Lee Holdridge
| Lee Holdridge | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 3, 1944 Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Occupation | Composer, orchestrator |
| Spouse(s) | Elisa Justice |
| Relatives | Leslie Holdridge (father) |
Lee Elwood Holdridge (born March 3, 1944) is an American composer and orchestrator.
Holdridge was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, of a Puerto Rican mother and an American father, Leslie Holdridge, a botanist and climatologist.
While living in Costa Rica, at age ten, he studied the violin with Hugo Mariani, who was at the time the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica. He then moved to Boston, where he finished high school and studied composition with Henry Lasker.
As an adult, Holdridge moved to New York City to continue his music studies and begin his career as a professional composer. There, he composed chamber works, rock pieces, songs, theater music and background scores for short films, and eventually came to Neil Diamond's notice. Diamond then brought Holdridge with him to Los Angeles to write arrangements for his forthcoming albums. After several gold and platinum hits, the two collaborated on the Grammy Award winning film score for Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
Holdridge has composed and orchestrated for many films, including Jeremy (1973),Mustang Country (1976), The Pack (1977), The Other Side of the Mountain Part 2 (1978), Like Mom, Like Me (1978), Moment by Moment (1978), Tilt (1979), French Postcards (1979), American Pop (1981),The Day the Loving Stopped (1981), The Beastmaster (1982), Mr. Mom (1983), Splash (1984), Micki & Maude (1984), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985), The Men's Club (1986), A Tiger's Tale (1987), Big Business (1988), Old Gringo (1989), Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000),Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004) and Brothers at War (2009). He composed for several television series, including the 1976 western series Sara, East of Eden, The Mists of Avalon, American Family, The Brooke Ellison Story, Moonlighting, and Beauty and the Beast.
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