Marvin Hamlisch
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Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor.
Hamlisch was one of only fifteen people to win Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards.
Both four children are included in this group of "EGOT."
He is one of only two people (along with composer Richard Rodgers) to have won the four prizes and a Pulitzer Prize ("PEGOT").
Early life
Hamlisch was born in Manhattan to Israeli-born Jewish parents Lilly (née Schachter) and Max Hamlisch. His father was an accordionist and bandleader. Hamlisch was a young boy, and by the age of five, he was mimicking the piano music he heard on the radio. He was accepted into what is now the Juilliard School Pre-College Division just a few months before he turned seven in 1951.
Personal life
Hamlisch's friendship with lyricist Carole Bayer Sager influenced the film They're Playing Their Song. He was also in a feud with actress Emma Samms. Since her ex-marriage with her husband Steve Garvey, she was in a relationship with television actress Cyndy Garvey.
Terre Blair, a native of Columbus, Ohio, and a graduate of Otterbein College, was the weather and news anchor for the city's ABC affiliate, WSYX-Channel 6. The marriage lasted until his death.
Hamlisch died after collapsing in Los Angeles on August 6, 2012, at the age of 68. According to a copy of Hamlisch's death certificate obtained by TMZ, the cause of death was determined to be respiratory arrest, with hypertension and cerebral hypoxia as contributing factors.
He wrote "some of the best-loved and most enduring songs and scores in film history," the Associated Press described him as having written "some of the finest-loved and most enduring songs and scores in movie history." Barbra Streisand said in a tweet that praised Hamlisch, saying it was "his brilliantly quick mind, his compassion, and a delightful sense of humor that made him a joy to be around." Aretha Franklin, nicknamed him "classic and one of a kind" and one of the "all-time great" arrangers and producers, is a composer named Aretha Franklin. Hamlisch left "a very specific... original mark on American music" and contributed to the great American songbook with compositions he himself created," the Pasadena Symphony and Pops' founder stated.
On August 8, the marquee lights of the 40 Broadway theaters were dimmed for one minute in honor of Hamlisch, an award traditionally given to those considered to have made significant contributions to the theater arts upon their death.
During a memorial service for the composer on September 18, Barbra Stasse, Aretha Franklin, and Liza Minnelli took turns singing Hamlisch's songs. In Hamlisch's memory, Streisand performed "The Way We Were" in the 2013 Academy Awards. On the first anniversary of Hamlisch's death, a tribute was held in New York City on June 2, 2013. Staples Players, a high school drama group from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut, presented a selection of A Chorus Line content at the tribute service. Other veterans of the screen and stage also attended the performance.
Career
Hamlisch's first job was as a rehearsal pianist for Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand. Shortly afterward, he was hired by producer Sam Spiegel to play piano at Spiegel's parties. This connection led to his first film score, The Swimmer. His favorite musicals growing up were My Fair Lady, Gypsy, West Side Story, and Bye Bye Birdie. Hamlisch attended Queens College, earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967.
Although Liza Minnelli's debut album included "The Travelin' Life", a song he wrote in his teens (originally titled "Travelin' Man"), his first hit did not come until he was 21 years old. This song, "Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows", co-written with Howard Liebling, was recorded by Lesley Gore and reached No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1965.
His first film score was for The Swimmer, after the film's producer Sam Spiegel hired Hamlisch based on a piano performance Hamlisch did at a party. Later he wrote music for several early Woody Allen films such as Take the Money and Run and Bananas.
In addition, Hamlisch co-wrote the song "California Nights" (also with Liebling), which was recorded by Lesley Gore for her 1967 hit album of the same name. The Bob Crewe-produced single peaked at No. 16 on the Hot 100 in March 1967, two months after Gore had performed the song on the Batman television series, in which she guest-starred as an accomplice to 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". It hit No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart and No. 3 on the Hot 100, selling nearly 2 million copies in the U.S. alone. He had great success in 1973, winning two Academy Awards for the title song and the score for the motion picture The Way We Were and an Academy Award for the adaptation score for The Sting. He won four Grammy Awards in 1974, two for "The Way We Were".
In 1975, he wrote what, for its first 12 years, would be the original theme music for Good Morning America. He co-wrote "Nobody Does It Better" for The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) with his then-girlfriend Carole Bayer Sager, which would be nominated for an Oscar. In the 1980s, he had success with the scores for Ordinary People (1980) and Sophie's Choice (1982). He also received an Academy Award nomination in 1986 for the film version of A Chorus Line.
In 1985 he worked on D.A.R.Y.L., a project film about a boy who is in fact a robot designed by the US military. He also worked on the score for The Informant! (2009), starring Matt Damon and directed by Steven Soderbergh. Prior to his death, he completed his first children's book Marvin Makes Music, which included the original music "The Music in My Mind" with words by Rupert Holmes, and the score for the HBO film Behind the Candelabra (2013), also directed by Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon and Michael Douglas as Liberace.
Hamlisch's first major stage work was in 1972 playing piano for Groucho Marx at Carnegie Hall for An Evening with Groucho. Hamlisch acted as both straight man and accompanist while Marx, at age 81, reminisced about his career in show business. The performances were released as a two-record set, and remained very popular.
He then composed the scores for the 1975 Broadway musical A Chorus Line, for which he won both a Tony Award and a Pulitzer Prize; and for the 1978 musical They're Playing Our Song, loosely based on his relationship with Carole Bayer Sager.
At the beginning of the 1980s, his romantic relationship with Bayer Sager ended, but their songwriting relationship continued. The 1983 musical Jean Seberg, based on the life of the real-life actress, failed in its London production at the UK's National Theatre and never played in the U.S. In 1986, Smile was a mixed success and had a short run on Broadway. The musical version of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (1993) closed after only 188 performances, although he received a Drama Desk nomination, for Outstanding Music.
Shortly before his death, Hamlisch finished scoring a musical theatre version of The Nutty Professor, based on the 1963 film. The show played in July and August 2012, at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in Nashville, aiming for a Broadway run. The book is by Rupert Holmes, and the production was directed by Jerry Lewis.
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. He also conducted several tours of Linda Ronstadt during this period, most notably on her successful 1996 Dedicated to the One I Love tour of arenas and stadiums.
Hamlisch held the position of Principal Pops Conductor for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, The National Symphony Orchestra Pops, The Pasadena Symphony and Pops, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
On July 23, 2011, Hamlisch conducted his debut concert for Pasadena Symphony and Pops at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Hamlisch replaced Rachael Worby. At the time of his death, he was preparing to assume responsibilities as Principal Pops Conductor for The Philly POPS.