Person · Actor, composer and producer · Active since 1979

Marc Shaiman

b. 1959, Newark

American actor, composer and producer, born in Newark. Wrote the music for 41 films on this site, including When Harry Met Sally (1989), Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and Misery (1990).

Shaiman has received numerous accolades including two Grammy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award — as well as seven Academy Award nominations.
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He has also been Grammy-nominated for his arrangements for Harry Connick Jr.'s recordings When Harry Met Sally... and We Are in Love as well as Hairspray and Smash and Emmy-nominated for his work on Saturday Night Live and Smash.
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Regulars

Most films with Marc Shaiman on this site

Films in this guide

44 films

Best known

1980s 3 films

1990s 26 films

Misery (1990)composer
City Slickers (1991)composer
Scenes from a Mall (1991)actor, composer
The Addams Family (1991)composer
A Few Good Men (1992)composer
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)actor, composer
Sister Act (1992)composer
Addams Family Values (1993)composer
Heart and Souls (1993)actor, composer
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)composer
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)composer
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)composer
North (1994)composer
Speechless (1994)composer
Stuart Saves His Family (1995)composer
The American President (1995)composer
Bogus (1996)composer
Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)composer
Mother (1996)composer
The First Wives Club (1996)composer
George of the Jungle (1997)composer
In & Out (1997)composer
My Giant (1998)composer
Patch Adams (1998)composer
Simon Birch (1998)composer
The Out-of-Towners (1999)composer

2000s 9 films

2010s 6 films