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Michael Small is a Sound American born on 30 may 1939 at New York City (USA)

Michael Small

Michael Small
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Nationality USA
Birth 30 may 1939 at New York City (USA)
Death 24 november 2003 (at 64 years) at New York City (USA)

Michael Small (May 30, 1939 – November 24, 2003) was an American film score composer best known for his scores to thriller movies such as The Parallax View, Marathon Man, and The Star Chamber. Relatively few of his scores are available on compact disc. Michael Small died at the age of 64 from prostate cancer.

Best films

Marathon Man (1976)
(Original Music Composer)
Klute (1971)
(Original Music Composer)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
(Original Music Composer)
The Driver (1978)
(Conductor)

Usually with

Bob Rafelson
Bob Rafelson
(4 films)
George Butler
George Butler
(2 films)
Ann Roth
Ann Roth
(5 films)
Martin Brest
Martin Brest
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Michael Small (47 films)

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Sound

The Revolutionary, 1h40
Genres Documentary
Themes Political films
Actors Jon Voight, Seymour Cassel, Robert Duvall, Collin Wilcox, Jennifer Salt
Rating55% 2.760862.760862.760862.760862.76086
The film deals with campus life and protests during the Vietnam War.
South Pacific, 2h15
Directed by Richard Pearce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Téléfilm musical
Actors Glenn Close, Harry Connick, Rade Šerbedžija, Jack Thompson, Natalie Mendoza, Ilene Graff
Rating58% 2.9001752.9001752.9001752.9001752.900175
L'histoire se passe durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans le Pacifique. Glenn Close joue le rôle d'une infirmière qui tombe amoureuse d'un cultivateur français (Rade Šerbedžija).
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, 1h37
Directed by George Butler
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about historical events
Actors Liam Neeson, Brian d'Arcy James
Rating77% 3.887053.887053.887053.887053.88705
After failing to be the first to reach the South pole by only 97 miles in 1909, Shackleton set out to be the first to cross the Antarctic continent via the pole. The expedition met disastrous results when its ship became trapped and ultimately crushed in the ice pack. Shackleton and his 28-man crew endured the long polar winter before ultimately finding rescue following an 800-mile open boat voyage on the Weddell sea. Against all odds, the entire crew of The Endurance survived. Frank Hurley's original film footage was used by Butler along with interviews of surviving relatives to present the story of Shackleton's expedition.
The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery, 1h40
Directed by Bill Duke
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, Bill Smitrovich, Mimi Kuzyk, Colin Fox, Saul Rubinek
Rating74% 3.734743.734743.734743.734743.73474
The voice of Archie Goodwin (Timothy Hutton) introduces us to the seventh-of-a-ton master sleuth Nero Wolfe (Maury Chaykin) — "a man who thinks he's the world's greatest detective. Truth being, he is." Wolfe lives in an opulent Manhattan brownstone on West 35th Street, where he enjoys reading, the cultivation of rare orchids, beer, and fine food prepared by his resident chef, Fritz Brenner (Colin Fox). The brownstone is also home to Archie, Wolfe's confidential assistant and legman, whose responsibilities include goading his sedentary boss into working occasionally to replenish the coffers.
Into My Heart, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Rob Morrow, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Jayne Brook, Sebastian Roché
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59% 2.997662.997662.997662.997662.99766
Poodle Springs, 1h40
Directed by Bob Rafelson
Origin USA
Genres Noir, Crime
Actors James Caan, Dina Meyer, David Keith, Tom Bower, Joe Don Baker, Michael Laskin
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating59% 2.9984452.9984452.9984452.9984452.998445
In 1963, an aging Philip Marlowe (James Caan) is newly married to young socialite Laura Parker (Dina Meyer). The private investigator leaves his Los Angeles apartment behind and sets up a new base of operations in Poodle Springs, an upscale community in the desert a couple hours from L.A. (a parody of Palm Springs), where he and his wife intend to live.
Wagons East!, 1h47
Directed by Peter Markle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Actors John Candy, Abraham Benrubi, Richard Lewis, John C. McGinley, Ellen Greene, Russell Means
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating48% 2.4019452.4019452.4019452.4019452.401945
In the 1860s Wild West, a group of misfit settlers including ex-doctor Phil Taylor (Lewis), prostitute Belle (Ellen Greene), and homosexual bookseller Julian (John C. McGinley) decide they cannot live in their current situation in the west, so they hire a grizzled alcoholic wagon master by the name of James Harlow (Candy) to take them on a journey back to their hometowns in the East. This leads to comedic exploits when the drunken wagon master leads them into Sioux territory and they are pursued by the cavalry. They also have to contend with hired gunslingers who have been sent by railroad magnates to stop the journey in fear of bad publicity of the west, and their discovery that Harlow had been part of the infamous Donner Party.
Consenting Adults, 1h35
