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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|01|19}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|01|19}}
| birth_place = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
| birth_place = Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
| residence = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| education = Coe College,<br> University of Wisconsin,<br> University of Iowa
| education = Coe College,<br> University of Wisconsin,<br> University of Iowa
| known_for = Music composer, film composer, sessions musician
| known_for = Music composer, film composer, sessions musician
| style = [[Synthesizer]], electronic musician
| style = [[Synthesizer]], electronic musician
| spouse = Edie Lehmann
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Cassandra Lee Jensen|1972|1980|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Edie Lehmann|1995}}
}}
}}
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'''Michael Lehmann Boddicker''' (born January 19, 1953), is an [[United States|American]] [[film composer]] and [[session musician]], specializing in [[electronic music]]. He is a three times [[The Recording Academy|National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] (N.A.R.A.S.) Most Valuable Player "Synthesizer" and MVP Emeritus, he was awarded a [[Grammy]] as a songwriter for "[[Flashdance (soundtrack)|Imagination]]" from ''[[Flashdance]]'' in 1984.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/05/06/grammy-award-winning-composer-sues-michael-jacksons-estate/|title=Grammy Award-Winning Composer Suing Michael Jackson’s Estate|last=|first=|date=2016-05-06|website=CBS News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> He is the president of The Lehmann Boddicker Group.<ref name=":4" />
'''Michael Lehmann Boddicker''' (born January 19, 1953) is an American [[film composer]] and [[session musician]], specializing in [[electronic music]]. He is a three times [[The Recording Academy|National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]] (N.A.R.A.S.) Most Valuable Player "Synthesizer" and MVP Emeritus, he was awarded a [[Grammy]] as a songwriter for "[[Flashdance (soundtrack)|Imagination]]" from ''[[Flashdance]]'' in 1984.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/05/06/grammy-award-winning-composer-sues-michael-jacksons-estate/|title=Grammy Award-Winning Composer Suing Michael Jackson's Estate|date=2016-05-06|website=CBS News|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> He is the president of The Lehmann Boddicker Group.<ref name=":4" />


[[Image:Michael Boddicker Modular System - Moog System 55 (1976), minimoog (1975), Moog Bode Vocoder (1979), Formula Sound Multiple Resonance Filter Array (1979), with Moog Percussion Controller model 1130 (portrait) - 2015 NAMM Show.jpg|thumb|240px|
[[Image:Michael Boddicker Modular System - Moog System 55 (1976), minimoog (1975), Moog Bode Vocoder (1979), Formula Sound Multiple Resonance Filter Array (1979), with Moog Percussion Controller model 1130 (portrait) - 2015 NAMM Show.jpg|thumb|240px|
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==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Boddicker grew up in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]].<ref>[http://iowarocknroll.com/inductee-details.php?id=130 Michael Boddicker profile @iowarocknroll.com] Retrieved 5-19-2011.</ref> His parents, Jerry and Arlene Boddicker operated a music school and store in Cedar Rapids, which served students in all of Eastern Iowa.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/michael-boddicker|title=NAMM Oral History, Michael Boddicker|last=|first=|date=2013-08-07|website=National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM)|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.com/2010/10/21/former-music-teacher-arlene-boddicker-dies-at-81|title=Former music teacher Arlene Boddicker dies at 81|website=The Gazette|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> His mother was a nationally recognized [[Accordion|accordionist]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iowarocknroll.com/micheal-lehmann-boddicker|title=Michael Lehmann Boddicker|website=iowarocknroll|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref>
Boddicker grew up in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]].<ref>[http://iowarocknroll.com/inductee-details.php?id=130 Michael Boddicker profile @iowarocknroll.com] Retrieved 5-19-2011.</ref> His parents, Arlene Estelle (née Reyman) and Gerald "Jerry" Valentine Boddicker operated a music school and store in Cedar Rapids, which served students in all of Eastern Iowa.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/michael-boddicker|title=NAMM Oral History, Michael Boddicker|date=2013-08-07|website=National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM)|access-date=2019-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.com/2010/10/21/former-music-teacher-arlene-boddicker-dies-at-81|title=Former music teacher Arlene Boddicker dies at 81|website=The Gazette|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=Aug 6, 1998|title=Gerald Valentine Boddicker|page=22|work=The Cedar Rapid Gazette|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/550580675/?|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> His mother was a nationally recognized [[accordion]]ist.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.iowarocknroll.com/micheal-lehmann-boddicker|title=Michael Lehmann Boddicker|website=iowarocknroll|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=21 October 2010|title=A Legacy of Music For Retired Teacher|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/550808225/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Cedar Rapid Gazette|page=5|language=en}}</ref>


While still attending high school in Cedar Rapids in 1971, Boddicker enrolled full-time at the local [[Coe College]], studying electronic music.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://moogfoundation.org/bob-moog-foundation-modular-legacy-namm-2015-michael-boddicker-modular-synthesizer/|title=Bob Moog Foundation Modular Legacy at NAMM: in 2015, the Michael Boddicker modular synthesizer|date=2015-01-20|website=The Bob Moog Foundation|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> By 1972, he continued studies at Coe College, focused on [[Musical composition|music composition]] and he started taking [[Timeline of jazz education|jazz studies]] at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]].<ref name=":2" /> By 1973, he enrolled in 20th-century composition at the [[University of Iowa]].<ref name=":2" /> That same year in 1973, Michael purchased a powerful portable semi-modular synthesizer, the [[ARP 2600]].<ref name=":2" />
While still attending [[Jefferson High School (Iowa)|Jefferson High School]] in Cedar Rapids in 1971, Boddicker enrolled full-time at the local [[Coe College]], studying electronic music.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://moogfoundation.org/bob-moog-foundation-modular-legacy-namm-2015-michael-boddicker-modular-synthesizer/|title=Bob Moog Foundation Modular Legacy at NAMM: in 2015, the Michael Boddicker modular synthesizer|date=2015-01-20|website=The Bob Moog Foundation|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=31 August 1980|title=Around the town|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/550625412/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Cedar Rapid Gazette|page=72|language=en}}</ref> By 1972, he continued studies at Coe College, focused on [[Musical composition|music composition]] and he started taking [[Timeline of jazz education|jazz studies]] at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin]].<ref name=":2" /> By 1973, he enrolled in 20th-century composition at the [[University of Iowa]].<ref name=":2" /> That same year in 1973, Michael purchased a powerful portable semi-modular synthesizer, the [[ARP 2600]].<ref name=":2" />


