Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

Starred Richard Dreyfus, Glenne Headly and Jay Thomas in a moving portrait of a dedicated music teacher and the difference he made in his students lives.

The inspirational spark to begin the Mr Holland’s Opus Foundation

Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Score Co-Producer
Writer: ‘Cole's Song’
Lyrics by Julian Lennon & Justin, Clayton
Performed by Julian Lennon

Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men also contributed the song ‘Visions of a Sunset’ to the film.

Winner: BMI Film Music Award 1996

Winner: Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement 1997: An American Symphony - Mr Holland’s Opus

Film, Buena Vista

Composed and Conducted by
Michael Kamen

Produced by
Michael Kamen, Stephen McLaughlin and Christopher Brooks

Performed by
The Seattle Symphony Orchestra and
The London Metropolitan Orchestra

Orchestrations by
Michael Kamen and Jonathan Sacks

Recorded and Mixed By
Stephen McLaughlin

Additional Mixing By
Joel Iwataki

Recording Engineers
Stephen McLaughlin, Joel Iwataki,
Andy Warwick and Al Swanson

Remote Trucks by
Remote Recording Services, Inc.: David Hewitt,
Phil Gitomer, Dave Roberts, Sean McClintock

Production Music Supervisor
Christopher Brooks

Music Editors
David Olson and Michael Ryan

Contractors
David Sabee (Seattle) and Andy Brown (London)

Music Supervisor
Sharon Boyle

Music Education Advisor and Production Consultant
David Heckendorn

Music Preparation
Vic Fraser, Joe McGuire and Pat Takahashi and
her crew

Music Coordinator
John Houlihan

Recorded at
Abbey Road Studios and Air Lyndhurst Studios, London, The Saint Thomas Center, Bothell, WA, March 1995

CUE LIST

1M1 - Opening (Abbey Road Version)

1M1 - Opening (Seattle Version)

1M1 Piano

2M2/3 - Free Time / Iris & Glen

3M1 - Stranger Woodwind Sect no Fade

3M1 - Stranger Woodwind Sect with Fade

3M3 - Frustration Montage

3M4 - Hallway Transition

3M6 - Gertrude Crying

4M1 - Coltrane Story

4M2 - Lovers Concerto

4M3 - Minueting

4M4

5M2 - Iris' Theme

5M4A - Stranger

5M5 - Strangers On The Shore

5M7 - To The Hospital

6M1 - Coltrane Holland

8M1 - There's Something Wrong With Cole

8M4 - Sleepers Wake

9M2 - Funeral

9M4/5/6

12M2 - Overture

12M6 - Come With Me

13M1/2 Drug Store Bus Stop

13M3 - I Tried To Protect Him

14M1 - Beethoven's 3rd

15M1 - Letter From Cole

15M2/3 - Letter To Bill

16M2 - Thank You, Mr. Holland