John Bettis
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He has been nominated four times and won two Emmy Awards for his work in television. His first Emmy was for the theme to the 1988 Summer Olympics co-written with Albert Hammond, and his second win was for "Where There is Hope" from Guiding Light. Bettis has written the themes for many long-running TV series. With Steve Dorff, he wrote the theme to Growing Pains, Just the Ten of Us and My Sister Sam. With George Tipton, he wrote the themes to Empty Nest and Nurses.
He was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar for Promise Me You'll Remember from The Godfather Part III. His work in film also includes: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Body Rock, The Last Boy Scout, Twilight Zone: The Movie, The Lonely Guy, Legend, Vision Quest, Supergirl, The Men's Club, Pure Country, Nothing in Common, Cocktail, 8 Seconds, Cobra, Back to the Beach, Oh, God! You Devil, December Boys, Curly Sue and Say Anything.
In theatre, Bettis has provided lyrics for the musicals ''Lunch'' (tour 1994); ''Svengali'' (1992); ''The Last Session'' (L.A. Drama critics Award, Best Musical Score 1998); ''Say Goodnight'' (1999); ''Pure Country'' (2008) and most recently ''Josephine'' (2011). Bettis has nearly 800 song credits in the ASCAP database. In 2011, Bettis was inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame as well as the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Provided by Wikipedia
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