By 1974, Michael moved to Los Angeles, and finds [[Paul Beaver]] as a mentor.<ref name=":2" />
By 1974, Michael moved to Los Angeles and found [[Paul Beaver]] as a mentor.<ref name=":2" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
He was able to purchase a [[Minimoog]] and a Moog System 15 modular synthesizer by 1975.<ref name=":2" /> As a result of his purchase, he was asked by [[Robert Moog|Bob Moog]] (the founder of [[Moog Music]]) to demonstrate their newest synthesizer, the [[Polymoog]], at the 1975 summer National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) convention.<ref name=":2" />
He was able to purchase a [[Minimoog]] and a Moog System 15 [[modular synthesizer]] by 1975.<ref name=":2" /> As a result of his purchase, he was asked by [[Robert Moog|Bob Moog]] (the founder of [[Moog Music]]) to demonstrate their newest synthesizer, the [[Polymoog]], at the 1975 summer [[NAMM Show]].<ref name=":2" />


He quickly found work as a [[session musician]], and by 1977 appeared playing [[synthesizer]], vocoder, accordion and keyboards on albums by many notables such as [[Quincy Jones]], [[Randy Newman]], [[The Manhattan Transfer]] and [[The Bee Gees]].
He quickly found work as a [[session musician]], and by 1977 appeared playing [[synthesizer]], vocoder, accordion and keyboards on albums by many notables such as [[Quincy Jones]], [[Randy Newman]], [[The Manhattan Transfer]] and [[The Bee Gees]].
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One of Boddicker's earliest soundtrack collaborations of note was a score for a short experimental [[claymation]] film made by [[Gumby]] creator [[Art Clokey]] entitled "Mandala" (released in 1977). Soon after that he entered the mainstream with work on such films as ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[The Wiz]]''.
One of Boddicker's earliest soundtrack collaborations of note was a score for a short experimental [[claymation]] film made by [[Gumby]] creator [[Art Clokey]] entitled "Mandala" (released in 1977). Soon after that he entered the mainstream with work on such films as ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[The Wiz]]''.


Boddicker is a [[Board of directors|Board Member]] of The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), of Beverly Hills, California.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://thescl.com/seminars/the-sounds-of-analog-synthesizers/|title=The Sounds Of Analog Synthesizers with Michael Lehmann Boddicker|date=2017-10-12|website=The Society of Composers and Lyricists|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> He owns an audio post production facility, Sol7 (aka Sol Seven), in the [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles|Sherman Oaks]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clynemedia.com/Intel_profiles/Michael_Boddicker/Intel_Michael_Boddicker.html|title=Artist Profile: Michael Boddicker|last=|first=|date=|website=Intel Corporation|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
Boddicker is a [[Board of directors|Board Member]] of The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), of Beverly Hills, California.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://thescl.com/seminars/the-sounds-of-analog-synthesizers/|title=The Sounds Of Analog Synthesizers with Michael Lehmann Boddicker|date=2017-10-12|website=The Society of Composers and Lyricists|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> He owns an audio post production facility, Sol7 (aka Sol Seven), in the [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles|Sherman Oaks]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.clynemedia.com/Intel_profiles/Michael_Boddicker/Intel_Michael_Boddicker.html|title=Artist Profile: Michael Boddicker|website=Intel Corporation|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>


In 2019, he co-founded the Los Angeles synthesizer music festival, Synthplex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edm.com/gear-tech/synthplex-synthesizer-festival-2019|title=Synthplex, L.A.'s First Synthesizer Festival, to Debut in March|last=Hernandez|first=Marilyn|date=|website=EDM.com - Electronic Dance Music News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/synthplex-conference-electronic-music-burbank-1203193780/|title=Synthplex Conference Draws 2,500 Electronic Music Enthusiasts to Burbank|last=Halperin|first=Shirley|last2=|first2=|date=2019-04-19|website=Variety|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref>
In 2019, he co-founded the Los Angeles synthesizer music festival, Synthplex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://edm.com/gear-tech/synthplex-synthesizer-festival-2019|title=Synthplex, L.A.'s First Synthesizer Festival, to Debut in March|last=Hernandez|first=Marilyn|website=EDM.com - Electronic Dance Music News|date=27 February 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/synthplex-conference-electronic-music-burbank-1203193780/|title=Synthplex Conference Draws 2,500 Electronic Music Enthusiasts to Burbank|last=Halperin|first=Shirley|date=2019-04-19|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Boddicker was married to Cassandra Lee Jensen, from 1972 to 1980, ending in divorce.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 June 1972|title=Miss Jensen to Wed M. J. Boddicker|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/548473492/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-07-07|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Gazette|page=47|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Michael J Boddicker in the California, U.S., Divorce Index, 1966-1984|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1141/|website=Ancestry.com|publisher=Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, State of California}}</ref> Boddicker officially changed his name to Michael Lehmann Boddicker when he married singer/conductor/actress Edie Lehmann on October 15, 1995 in Hollywood, California.<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 October 1995|title=Lehmann–Boddicker|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/550193811/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Cedar Rapid Gazette|page=103|language=en}}</ref> He has four children, two of the children he had were with Edie Lehmann. They live in Southern California.
Boddicker officially changed his name to '''Michael Lehmann Boddicker''' when he married singer/conductor/actress Edie Lehmann in 1995. He has four children, two of the children he had with Edie Lehmann. They live in Los Angeles, California.


