Tom Snow

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Thomas Righter "Tom" Snow (* 1947 in Princeton , New Jersey ) is an American songwriter , composer and pianist who was nominated twice for an Oscar and has won numerous music awards.

Life

In 1965, Snow was a student at Berklee College of Music in Boston , hoping for a career as a jazz pianist. Four years later, he made his bachelor's degree in music composition as the second best in his class. While he still wanted to be a jazz pianist, he also had the goal of building a career writing songs. In the summer of 1969, he went to California and found a job at Viscount Records in Santa Monica . Together with another colleague Michael Fondiler, he wrote songs in the field of folk music for clubs and small restaurants. Both were discovered by Michael O'Bryant and got an album contract with Clean Records, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records. Their LP Country was released a year later . In 1975 he wrote his two solo albums Taking I All in Stride and Tom Snow at Capitol Records, where Snow was now under contract, and in 1982 his last solo album Hungry Nights (Clive Davis Arista Records).

In 1977 Snow wrote the two songs Thunder in My Heart and Gettin 'Ready for Love for the television series Top of the Pops and gradually switched to writing songs for others. That same year he received his first BMI Airplay award for the song You , which Snow wrote for his first Capitol album and which was sung by Rita Coolidge , and which became a top 40 hit for the singer. The success of this song marked the beginning of Snow's career as a songwriter. For the next 25 years he worked with a variety of artists in and around Hollywood who are among the best in their genre. He also worked for film and television and composed the music for the Broadway musical Footloose . Snow worked several times with the British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John and the magician David Copperfield .

Snow has won numerous awards and has been nominated for many, including an Oscar , a Grammy , an Emmy, and a Tony Award . Numerous BMI awards for his songs are also among his awards. At the 1985 Academy Awards , he and Dean Pitchford were nominated for an Oscar in the “Best Song” category with the song Let's Hear It for the Boy from the dance film Footloose . However, the Oscar went to Stevie Wonder and the song I Just Called to Say I Love You from Gene Wilder's comedy The Woman in Red . In 1986 Snow won the prestigious Robert J. Burton Award for BMI Most Performed Country Song of the Year, Do Not Call It Love , sung by Dolly Parton .

In 1990 Snow was nominated again for an Oscar, again together with Dean Pitchford. For the comedy film A Heavenly Lover , they wrote the song After All . Howard Ashman and Alan Menken and the song Under the Sea from the cartoon Ariel, the Mermaid emerged as winners from the Oscar election .

