Lee Holdridge Biography (1944-)

Born March 3, 1944, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Addresses: Agent: Soundtrack Music Associates, 15760 Ventura Blvd., Suite 2021, Encino, CA 91436.

Nationality: Haitian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, conductor, music arranger
Birth Details: March 3, 1944; Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Music adaptor and director, Winterhawk, Howco International, 1975
Music director, E'Lollipop (also known as Forever Young, Forever Free and Lollipop), Columbia/Warner Distributors, 1975
Music director and arranger, Mahogany, Paramount, 1975
Orchestrator and conductor, The Greatest, 1977
Music adapter and song arranger, American Pop, Columbia, 1981
Music director and conductor, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (also known as Dead Men Wear No Plaid), Universal, 1982
Orchestrator, The Beastmaster, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1982
Music arranger and conductor, Flashdance, Paramount, 1983
Orchestrator, Mr. Mom (also known as Mr. Mum), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
Orchestrator, Sylvester, Columbia, 1985
Orchestrator, Transylvania 6-5000, New World, 1985
Orchestrator, The Men's Club, Atlantic Releasing, 1986
Orchestrator, Born in East L.A., Universal, 1987
Orchestrator, Walk Like a Man (also known as Bobo and Bobo the Dog Boy), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
Music arranger, A Tiger's Tale, Atlantic Entertainment, 1988
Conductor, The Long Way Home, Seventh Art Releasing, 1997
Orchestrator, Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (documentary), Warner Bros., 2000
Television Work
Movies
Music conductor, Sunshine, CBS, 1973
Dalva, ABC, 1996
Danielle Steel's "Full Circle" (also known as Full Circle),NBC, 1996
Danielle Steel's "Remembrance" (also known as Remembrance),NBC, 1996
Holiday Affair, USA Network, 1996
Jack Reed: A Killer amongst Us, NBC, 1996
The Little Riders, The Disney Channel, 1996
Neil Simon's London Suite (also known as London Suite), NBC, 1996
She Cried No, NBC, 1996
Soul of the Game (also known as Field of Honour and Baseball in Black and White), HBO, 1996
An Unfinished Affair, ABC, 1996
Specials
(With Eddie Karam) Music conductor, The John Denver Special, ABC,1976
"Harvest of Fire," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1996
Music director and arranger, The 78th Annual Miss American Pageant, ABC, 1998
Music director, The 79th Annual Miss America Pageant, ABC, 1999
Pilots
Star Command (also known as In the Fold), UPN, 1996
Stage Work
Dance arranger, By Jupiter, Theatre Four, New York City, 1967
Orchestrator, The Harold Arlen Songbook, Stage 73, New York City,1967
Dance music arranger, The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N (musical), Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1968
Conductor, Neil Diamond One Man Show, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1972
RECORDINGS
Album Conductor
A Love until the End of Time, by Placido Domingo, Sony, 1990
Tenors Anyone?, by Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Mandy Patinkin,Luciano Pavarotti, and the London Symphony Orchestra, Sony, 1991
Entre dos mundos, by Placido Domingo, Sony, 1992
Christmas Favorites from the World's Favorite Tenors, Sony, 1993
El pueblo del sol (also known as El pueblo del sol: Music Conducted and Composed by Lee Holdridge), Dead Line, 1993
All Star Tenors Salute the World, by Bonaventura Bottone, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, Sony, 1994
Jerre Tanner: Boy from Goldfish, Albany Records, 1994
The Domingo Collection, by Placido Domingo, Sony, 1997
(With others) A Tenors Christmas, Sony, 1997
(With others) Tenors on Tour, by Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, Sony, 1997
(With others) Super Hits, by Placido Domingo, Sony, 2000
(With others) Hymns Triumphant, Sparrow/EMB, 2002
Conductor for other albums, including Violin Concerto no. 2--HoldridgeConducts Holdridge (also known as Holdridge Conducts Holdridge).
Album Work; Other
Music arranger, Prologue/Crunchy Granola Suite, by Neil Diamond, MCA, 1973
Music arranger for Neil Diamond, 1969-73; album session guitarist for John Mayall, 1979; composer, music arranger, and conductor for other performers,including Placido Domingo, Barbra Streisand, Brian May, Stevie Wonder, JohnDenver, Daniel Rodriguez, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, and JaneOlivor; composer of orchestral and chamber works.
