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Artist
Francis Hime
12+ albums
mpbBossa Novabrasilbrazilbrazilian
about
Francis Hime (b. 31 Aug 1939, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), started playing and studying piano when he was only six years old, forced by his mother. Despite his initial protests, his hobby became a pleasure. He made his way as a good songwriter and pop arranger. He wrote Sinfonia no. 1, Carnavais para Coro Misto e Orquestra, Fantasia para Piano e Orquestra, Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro de São Sebastião, and later released Ópera do Futebol. Married to Olivia Hime and father to three daughters, Francis lived in LA in the 70s, where took courses with great names of movie scores, like Hugo Friedhofer, David Raksin, Lalo Schiffrin and, by suggestion from the latter, he learned composition with Paul Glass. He composed the soundtracks for many movies, such as Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (by Bruno Barreto), Lição de Amor (directed by Eduardo Escorel (both of which earned him the Coruja de Ouro and Kikito awards), A Noiva da Cidade (by Alex Vianny), among others. As one of the great names of the Brazilian music, Francis worked alongside Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento, Roberto Carlos, Tony Bennett and Bill Evans. Sites: Discogs, En.Wikipedia and Pt.Wikipedia User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
