---
name: "Michael Gore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-gore"
fi1m_id: "michael-gore"
imdb_id: "nm0330759"
tmdb_id: 32398
wikidata_id: "Q538824"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "5 March 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T16:57:24.375756+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."
---

# Michael Gore

## Identity

Michael Gore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-gore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-gore
- **IMDb ID:** nm0330759
- **TMDB ID:** 32398
- **Wikidata ID:** Q538824
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538824, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32398

Composer. Born 5 March 1951 in Brooklyn.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 5 March 1951, Brooklyn
- **Active:** 1980–1983
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 2 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Gore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q538824, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330759/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32398

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Terms of Endearment*](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md) (81)

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## Biography

Michael Gore (born 5 March 1951) is an American composer. A 1969 graduate of the Dwight-Englewood School, he is the younger brother of singer Lesley Gore.

Gore won two Academy Awards in 1981 for the film *Fame* (1980): Best Original Score and Best Original Song (shared with lyricist Dean Pitchford). He composed the score for *Terms of Endearment* (1983), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and contributed music to *Pretty in Pink* (1986), *Defending Your Life* (1991) and other films. He also wrote songs for the musical *Carrie* with Pitchford and Lawrence D. Cohen.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Terms of Endearment* (1983), Fi1m 81, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md)
- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, Songs, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Lesley Gore: It's Her Party* (2001), Actor
- *South Pacific* (2001), Executive Producer
- *Superstar* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Wonderful* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *The Butcher's Wife* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Defending Your Life* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Don't Tell Her It's Me* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Pretty in Pink* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Terms of Endearment* (1983), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md)
- *Fame* (1980), Original Music Composer, Songs — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 2 nominated

- 1984: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Terms of Endearment*
- 1982: Best Original Score (won), for *Fame*
- 1981: Best Original Song (won), for *Fame*
- 1981: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Fame*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1981: Best Original Score (won), for *Fame*

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

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