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name: "Michael Small"
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roles: ["Composer"]
born: "30 May 1939"
died: "24 November 2003"
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average_fi1m_score: 53
updated: "2026-09-16T14:23:42.866184+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."
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# Michael Small

Composer. Born 30 May 1939 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 24 November 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 30 May 1939, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 24 November 2003
- **Active:** 1976–1987

## Biography

Michael Small (1939–2003) was an American film score composer. Born in New York City, he grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey. His father, Jack Small, was an actor and general manager for the Shubert Organization. Small graduated from Williams College with a degree in English and studied for a year at Harvard University before receiving private music training with composer Meyer Kupferman.

He began scoring films with *Out of It* (1969) and became known for his work on thrillers, including *Klute* (1971), *The Parallax View* (1974), *The Stepford Wives* (1975), *Night Moves* (1975) and *Marathon Man* (1976). Other credits include *The Driver* (1978), *Pumping Iron* (1977), *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981) and *Jaws: The Revenge* (1987). Small composed for more than fifty films and television productions.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Jaws: The Revenge* (1987), Fi1m 32, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/jaws-the-revenge.md)
- *Marathon Man* (1976), Fi1m 74, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/marathon-man.md)

## Also known for

- *The Postman Always Rings Twice* (1981), Original Music Composer
- *Pumping Iron* (1977), Music
- *The Driver* (1978), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Klute* (1971), Original Music Composer
- *The Parallax View* (1974), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
- *The Stepford Wives* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Night Moves* (1975), Original Music Composer, Conductor
- *Black Widow* (1987), Original Music Composer

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