Curt Elliot Sobel (born October 26, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American composer and music editor. He won the

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics, awarded to both the composer and lyricist. The award has gone by several names: * Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special ...

(shared with lyricist Dennis Spiegel) for the song “Why Do I Lie?” from the film by HBO, '' Cast a Deadly Spell'', in August 1992. His film scores currently include ''

The Flamingo Kid ''The Flamingo Kid'' is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall and produced by Michael Phillips. It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Héctor Elizondo and Jessica Walter. The film tells the story of a working class b ...

'' (1984), '' Alien Nation'' (1988), ''

Catchfire ''Catchfire'' is a 1990 American romantic action thriller film directed by Dennis Hopper and starring Jodie Foster, Hopper, Fred Ward and Vincent Price, with cameo appearances by several notable actors, including Charlie Sheen, Joe Pesci, Catheri ...

'' (1990), ''

Defenseless '' Defenseless'' is a 1991 legal thriller film directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Renée Missel and David Bombek. Plot Lawyer Thelma 'T.K.' Knudsen Katwuller represents Steven Seldes - who is accused of involvement in making underage p ...

'' (1991), '' A Cool, Dry Place'' (1998), '' Body Count'' (1998), and ''

Tiptoes ''Tiptoes'' is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Matthew Bright, in what is, as of 2022, his last film. The film stars Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale, Patricia Arquette and Matthew McConaughey. The film's plot revolves ar ...

'' (2003). Sobel is a graduate of the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

and the

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cou ...

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