Marc Shaiman is an American composer and lyricist for films, television, and theatre.
He has received numerous accolades including two Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and a Tony Award as well as nominations for seven Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. He received the Hollywood Film Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music and Film in 2002.
Major associations Academy Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1994 Best Original Song "A Wink and a Smile", Sleepless in Seattle 1996 Best Musical or Comedy Score The American President 1997 The First Wives Club 1999 Patch Adams 2000 Best Original Song "Blame Canada", South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 2019 Best Original Score Mary Poppins Returns Best Original Song "The Place Where Lost Things Go", Mary Poppins Returns
BAFTA Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1994 Best Original Music "A Wink and a Smile", Sleepless in Seattle 2019 Best Original Music Mary Poppins Returns
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.Primetime Emmy Awards 1987 Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program Saturday Night Live 1991 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction 63rd Academy Awards 1992 Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program 64th Academy Awards 2004 Outstanding Music Direction 76th Academy Awards 2010 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special 82nd Academy Awards Outstanding Music Direction 2012 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special 84th Academy Awards Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Smash: Publicity Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics "Let Me Be Your Star", Smash: Pilot 2013 "Hang the Moon", Smash: The Parents 2015 Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special 2021 Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics "The End Titles", Soundtrack of Our Lives 2024 Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Albert Brooks: Defending My Life Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics "Which Of The Pickwick Triplets Did It", Only Murders in the Building: Sitzprobe
Golden Globe Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2017 Best Original Song "The Star", The Star 2018 Best Original Score Mary Poppins Returns
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1990 Best Arrangement, Instrumental and Vocals "It Had To Be You" 1991 "Recipe For Love" 2003 Best Musical Theatre Album Hairspray 2008 Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Hairspray 2013 Best Song Written for Visual Media "Let Me Be Your Star", Smash 2020 Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Mary Poppins Returns 2024 Best Musical Theatre Album Some Like It Hot
Tony Award Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2003 Best Original Score Hairspray 2011 Best Orchestrations Catch Me If You Can 2023 Best Original Score Some Like it Hot
Miscellaneous awards Chicago Film Critics Association 1999 – Best Original Song – "Blame Canada", South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut (winner)
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2018 – Best Original Score – Mary Poppins Returns (nominee)
Hollywood Film Awards 2002 – Outstanding Contribution to Music and Film (winner)
Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2023 – Career Achievement Award (winner)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1999 – Best Original Song – "Blame Canada", South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut (winner)
Satellite Awards 2007 – Best Original Song – "Come So Far", Hairspray (nominee)
Writers Guild of America Awards 2016 – Comedy/Variety Specials – Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special (nominee) 2022 – Comedy/Variety Specials – 75th Tony Awards (nominee)
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