Composing for the Screen

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 ▸ A Q&A with Hummie Mann

Figure 5.2 Composer and professor Hummie Mann.

Hummie Mann, DMA is a two-time Emmy-award winning composer who has collaborated with some of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors in both theatrical and television films. Born in Montreal, Mann began studying music at the age of seven. He learned to play not only the piano, but also recorder, guitar, clarinet, and oboe. He moved in 1980 to Los Angeles, where he began orchestrating and composing for such top-rated series as “Fame”, “Moonlighting”, “Knots Landing”, “ALF”, and “