Oscar-nominated composer Marc Shaiman will be the music director for the 2010 Academy Awards, telecast producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic have announced.
Shaiman received Original Score Oscar nominations for The American President (1995), The First Wives Club (1996), and Patch Adams (1998), in addition to nominations in the Original Song category for "A Wink and a Smile" from Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and for "Blame Canada" from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999).
Shaiman has also been nominated for four Emmy Awards, including three nods for his work on Oscar telecasts. He won the Emmy in 1992 for co-writing Billy Crystal’s Oscar Medley for the 64th Academy Awards.
Among Shaiman’s other film credits are The Bucket List, Bee Movie, Hairspray, A Few Good Men, Sister Act and City Slickers.
The 2010 Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 2010 Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In the US, it'll be televised live by ABC.
Marc Shaiman Photo: Chris Beyer