WRITINGS
Film Music
Scores
(With Pat Williams, Edd Kaleroff, Chris Dedrick, and Warren Marley) The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker (also known as Pigeons), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Plaza, 1970
(With Joseph Brook) Jeremy (also known as Susan and Jeremy), United Artists, 1973
(With Neil Diamond) Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Paramount, 1973
Nothing by Chance (documentary), R. C. Riddell and Associates, 1974
(With Michael Masser and Gil Askey) Mahogany, Paramount, 1975
(And songwriter) E'Lollipop (also known as Forever Young, Forever Free and Lollipop), Columbia/Warner Distributors, 1975
Sunshine Part II (also known as My Sweet Lady), CIC, 1975
(And title song) Winterhawk, Howco International, 1975
Goin' Home, Prentis, 1976
(And song "Follow Your Restless Dreams") Mustang Country, Universal, 1976
The Pack (also known as The Long Dark Night and The LongHard Night), Warner Bros., 1977
(And title song) Moment by Moment, Universal, 1978
(With Francis Lai) Oliver's Story, Paramount, 1978
The Other Side of the Mountain, Part II, Universal, 1978
French Postcards (also known as Wer geht denn noch zur Uni?), Paramount, 1979
(And songs "Brenda's Theme" and "Santa Cruz People") Tilt, WarnerBros., 1979
American Pop, Columbia, 1981
The Beastmaster, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
El pueblo del sol (also known as People of the Sun), 1983
Mr. Mom (also known as Mr. Mum), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
Micki + Maude (also known as Micki & Maude), Columbia,1984
Splash, Buena Vista, 1984
Sylvester, Columbia, 1985
(With Alfie Kabiljo) Transylvania 6-5000, New World, 1985
(And song "A Fool for Love") The Men's Club, Atlantic Releasing, 1986
Born in East L.A., Universal, 1987
Walk Like a Man (also known as Bobo and Bobo the Dog Boy), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
Big Business, Buena Vista, 1988
A Tiger's Tale, Atlantic Entertainment, 1988
Old Gringo (also known as Gringo veijo), Columbia, 1989
Pastime (also known as One Cup of Coffee), Miramax, 1991
The Giant of Thunder Mountain, Castle Hill Productions, c. 1992
Freefall (also known as Firefall and The Naked Edge), October Films/Vidmark, 1994
Gunfighter's Moon, 1995
The Adventures of Pinocchio (also known as Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Pinocchio, and Die Legende von Pinocchio), New LineCinema, 1996
Family Plan, Initial Entertainment Group, 1997
The Long Way Home, Seventh Art Releasing, 1997
(And songwriter) The Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue (animated), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, Inc., 1998
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (documentary), Warner Bros., 2000
In Search of Peace--Part One: 1847-1967, Seventh Art Releasing, 2001
Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, Showcase Entertainment, 2003
Unlikely Heroes, Seventh Art Releasing, 2003
Television Scores
Series
Peyton Place, ABC, 1964-1969
Theme music, Hec Ramsey, NBC, 1972-1974
Sierra, NBC, 1974
(With Dick De Benedictis) The Family Holvak, NBC, 1975
(With Mark Snow) The Gemini Man, NBC, 1976
Theme music, Sara, CBS, 1976
Code R, CBS, 1977
Theme music, Eight Is Enough, ABC, 1977-1981
(With George Aliceson Tipton) Julie Farr, M.D., ABC, 1978-1979
(With Lex DeAvezedo) Young Maverick, CBS, 1979-1980
Wizards and Warriors, CBS, 1983
Woman to Woman, syndicated, 1983
The Mississippi, CBS, 1983-1984
(And theme music) Lime Street, ABC, 1985
(And theme song) Moonlighting, ABC, 1985-1989
(And theme music "The First Time I Loved Forever") Beauty and the Beast, CBS, 1987-1990
Just in Time, ABC, 1988
Theme music, ABC's World of Discovery (series of specials), ABC, c. 1990-1997
My Life and Times, ABC, 1991
(And theme song) Bob, CBS, 1992-1993
One Life to Live, ABC, 1999-2000
American Family (also known as American Family: Journey of Dreams), PBS, beginning 2002
Miniseries
To Kill a Cop, NBC, 1978
John Steinbeck's "East of Eden" (also known as East of Eden), ABC, 1981
I'll Take Manhattan, CBS, 1987
