Van Dyke Parks (b. 1943)

Birthplace:
Hattiesburg - Mississippi - USA

Born:
January 3, 1943

Van Dyke Parks is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks.

Additional information:

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Additional Music:
2010  Ceremony

Conductor:
1980  Popeye
2010  Ceremony

Music:
1980  Popeye
1985  Follow That Bird
1986  Darlin' Clementine
1986  Ponce de Leon
1989  Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
2000  Harlan County War
2002  Charms for the Easy Life
2002  Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2003  The Company
2010  Ceremony

Music Consultant:
1980  Popeye
1983  Jack and the Beanstalk
1985  Follow That Bird
1986  Darlin' Clementine
1986  Ponce de Leon
1989  Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
2000  Harlan County War
2002  Charms for the Easy Life
2002  Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2003  The Company
2010  Ceremony

Music Director:
1980  Popeye
1983  Jack and the Beanstalk
1983  Little Red Riding Hood
1985  Follow That Bird
1986  Darlin' Clementine
1986  Ponce de Leon
1989  Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
2000  Harlan County War
2002  Charms for the Easy Life
2002  Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2003  The Company
2010  Ceremony

Original Music Composer:
1978  Goin' South
1980  Popeye
1983  Jack and the Beanstalk
1983  Little Red Riding Hood
1985  Follow That Bird
1986  Club Paradise
1986  Darlin' Clementine
1986  Ponce de Leon
1987  Rented Lips
1988  Casual Sex?
1988  Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1989  Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1990  Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
1990  The Two Jakes
1992  Out on a Limb
1994  Next Door
1994  One Christmas
1995  Wild Bill
1996  Bastard Out of Carolina
1996  The Summer of Ben Tyler
1997  Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
1997  Oliver Twist
1998  A Chance of Snow
1998  Barney's Great Adventure
1998  Noah
1998  Shadrach
1999  Border Line
2000  Harlan County War
2001  Call Me Claus
2001  In the Time of the Butterflies
2001  The Ponder Heart
2002  Charms for the Easy Life
2002  Monday Night Mayhem
2002  Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
2003  The Company
2004  The Adventures of Ociee Nash
2008  Dark Matter
2010  Ceremony

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