He sued Michael Jackson's estate in 2016, alleging that he was unpaid for work and services provided early in his professional relationship with Michael Jackson.<ref name=":0" />
He sued Michael Jackson's estate in 2016, alleging that he was unpaid for work and services provided early in his professional relationship with Michael Jackson.<ref name=":0" />


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
He was awarded a [[Grammy Award]] as a songwriter for "Imagination" from the movie Flashdance in 1984.<ref name=":0" />
He was awarded a [[Grammy Award]] as a songwriter for "Imagination," from the movie Flashdance in 1984.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|last=Rexroat|first=Dee Ann|date=27 February 1985|title=C.R. Native Doesn't Win A Grammy This Year But Has Role In Two Others|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/549024957/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Cedar Rapid Gazette|page=12|language=en}}</ref>

In 1991, in recognition of his achievements, contributions and furtherance of electronic music in the recording industry, he was presented with an honorary doctorate of music from Coe College.<ref name="coe">[http://www.coe.edu/aboutcoe/pubs/pdfs/Winter04Courier.pdf Winter Courier 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414085250/http://www.coe.edu/aboutcoe/pubs/pdfs/Winter04Courier.pdf|date=2008-04-14}}, p. 22, [[PDF]]. [[Coe College]]. Retrieved on 9 March 2008.</ref>


Boddicker was voted most valuable synthesizer player in 1981, 1982, 1984 by the [[The Recording Academy|National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]].<ref name=":6" /> In 1991, in recognition of his achievements, contributions and furtherance of electronic music in the recording industry, he was presented with an honorary doctorate of music from Coe College.<ref name="coe">[http://www.coe.edu/aboutcoe/pubs/pdfs/Winter04Courier.pdf Winter Courier 2004] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414085250/http://www.coe.edu/aboutcoe/pubs/pdfs/Winter04Courier.pdf|date=2008-04-14}}, p. 22, [[PDF]]. [[Coe College]]. Retrieved on 9 March 2008.</ref> In 2003, Boddicker was inducted to the [[Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame|Iowa Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name=":5" />
In 2003, Boddicker was inducted to the [[Iowa Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame|Iowa Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame]].<ref name=":5" />


==Film music==
==Film music==
Among his [[film score]] credits as a composer are the cult classic ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]'' (1984),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200024143/|title=The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension|last=|first=|date=|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> the score for ''[[The Adventures of Milo and Otis]]'' (1986),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/25/movies/review-film-cat-and-dog-are-friends-in-a-tale-of-real-animals.html|title=Review/Film; Cat and Dog Are Friends In a Tale of Real Animals|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=1989-08-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and additional music for ''[[Bulletproof (1996 film)|Bulletproof]]'' (1996),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200165816/|title=Bulletproof|last=|first=|date=|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> "The Magic Egg: A Computer Odyssey" (1984) an [[IMAX|Omni Max]] computer animated film,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclotronic.com/movies/concerts/the-magic-egg-a-computer-odyssey-r85/|title=The Magic Egg: A Computer Odyssey|website=Encyclotronic|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> "[[Get Crazy]]" (1983),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/14/movies/get-crazy-rock.html|title='Get Crazy,' Rock|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=1983-10-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> "[[White Water Summer]]" (1987),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/films/068/000035960/|title=White Water Summer|website=www.nndb.com|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> "[[F/X2]] " (1991) with [[Lalo Schifrin]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1990/film/reviews/f-x2-1200428923/|title=F/X2|last=|first=|date=1991-01-01|website=Variety|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> and "Starfire" (1992).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collection.tiff.net/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=220285;type=102|title=Starfire|last=|first=|date=|website=collection.tiff.net|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
Among his [[film score]] credits as a composer are ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]'' (1984),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200024143/|title=The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The 8th Dimension|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> the score for ''[[The Adventures of Milo and Otis]]'' (1986),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/25/movies/review-film-cat-and-dog-are-friends-in-a-tale-of-real-animals.html|title=Review/Film; Cat and Dog Are Friends In a Tale of Real Animals|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=1989-08-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> and additional music for ''[[Bulletproof (1996 film)|Bulletproof]]'' (1996),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/jots.200165816/|title=Bulletproof|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> ''The Magic Egg: A Computer Odyssey'' (1984) an animated film,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://encyclotronic.com/movies/concerts/the-magic-egg-a-computer-odyssey-r85/|title=The Magic Egg: A Computer Odyssey|website=Encyclotronic|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> ''[[Get Crazy]]'' (1983),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/14/movies/get-crazy-rock.html|title='Get Crazy,' Rock|last=Maslin|first=Janet|date=1983-10-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''[[White Water Summer]]'' (1987),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/films/068/000035960/|title=White Water Summer|website=www.nndb.com|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> ''[[F/X2]]'' (1991) with [[Lalo Schifrin]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1990/film/reviews/f-x2-1200428923/|title=F/X2|date=1991-01-01|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> and ''Starfire'' (1992).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collection.tiff.net/mwebcgi/mweb?request=record;id=220285;type=102|title=Starfire|website=collection.tiff.net|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>


His contributions as a composer can also be heard in the film "Battlestar Galactica" (1978) which including the BattleStar Galactica theme song produced and arranged by Michael Boddicker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/composition/d89c6f07-b31d-4d0c-85dd-4f959fe6cbf4-Theme-From-Battlestar-Galactica-Long-Disco-Version/recordings|title=Theme From "Battlestar Galactica" (Long Disco Version)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> "Freejack" (1992), Michael Jackson's "Black or White" (music video), and "HIStory" (music video) video produced by and additional music underscore and "THE FLY" eleven cues to augment or replace the original score.
His contributions as a composer can also be heard in the film ''Battlestar Galactica'' (1978) which include the ''Battlestar Galactica'' theme song produced and arranged by Michael Boddicker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/composition/d89c6f07-b31d-4d0c-85dd-4f959fe6cbf4-Theme-From-Battlestar-Galactica-Long-Disco-Version/recordings|title=Theme From "Battlestar Galactica" (Long Disco Version)|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref> ''Freejack'' (1992), Michael Jackson's "Black or White" (music video), and "HIStory" (music video) video produced by and additional music underscore and "THE FLY" eleven cues to augment or replace the original score.


