Editing Marvin Hamlisch

{{short description|American composer and conductor (1944–2012)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| image        = Marvin Hamlisch - 1970s.jpg 
| caption      = Hamlisch in the early 1970s
| background   = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name   = Marvin Frederick Hamlisch
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1944|06|02|mf=yes}}
| birth_place  = New York City, U.S.<!--Per WP:OVERLINK "The names of subjects with which most readers will be at least somewhat familiar," including locations with NYC as an example, do not typically need to be linked)-->
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2012|08|06|1944|06|02|mf=yes}}
| death_place  = Los Angeles, California,<!--Links not needed per MOS:OVERLINK--> U.S.
| occupation   = {{hlist|Composer|conductor}}
| instrument   = Piano
| genre        = {{hlist|Musical theatre|[[Film score|film music]]|[[Pops orchestra|pops]]}}
| years_active = 1965–2012
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Terre Blair]]<br>|1989}}
| website      = {{url|https://marvinhamlisch.com}}
}}

'''Marvin Frederick Hamlisch''' (June 2, 1944&nbsp;– August 6, 2012) was an American composer and conductor. He is one of a handful of people to win [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]], [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]], [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], and [[Tony Awards|Tony]] awards, a feat dubbed the "[[EGOT]]". He and composer [[Richard Rodgers]] are the only people to have won those prizes and a [[Pulitzer Prize]] ("[[EGOT#PEGOT|PEGOT]]").<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/21/marry-poppins-composer-marc-shaiman-will-egot-if-he-wins-an-oscar.html |title=These fifteen people have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony–here's who could achieve EGOT status next |first=Kerri Anne |last=Renzulli |date=February 21, 2019 |website=[[CNBC]] |access-date=2020-05-02}}</ref>

==Early life==
Hamlisch was born in [[Manhattan]], to [[Vienna|Viennese]]-born [[Jewish]] parents Lilly (née Schachter) and Max Hamlisch.<ref>{{cite web| title=Marvin Hamlisch Biography (1944- )| url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/14/Marvin-Hamlisch.html| website=Filmreference| access-date=November 25, 2008}}</ref> His father was an [[accordion]]ist and bandleader. Hamlisch was a [[child prodigy]]; by age five, he began mimicking the piano music he heard on the radio. A few months before he turned seven, in 1951, he was accepted into what is now the [[Juilliard School#Pre-College Division|Juilliard School Pre-College Division]].<ref name=tcm>"[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=80172&apid=108273 Marvin Hamlisch biography]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}". [[Turner Classic Movies]]. Retrieved April 2, 2009.</ref> His favorite musicals growing up were ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'', ''[[West Side Story]]'', and ''[[Bye Bye Birdie]]''.<ref>Cerasaro, Pat (July 22, 2010). [http://broadwayworld.com/article/InDepth_InterView_Marvin_Hamlisch_20100722 "InDepth Interview Marvin Hamlisch"]. ''[[BroadwayWorld]]''.</ref>

==Career==
Hamlisch attended [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]], earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967.<ref name="tcm" /> His first job was as a rehearsal pianist for ''[[Funny Girl (musical)|Funny Girl]]'' with [[Barbra Streisand]]. Even on tour he would take time to book Kenny Veenstra's Progressive Music Studio to send musical ideas back to "Babs" in NY. Shortly afterward, producer [[Sam Spiegel]] hired him to play piano at parties, and later to score Spiegel's 1968 film ''[[The Swimmer (1968 film)|The Swimmer]]''.<ref name=tcm />  

===Music for films===
[[Liza Minnelli]]'s 1964 [[Liza! Liza!|debut album]] included "The Travelin' Life", a song Hamlisch wrote in his teens (originally titled "Travelin' Man").<ref name=lat>{{cite news| last=Woo| first=Elaine| title=Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68; award-winning composer of popular music| url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2012-aug-08-la-me-marvin-hamlisch-20120808-story.html| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| access-date=9 December 2013}}</ref> His first hit arrived when he was 21 years old: "[[Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows]]", co-written with Howard Liebling and recorded by [[Lesley Gore]]. It reached No. 13 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the summer of 1965.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/arts/music/marvin-hamlisch-composer-dies-at-68.html?pagewanted=all |title=Marvin Hamlisch, Whose Notes Struck Gold, Dies at 68 |first=Rob |last=Hoerburger |date=August 7, 2012 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 8, 2012}}</ref> 

His first film score was for 1968's ''[[The Swimmer (1968 film)|The Swimmer]]''.<ref name="nyt" /> He also wrote music for several early [[Woody Allen]] films, including ''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]'' (1969) and ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'' (1971). 

