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Very sad news...
Amongst all of Mr. Hamlisch's other wonderful soundtracks, I will always love this melody, this song and THE SPY WHO LOVED ME in general:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-_SntvWXjU
I loved his gorgeous, lush instrumental version of "Nobody Does It Better" (Track 5 on the album).
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Aug 7, 2012 - 11:33 AM
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lexedo
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Timmer mentions THE SWIMMER. Lest we forget, one of Lukas's countless contributions to the service of film music was to complete this score, long available only on an o.o.p. LP, and bring it out as one of the FSM titles. You could pay a lot worse tribute to Mr. Hamlisch than to buy this beautiful score, (orchestrated by Shuken and Hayes), if you haven't already.
He must have been only 22 or 23 when he did the score for The Swimmer. It has that exciting "hero theme" for Burt Lancaster as he's running with the pretty young lady. Great great talent. Very very sad today.
I always loved the film bc of its 70s view of the New England WASPs: the tudors, the sprawling lawns, the pools and parties, the clothes, the conversations... The shots of the Connecticut country-side are worth the price of admission alone. Ashame that the last few scenes were not shot on location.
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Hopefully a label will pay trubute to him and release the fantastic "Take the Money and run".
Absolutely.
This is truly a shock. His score for THE INFORMANT was exceptional. A very nice swan song. He will be missed.
Didn't know he was still active composing film scores.
sad news
rip
bruce
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He was a gentle man and very funny. I enjoyed my few dealings with him recording various rare Hamlisch songs over the years. And it was a treat to do Bananas and Romantic Comedy, both of which he was very happy about.
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It was fun to hear him talk, and he seemed to like to. (His memoirs recount Barbra Streisand meeting him and asking if he was friends with Liza Minnelli, because he talked just as fast as Minnelli did.)
Here's an interview where he recounts a good deal about THE STING:
http://www.studio360.org/2009/oct/02/
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I'm in shock. Besides having a fondness for a number of the aforementioned titles, I always had a soft spot for his catchy, charming little score to Three Men And A Baby.
Dan
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He never struck me as that old, but it's still too young nowadays.
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