Deadly Matrimony (also known as Shattered Promises and Shattered Vows), NBC, 1992
Heidi, The Disney Channel, 1993
Danielle Steel's "Family Album" (also known as Family Album), NBC, 1994
Buffalo Girls, CBS, 1995

James A. Michener's "Texas" (also known as Texas), ABC, 1995
Sidney Sheldon's "Nothing Lasts Forever" (also known as NothingLasts Forever), CBS, 1995
Atomic Train, NBC, 1999
The Mists of Avalon (also known as Die Nebel von Avalon), TNT, 2001
10.5, NBC, 2004
Movies
Skyway to Death, ABC, 1974
Like Mom, Like Me, CBS, 1978
(And songs "Nobody's Gonna Stop Us Now" and "Valentines") Valentine, ABC, 1979
If Things Were Different, CBS, 1980
Mother and Daughter: The Loving War, ABC, 1980
Ron Howard's Skyward (also known as Skyward), NBC, 1980
The Day the Loving Stopped, ABC, 1981
(And songwriter) For Ladies Only, NBC, 1981
Freedom, ABC, 1981
Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie, NBC, 1981
(And song "Don't Show Your Love") In Love with an Older Woman, CBS, 1982
Thou Shalt Not Kill, NBC, 1982
Agatha Christie's "A Caribbean Mystery" (also known as A Caribbean Mystery), CBS, 1983
First Affair, CBS, 1983
I Want to Live, ABC, 1983
Legs, ABC, 1983
Title song, Love Is Forever, NBC, 1983
Running Out, CBS, 1983
Thursday's Child, CBS, 1983
He's Fired, She's Hired, CBS, 1984
The Eagle and the Bear, 1985
Letting Go, ABC, 1985
The Other Lover, CBS, 1985
Mafia Princess, NBC, 1986
Miracle of the Heart: A Boys Town Story, syndicated, 1986
Pleasures, ABC, 1986
Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion, NBC, 1987
"Young Harry Houdini," Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1987
Fatal Judgment, CBS, 1988
"14 Going on Thirty" (also known as "Fassst Forward"), Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1988
A Friendship in Vienna, The Disney Channel, 1988
Do You Know the Muffin Man?, CBS, 1989
Theme music, Easy Come, Easy Go, 1989
Incident at Dark River (also known as The Smell of Money),TNT, 1989
"A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story" (also known as "Long Shot" and "The Mary Thomas Story"), The Magical World of Disney, NBC, 1989
"Things That Go Bump in the Night," Christine Cromwell, ABC, 1989
And theme music, "In Vino Veritas," Christine Cromwell, broadcastas an episode of The ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
And theme music, "Only the Good Die Young," Christine Cromwell, broadcast as an episode of The ABC Saturday Mystery, ABC, 1990
Danielle Steel's "Fine Things" (also known as Fine Things),NBC, 1990
Daughter of the Streets (also known as My Daughter of the Streets), ABC, 1990
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (also known as The Dreamer of Oz), NBC, 1990
Joshua's Heart, NBC, 1990
Over My Dead Body, 1990
Danielle Steel's "Changes" (also known as Changes), 1991
Face of a Stranger (also known as My Shadow), CBS, 1991
Finding the Way Home (also known as Finding My Way Home andMittelman's Hardware), ABC, 1991
Indestructible People, 1991
Mrs. Lambert Remembers Love (also known as Running Out), CBS, 1991
The Perfect Tribute, ABC, 1991
The Return of Elliot Ness, NBC, 1991
The Story Lady, NBC, 1991
The Summer My Father Grew Up, NBC, 1991
Original music, Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter, CBS, 1991
Dayo (also known as Day-O), NBC, 1992
In the Arms of a Killer (also known as Kiss of Death and The Tangled Web), NBC, 1992
Obsessed (also known as Obsession), ABC, 1992
Barcelona '92: Sixteen Days of Glory, The Disney Channel, 1993
Call of the Wild, CBS, 1993
Danielle Steel's "Star" (also known as Star), NBC, 1993
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor (also known as Jack Reed: An Honest Cop), NBC, 1993
Judith Krantz's "Torch Song" (also known as Torch Song), ABC, 1993
Killer Rules, NBC, 1993
Robin Cook's "Harmful Intent" (also known as Harmful Intent), CBS, 1993
Danielle Steel's "A Perfect Stranger" (also known as A PerfectStranger), NBC, 1994
Incident in a Small Town (also known as Family Secret: The Incident in a Small Town), CBS, 1994
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice, NBC, 1994
