Randy Edelman

Randy Edelman born June 10 1947 is an American musician producer and composer for film and television He began his career as a member of Broadways pit orchestras and later went on to produce solo albums for songs that were picked up by leading music performers including The Carpenters Barry Manilow and Dionne Warwick He is known for his work in comedy films He has been awarded many prestigious awards including two nominations for a Golden Globe Award a BAFTA Award and twelve BMI Awards Edelman was given an honorary doctorate in fine arts by the University of Cincinnati in 2004 Some of Edelmans best known films scores include Twins Kindergarten Cop Beethoven Gettysburg The Mask Dragonheart Daylight and xXx He also wrote the theme of the popular television series MacGyver Many of his musical pieces have been reused in television advertising trailers Disney movies and award shows Description above from the Wikipedia article Randy Edelman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia