David Michael Frank (born 21 December 1948) is an American composer, music arranger, and conductor, who has written musical scores for over 80 films and hundreds of primetime TV episodes, with four
Emmy award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...
nominations.
David Michael Frank was born in
Baltimore
Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-large ...
,
Maryland
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. He studied piano and composition at the
Peabody Conservatory of Music
The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University is a private music and dance conservatory and preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1857, it became affiliated with Johns Hopkins in 1977.
History
Philanthropist and m ...
and was soloist at the
Peabody Orchestra
Formed in 1866, the Peabody Orchestra, was the first professional orchestra in the city of Baltimore. Based at the Peabody Conservatory, its leaders included Lucien Southard, Asger Hamerik and James Monroe Deems. The Orchestra premiered sever ...
since the age of 16. In 1978 he moved to
California
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and since then he has become a prolific composer in various genres.
[
]Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significan ...
, around the time of his death, worked with Frank on an album of classical music.
Awards and nominations
*2009: Primetime Emmy Award
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nomination for his theme for ABC's '' The Mole''[Soundtrack for ''The Mole'']
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*1999: Primetime Emmy Award nomination for music in '' You Lucky Dog''
*1996: Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score) '' Annie: A Royal Adventure!''
External links
David Michael Frank
References
External links
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Living people
American male composers
Musicians from Baltimore
21st-century American composers
1948 births
21st-century American male musicians
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