Artists that have recorded his songs and compositions include [[Lani Hall]] ("Go For The Heart"), [[Earth, Wind and Fire]] ("Opening Raise Tour"), [[Patti Austin]] ("Oh, No Margarita"), [[Michael Jackson]] ("Captain EO & HIStory Unveiling"), [[Isao Tomita]]'s & [[Yellow Magic Orchestra|YMO]]'s [[Hideki Matsutake]] ("Automatic Collect", "Automatic Correct & Plan"), [[Kitaro]] ("The Silk Road"), [[Laura Branigan]] (Imagination) and [[David Hasselhoff]].{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
Artists that have recorded his songs and compositions include [[Lani Hall]] ("Go For The Heart"), [[Earth, Wind and Fire]] ("Opening Raise Tour"), [[Patti Austin]] ("Oh, No Margarita"), [[Michael Jackson]] ("Captain EO & HIStory Unveiling"), [[Isao Tomita]]'s & [[Yellow Magic Orchestra|YMO]]'s [[Hideki Matsutake]] ("Automatic Collect", "Automatic Correct & Plan"), [[Kitaro]] ("The Silk Road"), [[Laura Branigan]] (Imagination) and [[David Hasselhoff]].{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

He also performed on soundtrack of the [[Horizons (Epcot)|Horizons]] attraction Walt Disney World's [[Epcot]] theme park.<ref>{{Cite web |year=1982 |title="EPCOT Center: A Profile |url=http://www.intercot.com/edc/Horizons/hfacts.html |access-date=2022-05-27 |website= |publisher=Walt Disney Company}}</ref>


