Marvin Hamlisch - biography

“There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests.”

“Barbra Streisand is without a doubt one of the most honest people I have ever known.  There is no doubt in my mind that she will not be doing any more concerts.  Of course, she still will be making records and starring and directing in movies.”

“I started studying music at the age of five and a half.  My older sister was taking piano lessons.  When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister’s lessons.”

“I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.”

“I never took any vocal training.”

“I think that when NASA works on a moon shot, they know too well that all of the people working on it must do their job at 110 percent.  Sometimes they probably put in 18 hour days, but they’re aiming for the moon, and that’s what counts.”

Marvin Hamlisch composed the score for the following films:
The Swimmer (1968)
Take the Money and Run (1969)
The April Fools (1969)
Flap (1970)
Move (1970)
Bananas (1971)
Kotch (1971)
Something Big (1971)
The War Between Men and Women (1972)
Save the Tiger (1973)
The Sting (1973)
The Way We Were (1973)
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
Starting Over (1979)
Chapter Two (1979)
Ordinary People (1980)
Seems Like Old Times (1980)
Sophie’s Choice (1982)
I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982)
Romantic Comedy (1983)
3 Men and a Baby (1987)
Little Nikita (1988)
The Experts (1989)
The January Man (1989)
Frankie and Johnny (1991)
Missing Pieces (1992)
Open Season (1995)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
The Informant! (2009)