Lee Holdridge

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birthdate=1944-03-03
birthplace=Port-au-Prince, Haiti
occupation=Television, composer, orchestrator
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Lee Holdridge (b. March 3, 1944) is a Haitian-born American television composer and orchestrator.

Biography

He was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, of a Puerto-Rican mother and an American father.cite web |url=http://www.leeholdridge.com/biography.php |title=Lee Holdridge Official website - Biography |publisher=Lee Holdridge |date=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-15] While living in Costa Rica, at age ten, he studied the violin with Hugo Mariani, who was at the time the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica. Holdridge decided he wanted to become a composer at age fifteen,Fact|date=July 2008 and then moved to Boston, where he finished high school and studied composition with Henry Lasker.

As an adult, Holdridge moved to New York City to continue his music studies and begin his career as a professional composer. There, he composed chamber works, rock pieces, songs, theater music and background scores for short films, and eventually came to Neil Diamond's notice. Diamond then brought Holdridge with him to Los Angeles to write arrangements for his forthcoming albums. After several gold and platinum hits, the two collaborated on the film score for "Jonathan Livingston Seagull".

Holdridge has composed, conducted, and orchestrated for many films, some of the most notable being "Puerto Vallarta Squeeze", "Unlikely Heroes", "Beautiful Music", "Ever Again", and "". He has also composed for several television series, including "The Mists of Avalon", "American Family", and "The Brooke Ellison Story".

Holdridge has performed and recorded in several concerts, including "The Golden Land", the "Jefferson Tribute", his suite from the opera "Lazarus And His Beloved", the "Concerto For Viola And Chamber Orchestra", the "Concertino For Violoncello And Strings", the "Serenade For Oboe And Strings", the "Fantasy Sonata For ‘Cello and Piano", the "Elegy For Strings and Harp", and "Sonnet" for soprano and orchestra. He has also written, arranged and conducted for recording artists such as Placido Domingo, Barbra Streisand, Brian May of Queen, Stevie Wonder, John Denver, Neil Sedaka, Daniel Rodriguez, Al Jarreau, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Natalie Cole, and Jane Olivor.

Awards/Nominations

Primetime Emmy awards:

*Nominated, 1985, Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics for: "Moonlighting" theme song
*Nominated, 1988, Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for: "Beauty and the Beast"
*Won, 1988, Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)for: "Beauty and the Beast" pilot episode
*Won, 1989, Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics for: "Beauty and the Beast" song "The First Time I Loved Forever"
*Nominated, 1990, Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for: "Do You Know the Muffin Man"?
*Nominated, 1993, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for: "Call of the Wild"
*Nominated, 1993, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Main Title Theme Music for: "Bob"
*Nominated, 1995, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for: "Buffalo Girls" Part I
*Nominated, 1996, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special for: "The Tuskegee Airmen"
*Nominated, 1999, Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Movie (Dramatic Underscore) for: "Mutiny"
*Nominated, 2002, Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for: "The Mists of Avalon"

Daytime Emmy awards:

*Won, 2000, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live"
*Nominated, 2002, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live"
*Nominated, 2004, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live"
*Won, 2005, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live"
*Nominated, 2006, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "One Life to Live"

Sports Emmy awards:

*Won, 1998, Outstanding Achievement in a Craft: Music Composition/Direction/Lyrics for: "Atlanta's Olympic Glory"

News and Documentary Emmy awards:

*Won, 1988, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music for: ""
*Won, 1991, Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music Composition for: "World of Discovery" episode "Beuatiful Killers"

Grammy awards:

*Nominated, 1988, Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television for: "Moonlighting" theme song

ASCAP Awards:

*Won, 1988, Top TV Series for: "Moonlighting" (1985)

References

Further reading

* "New York Theatre Critics' Reviews: Index, 1940-1960". Original from the University of Michigan.
* "Of Love & Hope - Selections Form Beauty and the Beast" By Lee Holdridge, Don Davis, Milton Okun, Larry Kenton, Edwin McLean. Published 1990, Cherry Lane Music. ISBN 0895244845

External links

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* [http://www.pbs.org/weta/americanvalor/broadcast/holdridge.htm PBS biography] as composer for "American Valor"

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