Galt Macdermot
Biography
Biography
Galt MacDermot was most commonly known for his impressive musical talents. MacDermot began his entertainment career with his music featured in films like "Cotton Comes to Harlem" (1970), "Golden Apples of the Sun" (1971) with Percy Harkness and "Fortune and Men's Eyes" (1971). His music also appeared in "Rhinoceros" (1972) and the Doris Fishwick drama "Moon Over the Alley" (1980). In the eighties and the nineties, MacDermot's music increasingly set the pace for dramas, including films like "Tinamer" (1988) with Gilles Vigneault and Louise Portal and "Riding the Rails" (1989). MacDermot's music was also featured in the crime drama "Barbershop" (2002) with Ice Cube, the Nia Vardalos comedy "Connie and Carla" (2004) and the Johnny Depp box office smash family adventure "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" (2005). His music was also featured in the Steve Carell box office smash dramatic comedy "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005) and the dramatic period piece "Bobby" (2006) with Anthony Hopkins. MacDermot's music was most recently featured in the Lou Adler documentary "The Wrecking Crew" (2015).