Gabriel Yared
Gabriel Yared (Arabic: جبرائيل يارد) (born 7 October 1949) is a Lebanese-French composer, best known for his work in French and American cinema. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, his work in France included the scores for Betty Blue and Camille Claudel. He later began working with American film directors, winning an Oscar for his score for The English Patient and a nomination for The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain.
Guile
WOLVES LITTLE CIVIC SAT 28 FEB. 2009 - SOLD OUT! www.guilemusic.com - NEW TRACK POSTED 6th OCTOBER 2008.
Somewhere, Sometimes, Someone GUILE @ The Rainbow, Birmingham - a fan posted mobile phone video.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oYPMFFOouPc GUILE @ The Castle, Oldham - fan posted videos.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap61izCTYKs&feature=related
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=br4UXN02hPc Neal from GUILE, interviewing Chris the festival organiser @ The Square Festival - July 2008.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NaLtPjtYTrU&feature=related
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerrald King "Jerry" Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a famous and prolific American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. Goldsmith was nominated for eighteen Academy Awards (winning one, for The Omen), and also won five Emmy Awards. Goldsmith learned to play the piano at age six. At fourteen, he studied composition, theory and counterpoint with teachers Jacob Gimpel and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
Junior Murvin
Junior Murvin (born Murvin Smith Jr. in Port Antonio, circa 1949) is a Jamaican reggae artist. He is best known for the classic single "Police and Thieves", produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry in 1976. Murvin's soaring voice and the infectious rhythm made "Police and Thieves" into an international hit during the summer of 1976. The song was so influential that it was recorded by the punk rock pioneers The Clash on their debut album the following year.
Monty Python
Monty Python is a comedy troupe of 4 Englishmen (John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle), 1 Welshman (Terry Jones) and 1 American (Terry Gilliam), best known for their legendary and influential sketch comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (which ran for four seasons from 1969 to 1974). The troupe also wrote and starred in the films "And Now for Something Completely Different" (1971), "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975), "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979), "Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl" (1982) and "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life" (1983).
Lion
There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Lion were a 1980s rock band best known for their The Transformers theme song from the 1986 animated movie of the same name.
A hard rock quartet, Lion was formed in 1983 after ex-Tytan vocalist Kal Swan (born Norman Swan) relocated from London to Los Angeles and teamed up with drummer Mark Edwards who had been in Steeler alongside Yngwie Malmsteen and '3rd Stage Alert'.
Oldboy
There are two bands called Oldboy. 1. Oldboy could either be the band, or the soundtrack from the film of the same name. Oldboy Oldboy are Kevin Kehoe (vocals) and Wolfgang Schilhaneck (Arrangements). Kehoe comes from Waterford in Ireland and settled in Germany in the summer of 1996. Schilhaneck has been involved since the 80´s in the Reutlingen underground music scene.
In 2006 Kehoe met Schilhaneck while playing with their retrospective bands in diverse clubs in the region and in the autumn 2007 Oldboy was formed.
Richard O'Brien
Richard O'Brien (born Richard Timothy Smith on March 25, 1942 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK) is a writer and performer. He is best known for writing the musical The Rocky Horror Show and its 1975 film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which he played the character of Riff-Raff. The stage show has been in almost continuous production since, and the cinematic version is one of the best known and most ardently followed cult films of all time.
Soundtrack
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