Roommates, NBC, 1994
Running Delilah (also known as Robospy), 1994
Spring Awakening, CBS, 1994
The Whipping Boy (also known as Prince Brat and the Whipping Boy and Der Prinz und der Pruegelknabe), The Disney Channel, 1994
The Yearling, CBS, 1994
Jack Reed: One of Our Own, 1995
"A Mother's Gift" (also known as "A Lantern in Her Hand"), Kraft Premiere Movie, CBS, 1995
The Tuskegee Airmen, HBO, 1995
Dalva, ABC, 1996
Danielle Steel's "Full Circle" (also known as Full Circle),NBC, 1996
Danielle Steel's "Remembrance" (also known as Remembrance),NBC, 1996
Holiday Affair, USA Network, 1996
Jack Reed: A Killer amongst Us, NBC, 1996
The Little Riders, The Disney Channel, 1996
Neil Simon's London Suite (also known as London Suite), NBC, 1996
She Cried No, NBC, 1996
Soul of the Game (also known as Field of Honour and Baseball in Black and White), HBO, 1996
An Unfinished Affair, ABC, 1996
A Call to Remember, Encore and Starz!, 1997
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest (also known as Death on Everest and Into Thin Air), ABC, 1997
Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" (also known as A ChristmasMemory), CBS, 1997
The Twilight of the Golds, Showtime, 1997
Barbara Taylor Bradford's "Her Own Rules" (also known as Her Own Rules), CBS, 1998
Replacing Dad, CBS, 1998
Two for Texas, TNT, 1998
Anya's Bell, CBS, 1999
Blue Moon, CBS, 1999
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story, Showtime, 1999
Love Letters, ABC, 1999
Mutiny, NBC, 1999
Sealed with a Kiss (also known as First Comes Love), CBS, 1999
By Dawn's Early Light, Showtime, 2000
Take Me Home: The John Denver Story, CBS, 2000
Almost a Woman, PBS, 2001
The Pilot's Wife (also known as La femme du pilote), CBS, 2002
"Sounder," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2003
Specials
"Another Part of the Forest," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS, 1972
The General, CBS, 1974
"Power and the Presidency," American Parade, CBS, 1974
We the Women, CBS, 1974
F. D. R.: The Man Who Changed America, CBS, 1975
Sojourner, CBS, 1975
The John Denver Special, ABC, 1976
Song of Myself, CBS, 1976
"Stop, Thief!," American Parade, CBS, 1976
With All Deliberate Speed, CBS, 1976
"The Hemingway Play," Hollywood Television Theatre, PBS, 1977
(With Eddie Karam) John Denver--Thank God I'm a Country Boy, ABC,1977
And the Soul Shall Dance, 1978
(With Glen D. Hardin and Doug Gilmore) John Denver in Australia, ABC, 1978
John Denver: Music and the Mountains, ABC, 1981
"The Sharks" (documentary), National Geographic Specials, PBS, 1982
The Best Legs in the Eighth Grade, HBO, 1984
16 Days of Glory, The Disney Channel, 1987
"The Explorers: A Century of Discovery" (documentary; also known as "TheExplorers"), National Geographic Specials, PBS, 1988
"Graham Greene's `The Tenth Man'" (also known as "The Tenth Man"), Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1988
16 Days of Glory: Seoul '88, The Disney Channel, 1989
"One against the Wind" (also known as "The Story of Mary Lindell"), Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1991
Calgary '88: Sixteen Days of Glory, PBS, 1992
A Capitol Fourth, PBS, 1994
Lillehammer '94: Sixteen Days of Glory, The Disney Channel, 1994
America's Greatest Olympians, TBS and Cable News Network, 1996
"Harvest of Fire," Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1996
100 Years of Olympic Glory, TBS, 1996
Ageless Heroes, PBS, 1998
Atlanta's Olympic Glory, PBS, 1998
Nagano '98 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Stories of Honor and Glory, Showtime, 1998
Bud Greenspan's Favorite Stories of Olympic Glory, Showtime, 2000
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (also knownas Bud Greenspan's Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing), Showtime, 2000
Sydney 2000 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Gold from Down Under, Showtime, 2001
Original music, The 1972 Munich Games: Bud Greenspan Remembers, Showtime, 2002
American Valor, PBS, 2003
Episodic
"The Park Avenue Rustlers," McCloud, NBC, 1972
"The Million Dollar Round Up," McCloud, NBC, 1973
