The Film/TV/Theater Work of Van Dyke Parks

Van Dyke Parks main work has been the writing of film scores for a long time now. Below you find a listing of all the movies, TV and theater production he scored.

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cover of a CD (VDPCD 001 - manufactured for the composer)  featuring two of Parks' film scores


MOTION PICTURES

Private Parts  Studio: Rysher/Paramount     Director: Betty Thomas     Producer: Ivan Reitman     Year: 1997

Bastard Out Of Carolina    Studio: Turner Pictures     Director: Anjelica Huston     Producers: Gary Hoffman, Amanda DiGiulio     Year: 1996

Wild Bill   Studio: MGM/UA     Director: Walter Hill     Producers: Richard and Lili Zanuck   Year: 1995

Next Door   Studio: Tri-Star Pictures    Director: Tony Bill    Producer: ?     Year: 1994

Out On A Limb  Studio: Universal Pictures     Director: Francis Veber     Producer: ?   Year: 1992

The Two Jakes   Studio: Paramount    Director: Jack Nicholson    Producer: Robert Evans    Year: 1990

Casual Sex    Studio: Universal Pictures    Director: Walter Hill    Producers: Richard and Lili Zanuck     Year: 1988

The Brave Little Toaster     Songs by Van Dyke Parks/Score by David Newman    Studio: Walt Disney     Director: Jerry Rees     Year: 1987

Club Paradise     Studio: Warner Bros.     Director: Harold Ramis     Producer: Trevor Albert     Year: 1986

Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird     Studio: Warner Bros.     Director: Ken Kwapis     Year: 1985    

Popeye    Music by Van Dyke Parks and Harry Nilsson     Studio: Paramount     Director: Robert Altman     Producer: Robert Evans     Year: 1980

Goin' South    Studio: Paramount     Director: Jack Nicholson     Producer: ?     Year: 1978


TV PRODUCTIONS

Oliver Twist    Studio: Walt Disney     Director: Tony Bill     Producers: Laurence Mark, John Baldecchi     Year: 1997

The Summer Of Ben Tyler     Studio: Hallmark Hall Of Fame/CBS     Director: Arthur Seidelman     Producer: Richard Welsh     Year: 1996

The Marshall (1995/96)     Studio: Paramount/ABC    Producers:  John Mankiewitz, Aaron Lipstadt, Don Johnson     Year: 1995/96

One Christmas     Studio: Davis Ent./NBC Movie Of The Week     Director: Tony Bill     Producers: John Davis, Merill Karpf     Year: 1994


THEATER PRODUCTIONS

Sister Aimee     Jujameyn Productions     Producer: Margo Lyon

Mother Courage     Boston Shakespeare Festival     Star: Linda Hunt     Producer: Peter Sellars

Henry V, Part 1     Kennedy Center     Star: John Hurt, Patti Lupone     Producer: Peter Sellars

Jump     developed for theater by Joseph Papp's     New York Shakespeare Festival


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