Edward King(1949-2018)

Composer
Soundtrack

Edward King was born on 14 September 1949 in Glendale, California, USA. He was a composer, known for Crimson Tide (1995), Boss Level (2020) and Con Air (1997). He was married to Sharon Brock, Janet Lynn Hand and Patricia A Pettit. He died on 22 August 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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Known for

Crimson Tide

7.3

Soundtrack("Sweet Home Alabama")

1995

Boss Level

6.8

Soundtrack("Workin' for MCA")

2020

Con Air

6.9

Soundtrack(as Ed King, "Sweet Home Alabama")

1997

Forrest Gump

8.8

Soundtrack(as Ed King, "Sweet Home Alabama")

1994

Credits

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Composer

Kid Rock: All Summer Long
6.6
Music Video
- Composer
- 2008

Soundtrack

Outsiders
2.2
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2021–2022
Boss Level
6.8
- writer: "Workin' for MCA"
- 2020
Beat Shazam
6.1
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2018
Caught
6.3
TV Series
- writer: "Saturday Night Special" (uncredited)
- 2018
Seven Seconds
7.7
TV Mini Series
- writer: "Saturday Night Special"
- 2018
Golic and Wingo
5.5
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2018
Dark Matter
7.5
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" (uncredited)
- 2017
Tu cara me suena
6.8
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2017
Roadies
7.4
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2016
Crazy About Tiffany's
5.7
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2016
Mike & Mike
6.8
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2016
Woodlawn
6.4
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2015
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser
4.2
Video
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2015
Independent Lens
8.1
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama"
- 2014
Rick and Morty
9.1
TV Series
- writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" (uncredited)
- 2014

Personal details

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Official sites
- Facebook
- Official Site
Alternative names
- Ed King
Height
- 6′ (1.83 m)
Born
- September 14, 1949
- Glendale, California, USA
Died
- August 22, 2018
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA(lung cancer)
Spouses
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Trivia
King and Steve Gaines, who replaced him in Lynyrd Skynyrd, were born on the same day: 9/14/ 1949.

Quotes
I am mainly known as the one who verbally counted off 'Sweet Home Alabama,' then played the infamous Stratocaster riff as well as the solos in that tune [...] I am the luckiest guitar player that ever lived. Who could've guessed that song would pay the rent for over 30 years?