eleven people to have been awarded Emmy Award|Emmys , Grammy Award|Grammys , Academy Award|Oscars , and a Tony Award|Tony . He is also one of only two people to have won those four prizes and also a Pulitzer Prize (the other is Richard Rodgers ). Hamlisch has also won two Golden Globe Award|Golden Globes .
Biography
Early life and career
Hamlisch was born in New York City to Vienna|Viennese Jewish parents: Lilly Schachter and Max Hamlisch.cite web | title=Marvin Hamlisch Biography | url= http://www.filmreference.com/film/14/Marvin-Hamlisch.html | work=filmreference | year=2008 | accessdate=2008-11-25 His father was an accordionist and bandleader. Hamlisch was a child prodigy , and by age five he began mimicking music he heard on the radio on the piano. A few months before he turned seven, in 1951, he was accepted into what is now the Juilliard#The Pre-College Division|Juilliard School Pre-College Division .(no author). http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp? spid=80172& apid=108273 Marvin Hamlisch biography TurnerClassicMovies.com, accessed April 2, 2009 His first job was as a rehearsal pianist for Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand . Shortly after that, he was hired by producer Sam Spiegel to play piano at Spiegel's parties. This connection led to his first film score, The Swimmer (film)|The Swimmer . His favorite musicals growing up were My Fair Lady , Gypsy: A Musical Fable|Gypsy , West Side Story , and Bye Bye Birdie (musical)|Bye Bye Birdie .Cerasaro. Pat. http://broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth_InterView_Marvin_Hamlisch_20100722 "InDepth Interview Marvin Hamlisch" Broadwayworld.com, July 22, 2010
Hamlisch attended Queens College . He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967.
Film and composer
Hamlisch is the composer of many motion picture scores, including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin ’s music for The Sting , for which he received a third Oscar. His prolific output of scores for films include original compositions and/or musical adaptations for '' Sophie's Choice (film)|Sophie's Choice , Ordinary People , The Swimmer , Three Men And A Baby , Ice Castles , Take The Money And Run , Bananas (film)|Bananas , Save The Tiger and his latest effort The Informant!|The Informant ! (2009) starring Matt Damon , and directed by Steven Soderbergh .
Although Liza Minnelli 's debut album included a song he wrote in his teens, his first hit did not come until he was 21 years old. This song, " Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows ", was sung by Lesley Gore . His first film score was for The Swimmer (film)|The Swimmer , although he had done some music for films as early as 1965. Later he wrote music for several Woody Allen early films, such as Take the Money and Run . In addition, Hamlisch co-wrote the song "California Nights" with Howard Liebling, which was recorded by Lesley Gore for her 1967 hit album of the same name. The Bob Crewe -produced single peaked at number 16 on Billboard Hot 100|Billboard's Hot 100 in March 1967, two months after Gore had performed the song on the Batman (TV series)|Batman television program|TV series , in which she guest-starred as an accomplice to Julie Newmar|Julie Newmar's Catwoman .
Among his better known works during the 1970s were adaptations of Scott Joplin 's ragtime music for the motion picture The Sting , including its theme song, " The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer ". He had great success with The Way We Were in 1974, winning two of his three 1974 Academy Awards . He also won four Grammy Award s in 1974, two for "The Way We Were." He co-wrote " Nobody does it better|Nobody Does It Better " for the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me with his then-girlfriend Carole Bayer Sager . ( John Barry (composer)|John Barry was unable to work in the United Kingdom due to tax reasons.) He also wrote the orchestral/disco score for the film, which was re-recorded for the album. The song went on to be nominated for an Oscar in 1977.
In the 1980s he had success with the scores for Ordinary People (1980) and '' Sophie's Choice (film)|Sophie's Choice (1982). He also received an Academy Award nomination in 1986 for the film version of A Chorus Line .
In 2003 Hamlisch appeared in a cameo role (portraying himself) in the film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days .
