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Pat Best(1923-2004)

  • Composer
  • Soundtrack
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Pat Best was born on 6 June 1923 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was a composer, known for Driving Miss Daisy (1989), As Good as It Gets (1997) and The Parent Trap (1998). He was married to Zenobia Maud Robinson. He died on 14 October 2004 in Roseville, California, USA.
BornJune 6, 1923
DiedOctober 14, 2004(81)
BornJune 6, 1923
DiedOctober 14, 2004(81)
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Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Driving Miss Daisy
7.3
  • Soundtrack("I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)" (1945))
  • 1989
Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets (1997)
As Good as It Gets
7.7
  • Soundtrack("For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You)")
  • 1997
Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, and Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap (1998)
The Parent Trap
6.7
  • Soundtrack("I Love You For Sentimental Reasons")
  • 1998
Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, and Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Night in Miami... (2020)
One Night in Miami...
7.1
  • Soundtrack("I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)")
  • 2020

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  • Five Star in Five Star: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons (1994)
    Five Star: (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
    5.2
    Music Video
    • Composer
    • 1994

Soundtrack



  • Show Time at the Apollo
    • writer: "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons"
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1955



  • Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi in Priscilla (2023)
    Priscilla
    6.5
    • writer: "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
    • 2023
  • Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr., Eli Goree, and Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Night in Miami... (2020)
    One Night in Miami...
    7.1
    • writer: "I Love You (For Sentimental Reasons)"
    • 2020
  • Nat 'King' Cole in Nat King Cole's Greatest Songs (2019)
    Nat King Cole's Greatest Songs
    7.7
    TV Special
    • writer: "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
    • 2019
  • Euthanizer (2017)
    Euthanizer
    6.7
    • writer: "Sua lemmin kuin järjetön mä oisin"
    • 2017
  • Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (2014)
    Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
    7.0
    • writer: "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons"
    • 2014
  • Zooey Deschanel, Max Greenfield, Damon Wayans Jr., Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson in New Girl (2011)
    New Girl
    7.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (uncredited)
    • 2011–2012
  • Imanol Arias, Ana Duato, María Galiana, Pablo Rivero, Irene Visedo, Carmen Climent, and Paloma Bloyd in Cuéntame cómo pasó (2001)
    Cuéntame cómo pasó
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer: "I Love You for Sentimental Reasons"
    • 2012
  • Amy Brenneman, Brian Benben, Benjamin Bratt, Taye Diggs, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Caterina Scorsone, and KaDee Strickland in Private Practice (2007)
    Private Practice
    6.8
    TV Series
    • writer: "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (uncredited)
    • 2010
  • Desperate Housewives (2004)
    Desperate Housewives
    7.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (uncredited)
    • 2010
  • Before You Say 'I Do' (2009)
    Before You Say 'I Do'
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • writer: "(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons" (uncredited)
    • 2009
  • Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X-Files (1993)
    The X-Files
    8.6
    TV Series
    • writer: "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" (uncredited)
    • 2002
  • Minna Haapkylä in Kuutamolla (2002)
    Kuutamolla
    5.6
    • writer: "Sua lemmin kuin järjetön mä oisin (I Love You for Sentimental Reasons)"
    • 2002
  • Danny DeVito and Martin Lawrence in What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001)
    What's the Worst That Could Happen?
    5.5
    • writer: "Sentimental Reasons"
    • 2001
  • Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, and Lindsay Lohan in The Parent Trap (1998)
    The Parent Trap
    6.7
    • writer: "I Love You For Sentimental Reasons"
    • 1998
  • Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets (1997)
    As Good as It Gets
    7.7
    • writer: "For Sentimental Reasons (I Love You)"
    • 1997

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  • Born
    • June 6, 1923
    • Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
  • Died
    • October 14, 2004
    • Roseville, California, USA(Undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Zenobia Maud RobinsonMarch 22, 1941 - ? (divorced)
  • Parents
      Isaac Best

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