Tor Hyams
| Tor Hyams | |
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At Lollapalooza in April 2014
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| Born |
28 May 1969 New York City, New York |
| Occupation | Songwriter, Composer, Producer, Actor |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Children | 2 |
| Family | Mathieu Hyams (brother) |
Tor Hyams is a songwriter and Grammy nominated music producer.
Hyam's roster of artists include Joan Osborne, Edwin McCain, Vivian Campbell, Billy Gibbons, Lou Rawls, Rachel York, Lisa Loeb, Perry Farrell and Deborah Harry. Most recently, Hyams produced the Lisa St. Lou's album Ain't No Good Man.
Hyams now works as a musical theatre composer. His first musical, Greenwood, which was written with Adam LeBow, debuted at the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF). His second musical, Stealing Time, written with Lisa Rothauser, is now being developed for Broadway and has appeared at the Emerging Artists Theatre and the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival. Accolades in this field include the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and the Johnny Mercer Writer's Colony at Goodspeed Opera House. He is currently writing Green Acres, The Musical under commission and a new original work with John Cariani called LOVE. Who Knew?
Hyams has also worked on children's music, writing and producing the CD A World of Happiness for Disney's Buena Vista Records featuring performances from Samuel L. Jackson, Magic Johnson, Lou Rawls, Isaac Hayes, Deborah Harry, Gary Oldman, Perry Farrell, Lisa Loeb, Michael McKean, Annette O'Toole, Brad Whitford, and Jane Kaczmarek. He also co-produced the music video for one of the tracks "The Patience Bossa", directed by Gary Oldman and featuring a duet by Perry Farrell and Deborah Harry.
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