Lee Holdridge

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Lee Holdridge was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His mother is Puerto Rican and his father American. He spent his early years in Costa Rica, beginning music studies on the violin at the age of ten with Hugo Mariani, then the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica. At fifteen - now determined to be a composer - he moved to Boston to finish high school and study composition with Henry Lasker. Later, Holdridge moved to New York to continue his music studies and begin his professional career as a composer. While in New York, he wrote chamber works, rock pieces, songs, theater music and background scores for short films. Holdridge’s successes in New York came to the attention of Neil Diamond who brought Holdridge to Los Angeles to write arrangements for Diamond’s forthcoming albums. A string of gold and platinum hits followed, which led to Diamond and Holdridge collaborating on the film score for Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Since that time Holdridge has scored numerous film and T.V. hits including films such as Splash, Big Business, Mr. Mom, Micki & Maude,16 Days Of Glory, The Other Side Of The Mountain Pt. II, Mustang Country, The Beastmaster, Jeremy (Cannes Festival award winner), Sylvester, A Tigers’ Tale and El Pueblo Del Sol. T.V. shows include Moonlighting, Beauty and the Beast, the complete eight hour remake of East of Eden, The Tenth Man, Dreamer of Oz, Hallmark Hall Of Fame’s One Against the Wind and The Story Lady. Mr. Holdridge also scored the epi

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The Mists of Avalon (Original Television Soundtrack)

The Secret of NIMH 2

The Mists Of Avalon

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The Beastmaster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Holdridge Conducts Holdridge

Old Gringo

East of Eden (Original Soundtrack Recording)

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Old Gringo - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Splash

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The Other Side Of The Mountain Pt. 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Varese Sarabande: A 25th Anniversary Celebration

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