==Performer==
==Performer==
As a session musician he played [[synthesizer]] on, among others, [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[This Is It (Michael Jackson album)|This Is It]]'', ''[[HIStory]]'', ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'', ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'', "[[P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)]]", ''[[Off the Wall (album)|Off the Wall]]''', ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'', ''[[Black or White]]'', and ''[[We Are the World]]''; Earth, Wind & Fire's ''[[Let's Groove]]''; Lionel Richie's ''[[Hello (Lionel Richie song)|Hello]]'', ''[[You Are (Lionel Richie song)|You Are]]'', ''[[Running with the Night]]''; Dazz Band's ''[[Let It Whip]]''; Randy Newman's ''[[The Natural (film)|The Natural]]'' and ''[[Short People]]''; Kenny Loggins' ''[[Footloose (song)|Footloose]]''; Barbra Streisand's ''[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]''; Cheap Trick's ''[[Surrender (Cheap Trick song)|Surrender]]''; The Jacksons' ''[[Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)|Shake Your Body]]''; Pointer Sisters' ''[[He's So Shy]]''; and Diana Ross's ''[[Missing You (Diana Ross song)|Missing You]]''.<ref>A complete discography is available at [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Michael+Boddicker#t=Credits_Instruments-Performance&q=&p=1 Discogs - Michael Boddicker].</ref>
As a session musician he played [[synthesizer]] on, among others, [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[This Is It (Michael Jackson album)|This Is It]]'', ''[[HIStory]]'', ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'', ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'', ''[[Off the Wall (album)|Off the Wall]]''', ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'', ''[[Black or White]]'', and ''[[We Are the World]]''; Earth, Wind & Fire's ''[[Let's Groove]]''; Lionel Richie's ''[[Hello (Lionel Richie song)|Hello]]'', ''[[You Are (Lionel Richie song)|You Are]]'', ''[[Running with the Night]]''; Dazz Band's ''[[Let It Whip]]''; Randy Newman's ''[[The Natural (film)|The Natural]]'' and ''[[Short People]]''; Kenny Loggins' ''[[Footloose (song)|Footloose]]''; Cyndi Lauper's ''[[The Goonies 'R' Good Enough]]''; Barbra Streisand's ''[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]''; Cheap Trick's ''[[Surrender (Cheap Trick song)|Surrender]]''; The Jacksons' ''[[Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)|Shake Your Body]]''; Pointer Sisters' ''[[He's So Shy]]''; and Diana Ross's ''[[Missing You (Diana Ross song)|Missing You]]''.<ref>A complete discography is available at [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Michael+Boddicker#t=Credits_Instruments-Performance&q=&p=1 Discogs - Michael Boddicker].</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Select list, as performer
|+Select list, as performer
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|1976
|1976
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|[[I Heard That!!]]
|''[[I Heard That!!]]''
|[[Quincy Jones]]
|[[Quincy Jones]]
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Quincy-Jones-I-Heard-That/release/5292359|title=Quincy Jones - I Heard That!!|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Quincy-Jones-I-Heard-That/release/5292359|title=Quincy Jones - I Heard That!!|website=Discogs|year=1976 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
|-
|-
|1976
|1976
|[[I'll Be Good to You]]
|''[[I'll Be Good to You]]''
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|[[The Brothers Johnson]]
|[[The Brothers Johnson]]
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|1977
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|[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots (1977 miniseries) soundtrack]]
|[[Roots (1977 miniseries)#Musical score and soundtrack|''Roots (1977 miniseries) soundtrack'']]
|Various
|Various
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
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|1977
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|[[Little Criminals]]
|''[[Little Criminals]]''
|[[Randy Newman]]
|[[Randy Newman]]
|
|
|named as "Mike Boddicker"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Randy-Newman-Little-Criminals/release/495916|title=Randy Newman - Little Criminals|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
|named as "Mike Boddicker"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Randy-Newman-Little-Criminals/release/495916|title=Randy Newman - Little Criminals|website=Discogs|year=1977 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
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|-
|1977
|1977
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|
|Superman
|''Superman''
|Barbra Streisand
|Barbra Streisand
|
|
|named as "Mike Boddicker"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Barbra-Streisand-Streisand-Superman/release/1489968|title=Barbra Streisand - Streisand Superman|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
|named as "Mike Boddicker"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Barbra-Streisand-Streisand-Superman/release/1489968|title=Barbra Streisand - Streisand Superman|website=Discogs|year=1977 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
|-
|-
|1978
|1978
|
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|[[Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!]]
|''[[Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!]]''
|Quincy Jones
|Quincy Jones
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
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|-
| rowspan="2" |1978
| rowspan="2" |1978
|Please Don't Keep Me Waiting
|''Please Don't Keep Me Waiting''
| rowspan="2" |[[Totally Hot]]
| rowspan="2" |''[[Totally Hot]]''
| rowspan="2" |[[Olivia Newton-John]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Olivia Newton-John]]
|Synthesizer
| rowspan="2" |Synthesizer
|
|
|-
|-
|Dancin' 'Round and 'Round
|''Dancin' 'Round and 'Round''
|Synthesizer
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|-
|-
|1979
| rowspan="3" |1979
|Rock With You
|
| rowspan="3" |''[[Off the Wall]]''<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|last=Mayes|first=Alison|date=January 11, 1990|title=Keyboard Wiz Aims For The Top|work=Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Alberta, Canada)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/484808696/|url-access=subscription|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
|[[Off the Wall|Off The Wall]]
|Michael Jackson
| rowspan="3" |Michael Jackson
| rowspan="3" |Synthesizer
|Synthesizers with [[Greg Phillinganes]].
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|Off The Wall
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|I Can't Help It
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|
|-
|-
|1979
|1979
|
|
|[[No One Home]]
|''[[No One Home]]''
|[[Lalo Schifrin]]
|[[Lalo Schifrin]]
|
|
|
|
|-
| rowspan="11" |1979
|One Voice
| rowspan="11" |[[One Voice (Barry Manilow album)|''One Voice'']]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Barry Manilow – One Voice|url=https://www.discogs.com/Barry-Manilow-One-Voice/release/1458533|website=Discogs|year=1979 }}</ref>
| rowspan="11" |[[Barry Manilow]]
| rowspan="11" |Synthesizer
|
|-
|(Why Don't We Try) A Slow Dance
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|-
|Rain
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|-
|Ships
|
|-
|You Could Show Me
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|-
|I Don't Want To Walk Without You
|
|-
|Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed
|
|-
|Where Are They Now
|
|-
|Bobbie Lee (What's The Difference, I Gotta Live)
|
|-
|When I Wanted You
|
|-
|Sunday Father
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|-
| rowspan="8" |1979
|It's Money That I Love
| rowspan="8" |[[Born Again (Randy Newman album)|''Born Again'']]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Randy Newman, Born Again, (1979, Vinyl)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Randy-Newman-Born-Again/release/3470321|website=Discog|year=1979 }}</ref>
| rowspan="8" |[[Randy Newman]]
| rowspan="8" |Synthesizer
|
|-
|The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band
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|-
|Pretty Boy
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|-
|Mr. Sheep
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|-
|Spies
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|-
|Half A Man
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|-
|William Brown
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|-
|Pants
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|-
|1980
|
|''[[He Who Rides the Tiger]]''
|[[Bernie Taupin]]
|Synthesizer, keyboards, programming
|<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 8, 1994|title=Records, Pop/Rock|work=Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, Indiana)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/31649502/|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-03-25|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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|-
| rowspan="7" |1981
| rowspan="7" |1981
|[[Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song)|Landslide]]
|[[Landslide (Olivia Newton-John song)|''Landslide'']]
| rowspan="7" |[[Physical (album)]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Physical (Olivia Newton-John album)|''Physical'']]
| rowspan="7" |Olivia Newton-John
| rowspan="7" |Olivia Newton-John
|Synthesizer
| rowspan="3" |Synthesizer
|
|
|-
|-
|Stranger's Touch
|''Stranger's Touch''
|Synthesizer
|
|
|-
|-
|Falling
|''Falling''
|Synthesizer
|
|
|-
|-
|Love Make Me Strong
|''Love Make Me Strong''
|Synthesizer, piano, [[vocoder]]
|Synthesizer, piano, [[vocoder]]
|
|
|-
|-
|Silvery Rain
|''Silvery Rain''
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|
|
|-
|-
|Carried Away
|''Carried Away''
|[[PPG Wave|PPG Wave 2]]
|[[PPG Wave|PPG Wave 2]]
|
|
|-
|-
|The Promise (The Dolphin Song)
|''The Promise (The Dolphin Song)''
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|1982
|You Are
|You Are
|Lionel Richie
|''Lionel Richie''
|Lionel Richie
|Lionel Richie
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| rowspan="6" |1982
|''[[Wanna Be Startin' Somethin']]''
|''[[Wanna Be Startin' Somethin']]''
| rowspan="6" |[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectrasonics.net/company/artists/artist.php?id=118|title=Artisans - Michael Boddicker|last=|first=|date=|website=Spectrasonics|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>''
| rowspan="6" |[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|''Thriller'']]''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.spectrasonics.net/company/artists/artist.php?id=118|title=Artisans - Michael Boddicker|website=Spectrasonics|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>''
| rowspan="6" |Michael Jackson
| rowspan="6" |Michael Jackson
|Synthesizer, background vocals
| rowspan="2" |Synthesizer, background vocals
|
|
|-
|-
|''Baby Be Mine''
|''Baby Be Mine''
|Synthesizer, background vocals
|
|
|-
|-
|''[[Billie Jean]]''
|''[[Billie Jean]]''
|[[E-mu Emulator|Emulator]]
| rowspan="2" |[[E-mu Emulator|Emulator]]
|
|
|-
|-
|''Human Nature''
|''Human Nature''
|Emulator
|
|
|-
|-
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|1984
|1984
|
|
|[[Chicago 17]]
|''[[Chicago 17]]''<ref name=":6" />
|Chicago
|Chicago
|
|
|<ref name=":6" />
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|-
|-
|1984
|1984
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| rowspan="3" |1984
|''[[Penny Lover]]''
|''[[Penny Lover]]''
| rowspan="3" |[[Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)|Can't Slow Down]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Can't Slow Down (Lionel Richie album)|''Can't Slow Down'']]<ref name=":6" />
| rowspan="3" |Lionel Richie
| rowspan="3" |Lionel Richie
|
|
|<ref name=":6" />
|
|-
|-
|''[[Running with the Night]]''
|''[[Running with the Night]]''
|Synthesizer, vocoder
|Synthesizer, vocoder
|<ref name=":6" />
|
|-
|-
|[[Stuck on You (Lionel Richie song)|''Stuck on You'']]
|[[Stuck on You (Lionel Richie song)|''Stuck on You'']]
|
|
|<ref name=":6" />
|-
|1984
|
|
|''[[1100 Bel Air Place]]''
|Julio Iglesias
|Keyboards
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=1984 Julio Iglesias - 1100 Bel Air Place|url=https://www.sessiondays.com/2016/05/1984-julio-iglesias-1100-bel-air-place/|access-date=2021-07-07|website=sessiondays.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|-
|1985
|1985
|[[We Are the World|We Are The World]]
|[[We Are the World|We Are The World]]
|
|
|USA For Africa
|USA For Africa, various
|Synthesizer, programming
|Synthesizer, programming
|(Grammy Award Winner).
|(Grammy Award Winner).<ref name=":6" />
|-
|1985
|[[The Goonies 'R' Good Enough]]
|''[[Cyndi Lauper]]''
|Cyndi Lauper
|Synthesizer
|
|-
|-
|1985
|1985
|''[[Greatest Love Of All]]''
|''[[Greatest Love Of All]]''
|[[Whitney Houston (album)|Whitney Houston]]
|[[Whitney Houston (album)|''Whitney Houston'']]
|Whitney Houston
|Whitney Houston
|
|
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|1985
|1985
|''[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]''
|''[[Somewhere (song)|Somewhere]]''
|[[The Broadway Album]]
|''[[The Broadway Album]]''
|Barbra Streisand
|Barbra Streisand
|
|
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|1986
|1986
|
|
|[[Chicago 18]]
|''[[Chicago 18]]''
|Chicago
|Chicago
|
|
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|1986
|1986
|
|
|Dancing On The Ceiling
|''Dancing on the Ceiling''
|Lionel Richie
|Lionel Richie
|
|
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|-
| rowspan="5" |1989
| rowspan="5" |1989
|Back on the Block
|''Back on the Block''
| rowspan="5" |Back on the Block
| rowspan="5" |''Back on the Block''<ref name=":7" />
| rowspan="5" |Quincy Jones
| rowspan="5" |Quincy Jones
|[[drum machine]]
|[[drum machine]]
|
|
|-
|-
|Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)
|''Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song)''
|M1 pads, [[Synthesizer|synth pads]]
|M1 pads, [[Synthesizer|synth pads]]
|
|
|-
|-
|I'll Be Good to You
|''I'll Be Good to You''
|Synthesizer, programming
| rowspan="3" |Synthesizer, programming
|
|
|-
|-
|The Places You Find Love
|''The Places You Find Love''
|Synthesizer, programming
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Birdland (instrumental composition)|Birdland]]
|[[Birdland (instrumental composition)|Birdland]]
|Synthesizer, programming
|
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" |1991
| rowspan="6" |1991
|''[[Black or White|Black Or White]]''
|''[[Black or White|Black Or White]]''
| rowspan="6" |''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]''<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Jackson-Dangerous/release/887403|title=Michael Jackson - Dangerous|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=2019-03-02}}</ref>
| rowspan="6" |''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]''<ref>{{Cite news|last=Shaw|first=Ted|date=November 23, 1991|title=Pop: Dangerous by Michael Jackson|work=The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, Canada)|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/503867277/?|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
| rowspan="9" |Michael Jackson
| rowspan="9" |Michael Jackson
|
|
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|-
|1995
|1995
|''[[Earth Song]]''
|''[[Earth Song]]'' (single)
|
|
|
|
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|1995
|1995
|
|
|[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I]]
|''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I]]''
|
|
|
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|}
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Julio Iglesias - "Everytime I Fall"
"Love Is On Our Side Again"
"Hold On To You"
"To All The Girls I Loved Before"

