Keith Emerson

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-11-02 (72 years old)

Deathday

2016-03-10

Place of Birth

Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Keith Emerson

Biography

Keith Noel Emerson was a keyboardist and founding member of Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), the acclaimed English progressive rock group. The musician was responsible for writing and arranging much of the music for the band, which also included singer, bassist, and producer Greg Lake and drummer and percussionist Carl Palmer. Prior to ELP, Emerson was in a number of other bands, including The Nice, a late-1960s band that blended rock, jazz and classical music. The group was formed in 1967 by Emerson, Lee Jackson, David O'List and Ian Hague to back soul singer P. P. Arnold; Brian Davison later replaced Hague. Emerson’s bands’ music was featured...

Production

1980

Inferno

as Original Music Composer

1970

Jimi

as Music

1984

Murder-Rock: Dancing Death

as Original Music Composer

2004

Godzilla: Final Wars

as Original Music Composer

1982

Corpses

as Music

1989

The Church

as Original Music Composer

1983

Harmagedon

as Music

2004

Godzilla: Final Wars

as Music Producer

1980

Inferno

as Music Arranger

1981

Nighthawks

as Original Music Composer

1984

Best Revenge

as Original Music Composer

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