Michael Kamen

Michael Arnold Kamen (April 15, 1948 - November 18, 2003) was an American composer, orchestral arranger and conductor, songwriter, and session musician.
Influences.
Kamen stated composers like Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, John Williams, Lalo Schifrin, Maurice Jarre and John Barry as influences.
Health and death.
Kamen was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1997. He died in London, England, from a heart attack on November 18, 2003, at the age of 55.