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller, Lady Day-Lewis, E. G. Marshall, Forest Whitaker
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating56% 2.847882.847882.847882.847882.84788
Composer Richard Parker and his wife Priscilla live an ordinary suburban life until they meet their new neighbors Eddy and Kay Otis. The two couples became friends. Kay's talent for blues singing gets Richard's attention, and Eddy is attracted to Priscilla. It becomes clear that Eddy is a scam artist who fakes a neck injury after an auto accident for the insurance proceeds, the majority of which he offers to the Parkers as a gift. Eddy chastises Richard for not living dangerously, and suggests they swap mates for an evening.
Mobsters
Mobsters (1991)
, 1h56
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Adventure, Musical, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, Michael Gambon, Anthony Quinn
Roles Music
Rating59% 2.952572.952572.952572.952572.95257
This highly dramatized film focuses primarily on Luciano and Lansky. They start as young men victimized by the current mafia. They rise from petty criminals and bootleggers to push aside the old guard of the Mafia and eventually establish The Commission, which set up the New York Mafia into five separate families. Bugsy Siegel (Richard Grieco) and Frank Costello (Costas Mandylor) control the physical elements of the operation, while Lucky Luciano (Christian Slater) and Meyer Lansky (Patrick Dempsey) bring up the business end.
Mountains of the Moon, 2h16
Directed by Bob Rafelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Patrick Bergin, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant, Fiona Shaw, Roshan Seth, John Savident
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating70% 3.542963.542963.542963.542963.54296
Exploratory adventures of 1857, Sir Richard Burton (Patrick Bergin) and John Henning Speke (Iain Glen), try to discover the true source of the Nile river.
American Dream, 1h40
Directed by Barbara Kopple
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating77% 3.8860353.8860353.8860353.8860353.886035
The film is centered on unionized meatpacking workers at Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota between 1985 and 1986. Hormel had cut the hourly wage from $10.69 to $8.25 and cut benefits by 30 percent despite posting a net profit of $30 million. The local union (P-9) opposed the cut, but the national union, the United Food and Commercial Workers, disagreed with their strategy.
See You in the Morning, 1h59
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jeff Bridges, Alice Krige, Farrah Fawcett, Drew Barrymore, Lukas Haas, David Dukes
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating58% 2.9030852.9030852.9030852.9030852.903085
While Beth Goodwin (Alice Krige) is a happily married mother of two children, living with a pianist (David Dukes), psychiatrist Larry Livingstone (Jeff Bridges) is living in New York with wife Jo (Farrah Fawcett) and their two young children. Three years later, Beth’s husband Peter suddenly becomes paralyzed in his hands and commits suicide, leaving Beth and the children heartbroken. Larry is abandoned by his wife and two children, who have moved to London since the split.
1969
1969 (1988)
, 1h35
Directed by Ernest Thompson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Robert Downey Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Winona Ryder, Mariette Hartley, Bruce Dern, Joanna Cassidy
Roles Music
Rating56% 2.8497052.8497052.8497052.8497052.849705
The boys (Robert Downey, Jr. and Kiefer Sutherland) arrive on Easter morning and shout their greetings across the glen to their family during a lakeside Easter Sunrise service, much to the amusement of Ralph's younger sister Beth (Winona Ryder) and mother Ev (Joanna Cassidy) and embarrassment of Scott's mother Jessie (Mariette Hartley) and father Cliff (Bruce Dern).
Jaws: The Revenge, 1h29
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about sharks, Natural horror films, Mise en scène d'un poisson
Actors Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Caine, Karen Young, Judith Barsi
Roles Music Arranger
Rating30% 1.5107251.5107251.5107251.5107251.510725
On Amity Island, Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), the hero of two previous shark attacks, has died from a heart attack. His wife, Ellen (Lorraine Gary), attributes it to the fear of sharks. She now lives with Brody's younger and more obedient son Sean (Mitchell Anderson) and his fiancée Tiffany (Mary Smith). Sean works as a police deputy and is sent to clear a log from a buoy a few days before Christmas. A massive 25-foot great white shark attacks him, severing his arm, then pulling him underwater and killing him.
Orphans
Orphans (1987)
, 1h55
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about children, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Albert Finney, Matthew Modine, Kevin Anderson, John Kellogg, Novella Nelson, Anthony Heald
Roles Original Music Composer
Rating64% 3.2434853.2434853.2434853.2434853.243485
Brothers Treat (Matthew Modine) and Philip (Kevin Anderson) have lived alone since they were kids when a small-time criminal enters their lives. Living without a father, the orphaned brothers subsist off the proceeds of petty theft in a run-down North Philadelphia row house. One night he kidnaps an enigmatic rich man, played by Finney, who becomes the kind of father figure the boys have always longed for.