Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is a successful composers of film scores.

Hamlisch was born in New York City to Vienna Jewish parents. His was a musical family with his father being an accordionist and bandleader. Mar

Marvin Hamlisch (born June 2, 1944) is a successful composers of film scores.

Hamlisch was born in New York City to Vienna Jewish parents. His was a musical family with his father being an accordionist and bandleader. Marvin Hamlisch was something of a child prodigy and by age five he began mimicking music he heard on the radio on the piano. At the age of seven he became the youngest person ever accepted to the Juilliard School. However anxiety issues kept him from pursuing a career as a concert pianist leading him to instead focus on composition, specifically for film and theater.