Pia Zadora - "On This Day"
"What Do You Do"
"Sometimes Miracles"

Angela Bofill - "Delicious" (Double Record)

Randy Newman - "Short People" "Land Of Dreams"
"Four Eyes" LP
"I Love L.A."/"Trouble In Paradise" LP
"The Natural"

Roberta Flack- "OOH OOH OH OH (Here We Come)"

Englebert Humperdinck- "Radio Dancing"
"Lady Lolita"
"One & One Makes Three"
"Alone In The Night"
"How Do I Stop Loving You"

June Pointer - "Put Your Dream (Where Your Heart Is)"

Neil Diamond - "Baby Can I Hold You"
"This Time"
"Courtin' Disaster"
"If I Could See You Again"
"Baby It's Gonna Be"
"Heart Light"

Patti LaBelle - "A Matter Of Trust"
"Need A Little Faith"

Jeffrey Osborne/Dionne Warwick - "Take Good Care"

Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation" Long Form Video

Celine Dion - "I'm Loving Every Moment"
"Love By Any Other Name"
"I Feel Too Much"

Rickie Lee Jones - "Rickie Lee Jones" LP
"Pirates" LP
"Girl At Her Volcano" LP
"The Magazine" LP
"Flying Cowboys" LP

Michael Rogers - "I Got Love"
"Rock Me Baby"
"Soul Survivors"
"Stop Stealing My Heart"
"Let's Have A Good Time"
"Same Old Song"

David Hasselhoff - "Looking For Freedom"
"Je T'Aime"
"Lonely Is The Night"
"Sheltered Heart"