Hamlisch and Liebling co-wrote the song "[[California Nights]]", which was recorded by Lesley Gore for her 1967 hit album of the same name. The [[Bob Crewe]]-produced single peaked at No. 16 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] in March 1967, two months after Gore had performed the song on the ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' television series, in which she guest-starred as an accomplice to [[Julie Newmar]]'s [[Catwoman]].

[[File:Marvin Hamlisch - Oscars.jpg|thumb|240px|Hamlisch, at age 29, holding two of the three Oscars he won in 1974. With him are [[Donald O'Connor]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], and [[Cher]].]]

Among Hamlisch's better-known works during the 1970s were adaptations of [[Scott Joplin]]'s [[ragtime]] music for the film ''[[The Sting]]'', including its theme song, "[[The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer]]". It hit No. 1 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'}}s Adult Contemporary chart and No. 3 on the Hot 100, selling nearly 2 million copies in the U.S. alone. He had great success in 1973, winning two [[Academy Awards]] for the [[The Way We Were (song)|title song]] and the score for the motion picture ''[[The Way We Were]]'' and an Academy Award for the adaptation score for ''The Sting''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1355766489454| title=Academy Awards Database: 1973 music category winners| access-date=December 18, 2012| url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415170526/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1355766489454| archive-date=April 15, 2013}}</ref> He won four [[Grammy Award]]s in 1974, two for "The Way We Were". 

In 1975, he wrote the original theme music for ''[[Good Morning America]]''; the show used it for 12 years. He co-wrote "[[Nobody Does It Better]]" for ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' (1977) with his then-girlfriend [[Carole Bayer Sager]], which would be nominated for an Oscar.<ref name="nyt" /> In the 1980s, he had success with the scores for ''[[Ordinary People]]'' (1980) and ''[[Sophie's Choice (film)|Sophie's Choice]]'' (1982). He also received an Academy Award nomination in 1986 for the film version of ''[[A Chorus Line (film)|A Chorus Line]]''. 

In 1985, he worked on ''[[D.A.R.Y.L.]]'', a 1985 film about a boy who is in fact a U.S. military robot. He also worked on the score for ''[[The Informant!]]'' (2009), starring [[Matt Damon]] and directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]].<ref name="nyt" /> Late in his life, he wrote a children's book ''Marvin Makes Music,'' which included the original music "The Music in My Mind" with words by Rupert Holmes; and the score for the [[HBO]] film ''[[Behind the Candelabra]]'' (2013), also directed by Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon and [[Michael Douglas]] as [[Liberace]].

===Stage===
Hamlisch's first major stage work was in 1972 playing piano for [[Groucho Marx]] at [[Carnegie Hall]] for ''[[An Evening with Groucho]]''. Hamlisch acted as both [[straight man]] and accompanist while Marx, at age 81, reminisced about his career in show business.<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.antimusic.com/news/12/August/09Author_Michael_Levin_Remembers_Marvin_Hamlisch.shtml| title=Author Michael Levin Remembers Marvin Hamlisch| date=August 7, 2012| journal=AntiMusic| access-date=August 9, 2012}}</ref> The performances were released as a two-record set, and remained very popular.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ibras.dk/comedy/marx.htm| title=Timbuctoo| website=An Evening With Groucho Marx| access-date=December 14, 2020}}</ref>

He then composed the scores for the 1975 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[A Chorus Line]]'', for which he won both a [[Tony Award]] and a [[Pulitzer Prize]]; and for the 1978 musical ''[[They're Playing Our Song]]'', loosely based on his relationship with [[Carole Bayer Sager]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/37088/marvin-hamlisch| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421102215/http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/feature.php/37088/marvin-hamlisch| url-status=dead| archive-date=2013-04-21| title=Accounts}}</ref>

At the beginning of the 1980s, his romantic relationship with Bayer Sager ended, but their songwriting relationship continued. The 1983 musical ''[[Jean Seberg (musical)|Jean Seberg]]'', based on the life of the real-life actress, failed in its London production at the UK's [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] and never played in the U.S.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041021011507/https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/hamlisch_m.html "Hamlisch biography.Broadway:The American Musical"] PBS, retrieved August 18, 2011.</ref> In 1986, ''[[Smile (musical)|Smile]]'' was a mixed success and had a short run on Broadway.<ref name="nyt" /> The musical version of Neil Simon's ''[[The Goodbye Girl (musical)|The Goodbye Girl]]'' (1993) closed after only 188 performances, although he received a [[Drama Desk Award|Drama Desk]] nomination, for Outstanding Music.<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4706 "''The Goodbye Girl''"], [[IMDb]], retrieved August 18, 2011.</ref>

