Biography
Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is an American composer, primarily for film and television. Some of his best known scores include Mr. Mom (1983), Splash (1984), and Moonlighting (1985-89).
Awards & recognition
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards · 2015
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Music Direction and Composition · 2005
- Daytime Emmy Award — Outstanding Music Direction and Composition · 2000
- Sports Emmy Awards · 1998
- News and Documentary Emmy Awards · 1991
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- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics · 1989
- ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards · 1988
- News and Documentary Emmy Awards · 1988
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) · 1988
- Emmy Award
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special · 1990 · nominated
- CableACE Award · 1988 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music · 1988 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics · 1985 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Moonlighting
Freedom
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Beauty and the Beast
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory
16 Days of Glory
The Brooke Ellison Story
The Long Way Home
The Tuskegee Airmen
Call Of The Wild
Jeremy
Heidi
Against the Tide
In Search of Peace
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
American Pop
The Pack
The Tenth Man
Beverly Lewis' The Confession
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Buffalo Girls
The Whipping Boy
Spring Awakening
Mr. Mom
10.5
Replacing Dad
The Giant of Thunder Mountain
Big Business
The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II
Nagano ’98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory
Her Own Rules
Calgary ’88: 16 Days of Glory
Splash
A Caribbean Mystery
The Beastmaster
A Christmas Memory
I'll Take Manhattan
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
The Shunning
By Dawn's Early Light
Joshua's Heart
Mahogany
Take Me Home: The John Denver Story
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Born in East L.A.
She Cried No
The Yearling
The Best Legs in Eighth Grade
Old Gringo