Michael Licari is an American television

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

. He has worked as a composer on the television series, " Deliver Me", documentary " Triple the Triplets" (2005). He has also worked as a song writer and performer on the 2007 film ''

Charlie Bartlett ''Charlie Bartlett'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in or ...

'' (for the song "Nice Vibes"), and on the 1996 film '' The Long Kiss Goodnight'', as an arranger (for the "Jingle Bells Marching Band"). He has also worked on award-winning drama series, " The Guiding Light", " Another World"," As The World Turns", " Sunset Beach", and " Santa Barbara".

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy awards: *Won, 1992, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for: " The Guiding Light" (shared with

Barbara Miller-Gidaly Barbara Miller-Gidaly, sometimes credited with her maiden name, Barbara Miller, is an American music supervisor and director. She was married to attorney and theatrical producer Walter Gidaly, until his death from a heart attack at age 75, on Feb ...

, A.J. Gundell, Barry De Vorzon, Richard Hazard, John Henry Kreitler,

Theodore Irwin Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Saskatche ...

, and Wes Boatman) *Won, 1994, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" (shared with

, A.J. Gundell, John Henry Kreitler, Wes Boatman,

Dominic Messinger Dominic Messinger is an American television composer. He began his work in soap opera music on ''General Hospital'', and has since composed for reality series and documentaries including '' Intervention'', '' Brace for Impact'', and for Nickelodeo ...

, Larry Hold, Richard Hazard, and Barry De Vorzon) *Won, 1996, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "The Guiding Light" (shared with Jonathan Firstenberg, Robyn Cutler,

Rick Rhodes Rick Rhodes (July 28, 1951 – November 2, 2005) was an American musician and television composer. His music for TV shows including ''Santa Barbara'', ''Another World'' and ''Guiding Light'' won a total of five Emmy Award. In 2005, he died of b ...

, Ron Cohen, John Henry Kreitler, Wes Boatman, Danny Lawrence, John E. Young, David Grant, Barry De Vorzon, Richard Hazard, Edward Dzubak, and Alan Bellink) *Won, 1998, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series (shared with

, Robyn Cutler,

Brian D. Siewert Brian D. Siewert, alternatively credited with or without his middle initial, is an American public speaker, multiple Emmy Award-winning concert and television composer, producer, songwriter, musician, arranger and visual artist. He has worked on '' ...

, Ron Cohen, Richard Hazard, Barry De Vorzon,

Chieli Minucci Chieli Minucci (born April 17, 1958) is an American guitarist who co-founded the band Special EFX. Career His father, Ulpio Minucci, was a concert pianist and composer who wrote the music to the 1955 song " Domani." Chieli Minucci started Spec ...

, Jamie Lawrence, John Henry, and Wes Boatman) *Nominated, 2006, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: " As the World Turns" (shared with Bryan Lydell,

James Kowal James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguati ...

, David Nichtern, Kevin Bents, Jordan Lieb, George Whitty,

Gary Kuo Gary Kuo is an American composer and violinist. He has worked as a composer on ''Another Night (film), Another Night'' (2003), ''As the World Turns'' and ''All My Children''. He played the violin for the film ''The Glass Shield'' in 1994, and ins ...

, Ed Dzubak, Jamie Lawrence, and

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