Shortly before his death, Hamlisch finished scoring a musical theatre version of ''[[The Nutty Professor (1963 film)#Musical adaptation|The Nutty Professor]]'', based on the 1963 film.<ref name="Ellis-Nutty-Professor">{{cite news| last=Ellis| first=Jeffrey| url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/THE-NUTTY-PROFESSOR-Company-Members-Pay-Tribute-to-Marvin-Hamlisch-20120807| title=''The Nutty Professor'' Company Members Pay Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch| journal=BroadwayWorld| date=August 7, 2012| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> The show played in July and August 2012, at the [[Tennessee Performing Arts Center]] (TPAC) in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], aiming for a Broadway run.<ref name="Ellis-Nutty-Professor" /><ref name="Ridley-Nutty-Professor">{{cite journal| last=Ridley| first=Jim| url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/the-nutty-professor/Event?oid=2935664|title=''The Nutty Professor'' at TPAC| journal=[[Nashville Scene]]| access-date=August 11, 2012| url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010013549/http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/the-nutty-professor/Event?oid=2935664| archive-date=October 10, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Ng-Nutty-Professor">{{cite news| last=Ng| first=David| url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-nutty-professor-marvin-hamlisch-20120807,0,7739665.story| title=Without Marvin Hamlisch, some uncertainty for 'Nutty Professor'| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=August 8, 2012| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> The book is by [[Rupert Holmes]], and the production was directed by [[Jerry Lewis]].<ref>Jones, Kenneth (August 17, 2012). [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/169188-Producers-of-Nutty-Professor-Hope-to-Earn-Broadway-Tenure-for-New-Marvin-Hamlisch-Rupert-Holmes-Show "Producers of ''Nutty Professor'' Hope to Earn Broadway Tenure for New Marvin Hamlisch-Rupert Holmes Show"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819030200/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/169188-Producers-of-Nutty-Professor-Hope-to-Earn-Broadway-Tenure-for-New-Marvin-Hamlisch-Rupert-Holmes-Show |date=2012-08-19}}. ''[[Playbill]]''. Retrieved August 19, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-nutty-professor-jerry-lewis-musical-nashville-20120801,0,4021683.story |title=Jerry Lewis' 'Nutty Professor' musical opens in Nashville |last=Ng |first=David |date=August 2, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=August 18, 2013}}</ref>

===Conductor===
[[File:Official 2011 Marvin Hamlisch.jpg|thumb|Hamlisch conducting]]

Hamlisch was musical director and arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the U.S. and England as well as of the television special, ''Barbra Streisand: The Concert'', for which he received two of his Emmys. He also conducted several tours of [[Linda Ronstadt]] during this period, most notably on her successful 1996 ''Dedicated to the One I Love'' tour of arenas and stadiums.<ref>{{cite news| title=Remembering Marvin Hamlisch| url=https://blog.timesunion.com/localarts/remembering-marvin-hamlisch/24488/| first=Michael| last=Janairo| date=August 7, 2012| newspaper=[[Times Union (Albany)|Times Union]]| location=Albany, NY| access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>

