Maribeth Solomon (born June 23, 1950) is a

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film and television composer and songwriter.Maribeth Solomon

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. She has been nominated for the

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, the

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, the

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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. Solomon and Erbe were partners in their own firm, Mickymar Productions, until Erbe's death in 2021. Born in

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, Solomon is the daughter of former

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violinist Stanley Solomon, and the sister of jazz and pop musician

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. Solomon and Erbe both contributed to the debut album by Lenny Solomon's 1970s band Myles and Lenny, and Solomon's song "Falling into Rhyme" was recorded by

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on her 1972 album '' Annie''. Solomon's composing credits include the films '' Harry Tracy, Desperado'', ''

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'', '' Hubble'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story'', ''

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'', '' Threshold'', '' Deadly Love'', ''

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'', '' Picture Perfect'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Blue Planet'', and the television series '' It's Our Stuff'', '' Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy'', ''

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'', '' Earth: Final Conflict'', '' Street Legal'', '' E.N.G.'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Solomon has also composed for video games, most notably for independent outfit Failbetter Games' Sunless Sea and

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Awards and nominations

Genies

* 3rd Genie Awards, 1982 - Best Original Score, ''

'' * 4th Genie Awards, 1983 - Best Original Score, '' Threshold'' *

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, 1988 - Best Original Song, "Rise and Shine" (''

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'') *

10th Genie Awards The 10th Genie Awards were held on March 22, 1989."Dead Ringers tops at Genies". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 23, 1989. This was in the middle of a strike at the CBC, causing the ceremony to be scaled down and several nominees to boycott the awards ...

, 1989 - Best Original Score, '' Milk and Honey'' *

11th Genie Awards The 11th annual Genie Awards were presented March 20, 1990, and honoured Canadian films released in 1989. For this year, CTV had negotiated to serve as broadcaster and the academy formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, ACCTV Productions, to independen ...

, 1990 - Best Original Song, "The Best We Both Can Be" and "Elephant March" ('' Babar: The Movie'')

Geminis

* 1988 Gemini Awards - Best Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore), ''

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'' (won) and ''

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'' * 1993 Gemini Awards - Best Original Music Score for a Series, '' Street Legal'' (won) * 1995 Gemini Awards - Best Original Music Score for a Series, '' E.N.G.'' * 1996 Gemini Awards - Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series, '' Street Legal: The Last Rights'' * 1998 Gemini Awards - Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series, '' Earth: Final Conflict'', episode "The Secret of Strandhill" (won) * 2000 Gemini Awards - Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series, '' Earth: Final Conflict''

Emmys

* 50th Primetime Emmy Awards, 1998 - Outstanding Main Title Theme Music, '' Earth: Final Conflict''

IMFCA

* International Film Music Critics Association Awards, 2009 - Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film, '' Under the Sea 3D''

References

External links

* * Entry for Micky Erbe
Mickymar Productions
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Solomon, Maribeth 1950 births Canadian film score composers Canadian television composers Canadian women songwriters Women film score composers Women television composers Canadian Screen Award winners Living people Musicians from Toronto Canadian women composers