== Music department for television ==
== Music department for television ==
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|-
|1982–1983
|1982–1983
|[[St. Elsewhere]]
|''[[St. Elsewhere]]''
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|22 episodes
|22 episodes
|-
|-
|1982–1985
|1982–1985
|[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]
|[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|''Knight Rider'']]
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|43 episodes
|43 episodes
|-
|-
|1984
|1984
|[[Night Court]]
|''[[Night Court]]''
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|13 episodes
|13 episodes
|-
|-
|1985–1986
|1985–1986
|[[Family Ties]]
|''[[Family Ties]]''
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|24 episodes
|24 episodes
|-
|-
|2001
|2001
|Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (television special)
|''Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration'' (television special)
|Keyboards
|Keyboards
|1 episode
|1 episode
|-
|-
|2002–2003
|2002–2003
|[[Will & Grace]]
|''[[Will & Grace]]''
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|24 episodes
|24 episodes
|-
|-
|2003
|2003
|[[Boomtown (2002 TV series)|Boomtown]]
|[[Boomtown (2002 TV series)|''Boomtown'']]
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|6 episodes
|6 episodes
|-
|-
|2004–2005
|2004–2005
|[[The Simpsons]]
|''[[The Simpsons]]''
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|21 episodes
|21 episodes
|-
|-
|2014–2015
|2014–2015
|[[Scandal (TV series)|Scandal]]
|[[Scandal (TV series)|''Scandal'']]
|Synthesizer
|Synthesizer
|22 episodes
|22 episodes
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* {{discogs artist}}
* {{discogs artist}}
* [http://www.clynemedia.com/Intel_profiles/Michael_Boddicker/Intel_Michael_Boddicker.html Intel Artist Profile]
* [http://www.clynemedia.com/Intel_profiles/Michael_Boddicker/Intel_Michael_Boddicker.html Intel Artist Profile]
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/michael-boddicker Michael Boddicker Interview] (2013), NAMM Oral History Library
*[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/michael-boddicker Michael Boddicker Interview] at [[NAMM Oral History Program|NAMM Oral History Collection]] (2013)


{{Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media}}
{{Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media}}
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[[Category:Musicians from Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
[[Category:Musicians from Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
[[Category:American film score composers]]
[[Category:American film score composers]]
[[Category:Male film score composers]]
[[Category:American male film score composers]]
[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]
[[Category:Grammy Award winners]]
[[Category:Coe College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Iowa alumni]]
[[Category:University of Iowa alumni]]
[[Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni]]
[[Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni]]
[[Category:UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture alumni]]
[[Category:UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture alumni]]
[[Category:Musicians from Iowa]]
[[Category:Musicians from Iowa]]
[[Category:American electronic musicians]]
[[Category:American synth-pop musicians]]

Latest revision as of 03:43, 28 May 2024

This article is about the film composer. For the Major League Baseball player, see Mike Boddicker.
Michael Lehmann Boddicker
Born
Michael J. Boddicker

(1953-01-19) January 19, 1953 (age 71)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S.
EducationCoe College,
University of Wisconsin,
University of Iowa
Known forMusic composer, film composer, sessions musician
StyleSynthesizer, electronic musician
Spouses
Cassandra Lee Jensen
​
​
(m. 1972; div. 1980)​
Edie Lehmann
​
(m. 1995)​

Michael Lehmann Boddicker (born January 19, 1953) is an American film composer and session musician, specializing in electronic music. He is a three times National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (N.A.R.A.S.) Most Valuable Player "Synthesizer" and MVP Emeritus, he was awarded a Grammy as a songwriter for "Imagination" from Flashdance in 1984.[1] He is the president of The Lehmann Boddicker Group.[2]

Michael Boddicker Modular System exhibited at Winter NAMM 2015[3]

Early life and education

[edit]

Boddicker grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[4] His parents, Arlene Estelle (née Reyman) and Gerald "Jerry" Valentine Boddicker operated a music school and store in Cedar Rapids, which served students in all of Eastern Iowa.[2][5][6] His mother was a nationally recognized accordionist.[7][8]

While still attending Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids in 1971, Boddicker enrolled full-time at the local Coe College, studying electronic music.[9][10] By 1972, he continued studies at Coe College, focused on music composition and he started taking jazz studies at the University of Wisconsin.[9] By 1973, he enrolled in 20th-century composition at the University of Iowa.[9] That same year in 1973, Michael purchased a powerful portable semi-modular synthesizer, the ARP 2600.[9]

By 1974, Michael moved to Los Angeles and found Paul Beaver as a mentor.[9]

Career

[edit]

He was able to purchase a Minimoog and a Moog System 15 modular synthesizer by 1975.[9] As a result of his purchase, he was asked by Bob Moog (the founder of Moog Music) to demonstrate their newest synthesizer, the Polymoog, at the 1975 summer NAMM Show.[9]

He quickly found work as a session musician, and by 1977 appeared playing synthesizer, vocoder, accordion and keyboards on albums by many notables such as Quincy Jones, Randy Newman, The Manhattan Transfer and The Bee Gees.

One of Boddicker's earliest soundtrack collaborations of note was a score for a short experimental claymation film made by Gumby creator Art Clokey entitled "Mandala" (released in 1977). Soon after that he entered the mainstream with work on such films as Saturday Night Fever, Battlestar Galactica and The Wiz.

Boddicker is a Board Member of The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), of Beverly Hills, California.[11] He owns an audio post production facility, Sol7 (aka Sol Seven), in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.[11][12]

In 2019, he co-founded the Los Angeles synthesizer music festival, Synthplex.[13][14]

Personal life

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Boddicker was married to Cassandra Lee Jensen, from 1972 to 1980, ending in divorce.[15][16] Boddicker officially changed his name to Michael Lehmann Boddicker when he married singer/conductor/actress Edie Lehmann on October 15, 1995 in Hollywood, California.[17] He has four children, two of the children he had were with Edie Lehmann. They live in Southern California.