Hamlisch held the position of Principal Pops Conductor for the [[Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra]],<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120225051355/http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/bios/marvin+hamlisch "Conductors: Marvin Hamlisch"]. Pittsburgh Symphony. Retrieved April 2, 2009.</ref> the [[Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra]],<ref>[http://www.mso.org/main.taf?p=2,3,2 "Marvin Plays Marvin"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430000713/http://www.mso.org/main.taf?p=2,3,2 |date=April 30, 2011}}. Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved August 18, 2011.</ref> the [[San Diego Symphony]],<ref>[http://www.sandiegosymphony.org/musiciansconductors/ "Musicians and Conductors"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814021910/http://www.sandiegosymphony.org/musiciansconductors/ |date=August 14, 2012}}. San Diego Symphony. Retrieved August 18, 2011.</ref> the [[Seattle Symphony]],<ref>[http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/single/production.aspx?id=7055&src=t "Holiday POPS! with Marvin Hamlisch"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506025413/http://www.seattlesymphony.org/symphony/buy/single/production.aspx?id=7055&src=t |date=May 6, 2009}} Seattle Symphony, Retrieved August 18, 2011.</ref> the [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra]],<ref>[http://www.dallassymphony.com/Conductors.aspx "Conductors"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609141837/http://www.dallassymphony.com/Conductors.aspx |date=2011-06-09 }}. Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Retrieved August 18, 2011.</ref> [[Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://buffalonews.com/news/city-mourns-marvin-hamlisch-dead-at-68-acclaimed-composer-felt-at-home-in-buffalo/article_c488a842-91a4-5cce-8821-897d9e2590fd.html| title=City mourns Marvin? Hamlisch, dead at 68 Acclaimed composer felt at home in Buffalo| first=Mary Kunz| last=Goldman| date=August 8, 2012| newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]| access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref> The [[National Symphony Orchestra]] Pops,<ref>{{cite web| title=Marvin Hamlisch| url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=3479&source_type=A| date=August 8, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009072929/http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=3479&source_type=A| archive-date=October 9, 2012| website=The Kennedy Center}}</ref> [[Pasadena Symphony and Pops|The Pasadena Symphony and Pops]],<ref>{{cite news| last=Ng| first=David| title=Marvin Hamlisch named conductor of the Pasadena Pops| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/marvin-hamlisch-named-conductor-of-the-pasadena-pops.html| access-date=March 26, 2012| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| date=August 27, 2010}}</ref> and the [[Baltimore Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-hamlisch-letter-20120810-story.html |title=Marvin Hamlisch: Composer, conductor, Yankees fan? |newspaper=Baltimore Sun |date=August 10, 2012 |access-date=June 2, 2021}}</ref>

On July 23, 2011, Hamlisch conducted his debut concert for [[Pasadena Symphony and Pops]] at [[Rose Bowl (stadium)|The Rose Bowl]] in Pasadena, California. Hamlisch replaced [[Rachael Worby]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-marvin-hamlisch-20110805-story.html |title=Pasadena Pops' Marvin Hamlisch just wants to have fun |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Diane |last=Haithman |date=August 5, 2011 |access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref>  At the time of his death, he was preparing to assume responsibilities as Principal Pops Conductor for The [[Philly Pops|Philly POPS]].

==Accolades==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Marvin Hamlisch}}

Hamlisch is one of ten people to win three or more Oscars in one night and the only one other than a director or screenwriter to do so. He also earned ten [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations, winning twice for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]], with "Life Is What You Make It" in 1972 and "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]" in 1974.<ref>[http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29677 "Marvin Hamlisch Golden Globes Awards"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091215202403/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/29677 |date=2009-12-15}}. ''Golden Globes''. Retrieved August 7, 2009.</ref>

He shared the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1976 with [[Michael Bennett (theater)|Michael Bennett]], [[James Kirkwood Jr.|James Kirkwood]], [[Nicholas Dante]], and [[Edward Kleban]] for his musical contribution to the original Broadway production of ''[[A Chorus Line]]''.<ref name="nyt" /> Hamlisch received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009 at the World Soundtrack Awards in [[Ghent]], Belgium. He was also inducted into the [[Long Island Music Hall of Fame]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.limusichalloffame.org/releases/2008/induct_100908.html "The Long Island Music Hall of Fame Second Induction Award Gala on October 30 at the Garden City Hotel"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130100642/http://www.limusichalloffame.org/releases/2008/induct_100908.html |date=2010-11-30}}. ''Long Island Music Hall of Fame''. Retrieved August 18, 2011.</ref> In 2008, he appeared as a judge in the Canadian reality series ''[[Triple Sensation]]'' which aired on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]. The show was aimed to provide a training [[wikt:bursary|bursary]] to a talented young man or woman with the potential to be a leader in song, dance, and acting.<ref name="imdb-triple">{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139548/fullcredits#cast| title=Full cast and crew for 'Triple Sensation'| website=[[IMDb]]| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Ouzounian-triple">{{cite news| last=Ouzounian| first=Richard| url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/1238059--marvin-hamlisch-composer-for-the-sting-and-a-chorus-line-dies-in-l-a| title=Marvin Hamlisch, composer for 'The Sting' and 'A Chorus Line', dies in L.A.| newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]| date=August 8, 2012| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref> In 2008, Hamlisch was also inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2009/01/28/Lane-Hamlisch-among-Theater-Hall-of-Fame-inductees/stories/200901280222| title=Lane, Hamlisch among Theater Hall of Fame inductees| last=Rawson| first=Christopher| date=January 28, 2009| newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]| access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Hamlisch's relationship with lyricist [[Carole Bayer Sager]] inspired the musical ''[[They're Playing Our Song]]''.<ref name=klein>Klein, Alvin (August 22, 1993). [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/22/nyregion/a-new-approach-for-marvin-hamlisch.html?pagewanted=all "A New Approach for Marvin Hamlisch"], ''The New York Times''.</ref>  He was also in a relationship with actress [[Emma Samms]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/former-dynasty-star-emma-samms-4027326|title = Dynasty star Emma Samms on her TV comeback|date = 9 August 2014}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2022}}  He was in a relationship with television personality [[Cyndy Garvey]] after her breakup with her husband, [[Steve Garvey]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/07/14/cyndy-garveys-turn-at-bat/6bc2b732-cf09-44a9-903c-c8b918a3f133/ |title=CYNDY GARVEY'S TURN AT BAT |date=1989-07-14 |author1=Kim Masters |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}</ref>

