---
name: "Keith Emerson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/keith-emerson"
fi1m_id: "keith-emerson"
imdb_id: "nm0256230"
tmdb_id: 548768
wikidata_id: "Q319751"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 November 1944"
died: "10 March 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-28T21:04:37.409409+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Keith Emerson

## Identity

Keith Emerson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/keith-emerson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** keith-emerson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0256230
- **TMDB ID:** 548768
- **Wikidata ID:** Q319751
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Emerson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319751, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/548768

Producer. Born 2 November 1944 in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 10 March 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 November 1944, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 10 March 2016
- **Also known as:** Keith Noel Emerson
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Emerson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319751, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256230/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/548768

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Godzilla: Final Wars*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md) (54)

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## Biography

Keith Emerson (1944–2016) was an English composer and keyboardist. He founded the progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer after earlier work with The Nice.

Emerson composed film scores including *Inferno* (1980), *Nighthawks* (1981), *Murder-Rock: Dancing Death* (1984), *The Church* (1989) and *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004). He also wrote theme music for the British television series *Up the Elephant and Round the Castle*.

He died on 10 March 2016 in Santa Monica, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikizilla.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Fi1m 54, Music Producer, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Child's Play* (2025), Music
- *Godzilla Fest 5: Great Monster Battle* (2024), Music
- *The Rhythm of Life* (2023), Actor
- *Godzilla vs. Hedorah* (2021), Music
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Fanfare (1970-1997)* (2017), Actor
- *Revolution: The Legacy of the Sixties* (2017), Actor
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer - 40th Anniversary Reunion Concert* (2011), Actor
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: C'est La Vie* (2010), as Keyboards
- *Moogfest 2006: Live* (2007), Actor
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: The Birth of a Band, Isle of Wight Festival 1970* (2006), Actor
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Beyond the Beginning* (2005), Actor
- *Godzilla: Final Wars* (2004), Original Music Composer, Music Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-final-wars.md)
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Masters from the Vaults* (2004), Actor
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Live in Concert* (2004), as Keyboards
- *Keyboard Wizards - The Ultimate Anthology* (2003), Actor
- *Inside Emerson, Lake & Palmer 1970-1995* (2003), Actor
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Live at Montreux* (1997), as keyboard
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Live at the Royal Albert Hall* (1996), as Keyboards
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Welcome Back* (1992), Actor
- *The Church* (1989), Original Music Composer
- *Best Revenge* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Murder-Rock: Dancing Death* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Harmagedon* (1983), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Corpses* (1982), Music
- *Nighthawks* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Inferno* (1980), Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Works Orchestral Tour* (1977), Actor
- *Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders* (1975), Music
- *Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Live In Zurich 1970* (1971), as Keith Emerson
- *Jimi* (1970), Music

## Gallery

- ![Keith Emerson at the photo shoot for the album released in summer of 2008 titled, "Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla" Taken in Borrego Springs desert in](https://film.one/media/person/4097815/gallery-e970a072302f.jpg) Keith Emerson at the photo shoot for the album released in summer of 2008 titled, "Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla" Taken in Borrego Springs desert in — Mari Kawaguchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Keith_Emerson_standing_desert_mari_kawaguchi.jpg/1280px-Keith_Emerson_standing_desert_mari_kawaguchi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Keith Emerson performing at a WPLR Show](https://film.one/media/person/4097815/gallery-17a723893e6e.jpg) Keith Emerson performing at a WPLR Show — Carl Lender at https://www.flickr.com/photos/clender/, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/KeithEmersonPerforming.jpg/1280px-KeithEmersonPerforming.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Keith Emerson in concert with his band at Nearfest 2006](https://film.one/media/person/4097815/gallery-a4c934c480f1.jpg) Keith Emerson in concert with his band at Nearfest 2006 — Lrheath (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Emo-Nearfest_06.jpg/1280px-Emo-Nearfest_06.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Keith Emerson del gruppo progressive-rock Emerson, Lake & Palmer in concerto nel 1992](https://film.one/media/person/4097815/gallery-2da1ae04dc9e.jpg) Keith Emerson del gruppo progressive-rock Emerson, Lake & Palmer in concerto nel 1992 — Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Emerson%2C_Lake_%26_Palmer_05.jpg/1280px-Emerson%2C_Lake_%26_Palmer_05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Keith Emerson del gruppo progressive-rock Emerson, Lake & Palmer in concerto nel 1992](https://film.one/media/person/4097815/gallery-0741090db185.jpg) Keith Emerson del gruppo progressive-rock Emerson, Lake & Palmer in concerto nel 1992 — Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Emerson%2C_Lake_%26_Palmer_04.jpg/1280px-Emerson%2C_Lake_%26_Palmer_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Keith Emerson](https://film.one/media/person/4097815/gallery-fd6dd3649004.jpg) Keith Emerson — Mari Kawaguchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Keith_Emerson_StPetersburg_Aug08.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Frankfurter Musikpreis 2010: Frankfurter Musikpreis (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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