Canadian film and television composer and songwriter
Maribeth Solomon (born June 23, 1950) is a
Canadian film and television composer and songwriter.
[1] She has been nominated for the
Genie Award , the
Emmy Award , the
Gemini Award and the
International Film Music Critics Association Award for her work.
Most of her composing work was done as a duo with her husband,
Micky Erbe .
[1] They were always nominated together as composers of film or television scores, although Solomon also received two nominations on her own as a songwriter. Solomon and Erbe were partners in their own firm, Mickymar Productions, until Erbe's death in 2021.
Born in
Toronto ,
Ontario , Solomon is the daughter of former
Toronto Symphony Orchestra violinist Stanley Solomon, and the sister of jazz and pop musician
Lenny Solomon . Solomon and Erbe both contributed to the debut album by Lenny Solomon's 1970s band
Myles and Lenny ,
[2] and Solomon's song "Falling into Rhyme" was recorded by
Anne Murray on her 1972 album
Annie .
Solomon's composing credits include the films
Harry Tracy, Desperado ,
Improper Channels ,
Hubble ,
Space Station 3D ,
Ticket to Heaven ,
Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story ,
Blackjack ,
Threshold ,
Deadly Love ,
Destiny in Space ,
Picture Perfect ,
Utilities ,
Mission to Mir and
Blue Planet , and the television series
It's Our Stuff ,
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy ,
Side Effects ,
Earth: Final Conflict ,
Street Legal ,
E.N.G. ,
Alfred Hitchcock Presents and
Schitt's Creek .
Solomon has also composed for video games, most notably for independent outfit
Failbetter Games'
Sunless Sea
[3] and
Sunless Skies .
[4]
Awards and nominations
Genies
3rd Genie Awards , 1982 -
Best Original Score ,
Ticket to Heaven
[5]
4th Genie Awards , 1983 - Best Original Score,
Threshold
[6]
9th Genie Awards , 1988 -
Best Original Song , "Rise and Shine" (
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland )
10th Genie Awards , 1989 - Best Original Score,
Milk and Honey
[7]
11th Genie Awards , 1990 - Best Original Song, "The Best We Both Can Be" and "Elephant March" (
Babar: The Movie )
Geminis
Emmys
IMFCA
References
^
a
b Marjorie Hale and Betty Nygaard King,
"Maribeth Solomon" .
The Canadian Encyclopedia , May 7, 2007.
^
"Myles and Lenny"
[usurped] .
canoe.ca Pop Music Encyclopedia.
^
"Sunless Sea Official Soundtrack · Failbetter Games" . www.failbettergames.com . Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
^
"Sunless Skies OST, by Maribeth Solomon Brent Barkman for Mickymar Productions" . Failbetter Games . Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
^
Jay Scott , "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack: Academy lists Genie nominees".
The Globe and Mail , February 4, 1982.
^
Jay Scott , "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move".
The Globe and Mail , February 10, 1983.
^
Jay Scott , "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list".
The Globe and Mail , February 14, 1989.
^ "All the 1988 Gemini winners".
Vancouver Sun , December 1, 1988.
^ "Beleaguered McKenna honored with two Geminis".
Montreal Gazette , March 7, 1993.
^ "Gemini winners".
Toronto Star , October 5, 1998.
^ "Here are the nominees for the 15th annual Gemini Awards".
Canadian Press , September 19, 2000.
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