In May 1989, Hamlisch married [[Terre Blair]], from [[Columbus, Ohio]], who was the [[news presenter|weather and news anchor]] for that city's ABC affiliate, [[WSYX]]-Channel 6.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/19/style/marvin-hamlisch-to-marry-ms-blair-producer-in-may.html?pagewanted=all "Marvin Hamlisch to Marry Ms. Blair, Producer, in May"], ''The New York Times''. March 19, 1989.</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iq4DAAAAMBAJ&q=Terre+%22Marvin+Hamlisch%22&pg=PA56| title=People Are Talking About...| journal=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]| date=June 19, 1989| publisher=Johnson Publishing Company}}</ref><ref>Laufenberg, Norbert B. [https://books.google.com/books?id=mzTW9Nitee4C&dq=%22Terre+Blair%22+%22Marvin+Hamlisch%22&pg=PA285 Hamlisch, Marvin] ''Entertainment Celebrities''. Trafford Publishing. (2005) p. 285. {{isbn|978-1412053358}}.</ref> The marriage lasted until his death.<ref name="Telegraph-obit">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9459841/Marvin-Hamlisch.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/9459841/Marvin-Hamlisch.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Marvin Hamlisch| newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=London| date=August 8, 2012| access-date=August 11, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Death===
After a brief illness, Hamlisch collapsed in Los Angeles on August 6, 2012, and died later that day at [[Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center]] at age 68.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/arts/music/marvin-hamlisch-composer-dies-at-68.html |title=Marvin Hamlisch, Whose Notes Struck Gold, Dies at 68 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Rob |last=Hoerburger |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=February 17, 2019}}</ref><ref name = TMZ>{{cite news|url = https://www.tmz.com/2012/08/17/composer-marvin-hamlisch-died-of-lung-failure-doc/|title = Composer Marvin Hamlisch Died of Lung Failure|work = [[TMZ]]|date = August 17, 2012|accessdate = March 11, 2022}}</ref> According to Hamlisch's death certificate, the cause of death was determined to be [[respiratory arrest]], with [[hypertension]] and [[cerebral hypoxia]] as contributing factors.<ref name = TMZ/><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/architecture/2012/08/17/marvin-hamlisch-died-of-lung-failure-according-to-death-certificate/|title = Marvin Hamlisch died of lung failure, according to death certificate|work = [[The Dallas Morning News]]|date = August 17, 2012|accessdate = March 11, 2022|last = Tipping|first = Joy}}</ref>

The [[Associated Press]] described him as having written "some of the best-loved and most enduring songs and scores in movie history".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20220808hamlisch_left_his_signature_on_decades_of_films| title=Marvin Hamlisch left his signature on decades of films| date=August 8, 2012| newspaper=[[Boston Herald]]| agency=Associated Press| access-date=August 8, 2012}}</ref> Barbra Streisand released a statement praising Hamlisch, stating it was "his brilliantly quick mind, his generosity and delicious sense of humor that made him a delight to be around".<ref name="nyt" /> [[Aretha Franklin]] called him "classic and one of a kind", and one of the "all-time great" arrangers and producers.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/07/marvin-hamlisch-composer-dies| title=Marvin Hamlisch, composer for Broadway and the screen, dies aged 68| agency=Associated Press| date=August 7, 2012| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London}}</ref> The head of the [[Pasadena Symphony and Pops]] commented that Hamlisch had "left a very specific&nbsp;... original mark on American music and added to the great American songbook with works he himself composed".<ref name=lat/>

