Michael Gore
Michael Gore | |
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Born | Brooklyn,New York,U.S. | March 5, 1951
Genres | Film score |
Occupation | Composer |
Years active | 1980–2003 |
Michael Gore(born March 5, 1951) is an American composer. He is the younger brother of singer-songwriterLesley Gore.
Biography
[edit]A 1969 graduate of theDwight-Englewood School,Gore received the school's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004.[1]
Gore, along with lyricistDean Pitchford,won the Oscar in 1981 forBest Original Songfor "Fame",from thefilm of the same title.He also won the award that year forBest Original Score.[2]
Gore, alongside his long-term partnerLawrence D. Cohen,later collaborated with Pitchford onCarrie: The Musical,a show based onStephen King'sfirst published novelfrom 1974. The show, as directed byTerry Handsof theRoyal Shakespeare Company,became one ofBroadway's most infamous flops, receiving polarized reviews from theater critics. Despite reactive audiences and positive comparisons toThe Rocky Horror Show,investors swiftly pulled their resources from the production. The show would become an underground cult classic and, in the late 2000s, Gore and the creative team heavily revised it for a 2012 revival. The revival, which is more in-line with the creative team's original vision of the work, opened to critical acclaim and became a licensed property available for purchase.[3]Two of his songs, with lyrics byLynn Ahrens,were featured in the 2003 movieCamp.[4]
He also composed the theme and score for the 1983 hit filmTerms of Endearment,starringShirley MacLaineandDebra Winger,notching ahiton theAdult Contemporary chartunder his own name with the "Theme" from this film. The single for "Terms of Endearment" spent six weeks on theBillboardHot 100,peaking at number 84 in April 1984.[5]
Songs
[edit]Date | Song title | Lyrics by | Notes |
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1981 | All the Man That I Need | Dean Pitchford | |
1982 | Don't Come Crying to Me | Dean Pitchford |
Filmography
[edit]- Fame(1980)
- Terms of Endearment(1983)
- Pretty in Pink(1986)
- Broadcast News(additional music) (1987)
- Generations(1989–1991)
- Don't Tell Her It's Me(1990)
- Defending Your Life(1991)
- The Butcher's Wife(1991)
- Mr. Wonderful(1993)
- Central Park West(2nd season theme) (1996)
- Superstar(1999)
- Camp(2003) songs
References
[edit]- ^Distinguished Alumni Award,Dwight-Englewood School.Accessed June 14, 2018.
- ^Academy Awards for Michael GoreArchivedNovember 3, 2013, at theWayback Machine
- ^"She's baaaack!".Boston Spirit.June 2014.RetrievedNovember 24,2021.
- ^Camp (2003) - IMDb,retrievedJune 7,2022
- ^"Michael Gore".Billboard.RetrievedMay 5,2022.
External links
[edit]- 1951 births
- 20th-century American Jews
- 21st-century American Jews
- American film score composers
- American male film score composers
- American male songwriters
- American musical theatre composers
- Best Original Music Score Academy Award winners
- Best Original Song Academy Award-winning songwriters
- Dwight-Englewood School alumni
- Golden Globe Award-winning musicians
- Jewish American film score composers
- Jewish American songwriters
- Living people
- Male musical theatre composers
- Musicians from Brooklyn
- Songwriters from New York (state)
- American composer, 20th-century birth stubs