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Michael Kamen
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Michael Kamen was born in New York in 1948. He studied at the High School of Music & Art and at the Juilliard School. In 1968 he founded the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble with, among others, Mark Snow. Throughout his career he continued to work between rock and orchestra. He contributed to The Wall by Pink Floyd and arranged for Eric Clapton, Bryan Adams, Queen and Metallica. With Metallica he won a Grammy for S&M (1999). His film work includes Brazil (1985), the Lethal Weapon series (from 1987), the Die Hard series (from 1988), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and Mr. Holland's Opus (1995). For the television series Band of Brothers (2001) he wrote the theme. He died in London in 2003.
Listening
Colonel Stuart · Michael Kamen, 1990
Mr. Holland Begins · Michael Kamen & London Metropolitan Orchestra, 1995
Main Titles (Instrumental) · Michael Kamen & The London Metropolitan Orchestra, 2001
Discography
Studio albums
- 1973New York Rock
- 1976The Next Man (soundtrack)
- 1977Stunts (soundtrack)
- 1985Edge of Darkness (soundtrack)
- 1986Mona Lisa: Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 1987Lethal Weapon (soundtrack)
- 1987Suspect (soundtrack)
- 1988Die Hard (soundtrack)
- 1988Raggedy Rawney (soundtrack)
- 1988The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (soundtrack)
- 1989Licence to Kill (soundtrack)
- 1990Die Hard 2: Die Harder (soundtrack)
- 1990The Krays (soundtrack)
- 1991Brazil (soundtrack)
- 1991Company Business (soundtrack)
- 1991Let Him Have It (soundtrack)
- 1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1991Shining Through (soundtrack)
- 1993Last Action Hero (Original Score From the Motion Picture) (soundtrack)
- 1993The Three Musketeers (soundtrack)
- 1994Smile
- 1994The Dead Zone (soundtrack)
- 1995Circle of Friends (soundtrack)
- 1995Die Hard: With A Vengeance (soundtrack)
- 1995Don Juan DeMarco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1995Mr. Holland's Opus: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 1996101 Dalmatians (soundtrack)
- 1996Jack: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 1997Event Horizon: Selections From the Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1997Inventing the Abbotts (soundtrack)
- 1997The Winter Guest (soundtrack)
- 1998Guitar Concerto
- 1998What Dreams May Come (soundtrack)
- 1999The Iron Giant (soundtrack)
- 2000Highlander (soundtrack)
- 2000X-Men: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2001Band of Brothers (soundtrack)
- 2001The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms
- 2003Open Range (soundtrack)
- 2012Back to Gaya (soundtrack)
- 2012Renegades (soundtrack)
- 2012Road House (soundtrack)
- 2013Crusoe (soundtrack)
- 2014Suspect (soundtrack)
- 2015Adventures in Babysitting (soundtrack)
- 2015The Last Boy Scout: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 2022Lifeforce (soundtrack)
- 2023Venom (soundtrack)
Other work
- 1990Die Hard 2
- 1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- 1995Mr. Holland's Opus
In School of Rock
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