At 8:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|EDT]] on August 8, the marquee lights of the 40 Broadway theaters were dimmed for one minute in tribute to Hamlisch,<ref name=Ariosto>{{cite news| last=Ariosto| first=David| url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/07/us/us-marvin-hamlisch-obit/index.html| title=Broadway to dim in honor of composer Marvin Hamlisch; dead at 68| work=[[CNN]]| date=August 7, 2012| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Levine>{{cite news| last=Levine| first=Daniel S.| url=http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/08/broadway-dim-lights-tribute-late-composer-marvin-hamlisch| title=Broadway to dim lights in tribute to the late composer Marvin Hamlisch| journal=The Celebrity Cafe| date=August 8, 2012| access-date=August 11, 2012| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604223518/http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/2012/08/broadway-dim-lights-tribute-late-composer-marvin-hamlisch| archive-date=June 4, 2013}}</ref> an honor traditionally accorded upon their death to those considered to have made significant contributions to the theater arts.<ref name=Cody>{{cite news |last=Cody| first=Gabrielle H.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQqOKWmjdQUC&q=broadway+tradition+dimming+lights+in+tribute&pg=PA1227| title=Shaw, George Bernard| work=Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama, Volume 2| publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]| via=Google Books| year=2007| page=1227| isbn=978-0231144247| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Bloom>{{cite news| last=Bloom| first=Ken| author-link=Ken Bloom (writer)| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GBiEO8q59f0C&q=broadway+tradition+dimming+lights+in+tribute&pg=PA212| title=Hammerstein, Oscar, II| work=Broadway: An Encyclopedia| publisher=Taylor & Francis| via=Google Books| date=November 11, 2003| page=212| isbn=978-0203644355| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref><ref name=Gussow>{{cite news| last=Gussow| first=Mel| author-link=Mel Gussow| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/23/movies/sir-john-gielgud-96-dies-beacon-of-classical-stage.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm| title=Sir John Gielgud, 96, Dies; Beacon of Classical Stage| newspaper=The New York Times| date=May 23, 2000| access-date=August 11, 2012}}</ref>

[[Barbra Streisand]], [[Aretha Franklin]], and [[Liza Minnelli]] took turns singing songs by Hamlisch during a memorial service for the composer on September 18, 2012.<ref>{{cite news| last=Kennedy| first=Mark| title=Streisand, Minnelli Sing for Marvin Hamlisch in NY| url=http://bigstory.ap.org/article/barbra-streisand-help-honor-marvin-hamlisch-0#overlay-context=article/kid-tablets-retro-brands-are-toys-r-us-hot-toys| agency=Associated Press| access-date=September 19, 2012}}</ref> At the [[85th Academy Awards|2013 Academy Awards]], Streisand sang "[[The Way We Were (song)|The Way We Were]]" in Hamlisch's memory. On June 2, 2013, a tribute was held in New York City to remember Hamlisch in advance of the first anniversary of his death.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://marvinhamlisch.com/reviews/celebrating-marvin-hamlisch-recent-tributes-and-production-of-his-musical-thanks/| title=Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch - Recent Tributes & Production of his Musicals. THANKS!| website=Marvin Hamlisch| access-date=December 15, 2020}}</ref> At the tribute, Staples Players, a high school theatre group from [[Staples High School]] in [[Westport, Connecticut]] performed a selection of material from ''[[A Chorus Line]]''. Other veterans of the screen and stage also performed at the event.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/connecticut/article/Staples-Players-Will-Be-a-Part-of-62-Marvin-Hamlisch-Tribute-in-NYC-20130325| title=Staples Players Will Be a Part of 6/2 Marvin Hamlisch Tribute in NYC| journal=BroadwayWorld| language=en| access-date=2019-11-08}}</ref>

==Work==
===Orchestral work===
[[File:MarvinHamlischByPhilKonstantin1.jpg|thumb|Hamlisch at the piano, 2006]]

