Marvin Hamlisch (1944 – 2012)
Marvin Hamlisch was a great composer whose work only became familiar to me thanks to his close collaborations with Barbra Streisand. Only then did I rediscover the many wonderful scores he had written during his long career. Among them: The Way We Were, The Sting, Sophie's Choice, Ordinary People, The Swimmer, Three Men And A Baby, Ice Castles, Take The Money And Run, Bananas, Save The Tiger, A Chorus Line, The Mirror Has Two Faces, The Spy Who Loved Me, and his latest effort The Informant!
According to Wikipedia, Hamlisch is one of only eleven people to have been awarded Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and a Tony (the famed EGOT). He is also one of only two people to have won those four prizes and also a Pulitzer Prize (the other is Richard Rodgers). Hamlisch also won two Golden Globes.
He won his 3 Oscars for the score and song for The Way We Were and for the score for The Sting. He was also the composer of the original theater version of A Chorus Line.
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