A friend of mine recently said that one of his favorite songs by composer John Williams is the main title of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. He was surprised when I told him, “Actually, Michael Kamen did the music for that movie.” My friend didn’t believe me at first, even though he knows I’m a serious movie buff. So he looked it up on IMDb, and sure enough Kamen’s name came up as the composer of that film. He didn’t understand why he had never heard of that composer before. That inspired me to write this article because I hate for a great musician to go unnoticed.
Too few people know about Michael Kamen and his large body of work. He should be synonymous with superb action-movie music, having scored the first three Die Hard films, all of the Lethal Weapon films, and even the first X-Men. He died in 2003 at the far-too-young age of 55. I’m going to celebrate his incredible work and show you why he is the best film composer you’ve probably never heard of before. Continue reading
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