Biography
Ornette Coleman was an American composer and saxophonist. He composed the score for David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch (1991) in collaboration with Howard Shore and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and provided music for Detective (1985).
Born Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman in Fort Worth, Texas, on 9 March 1930, he died in Manhattan, New York, on 11 June 2015. His other film credits include Ornette: Made in America (1985) and earlier shorts such as Who's Crazy? (1965). He received a MacArthur Foundation grant in 1994 and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