Hamlisch was the primary conductor for the Pittsburgh Pops from 1995 until his death.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/pop/marvin-hamlisch |title=Marvin Hamlisch |website=Pittsburgh Music History |access-date=December 15, 2020 |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911032127/https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/pop/marvin-hamlisch |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra]] performed a rare Hamlisch classical symphonic suite titled ''Anatomy of Peace'' (''Symphonic Suite in one Movement For Full Orchestra/Chorus/Child Vocal Soloist'') on November 19, 1991.<ref>Brozan, Nadine (November 19, 1991). [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/19/style/chronicle-596691.html?pagewanted=all "Chronicle"], ''The New York Times''.</ref> It was also performed at Carnegie Hall in 1993,<ref name=klein/>  and in Paris in 1994 to commemorate [[Normandy landings|D-Day]].<ref>Croan, Robert (May 30, 1994). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19940530&id=64sNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qG8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6811,8048143 "Hamlisch Symphony"]. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. p. 19.</ref> The work was recorded by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1992.<ref>[http://www.dallassymphony.com/attachments/2009-2010%20Dallas%20Symphony%20Orchestra%20Discography.pdf "Dallas Symphony Orchestra Discography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609133026/http://www.dallassymphony.com/attachments/2009-2010%20Dallas%20Symphony%20Orchestra%20Discography.pdf |date=2011-06-09}}. Dallas Symphony. p. 4, Retrieved February 4, 2010.</ref> ''[[The Anatomy of Peace]]'' was a book by [[Emery Reves]] which expressed the [[World government|world-federalist]] sentiments shared by [[Albert Einstein]] and many others in the late 1940s, in the period immediately following [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Reves |first=Emery |year=1945 |title=The Anatomy of Peace |publisher=Harper & Brothers Publishers |location=New York |edition=1 |url=https://archive.org/details/anatomyofpeace009815mbp |url-access=registration}}</ref>

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role(s)
!Notes
|-
| 1973
|''[[Seesaw (musical)|Seesaw]]''
|Dance Arrangements
|
|-
| 1975
|''[[A Chorus Line]]''
|Music by
|[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] & [[Tony Award for Best Original Score|Tony Award for Best Score]]
|-
| 1978
|''[[They're Playing Our Song]]''
|Music by
|
|-
| 1983
|''[[Jean Seberg (musical)|Jean Seberg]]''
|Music by
|
|-
| 1986
|''[[Smile (musical)|Smile]]''
|Music by
|
|-
| 1993
|''[[The Goodbye Girl (musical)|The Goodbye Girl]]''
|Music by 
|
|-
| 2002
|''[[Sweet Smell of Success (musical)|Sweet Smell of Success]]'' 
|Music by 
|
|-
| 2002
|''[[Imaginary Friends (play)|Imaginary Friends]]''
|Music by 
|
|-
| 2012
|''[[The Nutty Professor (1963 film)#Musical adaptation|The Nutty Professor]]'' 
|Music by
|
|-
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
!Title
!Year
!Role(s)
!Notes
|-
| 1968
|''[[The Swimmer (1968 film)|The Swimmer]]''
|
|
|-
| 1969
|''[[Take the Money and Run (film)|Take the Money and Run]]''
|
|
|-
| 1969
|''[[The April Fools]]''
|
|
|-
| 1970
|''[[Move (1970 film)|Move]]''
|
|
|- 
| 1970
|''[[Flap (film)|Flap]]''
|
|
|-
| 1971
|''[[Something Big (film)|Something Big]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1971
|''[[Kotch]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1971
|''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]''
|
|
|-
| 1972
|''[[The War Between Men and Women]]''
|
|
|- 
| 1973
|''[[The World's Greatest Athlete]]''
|
|
|-
| 1973
|''[[Save the Tiger]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1973
|''[[The Way We Were]]''
|
|
|-
| 1973
|''[[The Sting]]''
|
|
|-
| 1975
|''[[The Prisoner of Second Avenue]]''
|
|
|-
| 1977
|''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''

|
|
|-
| 1977
|''[[The Absent-Minded Waiter]]''
|
|
|-
| 1978
|''[[Same Time, Next Year (film)|Same Time, Next Year]]''
|
|
|-
| 1978
|''[[Ice Castles]]''
|
|
|-
| 1979
|''[[Starting Over (1979 film)|Starting Over]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1979
|''[[Chapter Two (film)|Chapter Two]]''
|
|
|-
| 1980
|''[[Seems Like Old Times (film)|Seems Like Old Times]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1980
|''[[Ordinary People]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1980
|''[[Gilda Live]]''