The Internet Movie Database lists 72 films in the Soundtrack section on which Snow collaborated. In 2000 the artist was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Berklee. Snow lives with his wife Mary Belle in Montecito , California.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1977: Top of the Pops (TV series, writer for Thunder in My Heart , Gettin 'Ready for Love )
  • 1980: Olivia Newton-John (TV special, writer for Deeper Than the Night )
  • 1980: The Midnight Special (TV series, writer for He's So Shy )
  • 1982: Olivia Newton-John: Let's Get Physical (TV movie, Recovery writer , Make a Move On Me )
  • 1983: Bette Midler No Frills (TV movie, writer for All I Need to Know )
  • 1983: Two of a Kind ( Two of a Kind , lyricist of Livin 'in Desperate Times )
  • 1984: Footloose (Music: Let's Hear It for the Boy , Text Somebody's Eyes )
  • 1984: Olivia Newton-John: Twist of Fate (short video; writer for Livin 'in Desperate )
  • 1985: The Magic of David Copperfield VII: Familiares (TV special; writer: Let's Hear it for the Boys )
  • 1986: Fame (TV series, Come What May writer )
  • 1986: Again like last night ( About Last Night ... ; writer of So Far, so Good , Natural Love )
  • 1988: Oliver & Co. (Music: Streets of Gold , also produced)
  • 1989: A Heavenly Lover ( Chances Are ); Music + Text: After All (Love theme by Chances Are )
  • 1989: Sing - The Brooklyn Story ( Sing ; lyricist of One More Time , We'll Never Say Goodbye , ? What's the Matter with Love , You Do not Have to Ask Me Twice )
  • 1990: Three Men and a Little Lady ( 3 Men and a Little Lady ; Music: Always Thinking of you , also produced)
  • 1991: The man of her dreams ( The Butcher's Wife ; Loves Moves in Mysterious Ways )
  • 1992: Darling, Now We Have a Giant Baby ( Honey, I Blew Up the Kid ; writer of Ours If We Want It )
  • 1992: Arielle, the Mermaid - Whale of a Tale (TV series; Music: Just a Little Love , You Gotta Be You )
  • 1992: Beverly Hills, 90210 - Destiny Rides Again (TV series; lyricist for Time To Be Lovers )
  • 1993: Melrose Place - Three's a Crowd (TV series; writer for Time To Be Lovers )
  • 1993: Die Abservierer ( Another Stakeout ; lyricist of Love Has a Mind of Its Own )
  • 1995: Goofy - The Film ( A Goofy Movie ); Arrangement and music: After Today , On the Open Road , Nobody Else But You , soloist and producer: After Today
  • 1997: Selena - An American Dream ( Selena ; copywriter of Dreaming of You )
  • 1998: Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Honor to Us All (short video; music: We Are One , On the Open Road )
  • 1998: The Lion King 2 - Simba's Kingdom ( The Lion King II: Simba's Pride ; lyricist for We Are One , One of US , Love Will Find A Way )
  • 2000: Distinguished Alumnus Award from Berklee
  • 2001: Ally McBeal - Reach Out and Touch (TV series; writer for Somewhere Down the Road)
  • 2002: Will & Grace - A Chorus Lie (TV series; writer of Let's Hear It for the Boy )
  • 2003: Bruce Almighty ( Bruce Almighty ; writer of Don't Know Much )
  • 2003: Scrubs - My Lucky Night ( Scrubs , television series; Don't Know Much writer )
  • 2004: Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights ( Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights ; writer by El Beso Del Fina l)
  • 2004: 20th Century Masters: The Best of Olivia Newton-John - The DVD Collection (video; writer from Deeper Than the Night )
  • 2006: American Dad - The American Dad After School Special (animated series; writer for Let's Hear It For the Boy )
  • 2007: Olivia Newton-John and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Live at the Sydney Opera House (lyricist of Make A Move On Me )
  • 2009-2014: Dancing on Ice (5 episodes; writer of Let's Hear It for the Boy , Don't Know Much )
  • 2011: Footloose (lyricist of Let's Hear It for the Boy )
  • 2013: Words and Pictures (Copywriter for You Bring The Sun Out )
  • 2014: Strictly Come Dancing - Week 9 (TV series; writer for Let's Hear It for the Boy )

Awards (selection)

  • 1985: Grammy Awards , nomination in the category “Best Album of Instrumental Score written for a Motion Picture or Television Special” with Footloose
  • 1985: Oscar nomination for Let's Hear It for the Boy from Footloose
  • 1990: Oscar nomination for After All from A Heavenly Lover
  • 1990: Nomination for the Golden Globe Award together with Dean Pitchford for the song After All from A Heavenly Lover
  • 1990: BMI Film & TV Awards winner in the category “Most Performed Song from a Film” with the song After All (together with Dean Pitchford) from A Heavenly Lover and winner in the category BMI TV Music Award (together with Michael Leeson ) for the television series Grand
  • 1990: Grammy Awards, nomination in the category “Best Recording for Children” for the album Oliver & Company
  • 1998: Primetime Emmy Awards, Winner of the Emmy with Music to Fame LA
  • 1999: Annie Awards , nomination for Annie with The Lion King 2 - Simba's Kingdom

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The Songs of Tom Snow at tomsnowmusic.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Snow, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Snow, Thomas Righter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Princeton , New Jersey