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Ed Kleban(1939-1987)

  • Music Department
  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Ed Kleban was born on 30 April 1939 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was a composer, known for A Chorus Line (1985), Meet Dave (2008) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005). He died on 28 December 1987 in New York, New York, USA.
BornApril 30, 1939
DiedDecember 28, 1987(48)
BornApril 30, 1939
DiedDecember 28, 1987(48)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

A Chorus Line (1985)
A Chorus Line
6.2
  • Music Department(as Edward Kleban)
  • 1985
Eddie Murphy in Meet Dave (2008)
Meet Dave
5.1
  • Soundtrack(as Edward Kleban)
  • 2008
Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively, Amber Tamblyn, and America Ferrera in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
6.5
  • Soundtrack
  • 2005
Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Jonathan Morgan Heit, and Laura Ann Kesling in Bedtime Stories (2008)
Bedtime Stories
6.0
  • Soundtrack(as Edward Kleban)
  • 2008

Credits

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Music Department

  • Michael Bennett, Nicholas Dante, James Kirkwood, Jeremy Lucas, Michael Bennett, Rennie Cowan, Erin McClain, Mariano Foulquie, Susie Ross, John Wusah, Aizhan Lighg, Sarah Halstead, Chance Taylor, Victoria Renee Hand, Steven Rada, Sheldon Chaney, Lisa Marie, Sydney True, Kara Mann, J.D. Morabito, and Christine Achico in A Chorus Line (2016)
    A Chorus Line
    4.4
    • lyrics (as Edward Kleban)
    • 2016
  • A Chorus Line (1991)
    A Chorus Line
    8.1
    Video
    • stock music
    • 1991
  • A Chorus Line (1985)
    A Chorus Line
    6.2
    • lyricist (as Edward Kleban)
    • 1985
  • Vanities
    TV Movie
    • original song: lyrics
    • 1977

Composer

  • Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me (1997)
    Sesame Street: 123 Count with Me
    7.9
    Video
    • Composer
    • 1997

Soundtrack

  • Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie in A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025)
    A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
    6.0
    • writer: "One" (as Edward Kleban)
    • 2025
  • Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 2 (2025)
    Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 2
    7.8
    TV Special
    • writer: "Nothing"
    • 2025
  • The 77th Annual Tony Awards (2024)
    The 77th Annual Tony Awards
    5.9
    TV Special
    • lyrics: "What I Did for Love"
    • 2024
  • Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 1 (2024)
    Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 1
    TV Special
    • lyrics: "One"
    • 2024
  • Thomas Sanders in Sanders Shorts (2013)
    Sanders Shorts
    7.4
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "I Can Do That"
    • 2023
  • Patton Oswalt, Felicia Day, Baron Vaughn, Jonah Ray, and Hampton Yount in Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017)
    Mystery Science Theater 3000
    8.1
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "One"
    • lyrics: "I Hope I Get It" (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 2017–2022
  • Escena en blanco y negro (2020)
    Escena en blanco y negro
    8.5
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "What I Did for Love"
    • 2020
  • Tot es mou (2018)
    Tot es mou
    4.5
    TV Series
    • lyrics: "Sing!"
    • 2020
  • Premios Goya 34 edición (2020)
    Premios Goya 34 edición
    6.4
    TV Special
    • lyrics: "One (Reprise)"
    • 2020
  • Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
    Strictly Come Dancing
    6.1
    TV Series
    • writer: "One" (uncredited)
    • 2016
  • My Dead Boyfriend (2016)
    My Dead Boyfriend
    4.8
    • writer: "One" (as Edward Kleban)
    • 2016
  • Brian McFadden in Who's Doing the Dishes? (2014)
    Who's Doing the Dishes?
    3.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "One" (uncredited)
    • 2016
  • Bill Barretta, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, Dave Goelz, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Steve Whitmire, and Eric Jacobson in Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
    Muppets Most Wanted
    6.4
    • writer: "I Hope I Get It" (as Edward Kleban)
    • 2014
  • The 67th Annual Tony Awards (2013)
    The 67th Annual Tony Awards
    8.0
    TV Special
    • lyrics: "I Like to Be on a TV Show / You Gotta Get a Series / Television Sucks / What I Did for Love"
    • 2013
  • Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Matthew Morrison, Cory Monteith, Dianna Agron, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Amber Riley, and Heather Elizabeth Morris in Glee (2009)
    Glee
    6.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "At the Ballet"
    • lyrics: "Sing!"
    • lyrics: "What I Did for Love" (uncredited, uncredited, uncredited)
    • 2010–2013

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Edward Kleban
  • Born
    • April 30, 1939
    • Bronx, New York, USA
  • Died
    • December 28, 1987
    • New York, New York, USA(mouth cancer)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Won Broadway's 1976 Tony Award as Best Score, his lyrics with Marvin Hamlisch's music, for "A Chorus Line." In 2001, he was nominated posthumously for Best Original Musical Score, music and lyrics, for the biographical :A Class Act."

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