Paul Chihara

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-07-09 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Seattle, Washington, USA

Paul Chihara

Biography

Paul Seiko Chihara (born July 9, 1938) is an American composer. Chihara was born in Seattle, Washington in 1938. A Japanese American, he spent three years of his childhood with his family in an internment camp in Minidoka, Idaho due to Executive Order 9066. Chihara received a BA and an MA in English literature from the University of Washington and Cornell University, respectively. He received a DMA in 1965 from Cornell, studying with Robert Palmer. He also studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, Ernst Pepping in West Berlin, and Gunther Schuller in Tanglewood. He was the first composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Chamber Orch...

Production

1989

Bridesmaids

as Original Music Composer

1981

Prince of the City

as Original Music Composer

1985

A Bunny's Tale

as Original Music Composer

1987

Haunted by Her Past

as Original Music Composer

1980

Brave New World

as Original Music Composer

1990

A Little Piece of Sunshine

as Original Music Composer

1975

Death Race 2000

as Original Music Composer

1989

Penn & Teller Get Killed

as Original Music Composer

1986

A Case of Deadly Force

as Original Music Composer

1989

Dark Holiday

as Original Music Composer

1986

Jackals

as Music

1985

The Bad Seed

as Original Music Composer

1986

We're Puttin' on the Ritz

as Original Music Composer

1987

1986

Resting Place

as Original Music Composer

1982

The Rules of Marriage

as Original Music Composer

1979

1990

Rock Hudson

as Original Music Composer

1984

Impulse

as Music

1985

Right to Kill?

as Original Music Composer

1976

The Keegans

as Music

1986

When the Bough Breaks

as Original Music Composer

1985

Picking Up the Pieces

as Original Music Composer

1982

Miss All-American Beauty

as Original Music Composer

1982

1987

The Killing Time

as Original Music Composer

1987

1988

Shooter

as Original Music Composer

1979

The Darker Side of Terror

as Original Music Composer

1992

Quicksand: No Escape

as Original Music Composer

1978

A Fire in the Sky

as Original Music Composer

1988

Killer Instinct

as Original Music Composer

1980

The Children of An Lac

as Original Music Composer

1986

The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James

as Original Music Composer

1976

Sweet Revenge

as Original Music Composer

1986

Forever, Lulu

as Original Music Composer

1978

Dr. Strange

as Original Music Composer

1983

The Survivors

as Original Music Composer

1978

The Bad News Bears Go to Japan

as Original Music Composer

2004

Strip Search

as Original Music Composer

1986

The Morning After

as Original Music Composer

1977

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

as Original Music Composer

1982

Sophisticated Ladies

as Music Consultant

2022

Jasmine

as Music Producer

2005

Romance & Cigarettes

as Additional Music

1988

Crossing Delancey

as Original Music Composer

1978

Night Cries

as Original Music Composer

1979

Mind Over Murder

as Original Music Composer

1984

Crackers

as Music

1985

Toughlove

as Music

1983

The Haunting Passion

as Original Music Composer

1983

Jane Doe

as Original Music Composer

1978

Deathmoon

as Music

1986

Roanoak

as Music

1985

Noon Wine

as Original Music Composer

1990

Death Has A Bad Reputation

as Original Music Composer

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