Galt MacDermot(1928-2018)

Composer
Music Department
Soundtrack

Galt MacDermot was born on 18 December 1928 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a composer, known for Hair (1979), Zodiac (2007) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was married to Marlene Bruynzeel. He died on 17 December 2018 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination

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Known for

Hair

7.5

Composer(music by)

1979

Zodiac

7.7

Soundtrack("Easy to Be Hard")

2007

Forrest Gump

8.8

Soundtrack("Aquarius")

1994

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

7.1

Soundtrack("Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In")

2005

Credits

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Composer

The Age That Will Bury Us
Music Video
- Composer
- 2017
Hair: Let the Sun Shine In
- Composer
- 2007
Fehér tenyér
7.4
- Composer
- 2006
Tribeca
6.6
TV Series
- Composer
- 1993
Mistress
5.4
- Composer
- 1992
Riding the Rails
- Composer
- 1991
The Human Comedy
Video
- composer
- 1988
Tinamer
5.9
- Composer
- 1987
Staten Island: Unique New York
Short
- Composer
- 1986
Hair
7.5
- Composer (music by)
- 1979
The Moon Over the Alley
5.9
- Composer
- 1976
Rhinoceros
5.7
- Composer
- 1974
Woman Is Sweeter
- Composer
- 1973
Golden Apples of the Sun
2.0
- Composer (music composed by)
- 1973
Duffer
6.3
- Composer (as Galt MacDermott)
- 1972

Music Department

Soundtrack

Industry
7.4
TV Series
- writer: "Easy to Be Hard"
- 2024
Deadliest Catch
7.8
TV Series
- writer: "Down with the King"
- 2024
Elämäni Biisi
7.3
TV Series
- writer: "Aquarius"
- writer: "Let the Sunshine In"
- 2019–2023
Pain Hustlers
6.6
- writer: "The Truth"
- 2023
Ted Lasso
8.8
TV Series
- music: "Manchester England"
- 2023
Kiss the Future
7.6
- writer: "Aquarius"
- 2023
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley
7.8
TV Series
- writer: "Hair"
- 2022
Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
7.2
- writer: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"
- 2022
Call Jane
6.5
- writer: "Let The Sunshine In"
- 2022
Search Party
7.6
TV Series
- writer: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In"
- 2022
tick, tick... BOOM!
7.5
- writer: "The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In)"
- 2021
The Simpsons
8.7
TV Series
- writer: "Let the Sunshine In"
- writer: "Easy To Be Hard"
- writer: "Hair" (uncredited) ...
- 1992–2021
The Voyeurs
6.1
- performer: "Coffee Cold"
- writer: "Coffee Cold"
- 2021
American Dad!
7.4
TV Series
- writer: "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine in" (uncredited)
- 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
8.0
- writer: "Aquarius", "Let the Sunshine In"
- 2021

Personal details

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Official sites
- Artist's
- Broadway org.
Alternative name
- Galt MacDermott
Born
- December 18, 1928
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died
- December 17, 2018
- Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Marlene Bruynzeel1956 - December 19, 2018 (his death, 5 children)
Other works
Stage: Wrote music for "Hair" on Broadway, 1967. Book by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, produced by Joseph Papp.
Publicity listings
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Trivia
Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1969, for music of Best Musical nominee "Hair," and in 1972 as Composer of Best Score, with lyricist John Guare, for "Two Gentlemen of Verona."