Stephen Lawrence
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Stephen Lawrence has been a composer for Sesame Street since 1980.
In addition to his work composing for film, theater and television, he composed the title song and others for Free To Be...You And Me, the landmark Gold Record, book, and Emmy-winning ABC television special. He composed the million-selling song "You Take My Breath Away," which earned two Gold Records. He composed over 250 songs and scores for Sesame Street for which he received three shared Emmy Awards.
Selected credits
- 1974: Composer (lyrics by Bruce Hart), Music Director, Free to Be... You & Me
- 1974: Composer, score for motion picture Bang The Drum Slowly, starring Robert DiNiro
- 1983: Composer (with Dick Lieb), Don't Eat the Pictures
- 1984: Composer, three songs for A...My Name Is Alice
- 1993: Composer, Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
- 1994: Composer, Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
- 2000: Composer, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
- 2003: Composer, Chanukah on Planet Matzah Ball (with lyricist Cathi Rosenberg-Turow)
Song list (incomplete)
- Bats (with Luis Santeiro)
- Best Friend Blues (with Cathi Rosenberg-Turow)
- Big Kids Cry Too (with Luis Santeiro)
- Celebrate (with Gretchen Cryer)
- Cookie Subtraction Song (with Cathi Rosenberg-Turow)
- Counting One To Five (with Madeline Sunshine)
- Elmo Wrote His Name (with David Korr)
- Everything in the Wrong Place Ball (with Cathi Rosenberg-Turow)
- From Here to There (with Belinda Ward)
- Fuzzy and Blue (and Orange) (with David Axlerod)
- I'm Takin' A Break (with Belinda Ward)
- If I Were (with David Axlerod)
- If Moon Was Cookie (with Luis Santeiro)
- Loving All Those Things (with Jeff Moss)
- Monster In Me (with Belinda Ward)
- NTV (with Mark Saltzman)
- Oh, Look What Our Baby Can Do! (with Belinda Ward)
- One Note At A Time (with Annie Evans)
- Shark Song
- Sir Count A Lot (with Annie Evans)
- Step and Stomp (with Annie Evans)
- Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5 (with Mark Saltzman)
- Waiting For The Bell To Ring (with Belinda Ward)
- We Are All Monsters (with Tony Geiss)
- Where's The Baby (with Annie Evans)
