Robert Kraft(I)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Producer
Robert Kraft is an award-winning songwriter, film composer, recording artist and record producer. As President of Fox Music from 1994 to 2012, Kraft was the Executive in Charge of Music for more than 300 Fox feature films, as well as dozens of TV shows.
As a songwriter, Kraft has earned nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globes. For co-composing the song, "Beautiful Maria of My Soul" from the Warner Brothers feature, "The Mambo Kings", he was nominated for an Oscar, a Grammy and a Golden Globe. Kraft was nominated for a second Golden Globe for the song, "How Can I Not Love You" from "Anna and the King", co-written with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds and film composer George Fenton.
In 1989, Kraft co-produced all of the Oscar- and Grammy Award-winning songs on the multi-platinum soundtrack, "The Little Mermaid", including the Academy Award-winning song, "Under The Sea". He was nominated for a Grammy Award as the producer of "The Muppet Christmas Carol", and his song, "Hudson Hawk" was the basis for the Tri-Star film, "Hudson Hawk" (1991) starring Bruce Willis and Andie MacDowell.