Stage
He composed the score for the 1975 Broadway theatre|Broadway musical A Chorus Line , for which he won both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize , and '' They're Playing Our Song , loosely based on his relationship with Carole Bayer Sager . His other stage work has been met with mixed reception.
At the beginning of the 1980s, his romantic relationship with Bayer Sager ended, but their songwriting relationship continued. The 1983 musical Jean Seberg (musical)|Jean Seberg , on the tragic life of the actress, failed in its London production at the UK's Royal National Theatre|National Theatre and never played in the US.(no author). http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/hamlisch_m.html "Hamlisch biography.Broadway:The American Musical" PBS.com , accessed August 18, 2011 In 1986, Smile (musical)|Smile was a mixed success, but he did gain some note for the song Disneyland . The musical version of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (musical)|The Goodbye Girl (1993) closed after only 188 performances, although he received a Drama Desk nomination, for Outstanding Music.(no author). http://www.ibdb.com/production.php? id=4706 " The Goodbye Girl listing" Internet Broadway Database, accessed August 18, 2011
Conductor
Hamlisch was Musical Director and arranger of Barbra Streisand’s 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England as well as of the television special, "Barbra Streisand: The Concert", for which he received two of his Emmys.
Currently, Marvin Hamlisch holds the position of Principal Pops Conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra ,(no author). http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/bios/marvin+hamlisch "Hamlisch Biography Pittsburgh Symphony , accessed April 2, 2009 the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ,(no author). http://www.mso.org/main.taf? p=2,3,2 "Hamlisch Listing" Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra , accessed August 18, 2011 the San Diego Symphony , http://www.sandiegosymphony.org/musiciansconductors/ "Musicians and Conductors Listing" San Diego Symphony , accessed August 18, 2011 the Seattle Symphony , http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/single/production.aspx? id=7055& src=t "Hamlisch Listing"Seattle Symphony , accessed August 18, 2011 the Dallas Symphony Orchestra , http://www.dallassymphony.com/Conductors.aspx "Conductors" Dallas Symphony Orchestra, accessed August 18, 2011 and Pasadena Symphony and POPS|The Pasadena Symphony and Pops cite news|last=Ng|first=David|title=Marvin Hamlisch named conductor of the Pasadena Pops|url= http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/marvin-hamlisch-named-conductor-of-the-pasadena-pops.html|accessdate=26 March 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=August 27, 2010 .
Honors and awards
He is one of only eleven people to win all four major US performing awards: Emmy Award , Grammy Award , the Academy Awards|Oscar and Tony Award . List of people who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony Award This collection of all four is referred to as an " EGOT ". Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers are the only two people to have won this series of awards and a Pulitzer Prize . http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/archive/dyk/index.html "Tony Legacy, They're the Top" tonyawards.com, accessed February 5, 2010
He has received ten Golden Globe Award nominations, winning twice for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song , with Life Is What You Make It in 1972 and The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were in 1974. http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29677 "Marvin Hamlisch Golden Globes Awards", goldenglobes.org, accessed August 7, 2009
He has received six Emmy Award nominations, winning four times, twice for music direction of Barbra Streisand specials, in 1995 and 2001. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006121/awards "Hamlisch Award Listing" InternetMovieDatabase.com, accessed April 2, 2009
He shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976 with Michael Bennett , James Kirkwood, Jr.|James Kirkwood , NicholasDante , and Edward Kleban for his musical contribution to the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line .
Hamlisch received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Soundtrack Awards, in Ghent, Belgium in 2009. The World Soundtrack Awards are held annually at the end of the Ghent Film Festival, which honors Belgian and international films, with a focus on film music.
He was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2008.(no author). http://www.limusichalloffame.org/releases/2008/induct_100908.html limusichalloffame.org "The Long Island Music Hall Of Fame Second Induction Award Gala On October 30 At The Garden City Hotel" limusichalloffame.org, 2008, accessed August 18, 2011
In 2008, he appeared as a judge in the Canadian reality series "Triple Sensation" which aired on the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation). The show was aimed to provide a training bursary to a talented youth who could be a leader in song, dance, and acting.
