Paul Williams (songwriter)

Paul Williams is an American composer and songwriter who was born Paul Hamilton Williams September 19, 1940, in Omaha, Nebraska. The diminutive (5 feet (1.5 m.) tall) and cherubic Williams is also an actor, appearing in films and many television guest appearances, notably as the lead role in the cult film Phantom of the Paradise, a rock and roll remake of Phantom of the Opera. Williams worked closely with Jim Henson's Henson Productions on The Muppet Movie, most specifically on the soundtrack.

Songwriter career

Songs

• "Evergreen"
• "We've Only Just Begun"
• "Love Boat Theme"
• "The Rainbow Connection"
• "Just an Old-Fashioned Love Song"
• "Rainy Days and Mondays"
• "Nice to Be Around"
• "Out in the Country"
• "Let Me Be The One"
• "You and Me Against the World"

Film music

• The Getaway, 1972
• The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, 1972
• Cinderella Liberty, 1973
• Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, 1974
• Phantom of the Paradise, 1974
• The Day of the Locust, 1975
• Bugsy Malone, 1976
• A Star Is Born, 1976
• One on One, 1977
• The End, 1978
• Agatha, 1979
• The Muppet Movie, 1979
• The Secret of NIMH, 1982

Television

• The Love Boat
• The McLean Stevenson Show
• It Takes Two
• Sugar Time!
• Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas, produced by Jim Henson