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Michael Bacon (musician)
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Michael Bacon is an American
singer-songwriter
, musician
and film score
composer
. He is the brother of actor Kevin Bacon
.
and raised in a close-knit family in Philadelphia. A former Park Avenue debutante, his mother, Ruth Hilda (née
Holmes), taught elementary school
and was a liberal activist, while his father, Edmund Bacon, was a well-respected urban planner and author of the canonical urban planning book, Design of Cities
. Michael attended and graduated from prestigious Julia Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, Philadelphia in June 1965. He went off to New York to enter Lehman College and graduated with very high notes.
In the late 1990s and into the 2000s, Bacon performed with his Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated brother, Kevin
, in a duo ensemble, called The Bacon Brothers
, which he formed. With three albums to their credit by 2001, Bacon's tour schedule included eight concerts for the summer of that year, at venues from New York City
, down the East Coast
, and into the Midwest to Peru, Illinois
and Missouri
.
In 2008, Michael composed the soundtrack for the PBS mini series The Jewish Americans
.
In January 2006, Michael appeared on an episode of Queer Eye
with his brother Kevin
. The episode featured him as the episode's "straight guy" and makeover recipient, and ended with both Bacon Brothers performing.
; he studied composition
and orchestration
with Pulitzer Prize
-winning composer John Corigliano
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
, musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and film score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He is the brother of actor Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
.
Early life & career
Bacon, the eldest of six children, was born in Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
and raised in a close-knit family in Philadelphia. A former Park Avenue debutante, his mother, Ruth Hilda (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Holmes), taught elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
and was a liberal activist, while his father, Edmund Bacon, was a well-respected urban planner and author of the canonical urban planning book, Design of Cities
Design of Cities
Design of Cities, first published in 1967 by Thames & Hudson, is an illustrated account of the development of urban form, written by Edmund Bacon , who was the Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970...
. Michael attended and graduated from prestigious Julia Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School, Philadelphia in June 1965. He went off to New York to enter Lehman College and graduated with very high notes.
Music
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
, in a duo ensemble, called The Bacon Brothers
The Bacon Brothers
The Bacon Brothers is the American musical duo of Michael Bacon and Kevin Bacon. Although they have played music together since they were boys, the brothers have only been a working band since 1995....
, which he formed. With three albums to their credit by 2001, Bacon's tour schedule included eight concerts for the summer of that year, at venues from New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, down the East Coast
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
, and into the Midwest to Peru, Illinois
Peru, Illinois
Peru is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,295 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area...
and Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
.
In 2008, Michael composed the soundtrack for the PBS mini series The Jewish Americans
The Jewish Americans
The Jewish Americans was a three-part miniseries that originally aired on PBS during the month of January 2008. It was written and directed by David Grubin....
.
Film & television
Bacon has composed hundreds of songs for television shows and motion pictures.In January 2006, Michael appeared on an episode of Queer Eye
Queer Eye
Queer Eye is an American reality television series that premiered on the Bravo cable television network in July 2003. The program's name was changed from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after the third season to broaden the scope of its content...
with his brother Kevin
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
. The episode featured him as the episode's "straight guy" and makeover recipient, and ended with both Bacon Brothers performing.
Personal life
Bacon has been married to Betsy Maguire since 1972; they have one child, Neal Bacon (born April 29, 1982). He earned a degree in music from Lehman CollegeLehman College
Lehman College is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, USA. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within the City University in 1968. The college is named after Herbert Lehman, a former New York governor,...
; he studied composition
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
and orchestration
Orchestration
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
with Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning composer John Corigliano
John Corigliano
John Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.-Biography:...
.
Discography
With Kevin Bacon as the Bacon Brothers
- 1997: Forosoco
- 1999: Getting There
- 2001: Can't Complain
- 2005: White Knuckles
- 2008: New Years Day
Film and Television Scores
- Film
- The Man Nobody KnewThe Man Nobody KnewThe Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby is a 2011 American documentary film exploring the life and career of former CIA director William Egan Colby. It is narrated and directed by Carl Colby and produced by David Johnson....
