Randy Edelman

Prolific film composer Randy Edelman was born June 10, 1947, in Patterson, New Jersey, and learned to play piano by ear and wrote his first songs at age 14.

He briefly studied medicine at the University of Cincinnati before quitting school to pursue a career in music, eventually landing an arranging gig at King Records.

In 1970, Edelman relocated to New York to work as a staff writer at CBS Records, concurrently playing keyboards in the Broadway production The Boyfriend.