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name: "Patrick Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-williams"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "23 August 1939"
died: "25 July 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:20:01.280768+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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# Patrick Williams

Composer. Born 23 August 1939 in Bonne Terre, Missouri, USA. Died 25 July 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 23 August 1939, Bonne Terre, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 25 July 2018
- **Also known as:** Patrick Moody Williams , Pat Wiliams , Pat Williams

## Biography

Patrick Moody Williams (23 April 1939 – 25 July 2018) was an American composer, arranger and conductor who worked extensively in film, television and jazz. Born in Bonne Terre, Missouri, he graduated from Duke University and studied music at Columbia University before moving to California in 1968.

Williams composed music for the television series *Columbo* (including episodes from 1977 to 1992), *The Mary Tyler Moore Show*, *Lou Grant* (for which he wrote the theme), *The Bob Newhart Show*, *The Streets of San Francisco* and *The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd*. His film scores include *Breaking Away* (1979), *All of Me* (1984), *The Cutting Edge* (1992) and *Cry-Baby* (1990). He also wrote for more than 100 television films and miniseries.

He received four Emmy Awards (from 22 nominations), two Grammy Awards (from 21 nominations), an Academy Award nomination for *Breaking Away* and a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his orchestral work *An American Concerto*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, patrickwilliamsmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Also known for

- *Cry-Baby* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Monk* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Cutting Edge* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *All of Me* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Breaking Away* (1979), Original Music Composer
- *Used Cars* (1980), Original Music Composer
- *The Toy* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Switching Goals* (1999), Original Music Composer

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