"Showdown at the End of the World," McCloud, NBC, 1973
"Spring Awakening," The CBS Sunday Afternoon Showcase, CBS, 1994
Pilots
(With Jerry Fielding) Fools, Females, and Fun: Is There a Doctor in the House?, NBC, 1974
(With Fielding) Fools, Females, and Fun: I've Gotta Be Me, NBC, 1974
(With Fielding) Fools, Females, and Fun: What about That One?, NBC, 1974
The Rangers, NBC, 1974
Pine Canyon Is Burning, NBC, 1977
(And song "There Will Always Be Love") Having Babies III, ABC, 1978
Fly Away Home, ABC, 1981
Skyward Christmas, NBC, 1981
Two the Hard Way, CBS, 1981
This Is Kate Bennett, ABC, 1982
The Boys in Blue, CBS, 1984
Moonlighting, ABC, 1985
Adams Apple, CBS, 1986
Desperate, ABC, 1987
(With John Denver) Higher Ground, CBS, 1988
"My Africa," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1988
The Brotherhood, ABC, 1991
Star Command (also known as In the Fold), UPN, 1996
Stage Music
Dance music, A Joyful Noise, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1966
Into the Light (musical), Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, 1986
Journey to Cordoba (one-act opera), Luckman Theatre, Los Angeles,1995
Composer (with Alan Ralph) of Trinity, for the Joffrey Ballet; composer for The Prospector (one-act opera).
Compositions on Albums
With Others
Perhaps Love, by Placido Domingo, Sony, 1990
Save Your Nights for Me, by Placido Domingo, Sony, 1990
All Star Tenors Salute the World, by Bonaventura Bottone, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, Sony, 1994
Albinoni: Adagio in Gm; Holdridge: Scenes of Summer (orchestral suite), Klavier, 1995
The Domingo Collection, by Placido Domingo, Sony, 1997
A Tenors Christmas, Sony, 1997
Tenors on Tour, by Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, Sony, 1997
Super Hits, by Placido Domingo, Sony, 2000
Simply the Best Christmas Album, Elektra, 2001
Hymns Triumphant, Sparrow/EMB, 2002
Other recordings featuring Holdridge's compositions include (with LondonSymphony Orchestra) Concerto no. 2 for Violin and Orchestra/Lazarus and His Beloved, Varese Sarabande, Music of Holdridge, Varese/Sarabande;and Violin Concerto no. 2--Holdridge Conducts Holdridge (also known as Holdridge Conducts Holdridge). Holdridge's compositions include "AnAmerican Hymn," "Concertina for Violoncello and Strings," "Concerto for Violaand Chamber Orchestra," "Concerto no. 2 for Violin and Orchestra," "Elegy for Strings and Harp," "Fantasy Sonata for Cello and Piano," The Golden Land, The Jefferson Tribute, suite from the opera Lazarus and His Beloved, "Serenade for Oboe and Strings," and "Sonnet for Soprano and Orchestra."
Soundtrack Albums
Jonathan Livingston Seagull, 1973
East of Eden (also known as John Steinbeck's "East of Eden"), Elektra, 1981
Moonlighting, MCA, 1984
Charles Gerhardt Conducts the Film Music of Lee Holdridge (also known as East of Eden and Other Film Scores by Lee Holdridge), Citadel,1985
Old Gringo, GNP/Crescendo, 1989
(With others) Fantastic Journey, Telarc, 1990
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, 1990
Pastime, Bay Cities, 1991
(With others) Symphonic Hollywood, Varese, 1992
El pueblo del sol (also known as El pueblo del sol: Music Conducted and Composed by Lee Holdridge), Dead Line, 1993
One against the Wind, 1993
(With others) The Great Fantasy Adventure Album, Telarc, 1994
Film Music, Citadel, 1995
The Giant of Thunder Mountain, Citadel, 1995
Into Thin Air (also known as Into Thin Air: Death on Everest), Citadel, 1997
The Secret of NIMH II: Timmy to the Rescue, Sonic Images, 1998
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, Chapter III Records, 2000
The Mists of Avalon, Varese, 2001
Also contributor to Beauty and the Beast, Capitol; other soundtrack recordings include The Dreamer of Oz, Jeremy, The Long WayHome, Oliver's Story, Splash, and Transylvania 6-5000.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

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Lee Holdridge Official Site, http://www.leeholdridge.com, September 6, 2004

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