08/10/16 Alan and Marilyn Bergman – Celebrated Songwriters/Lyricists for TV Shows, Films and Musicals

Two of the world’s most distinguishedlyricists, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, have been contributing to the GreatAmerican Songbook for more than five decades. During their celebrated career, Alanand Marilyn’s songs have been nominated for sixteen Academy Awards, for which they have won three: "TheWindmills of Your Mind" in 1968, "The WayWe Were" in 1973, andthe score for "Yentl" in 1984. "Windmills"and "The Way We Were" alsoearned Golden Globe Awards, and "The Way We Were" earned two Grammys. The first songwriters to be nominatedfor three Academy Awards for BestSong out of the five nominated songs, 1983 brought them nominations for  "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"from "Best Friends;"  "ItMight Be You" from "Tootsie;” and  "If We Were In Love" from "Yes, Giorgio.” In 1984, they again received threenominations: for the score for “Yentl”(for which they were awarded the Oscar)and two for the songs, "TheWay He Makes Me Feel" and "Papa, Can You Hear Me?”  In 1995, they wrote the Golden Globe, Academy Award and Grammynominated song “Moonlight” performed by Sting in the Sydney Pollack film,“Sabrina.”  Amongtheir principal collaborators are Michel Legrand, Dave Grusin, Johnny Mandel,John Williams, Quincy Jones, James Newton Howard and the late Cy Coleman, HenryMancini and Marvin Hamlisch.Alan Marilyn’s long list of television credits includes the themesongs for "Maude," "Good Times," "Alice”, "Brooklyn Bridge “ and“In the Heat of the Night." They have received four EmmyAwards:  For the award-winning drama,"Sybil,” andfor the first made-for-TV dramatic musical, "Queen of the StardustBallroom”. Another for their original song “Ordinary Miracles”, fromthe HBO Special “Barbra Streisand: TheConcert.”  They won their fourth Emmy for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for “A Ticket to Dream” from AFI’s 100 Years100 Movies Special.  Among their songs are…  for Frank Sinatra “Nice ‘n’ Easy”, for RayCharles “In the Heat of the Night”, for Fred Astaire “ThatFace”, and “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers”,  “WhatAre You Doing the Rest of Your Life?", “So Many Stars”, “The Summer Knows”, “Where Do You Start?”,  “On MyWay to You”, “You Must Believe InSpring”, to name but a few. Alan and Marilyn arecurrently working on projects with Michel Legrand and playwright, JoshRavetch.  They have just completed twosongs with composer Dave Grusin.  “HurryHome” for the film “Max Rose” premiering this month and “JustGetting Started” for the “Vitality After 90” film to be released later thisyear.