|
|
|-
| 1982
|''[[Sophie's Choice (film)|Sophie's Choice]]''
|
|
|-
| 1982
|''[[Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures|I Ought to Be in Pictures]]''
|
|
|-
| 1983
|''[[Romantic Comedy (1983 film)|Romantic Comedy]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1984
|''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1984 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1985
|''[[D.A.R.Y.L.]]''
|
|
|-
| 1985
|''[[A Chorus Line (film)|A Chorus Line]]''
|
|
|-
| 1987
|''When the Time Comes''
|
|
|-
| 1988
|''Sam Found Out: A Triple Play''
|
|
|-
| 1988
|''[[Little Nikita]]''
|
|
|-
| 1988
|''[[David (1988 film)|David]]''
|
|
|-
| 1989
|''[[The January Man]]''
|
|
|-
| 1989
|''[[Shirley Valentine (film)|Shirley Valentine]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1989
|''[[The Experts (1989 film)|The Experts]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1990
|''[[Women & Men: Stories of Seduction]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1991
|''[[Switched at Birth (1991 film)|Switched at Birth]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1991
|''[[Missing Pieces (1992 film)|Missing Pieces]]''
|
|
|-
| 1991
|''[[Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)|Frankie and Johnny]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 1994
|''[[Seasons of the Heart (1994 film)|Seasons of the Heart]]''
|
|
|-
| 1996
|''[[The Mirror Has Two Faces]]''
|
|
|-
| 2003
|''[[How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days]]''
|
|
|-
| 2009
|''[[The Informant!]]'' 
|
|
|-
| 2013
|''[[Behind the Candelabra]]''
|
| Posthumous release
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[EGOT|List of EGOT winners]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book| author-link=Denny Martin Flinn| last=Flinn| first=Denny Martin| year=1989| title=What They Did for Love: The Untold Story Behind the Making of "A Chorus Line"| publisher=Bantam| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qv85AQAAIAAJ&q=What+They+Did+for+Love:+The+Untold+Story+Behind+the+Making+of+%22A+Chorus+Line%22| isbn=978-0553345933}}
*{{cite book| last=Viagas| first=Robert| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=apLL5GAiuZoC&q=On+the+Line%E2%80%94+The+Creation+of+%22A+Chorus+Line%22| year=2006| title=On the Line— The Creation of "A Chorus Line"| publisher=Limelight Editions| edition=2nd| isbn=978-0879103361}}
*{{cite book| last=Kelly| first=Kevin| year=1990| title=One Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story| location=New York| publisher=Doubleday| isbn=978-0385261258| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whP0AAAAMAAJ&q=One+Singular+Sensation:+The+Michael+Bennett+Story}}
*{{cite book| last=Mandelbaum| first=Ken| year=1990| title="A Chorus Line" and the Musicals of Michael Bennett| url=https://archive.org/details/choruslinemus00mand| publisher=St Martins Press| location=New York| isbn=978-0312030612| url-access=registration}}
*{{cite book| last=Hamlisch| first=Marvin| year=1992| title=The Way I Was| url=https://archive.org/details/wayiwas00haml| publisher=Scribner| edition=1st| isbn=978-0684193274| url-access=registration}}
*{{cite book| last=Stevens| first=Gary| year=1995| title=The Longest Line: Broadway's Most Singular Sensation: "A Chorus Line"| publisher=Applause Books| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uEreRwyNhMMC&q=editions:gr4Ir9YyxtUC| isbn=978-1557832214}}
*{{cite book| author-link=Ian David Marsden| last1=Marsden| first1=Ian David| author2=Marvin Hamlisch| author3=Gerald Gardner| date=February 28, 2020| title=Marvin: Based on The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch| publisher=Schiffer Publishing| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGljyAEACAAJ| isbn=978-0764359040}}

==External links==
{{Archival records|title=Marvin Hamlisch Papers|location= [[Library of Congress]]|description_URL=https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu024018}}
{{commons category|Marvin Hamlisch}}
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*[http://video.pbs.org/video/2365141872/ ''Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love'']&nbsp;— full video of biography film on PBS.org
*{{Find a Grave|94950638}}
*{{New York Times topic|people/h/marvin_hamlisch}}
*[https://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/marvin-hamlisch/ PBS article]
*[https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/pop/marvin-hamlisch Marvin Hamlisch and the Pittsburgh Pops] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911032127/https://sites.google.com/site/pittsburghmusichistory/pittsburgh-music-story/pop/marvin-hamlisch |date=2015-09-11 }}
*[http://www.marvinhamlisch.us www.marvinhamlisch.us]&nbsp;— Official site
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009mhyq Marvin Hamlisch] interview on BBC Radio 4 ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'', December 9, 1983

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