Patrick Williams

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Patrick Moody Williams (born April 23, 1939 in Bonne Terre , Missouri - † July 25, 2018 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American composer .

Life

Patrick Moody Williams grew up in Connecticut and had two siblings. During his history studies at Duke University , he led the student jazz band Duke Ambassadors from 1959 to 1961 . He then studied composition and conducting at Columbia University . Before he moved to Los Angeles in 1968 to advance his film career, he was already a busy composer who wrote and arranged several jazz albums. As a composer, he has participated in more than 200 film and television productions, including various series such as Mary Tyler Moore , The Bob Newhart Show and The Streets of San Francisco .

For Frank Sinatra he conducted and arranged his albums Duets I and II . For the clarinetist Eddie Daniels Williams wrote A Concerto in Swing and saxophonist Tom Scott wrote Romances for the Jazz Soloist and Orchestra . His Theme For Earth Day was recorded by John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra .

Williams also worked as a music teacher and, for example, headed the Henry Mancini Institute for five years and was visiting professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Utah . He also received honorary doctorates from both Colorado and Duke .

Williams was married and had three children.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 1968: How Sweet It Is!
  • 1971: Evel Knievel
  • 1971: Panic in the Sky (Terror in the Sky)
  • 1973: Sssnake Kobra (SSSSSSS)
  • 1978: The Narrow Gauge Sniffer (Cheap Detective)
  • 1979: Explosion in Cuba (Cuba)
  • 1979: Four crazy guys - We can all make it, nobody can make us (Breaking Away)
  • 1980: Oh, Moses! (Wholly Moses!)
  • 1981: Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
  • 1981: The Princess and the Cabbie
  • 1982: The most beautiful House of Pleasure in Texas (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
  • 1982: The playmate (The Toy)
  • 1983: Two of a Kind (Two of a Kind)
  • 1984: Attack is the best defense (Best Defense)
  • 1984: Offer mother - look for father (The Buddy System)
  • 1984: Solo for 2 (All of Me)
  • 1984: Swing Shift - temporary love (Swing Shift)
  • 1990: Cry-Baby
  • 1991: The Golden Cage (Daughters of Privilege)
  • 1991: Keeping Secrets
  • 1991: Jenny - I fight for my daughter (The Whereabouts of Jenny)
  • 1991: Day of Fear (In Broad Daylight)
  • 1992: The Fantastic Ghost Night (Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive)
  • 1992: Family Stress (Big Girls Don't Cry ... They Get Even)
  • 1992: Legacy of Lies
  • 1992: Jewels
  • 1992: Love and Ice (The Cutting Edge)
  • 1992: Back to the Streets of San Francisco
  • 1993: The blood revenge of Geronimo (Geronimo)
  • 1993: Taking the Heat
  • 1993: SOS over the Pacific (Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771)
  • 1994: Getting Gotti
  • 1994: ... and hope for love (The Gift of Love)
  • 1994: Blood on Black Silk (French Silk)
  • 1994: I fight for my child (Because Mommy Works)
  • 1994: Horror Beyond (Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics)
  • 1994: Daughters of Vengeance (Accidental Meeting)
  • 1994: Deadly Research (The Corpse Had a Familiar Face)
  • 1995: Countdown of Terror (OP Center)
  • 1995: Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
  • 1995: Your Daughter and My Husband (Betrayed: A Story of Three Women)
  • 1995: The Grass Harp (The Grass Harp)
  • 1995: Flames of Death (Her Hidden Truth)
  • 1995: Kingfish (Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long)
  • 1995: Stormchasers - In the eye of the storm (Stormchasers)
  • 1996: Dan and Jane: Our Dream Conquers Fear (A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story)
  • 1996: The Siege at Ruby Ridge
  • 1996: Jimmy's death - what came after? (After Jimmy)
  • 1996: Killing Friends (My Very Best Friend)
  • 1996: Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story
  • 1996: A Weekend in the Country
  • 1997: Sisters and Other Strangers
  • 1997: The Bible - Solomon (Salomon)
  • 1997: Ed McBain - The Decoy (Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave)
  • 1997: Heart Full of Rain
  • 1997: In the final analysis (Julian Po)
  • 1997: Murder Motive: Mother Knows Best
  • 1997: That Old Feeling (That Old Feeling)
  • 1997: Coming back from nowhere - daughter what did you do? (Childhood Sweetheart?)
  • 1998: A Knight in Camelot (A Knight in Camelot)
  • 1998: Hidden Feelings (A Change of Heart)
  • 1999: The Bible - Jesus (Jesus)
  • 1999: an unbeatable double (switching goals)
  • 1999: Ice Age - a marital war with consequences (A Cooler Climate)
  • 1999: Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story
  • 1999: Fatal past (A Murder on Shadow Mountain)
  • 1999: Flieg ins Licht, Maryann (A Song from the Heart)
  • 2000: The Three Stooges
  • 2000: Tears of Memory (Yesterday's Children)
  • 2001: Just Ask My Children
  • 2002: Just a Walk in the Park
  • 2003: Finding John Christmas (Finding John Christmas)
  • 2004: When Angels Come to Town
  • 2004: The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story

TV Shows

  • 1970–1977: Mary Tyler Moore (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) (168 episodes)
  • 1972-1977: The Streets of San Francisco (The Streets of San Francisco)
  • 1972–1977: The Bob Newhart Show (70 episodes)
  • 1973–1974: The Magician ( The Magician , 22 episodes)
  • 1977-1980: Lou Grant
  • 1977–1992: Columbo (9 episodes)
  • 1983-1985: After MASH
  • 1987–1991: The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (54 episodes)
  • 1995: Extreme - Life on the Edge (Extreme)
  • 2003: Monk (2 episodes)
  • 2005: Hercules (Hercules)

Awards

Oscar

Emmy

  • 1980: Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) for Lou Grant
  • 1982: Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) for The Princess and the Cabbie
  • 1993: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) Jewels
  • 2001: Outstanding Music and Lyrics for Tears of Memory

and 17 other Emmy nominations

Grammy Award

  • 1974: Best instrumental arrangement for Threshold
  • 1986: Best instrumental arrangement for Suite Memories

and 15 other Grammy nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jon Burlingname: Patrick Williams Dead: TV Composer What 79. In: variety.com . June 25, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018 .
  2. ^ About the SCL: Advisory Board: Patrick Williams. (No longer available online.) In: The Society of Composers & Lyricists. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018 ; accessed on September 12, 2019 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Patrick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Patrick Moody (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonne Terre , Missouri , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2018
Place of death Santa Monica , California