-feature dir. by Carl Colby - Boy Interrupted 2009 Sundance -dir. by Dana Perry
- Red Betsy (with Sheldon Mirowitz) -feature dir. Chris Boebel
- Loverboy -feature dir. By Kevin BaconKevin BaconKevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
- Brothers in Arms - The Story of the Crew of Patrol Craft 94 feature doc. with John KerryJohn KerryJohn Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
- Berga: Soldiers of Another War -Guggenheim Prods.
- King GimpKing GimpKing Gimp is a 1999 documentary that was awarded the 2000 Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary and 2000 Peabody Award. "King Gimp" followed the life of artist Dan Keplinger of Towson, Maryland, who has cerebral palsy. Filmmakers Susan Hannah Hadary and William A...
-2000 Acad. Award Winner Short Documentary Bill Whiteford and Susan Hadary - D-Day RememberedD-Day RememberedD-Day Remembered is a 1994 documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature....
1995 Acad. Award Nominee Long Documentary Guggenheim Prods. - A Time for JusticeA Time for JusticeA Time for Justice is a 1994 short documentary film produced by Charles Guggenheim. It won an Academy Award in 1995 for Documentary Short Subject. The film was produced by Guggenheim and the Southern Poverty Law Center.-External links:...
1995 Acad. Award Winner- Short Documentary- Guggenheim Prods. - Losing Chase starring Helen Mirren (Golden Globe winner) and Kyra Sedgwick dir. Kevin Bacon.
- A Place in the LandA Place in the LandA Place in the Land is a 1998 short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....
1998 Acad. Award Nominee Short Documentary Guggenheim Prods. - The Last Good TimeThe Last Good TimeThe Last Good Time is a 1994 drama film, released in early 1995, starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Olivia d'Abo, Maureen Stapleton and Lionel Stander in his final theatrical role...
dir. Bob BalabanBob BalabanRobert Elmer "Bob" Balaban is an American actor, author and director.-Personal life:Balaban was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Eleanor and Elmer Balaban, who owned several movie theatres and later was a pioneer in cable television... - Sleeping Together dir. Hugh Bush
- Shadow of Hate 1996 Acad. Award nominee- Guggenheim Productions
- Pen Pals dir, Mary Kotzke
- Who Shot Patakango?Who Shot Patakango?Who Shot Patakango?, a.k.a. Who Shot Pat? is a 1989 movie starring Sandra Bullock.-Plot:The film is set in Brooklyn, New York and focuses on the coming of age of a group of high school teens in the late 1950s...
starring Sandra Bullock dir. Bob Brooks - In a Pig's Eye starring David Canary dir. John Saffron
- The Johnstown FloodThe Johnstown Flood (1989 film)The Johnstown Flood is a 1989 short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim about the Johnstown Flood. It won the Academy Award at the 62nd Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject.-Release history:...
1993 Acad. Award winner Short Documentary- Guggenheim Prods. - Sharks of Treasure Island Cousteau Society
- The Man Nobody Knew
- Network
- Hiroshima, Rage and Betrayal, Pot of Gold -Peter JenningsPeter JenningsPeter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM was a Canadian American journalist and news anchor. He was the sole anchor of ABC's World News Tonight from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer...
ABC - Turning Point - ABC Series (17)
- The Century -ABC (26)
- Gettin' Over with Tony Danza ABC Series (9)
- Tyson: The Fallen Champ 2 hour NBC Movie of the Week dir. Barbara KoppleBarbara KoppleBarbara Kopple is an American film director, primarily known for her work in documentary film.-Biography:She grew up in Scarsdale, New York, the daughter of a textile executive and studied psychology at Northeastern University, after which she worked with the Maysles Brothers.Kopple has won two...
- Trackdown ABC series (3)
- Code One ABC Special
- Brides ABC Special
- We're Expecting ABC Special
- America's Missing Children CBS Special
- Body Watching CBS special
- YearbookYearbook (TV series)Yearbook was a documentary television series that aired on the Fox Network in 1991. It is one of the earliest examples of a reality series as it chronicled the school and home lives of various students of Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois — a suburb of Chicago...
