Sylvester Levay

Personal Info

Know For

Sound

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-05-16 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Subotica, Serbia

Sylvester Levay

Biography

Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, Silvester Levai) is a Hungarian recording artist and composer, born in Yugoslavia. He began his musical studies at the age of eight. Levay developed a taste for American music while growing up in Yugoslavia, eventually becoming a music arranger and lyricist. Upon his arrival in Munich in 1972, he met his writing partner, Michael Kunze, with whom he has created many successful theatrical works. From 1980 to 2000, he lived in Hollywood and concentrated on composing film music. He composed songs for notable artists like Elton John and Penny McLean. He was awarded a Grammy f...

Production

1987

Mannequin

as Original Music Composer

1986

Cobra

as Original Music Composer

1991

Hot Shots!

as Original Music Composer

2006

Rebecca

as Music

1984

Time Bomb

as Music

2022

Elisabeth

as Music

1990

Laker Girls

as Music

1992

Elisabeth

as Music

1984

Body Rock

as Original Music Composer

1988

Case Closed

as Music

1984

A Touch of Scandal

as Original Music Composer

1987

Top Kids

as Music

1987

Abduction

as Original Music Composer

2012

엘리자벳

as Music

1983

Flashdance

as Conductor

1984

Where the Boys Are

as Original Music Composer

1993

Donato and Daughter

as Original Music Composer

1993

1991

Stone Cold

as Music

1990

Courage Mountain

as Original Music Composer

1985

My Man Adam

as Original Music Composer

1987

Burglar

as Original Music Composer

1988

The Tracker

as Music

1991

The Heroes of Desert Storm

as Original Music Composer

1986

Annihilator

as Original Music Composer

1990

Navy Seals

as Original Music Composer

1991

False Arrest

as Music

1982

Cat People

as Orchestrator

1984

Where the Boys Are

as Conductor

1991

The Owl

as Original Music Composer

1985

Creator

as Music

1984

1992

In the Deep Woods

as Original Music Composer

2005

Elisabeth

as Music

1999

Elisabeth

as Music

1986

Choke Canyon

as Original Music Composer

1985

The Look

as Music

1984

Airwolf: The Movie

as Original Music Composer

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