Personal life
Hamlisch married Terre Blair, a Columbus, Ohio, native and news anchor from the ABC affiliate WSYX|WTVN - Channel 6 in that city, in May 1989.(no author). http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/19/style/marvin-hamlisch-to-marry-ms-blair-producer-in-may.html? pagewanted=1? pagewanted=1 "Marvin Hamlisch to Marry Ms. Blair, Producer, in May" The New York Times , March 19, 1989 http://books.google.com/books? id=iq4DAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA56& dq=Terre+%22Marvin+Hamlisch%22& lr=& as_drrb_is=q& as_minm_is=0& as_miny_is=& as_maxm_is=0& as_maxy_is=& as_brr=3& cd=1#v=onepage& q=Terre%20%22Marvin%20Hamlisch%22& f=false "People Are Talking About" Jet (books.google.com), June 19, 1989Laufenberg, Norbert B. http://books.google.com/books? id=mzTW9Nitee4C& pg=PA285& dq=%22Terre+Blair%22+%22Marvin+Hamlisch%22& lr=& as_brr=3& cd=2#v=onepage& q=%22Terre%20Blair%22%20%22Marvin%20Hamlisch%22& f=false "Hamlisch, Marvin" p. 285 Entertainment Celebrities, Trafford Publishing, 2005 (books.google.com)
He had a prior relationship with Carole Bayer Sager , which was the inspiration for the musical ''They're Playing Our Song. Klein, Alvin. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/nyregion/a-new-approach-for-marvin-hamlisch.html? pagewanted=all "A New Approach for Marvin Hamlisch" The New York Times , August 22, 1993
Work
Symphony
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra performed a rare Hamlisch classical symphonic suite titled Anatomy of Peace (Symphonic Suite in one Movement For Full Orchestra/Chorus/Child Vocal Soloist) on November 19, 1991.Brozan, Nadine. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/19/style/chronicle-596691.html? pagewanted=1 "Chronicle" The New York Times , November 19, 1991 It was also performed in Paris in 1994 to commemorate D-Day .Croan, Robert. http://news.google.com/newspapers? nid=1129& dat=19940530& id=64sNAAAAIBAJ& sjid=qG8DAAAAIBAJ& pg=6811,8048143 "Hamlisch Symphony" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , May 30, 1994, p.19 The work was recorded by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1992. http://www.dallassymphony.com/attachments/2009-2010%20Dallas%20Symphony%20Orchestra%20Discography.pdf "Dallas Symphony Orchestra Discography" dallassymphony.com, p. 4, accessed February 4, 2010 "Anatomy of Peace" was a book by Emery Reves which expressed the world federalist sentiments shared by Albert Einstein and many others in the late 1940s, in the period immediately following World War II .
Hamlisch explains: Emery Reves’s call for one law for us all could be defined by a simple, clear, plaintive theme, and the orchestra would represent all the nations of the world and their different rules of law. The suite begins with the nations of the world in loud, cacophonous uproar. Suddenly, a solo flute introduces the One Law theme, beckoning to us all; one law bringing us all together. But each section of the orchestra (our world) initially resists the call, since old habits are hard to break. The brass and the woodwinds are first to display their dislike of this new idea. But the flute acts as a magnet and slowly its pull (its logic) is felt, first by the woodwinds. When the theme returns, it is not alone. The String instrument|strings , a big part of our world, must now be convinced, and finally they are. Our theme is now given words, first introduced by a solo child, and then sung again by a children’s chorus. Slowly the irresistibility of the idea begins to weave a spell on the orchestra and the penultimate section of the piece is a contemplative one, as the world thinks about what the new world order would be. Finally, Reves’s dream is musically realized, as the entire orchestra accepts the One Law concept.Hamlisch, Marvin: The Way I Was Citation needed|date=August 2011
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