RIP Patrick Williams

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  1. MikaelaArsenault

    MikaelaArsenault Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Patrick Williams, who wrote Grammy Award-winning arrangements as well as Emmy Award-winning scores for hit television shows like “Columbo,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Lou Grant,” died on July 25 in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 79.

    His wife, Catherine Greer Williams, said the cause was complications of cancer.

    Mr. Williams blended jazz, classical and pop in arrangements that were wholly his own. And in composing for about 200 films and television shows, he harnessed his versatility in creating scores that could be stirring or menacing, understated or dramatic, playful or dignified.

    Patrick Williams, 79, Composer as Heard on TV (and Beyond), Is Dead
     
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  2. longdist01

    longdist01 Senior Member

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    RIP Patrick Williams, I recall his arrangements in scoring for film "Breaking Away"

    He worked on a lot of television programs too!
     
  3. Dirkwkirk

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    He would have been a young guy when writing these tunes. Talented.
     
  4. Chazro

    Chazro Forum Resident

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    One of the seminal Jazz records in the soundtrack of my life would be Patrick Williams Threshold! RIP Maestro.
     
  5. Ignatius

    Ignatius Forum Resident

    He was great. I often mistook his "Columbo" cues for that of Gille Melles' . Hard to tell on the Universal Studios plantation.
     
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  6. tommy-thewho

    tommy-thewho Senior Member

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    RIP Patrick.

    Did some great work...
     
  7. 79. Good enough.
     
  8. Dillydipper

    Dillydipper Space-Age luddite

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    Meanwhile, earlier this week...

    R.I.P. Patrick Williams

    Sooo, that's one for the Music area, and one for the Visual Arts area...anybody wanna start one in Classifieds...?
     
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  9. Holy Diver

    Holy Diver Senior Member

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    Great talent. RIP.
     
  10. MikaelaArsenault

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    Oh no. Didn't realize there was already an existing thread.
     
  11. Dillydipper

    Dillydipper Space-Age luddite

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    Ah well...can never get enough Patrick Williams anyway; sorry if I was overly-caustic last night...
     
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  12. MikaelaArsenault

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    It’s fine.
     
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