Let's keep the Composer Cameos coming! Hard to believe, but we're on the 5th post of Composer Cameos! This time including the multiple appearances of Howard Shore on SNL and Marc Shaiman as the pianist in every movie!
(Find the previous posts here: #1, #2, #3, #4)JOHN ADDISON
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| Addison conducts in Phantom of the Opera (1990 TV movie) |
BURT BACHARACH
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| Bacharach serenades in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) |
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| Bacharach makes an end credit appearance in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
NICK CAVE
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| Nick Cave sings in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
ALEXANDER COURAGE
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| Courage conducts for Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio (1982) |
PATRICK DOYLE
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| Doyle sings and plays in the British TV series, No 73 (1982-1983) |
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| Patrick Doyle as "Policeman in lift" in Dead Again (1991) |
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| Doyle as Amiens in As You Like It (2006) |
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| Doyle gets animated in Brave (2012) |
DANNY ELFMAN
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| Elfman performs as part of Oingo Boingo in Back to School (1985) |
MURRAY GOLD
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| Series composer Gold performs in the band in a 2007 episode of Doctor Who (with the mustache) |
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
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| JNH plays keyboard for Elton John Live in Central Park (1981) |
BEAR MCCREARY
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| Series composer McCreary appears in the background of an episode of Battlestar Galactica (2009) |
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
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| Mothersbaugh in one of his several appearances on Yo Gabba Gabba! |
BLAKE NEELY
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| Series composer Neely plays piano in an episode of Eastwick (2009) |
RANDY NEWMAN
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| Newman lends his voice to The Singing Bush for ¡Three Amigos! (1986) |
TREVOR RABIN
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| Rabin is part of the band in Jack Frost (1998) |
MARC SHAIMAN
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| Shaiman plays piano in Beaches (1988) |
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| Shaiman (and a great mustache) conduct in The Addams Family (1991) |
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| Shaiman accompanies on piano in Hot Shots! (1991) |
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| Shaiman plays piano in Scenes from a Mall (1991) |
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| Shaiman plays piano in The Wedding Planner (2001) |
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| Shaiman is delightfully cheesy in Down With Love (2003) |
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| Shaiman plays piano in an episode of Smash (2012) |
THEODORE SHAPIRO
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| Shapiro (in blue) is part of the band in Along Came Polly (2004) |
HOWARD SHORE
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| Shore and Lily Tomlin perform as part of The All Nurse Band on SNL (1975) |
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| Shore performs as part of Howard Shore and the All Angel Band on SNL (1975) |
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| Shore (L) performs as part of the All Bee Band on SNL (1976) |
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| Shore (r) and Paul Shaffer perform as Dr. Frankenstein and the All Monster Band on SNL (1976) |
MARK SNOW
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| Series composer Snow appears (l) as a doctor on an episode of X-Files (2001) |
DIMITRI TIOMKIN
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| Tiomkin appears on an episode of What's My Line (1956) |
PAUL WILLIAMS
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| Songwriter Williams appears as El Sleazo Pianist in The Muppet Movie (1979) |
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I guess Danny Elfman, Tim Burton's collaborator was Oingo Boingo's frontman in the movie "Back to School".
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