Galt MacDermot(1928-2018)

Composer
Music Department
Soundtrack

Galt MacDermot was born on 18 December 1928 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was a composer, known for Hair (1979), Zodiac (2007) and Forrest Gump (1994). He was married to Marlene Bruynzeel. He died on 17 December 2018 in Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA.

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Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

Hair

7.5

Composer

1979

Zodiac

7.7

Soundtrack

2007

Forrest Gump

8.8

Soundtrack

1994

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

7.1

Soundtrack

2005

Credits

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Composer

The Age That Will Bury Us
Music Video
- Composer
- 2017
Hair: Let the Sun Shine In
7.4
- Composer
- 2007
Fehér tenyér
7.4
- Composer
- 2006
Tribeca
6.4
TV Series
- Composer
- 1993
Mistress
5.4
- Composer
- 1992
Riding the Rails
- Composer
- 1991
The Human Comedy
Video
- composer
- 1988
Tinamer
6.1
- Composer
- 1987
Staten Island: Unique New York
Short
- Composer
- 1986
Hair
7.5
- music by
- 1979
The Moon Over the Alley
5.8
- Composer
- 1976
Rhinoceros
5.7
- Composer
- 1974
Woman Is Sweeter
- Composer
- 1973
Golden Apples of the Sun
2.1
- music composed by
- 1973
Richard
6.3
- Composer
- 1972

Music Department

Soundtrack

Show Tunes at the BBC: Volume 3
TV Special
- writer: "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In"
- 2026
DTF St. Louis
7.3
TV Mini Series
- writer: "Let the Sunshine In"
- 2026
Pluribus
7.9
TV Series
- writer: "Aquarius"
- 2025
The Running Man
6.3
- performer: "Coffee Cold"
- writer: "Coffee Cold"
- 2025
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
6.8
TV Series
- performer: "Golden Apples, Pt. II"
- writer: "Golden Apples, Pt. II"
- 2025
Industry
7.5
TV Series
- writer: "Easy to Be Hard"
- 2024
Kaos
7.4
TV Series
- writer: "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)"
- 2024
Deadliest Catch
7.8
TV Series
- writer: "Down with the King"
- 2024
Armand
6.1
- performer: "By The Sea"
- writer: "By The Sea"
- 2024
Elämäni Biisi
7.3
TV Series
- writer: "Aquarius"
- writer: "Let the Sunshine In"
- 2019–2023
Sanders Shorts
7.4
TV Series
- music: "Aquarius"
- 2023
Pain Hustlers
6.6
- writer: "The Truth"
- 2023
Ted Lasso
8.7
TV Series
- music: "Manchester England"
- 2023
Kiss the Future
7.6
- writer: "Aquarius"
- 2023
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley
7.7
TV Series
- writer: "Hair"
- 2022

Personal details

Official sites
- Artist's
- Broadway org.
Alternative name
- Galt MacDermott
Born
- December 18, 1928
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died
- December 17, 2018
- Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Marlene Bruynzeel1956 - December 19, 2018 (his death, 5 children)
Other works
Stage: Wrote music for "Hair" on Broadway, 1967. Book by James Rado and Gerome Ragni, produced by Joseph Papp.
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
Was twice nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1969, for music of Best Musical nominee "Hair," and in 1972 as Composer of Best Score, with lyricist John Guare, for "Two Gentlemen of Verona."