He sued Michael Jackson's estate in 2016, alleging that he was unpaid for work and services provided early in his professional relationship with Michael Jackson.[1]

Awards

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He was awarded a Grammy Award as a songwriter for "Imagination," from the movie Flashdance in 1984.[1][18]

Boddicker was voted most valuable synthesizer player in 1981, 1982, 1984 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.[18] In 1991, in recognition of his achievements, contributions and furtherance of electronic music in the recording industry, he was presented with an honorary doctorate of music from Coe College.[19] In 2003, Boddicker was inducted to the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.[7]

Film music

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Among his film score credits as a composer are The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984),[20][18] the score for The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1986),[21] and additional music for Bulletproof (1996),[22] The Magic Egg: A Computer Odyssey (1984) an animated film,[23] Get Crazy (1983),[24] White Water Summer (1987),[25] F/X2 (1991) with Lalo Schifrin,[26] and Starfire (1992).[27]

His contributions as a composer can also be heard in the film Battlestar Galactica (1978) which include the Battlestar Galactica theme song produced and arranged by Michael Boddicker.[28] Freejack (1992), Michael Jackson's "Black or White" (music video), and "HIStory" (music video) video produced by and additional music underscore and "THE FLY" eleven cues to augment or replace the original score.

Artists that have recorded his songs and compositions include Lani Hall ("Go For The Heart"), Earth, Wind and Fire ("Opening Raise Tour"), Patti Austin ("Oh, No Margarita"), Michael Jackson ("Captain EO & HIStory Unveiling"), Isao Tomita's & YMO's Hideki Matsutake ("Automatic Collect", "Automatic Correct & Plan"), Kitaro ("The Silk Road"), Laura Branigan (Imagination) and David Hasselhoff.[citation needed]

He also performed on soundtrack of the Horizons attraction Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park.[29]

Performer

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As a session musician he played synthesizer on, among others, Michael Jackson's This Is It, HIStory, Thriller, Bad, Off the Wall', Dangerous, Black or White, and We Are the World; Earth, Wind & Fire's Let's Groove; Lionel Richie's Hello, You Are, Running with the Night; Dazz Band's Let It Whip; Randy Newman's The Natural and Short People; Kenny Loggins' Footloose; Cyndi Lauper's The Goonies 'R' Good Enough; Barbra Streisand's Somewhere; Cheap Trick's Surrender; The Jacksons' Shake Your Body; Pointer Sisters' He's So Shy; and Diana Ross's Missing You.[30]

Select list, as performer
Year Song Album Artist(s) Performed Notes
1976 I Heard That!! Quincy Jones [31]
1976 I'll Be Good to You The Brothers Johnson
1977 Roots (1977 miniseries) soundtrack Various Synthesizer With Quincy Jones, performed on keyboard.
1977 Little Criminals Randy Newman named as "Mike Boddicker"[32]
1977 Superman Barbra Streisand named as "Mike Boddicker"[33]
1978 Sounds...and Stuff Like That!! Quincy Jones Synthesizer [34]
1978 Please Don't Keep Me Waiting Totally Hot Olivia Newton-John Synthesizer
Dancin' 'Round and 'Round
1979 Rock With You Off the Wall[35] Michael Jackson Synthesizer Synthesizers with Greg Phillinganes.
Off The Wall
I Can't Help It
1979 No One Home Lalo Schifrin
1979 One Voice One Voice[36] Barry Manilow Synthesizer
(Why Don't We Try) A Slow Dance
Rain
Ships
You Could Show Me
I Don't Want To Walk Without You
Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed
Where Are They Now
Bobbie Lee (What's The Difference, I Gotta Live)
When I Wanted You
Sunday Father
1979 It's Money That I Love Born Again[37] Randy Newman Synthesizer
The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band
Pretty Boy
Mr. Sheep
Spies
Half A Man
William Brown
Pants
1980 He Who Rides the Tiger Bernie Taupin Synthesizer, keyboards, programming [38]
1981 Landslide Physical Olivia Newton-John Synthesizer
Stranger's Touch
Falling
Love Make Me Strong Synthesizer, piano, vocoder
Silvery Rain Synthesizer
Carried Away PPG Wave 2
The Promise (The Dolphin Song)
1982 Let It Whip Dazz Band
1982 You Are Lionel Richie Lionel Richie
1982 Muscles Diana Ross Synthesizer
1982 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Thriller[39] Michael Jackson Synthesizer, background vocals
Baby Be Mine
Billie Jean Emulator
Human Nature
P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Emulator, vocoder
The Lady in My Life Emulator
This Is It Michael Jackson
1984 Chicago 17[18] Chicago [18]
1984 Missing You (Diana Ross song) Diana Ross
1984 Penny Lover Can't Slow Down[18] Lionel Richie [18]
Running with the Night Synthesizer, vocoder [18]
Stuck on You [18]
1984 1100 Bel Air Place Julio Iglesias Keyboards [40]
1985 We Are The World USA For Africa, various Synthesizer, programming (Grammy Award Winner).[18]
1985 The Goonies 'R' Good Enough Cyndi Lauper Cyndi Lauper Synthesizer
1985 Greatest Love Of All Whitney Houston Whitney Houston [39]
1985 Somewhere The Broadway Album Barbra Streisand (Grammy Award Winner)[39]
1986 Chicago 18 Chicago
1986 They Don't Make Them Like They Used To Tough Guys (movie soundtrack) Kenny Rogers
1986 Dancing on the Ceiling Lionel Richie (Grammy Award Winner)
1987 Bad Michael Jackson [39]
1989 Back on the Block Back on the Block[35] Quincy Jones drum machine
Setembro (Brazilian Wedding Song) M1 pads, synth pads
I'll Be Good to You Synthesizer, programming
The Places You Find Love
Birdland
1991 Black Or White Dangerous[41][39] Michael Jackson
Jam
Heal the World
Will You Be There
Keep The Faith
Gone Too Soon
1995 Earth Song (single)
1995 HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
1996 They Don't Care About Us

Music department for television

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Select list, as music department for television
Year(s) Television series Performed Notes
1982–1983 St. Elsewhere Synthesizer 22 episodes
1982–1985 Knight Rider Synthesizer 43 episodes
1984 Night Court Synthesizer 13 episodes
1985–1986 Family Ties Synthesizer 24 episodes
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (television special) Keyboards 1 episode
2002–2003 Will & Grace Synthesizer 24 episodes
2003 Boomtown Synthesizer 6 episodes
2004–2005 The Simpsons Synthesizer 21 episodes
2014–2015 Scandal Synthesizer 22 episodes

References

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