David Michael Frank David Michael Frank

Born: December 1948, Baltimore, Maryland.

Biography:
American composer and conductor David Michael Frank attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music, studied in Paris, and graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He began his career as an arranger and conductor on Broadway in the mid-1970s, and was involved with the production of several hit shows, including "Grease", “Pippin” and "The Me Nobody Knows" before moving to California in an attempt to build a career in film music. During his early years in the industry he scored hundreds of episodes of the popular TV shows "Laverne and Shirley", "The Bad News Bears", “Columbo”, “Different Strokes” and “Fortune Hunter” before securing his first movie assignment, an alternative romantic comedy named "A Different Love", in 1978. Since then, Frank has built up a solid, if largely underappreciated reputation as a composer of high quality television scores, with an occasional cinematic feature to pepper his filmography. Among his better known big screen works are the Chuck Norris vehicles “Code of Silence” (1985) and “Hero and the Terror” (1988), the comedy "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" (1988), the Steven Seagal trio "Above the Law" (1988), "Hard to Kill" (1990) and "Out for Justice" (1991), "Poison Ivy" (1992), "A Life in the Theater" (1993), the Oscar nominated IMAX movie "Cosmic Voyage" (1996), and the comedy "Slap Her, She's French!" (2002). Frank currently resides in Hidden Hills, California, with his wife Bonnie.

Filmography:
Sherman’s Way (2008), The Pre Nup (2007), Slap Her, She's French! (2002), The Mole (2001), Boys Life 3 (2000), The Last Patrol (2000), Up Up and Away (2000), A Place Apart (1999), To Serve and Protect (1999), A Will of Their Own (1998), About Sarah (1998), Billboard Dad (1998), The Staircase (1998), Rhapsody in Bloom (1998), Little Girl Fly Away (1998), Narrow Escape (1997), A Thousand Men and a Baby (1997), Toothless (1997), Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (1997), A Kid in Aladdin's Palace (1997), Perfect Target (1997), Under Wraps (1997), The Lottery (1996), Born Free: A New Adventure (1996), Cosmic Voyage (1996), The Prince (1996), Dead by Sunset (1995), Annie: A Royal Adventure! (1995), The Baby-Sitters Club (1995), Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story (1995), Tails You Live, Heads You're Dead (1995), When the Dark Man Calls (1995), Bitter Vengeance (1994), Dancing with Danger (1994), Children of the Dark (1994), TekWar (1994), The Disappearance of Christina (1993), A Life in the Theater (1993), Best of the Best II (1993), Street Knight (1993), Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993), Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story (1993), Extreme Justice (1993), Irresistible Force (1993), Linda (1993), From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One (1992), Exclusive (1992), Poison Ivy (1992), Out for Justice (1991), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Suburban Commando (1991), Hard to Kill (1990), Going Under (1990), False Witness (1989), One Man Force (1989), Above the Law (1988), Call Me (1988), Hero and the Terror (1988), I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Casebusters (1986), The Check Is in the Mail (1986), The Gladiator (1986), Off the Mark (1986), Code of Silence (1985), An Innocent Love (1982), Maid in America (1982), The Kid from Left Field (1979), A Different Story (1978).

Highest Grossing Films as at end of 2007 (adjusted for inflation):
Hard to Kill ($79.4m), Out for Justice ($66.7m), Code of Silence ($340.6m), Above the Law ($32.5m), I’m Gonna Git You Sucka ($22.4m), The Baby-Sitter’s Club ($15.8m), Suburban Commando ($11.7m), Best of the Best II ($11.3m), Hero and the Terror ($9.1m), Showdown in Little Tokyo ($3.8m)

Awards:
199 Emmy Awards – Nominee, Outstanding Music and Lyrics – “Togetherness” from You Lucky Dog
1996 Emmy Awards – Nominee, Outstanding Music Composition for a Mini–Series, Movie, or Special – Annie: A Royal Adventure

Links:
Official Site

Cosmic Voyage Extreme Justice Hard to Kill/Above the Law Hero and the Terror A Kid in Aladdin's Palace The Mole Narrow Escape Out for Justice The Staircase


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