Richard Baskin

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Richard Baskin
Born
Aaron Richard Baskin

(1948-12-01) December 1, 1948 (age 72)
California, United States
OccupationFilm producer, film composer
Partner(s)Barbra Streisand (1983–1987)
Parent(s)
Family

Aaron Richard Baskin (born December 1, 1948)[1][2] is an American film composer and producer, best known as the writer of several songs for the Robert Altman film Nashville, and other creative film scores in the 1970s and 1980s. He eventually became a film director, directing music videos with Barbra Streisand, Rod Stewart, Elton John, and many others, as well as feature films.

Biography[]

Personal life[]

Baskin was born to a Jewish family in Pasadena, California, to the Baskin-Robbins co-founder Burt Baskin and his wife Shirley Robbins (sister of co-founder Irv Robbins).[2] His mother remarried to Isadore Familian.[3] His sister Edie Baskin was a photographer for Saturday Night Live during the 1970s.[4]

Baskin was in a relationship with Barbra Streisand from November 1983 to October 1987.

Career[]

Two years after Nashville was released, Baskin was the musical guest on the March 12, 1977, episode during the second season of Saturday Night Live with host Sissy Spacek.

In 1985, Baskin produced and arranged two tracks on Barbra Streisand's The Broadway Album.[5] Baskin also wrote music for Welcome to L.A., Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson, James at 16 and UFOria.[6]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2005.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Harlan Daily Enterprise "Actor's Songs Do Not Please Nashville Set"
  3. ^ Hevesimay, Dennis (May 7, 2008). "Irvine Robbins, Ice Cream Entrepreneur and a Maestro of 31 Flavors, Dies at 90". New York Times.
  4. ^ Richard Baskin trivia IMDb
  5. ^ Richard Baskin at AllMusic
  6. ^ Richard Baskin at IMDb

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