RIP Marvin Hamlish

[Aceon6]

Only 68. He wrote much of the soundtrack of my grad school years. RIP.

[soxxy]

What a career. The Way Were and A Chorus Line come to mind first. RIP.

[orbitz]

"Nobody Does It Better" is one of my favorite songs. 68 is still way too young :(

[Jenny]

There's a skating connection - he composed the soundtrack for Ice Castles, including the theme song, Through the Eyes of Love.

So young.

[Karina1974]

He also had the honor of playing the overture for Groucho Marx when Groucho did his sold-out show at Carnegie Hall back in 1972.

[Wyliefan]

Aww. He was awesome. :( R.I.P.

[zaphyre14]

He will be missed, but thankfully his music lives on.

[Nan]

He was a huge talent and left us wonder music to remember him by. RIP. :(

[skatesindreams]

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/marvin-hamlisch-composer-of-a-chorus-line-dies-at-68/

He wrote the "soundtrack" for much of my early adulthood.
A prodigious pianist, he played the Ragtime pieces heard in "The Sting".

[PeterG]

I love his song The Last Time I Felt Like This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_1mpmVECA) as performed by Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor for the film Same Time Next Year (which starred Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn).

I also like the Barbra Streisand/Bryan Adams duet which he co-wrote, I Finally Found Someone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK4peuAODtc). :40beers:

[VALuvsMKwan]

I love his song The Last Time I Felt Like This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si_1mpmVECA) as performed by Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor for the film Same Time Next Year (which starred Alan Alda and Ellen Burstyn).



Johnny Mathis. :swoon: Jane Olivor. :swoon:

[victorskid]

I was certainly sad to hear of his sudden death. I had the privilege of seeing him perform live with the National Arts Centre Orchestra here in Ottawa quite a few years ago. His achievements were legion and his music will certainly live on :)

[Wiery]

Much too young! R.I.P. :(

[Eden]

R.I.P.
!יהי זכרו ברוך

[AxelAnnie]

Oh man. That is so sad. There is very little music he did that I didn't love.n And - AAHHHHH "Through the Eyes of Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIzPR8i9lcI)" from Ice Castles