COMPOSER

Michael Kamen

1948 - 2003

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Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was an American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter, record producer and musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Kamen has received more than 1,463,878 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Michael Kamen is the 529th most popular composer (down from 456th in 2019), the 2,436th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,148th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Michael Kamen ranks 529 out of 1,451. Before him are Fredrik Pacius, Jean-Féry Rebel, Hans Swarowsky, Johann Christoph Bach, Hervé, and Boris Lyatoshinsky. After him are Ivan Zajc, François-Joseph Fétis, Edgard Varèse, Luigi Rossi, Paul Bowles, and Louis Couperin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Michael Kamen ranks 154. Before him are James Ellroy, Cassandra Harris, Dušan Bajević, Mitsuko Uchida, Miklós Németh, and Theo Jansen. After him are Jan Hammer, Jayalalithaa, Frans de Waal, Bill Ward, Raymond Leo Burke, and Marcia Barrett. Among people deceased in 2003, Michael Kamen ranks 84. Before him are Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Janko Bobetko, Mohammed Dib, Kinji Fukasaku, David Hemmings, and André Claveau. After him are Qusay Hussein, Sébastien Japrisot, Mohamed Choukri, Canaan Banana, Rik Van Steenbergen, and Kalpana Chawla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Kamen ranks 2,436 out of 20,380. Before him are John Hancock (1737), Kirsten Dunst (1982), Nile Rodgers (1952), Rip Torn (1931), Eddie Money (1949), and Saul Bass (1920). After him are Vera Wang (1949), Ralph Boston (1939), James Bond (1900), Joe Dante (1946), Frances Arnold (1956), and Jaclyn Smith (1945).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Michael Kamen ranks 27. Before him are Bill Conti (1942), Leroy Anderson (1908), Terry Riley (1935), John Adams (1947), Carmine Coppola (1910), and Danny Elfman (1953). After him are Paul Bowles (1910), George Antheil (1900), Ernest Guiraud (1837), Stephen Sondheim (1930), Basil Poledouris (1945), and Morton Feldman (1926).

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