Danny Sembello
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Birth name | Daniel Sembello |
Born | (1963-01-15)January 15, 1963 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | August 15, 2015(2015-08-15) (aged 52) Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, U.S. |
Genres | R&B, soul, synthpop, pop, funk |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards, synthesizers, drums, percussion, guitar, bass |
Years active | 1981–2015 |
Labels | MCA |
Daniel Sembello (January 15, 1963 – August 15, 2015) was an American songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist.
He produced recordings by artists including George Benson and Pebbles, and he had his compositions recorded by Chaka Khan, Jeffrey Osborne, Patti LaBelle (the hit single "Stir It Up"), Irene Cara, René & Angela, and The Pointer Sisters (the hit single "Neutron Dance"). In 1986, he won a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, for his contributions to the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack. He was the brother of Michael Sembello.
Danny Sembello drowned in the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia, on August 15, 2015.[1] He was first reported missing after he went for a swim during a music festival in Manayunk.[2]
References
External links
- Danny & Michael Sembello Official Website Archived 2018-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Danny Sembello at IMDb
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- No Award (1958)
- Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959)
- Exodus – Ernest Gold (1960)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1961)
- No Award (1962)
- Tom Jones – John Addison (1963)
- Mary Poppins – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1964)
- The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1965)
- Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1966)
- Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1967)
- The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1968)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969)
- Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1970)
- Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971)
- The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972)
- Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973)
- The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1974)
- Jaws – John Williams (1975)
- Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1976)
- Star Wars – John Williams (1977)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1978)
- Superman – John Williams (1979)
- The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1980)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1981)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982)
- Flashdance – Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello & Shandi Sinnamon (1983)
- Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1984)
- Beverly Hills Cop – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis (1985)
- Out of Africa – John Barry (1986)
- The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1987)
- The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1988)
- The Fabulous Baker Boys – Dave Grusin (1989)
- Glory – James Horner (1990)
- Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1991)
- Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1992)
- Aladdin – Alan Menken (1993)
- Schindler's List – John Williams (1994)
- Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1995)
- Independence Day – David Arnold (1996)
- The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1997)
- Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1998)
- A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (1999)
- American Beauty – Thomas Newman (2000)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2003)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004)
- Ray – Craig Armstrong (2005)
- Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2006)
- Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2007)
- The Dark Knight – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2008)
- Up – Michael Giacchino (2009)
- Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2010)
- The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2011)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2012)
- Skyfall – Thomas Newman (2013)
- The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2014)
- Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2015)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2016)
- La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2017)
- Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2018)
- Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
- Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020)
- The Queen's Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera / Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2021)
- Encanto – Germaine Franco (2022)
- Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson (2023)
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