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Michael Kamen

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Michael Kamen

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American composer (1948–2003)

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Michael Arnold Kamen (1948–2003) was an American composer, conductor, oboist, and pianist. Born in New York City, he began his professional work in 1967. Kamen was educated at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and the Juilliard School. He spoke English and held United States citizenship.

Kamen’s musical output included works in the cinematic classical, film composer, and songwriter genres. He released music through Atco Records, and his compositions were represented by Broadcast Music, Inc. He had two children.

Kamen died of a myocardial infarction in London in 2003. His manner of death was classified as natural causes.

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Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948–November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, record producer, and musician. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Kamen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

  • Eric Clapton: Across 24 Nights — Self (archive footage)2023
  • Here We Are Kings: The Making of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' — Self (archive footage)2022
  • Roger Daltrey: Daltrey Sings Townshend — Conductor2013
  • Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 — Self (segment "No Leaf Clover")2006
  • David Gilmour: In Concert — Self - Piano, English horn2002
  • Classic Albums: Metallica - Metallica — Self2001
  • The Beatles Revolution — Self2000
  • Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M — Self1999
  • Metallica With Michael Kamen Conducting The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ‎– S&M — Self - Conductor1999
  • Metallica: Making of S&M — Self - Conductor1999

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1948
Active to
2003
americancinematic classicalfilm composersongwritersoundtrack

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
217,697
Total plays
2,746,688

Tags

SoundtrackinstrumentalClassicalcomposerscomposer

Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician. Kamen was born in New York City, the second of four sons. His father Saul Kamen was a dentist, and his mother, Harriet, was a teacher. While attending the The High School of Music & Art in New York City, Michael Kamen met and became friends with Martin Fulterman (later known as Mark Snow, who composed the th

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2

    · 2014 · cited 88,486x

  2. Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

    · 2005 · cited 48,826x

  3. Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure

    · 1976 · cited 44,823x

  4. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,565x

  5. Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water

    · 1983 · cited 39,536x

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Key facts

Born
Michael Arnold Kamen , ( 1948-04-15 ) April 15, 1948, New York City , New York , U.S.
Died
November 18, 2003 (2003-11-18) (aged 55), London, England
Alma mater
High School of Music & Art Juilliard School
Spouse
Sandra Keenan-Kamen
Genres
Film score rock pop rock
Occupations
Composer orchestral arranger orchestral conductor songwriter session musician
Instruments
Oboe piano
Years active
1967–2003
Formerly of
New York Rock & Roll Ensemble Roger Waters Band
Website
michaelkamen .com

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Encyclopedic overview

Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer, arranger, conductor, songwriter, and musician. He began his work as a pop and rock music arranger, notably for Pink Floyd, and was a member of the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble and the Roger Waters Band. Starting in the mid-1980s, he achieved further prominence as a composer of film scores.

Kamen's best known scores include the Die Hard and Lethal Weapon franchises, the Terry Gilliam films Brazil (1985) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Highlander (1986), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Don Juan DeMarco (1994), What Dreams May Come (1998), The Iron Giant (1999), X-Men (2000), and the television series Edge of Darkness, Tales from the Crypt, and Band of Brothers.

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