Michael Anthony Lang was an American pianist and composer, including more than 2500 film scores.
Lang was one of two sons born to publicists Jennings Lang and Flora Pam Friedheim.
He was also raised in part by his stepmother, singer Monica Lewis, beginning in 1956, four years after the premature death of his birth mother.
Lang obtained a bachelor of music at the University of Michigan in 1963, and studied under Leonard Stein, George Tremblay, Pearl Kaufman, and Lalo Schifrin.
Lang has spent several decades as one of the premier musical talents in Los Angeles. He was well versed in various music forms, including jazz, classical, pop and R&B.
He was both a freelance jazz musician and sought-after studio artist, with a career spanning records, motion pictures, and television.
A three-time winner of the coveted “MVP” Grammy award from NARAS and recipient of numerous Gold Records, Lang was conversant with every possible music idiom and form, including jazz, classical, pop, and R&B.
Lang has recorded numerous albums with Barbra Streisand, Vanessa Williams, Russell Watson, and Michael Bolton.
His television work includes The Simpsons, Family Guy, Privileged, American Dad, Orville, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Mike Lang ex-wife: Who is Karen Lang?
Karen Lang FRSA is an art historian and writer specializing in modern and contemporary art, with particular expertise in German and American art.
She is the Ex-wife of the American pianist and composer. Other information about her is kept away from the public.