Fox series (11) - Urban Anxiety Fox series (9)
- Hiroshima, Rage and Betrayal, Pot of Gold -Peter Jennings
- Public television
- The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2009)
- The Adirondacks
- George H. W. Bush
- Bill Moyers Journal (2007)
- Out of the Shadows
- The Mysterious Human Heart (2007)
- The Jewish AmericansThe Jewish AmericansThe Jewish Americans was a three-part miniseries that originally aired on PBS during the month of January 2008. It was written and directed by David Grubin....
(2007) - Oprah's Roots (2007)
- African American LivesAfrican American LivesAfrican American Lives is a PBS television miniseries hosted by historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr., focusing on African American genealogical research...
I and II (2006) (2008) - Victory in the Pacific (2005)
- RFK (2005)
- Marie Antoinette (2006)
- Religion and Ethics -theme
- Destination America (2005)
- Young Dr. Freud Emmy nominee for original score
- The Windsors 4 hour mini-series
- Degenerate Art PBS (David Grubin)
- Napoleon 4 hour mini-series
- HOXIE: The First Stand (Peabody Award)
- Jim Crow
- American ExperienceAmerican ExperienceAmerican Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service Public television stations in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American history...
- WGBH - Surrender in the Pacific (2005)
- The Kennedys Emmy winner for Outstanding Achievement in Music, (News and Documentary)
- FDR Peabody Award winner
- Amelia Earhart
- LBJ National Emmy Nominee David Grubin Chicago Film Fest. Gold Plaque Award for Music
- Eisenhower
- MacArthur
- Lincoln
- Andrew Carnegie
- Gold FeverGold FeverGold Fever was the name of a BBC documentary shown in August 2000, which followed Steve Redgrave and his coxless four team in the years leading up to the Sydney Olympics, where Redgrave was looking to claim his fifth consecutive gold medal...
- Teddy Roosevelt (TR)
- The Last Boss (Daley)
- Orphan Trains
- The Wright Stuff
- Journey to America
- The World That Moses Built
- The Great Air Race
- Hurricane of 1938
- Reagan
- Truman (Emmy Winner)
- Alone on the Ice (Admiral Byrd)
- Dust Bowl
- America 1900 (Emmy winner, Peabody Award winner)
- Smithsonian World
- The Wyeths (adaptation of Ann Wyeth McCoy’s music) Emmy winner 1988 (David Grubin)
- Voices of Latin America
- Bill Moyers on PBS
- Healing and the Mind 1993 National Emmy winner Inf. Series (5)
- Bill Moyers’ Journal
- In Search of the Constitution
- A Second Look
- Report from Philadelphia
- The Secret Government
- God and Politics
- World of Ideas
- Power of the Word
- NovaNOVA (TV series)Nova is a popular science television series from the U.S. produced by WGBH Boston. It can be seen on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries...
-WGBH - Shackleton
- World in the Balance
- In Search of the Super Twister
- The Big Dig
- Trillion Dollar Bet
- Electric Heart
- Rescue Mission in Space
- Eclipse of the Century
- In Search of the Lost Language
- Roller Coaster
- Condors
- Buried in Ash
- Sick Buildings
- Meteors
- WNET
- Theme for The Musicals 1990 Emmy Best Director (John Merdin)
- America on Wheels
- Cable
- The Man who Loved Sharks (Nigel NobleNigel NobleNigel Noble is an English sound mixer, film director and producer. He won an Academy Award in 1982 for Close Harmony in the category of Documentary Short Subject...
) 1992 ACE Award Nominee-Best Original Score - Marilyn: The Last Interview (HBO)
- LOCOMOTION Engines of Enterprise (BBC)
- Shoot the Clock Lifetime
- Addicted Lifetime
- Multiple Personality Disorder (HBO)
- Mitchum Ace Award Wombat Productions
- CNN: Special Assignment Theme
- Rediscovering America with Roger Kennedy Discovery Series (11)
- Sports Illustrated for Kids (HBO)
- Drining Passion (TURNER)
- Animal ER (TURNER)
- The Hidden Zoo (TURNER)
- The Man who Loved Sharks (Nigel Noble