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 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. 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 ''

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''. Solomon's composing credits include the films ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Hubble'', '' Space Station 3D'', ''

Ticket to Heaven ''Ticket to Heaven'' is a 1981 Canadian drama film directed by Ralph L. Thomas and starring Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall, and R.H. Thomson. The plot concerns the recruiting of a man into a group portrayed to be a reli ...

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

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'', '' Destiny in Space'', '' Picture Perfect'', ''

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'', '' Mission to Mir'' and '' Blue Planet'', and the television series '' It's Our Stuff'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Earth: Final Conflict'', '' Street Legal'', '' E.N.G.'', '' Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' and ''

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

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and Sunless Skies.

Awards and nominations

Genies

3rd Genie Awards The 3rd Genie Awards were awarded on March 3, 1982, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto,Jay Scott, "Academy lists Genie nominees". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 4, 1982. and honoured Canadian films released in 1981.Liam Lacey, "Ticket to ...

, 1982 - Best Original Score, ''

'' *

4th Genie Awards The 4th annual Genie Awards were held March 23, 1983, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Dave Thomas."Thomas goes genteel for Genies". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 19, 1983. ''The Grey Fox'' was the ...

, 1983 - Best Original Score, '' Threshold'' * 9th Genie Awards, 1988 -

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, "Rise and Shine" (''

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'') * 10th Genie 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 independe ...

, 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), '' Adderly'' (won) and ''

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'' *

1993 Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 7th Gemini Awards were held in March 1993 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television. Awards ...

- Best Original Music Score for a Series, '' Street Legal'' (won) *

1995 Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 9th Gemini Awards were held on March 5, 1995 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Paul Gross and Tina Keeper, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention ...

- Best Original Music Score for a Series, '' E.N.G.'' *

1996 Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 10th Gemini Awards was held on March 3, 1996 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Albert Schultz, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and ...

- Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series, '' Street Legal: The Last Rights'' *

1998 Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 13th Gemini Awards were held on October 4, 1998, to honour achievements in Canadian television. (This year's awards were split into two segments; the first 1998 ceremony was held on March 1 and was n ...

- Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series, '' Earth: Final Conflict'', episode "The Secret of Strandhill" (won) *

2000 Gemini Awards The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 15th Gemini Awards were held on October 30, 2000, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Steve Smith, took place at the John Bassett Theatre and was broad ...

- Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Series, '' Earth: Final Conflict''

Emmys

50th Primetime Emmy Awards The 50th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 13, 1998. It was broadcast on NBC. When ''Frasier'' was announced as the winner of Outstanding Comedy Series, Emmy history was made. The NBC sitcom became the first show to win one o ...

, 1998 -

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, '' Earth: Final Conflict''

IMFCA

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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