Michael Bacon (musician)
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 Michael Bacon, Concert of the Bacon Brothers in NYC
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| Background information | |
| Born | 1949 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Genres | Country, Rock, Folk, Soul, Film score |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, Musician, Composer |
| Instruments | vocals, Guitar, Cello, Banjo, drums, Violin |
| Associated acts | The Bacon Brothers |
| Website | http://www.michaelbaconmusic.com/ |
Michael Bacon (born 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and film score composer. He is the brother of actor Kevin Bacon.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life & career
Bacon, the eldest of six children, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in a close-knit family in Philadelphia. A former Park Avenue debutante, his mother, Ruth Hilda (née Holmes), taught elementary school and was a liberal activist, while his father, Edmund Bacon, was a well-respected urban planner and author of the canonical urban planning book, Design of Cities. In characterizing their parents' approach to raising children, Bacon's sister Karin explained in Premiere: "We were all given the sense that we should be independent, that we were never to feel needy."[cite this quote] Michael attended and graduated from prestigious Central High School, Philadelphia in June 1965, the 224th graduating class from that school.
[edit] Music
In the late 1990s and into the 2000s, Bacon performed with his Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated brother, Kevin, in a duo ensemble, called The Bacon Brothers, which he formed. With three albums to their credit by 2001, Bacon's tour schedule included eight concerts for the summer of that year, at venues from New York City, down the East Coast, and into the Midwest to Peru, Illinois and Missouri.
In 2008, Michael composed the soundtrack for the PBS mini series The Jewish Americans.
[edit] Film & television
Bacon has composed over hundreds of songs for television shows and motion pictures.
In January 2006, Michael appeared on an episode of Queer Eye with his brother Kevin. The episode featured him as the episode's "straight guy" and makeover recipient, and ended with both Bacon Brothers performing.
[edit] Personal life
Bacon has been married to Betsy Maguire since 1972; they have one child, Neil Bacon. He earned a degree in music from Lehman College; he studied composition and orchestration with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Corigliano.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Solo
“Good News” Columbia
“Bringin’ it Home” Monument/CBS
“Love Song Believer” Monument/
[edit] With Kevin Bacon as the Bacon Brothers
- 1997: Forosoco
- 1999: Getting There
- 2001: Can't Complain
- 2005: White Knuckles
- 2008: New Years Day
[edit] Film and Television Scores
FILM
BOY INTERRUPTED 2009 Sundance-dir. by Dana Perry
RED BETSY(with Sheldon Mirowitz)-feature dir. Chris Boebel
LOVERBOY-feature dir. By Kevin Bacon
BROTHERS IN ARMS- The Story of the Crew of Patrol Craft 94 feature doc. with John Kerry
BERGA: SOLDIERS OF ANOTHER WAR-Guggenheim Prods.
KING GIMP-2000 Acad. Award Winner Short Documentary Bill Whiteford and Susan Hadary
D DAY REMEMBERED 1995 Acad. Award Nominee Long Documentary Guggenheim Prods.
A TIME FOR JUSTICE 1995 Acad. Award Winner- Short Documentary- Guggenheim Prods.
LOSING CHASE starring Helen Mirren (Golden Globe winner) and Kyra Sedgwick dir. Kevin Bacon.
A PLACE IN THE LAND 1998 Acad. Award Nominee Short Documentary Guggenheim Prods.
THE LAST GOOD TIME dir. Bob Balaban
SLEEPING TOGETHER dir. Hugh Bush
SHADOW OF HATE 1996 Acad. Award nominee- Guggenheim Productions
PEN PALS dir, Mary Kotzke
WHO SHOT PATAKANGO? starring Sandra Bullock dir. Bob Brooks
IN A PIG’S EYE starring David Canary dir. John Saffron
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD 1993 Acad. Award winner Short Documentary- Guggenheim Prods.
SHARKS OF TREASURE ISLAND Cousteau Society
NETWORK
HIROSHIMA, RAGE AND BETRAYAL, POT OF GOLD-Peter Jennings ABC
TURNING POINT- ABC Series (17)
THE CENTURY-ABC (26)
GETTIN’ OVER “WITH TONY DANZA ABC Series (9)
TYSON: THE FALLEN CHAMP 2 hour NBC Movie of the Week dir.Barbara Kopple
TRACKDOWN ABC series (3)
CODE ONE ABC Special
BRIDES ABC Special
WE’RE EXPECTING ABC Special
AMERICA’S MISSING CHILDREN CBS Special
BODY WATCHING CBS special
YEARBOOK Fox series (11)
URBAN ANXIETY Fox series (9)
PUBLIC TELEVISION
THE TRIALS OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER (2009)
THE ADIRONDACKS
GEORGE H. W. BUSH
BILL MOYERS JOURNAL (2007)
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
THE MYSTERIOUS HUMAN HEART (2007)
THE JEWISH AMERICANS (2007)
OPRAH’S ROOTS (2007)
AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES l and ll (2006) (2008)
VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC (2005)
RFK (2005)
MARIE ANTOINETTE (2006)
RELIGION AND ETHICS-theme
DESTINATION AMERICA (2005)
YOUNG DR. FREUD Emmy nominee for original score
THE WINDSORS 4 hour mini-series
DEGENERATE ART PBS (David Grubin)
NAPOLEON 4 hour mini-series
HOXIE: The First Stand (Peabody Award)
JIM CROW
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE- WGBH
Surrender in the Pacific (2005)
The Kennedys Emmy winner for Outstanding Achievement in Music, (News and Documentary)
FDR Peabody Award winner
Amelia Earhart
LBJ National Emmy Nominee David Grubin Chicago Film Fest. Gold Plaque Award for Music
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Lincoln
Andrew Carnegie
Gold Fever
Teddy Roosevelt (TR)
The Last Boss (Daley)
Orphan Trains
The Wright Stuff
Journey to America
The World That Moses Built
The Great Air Race
Johnstown Flood
Hurricane of 1938
Reagan
Truman (Emmy Winner)
Alone on the Ice (Admiral Byrd)
Dust Bowl
America 1900 (Emmy winner, Peabody Award winner)
SMITHSONIAN WORLD
The Wyeths (adaptation of Ann Wyeth McCoy’s music) Emmy winner 1988 (David Grubin)
Voices of Latin America
BILL MOYERS ON PBS
Healing and the Mind 1993 National Emmy winner Inf. Series (5)
Bill Moyers’ Journal
In Search of the Constitution
A Second Look
Report from Philadelphia
The Secret Government
God and Politics
World of Ideas
Power of the Word
NOVA-WGBH
Shackleton-
World in the Balance
In Search of the Super Twister
The Big Dig
Trillion Dollar Bet
Electric Heart
Rescue Mission in Space
Eclipse of the Century
In Search of the Lost Language
Roller Coaster
Condors
Buried in Ash
Sick Buildings
Meteors
WNET
Theme for The Musicals 1990 Emmy Best Director (John Merdin)
America on Wheels
CABLE
THE MAN WHO LOVED SHARKS (Nigel Noble) 1992 ACE Award Nominee-Best Original Score
MARILYN: THE LAST INTERVIEW (HBO)
LOCOMOTION Engines of Enterprise (BBC)
SHOOT THE CLOCK Lifetime
ADDICTED Lifetime
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER (HBO)
MITCHUM Ace Award Wombat Productions
CNN: SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT THEME
REDISCOVERING AMERICA WITH ROGER KENNEDY Discovery Series (11)
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS (HBO)
DRINING PASSION (TURNER)
ANIMAL ER (TURNER)
THE HIDDEN ZOO (TURNER)
