Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and activist who rose to fame as the original lead singer and frontman of the progressive rock band Genesis.
After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel launched a successful solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single.
His 1986 album, "So", is his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the US.
The album's most successful single, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards and, according to a report in 2011, it was MTV's most played music video of all time.
Gabriel has been a champion of world music for much of his career.
He co-founded the WOMAD festival in 1982.
He has continued to focus on producing and promoting world music through his Real World Records label.
He has also pioneered digital distribution methods for music, co-founding OD2, one of the first online music download services.
Gabriel has also been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts.
In 1980, he released the anti-apartheid single "Biko".
He has participated in several human rights benefit concerts, including Amnesty International's Human Rights Now!
tour in 1988, and co-founded the Witness human rights organisation in 1992.
Gabriel developed The Elders with Richard Branson, which was launched by Nelson Mandela in 2007.
Gabriel has won three Brit Awards—winning Best British Male in 1987, six Grammy Awards, thirteen MTV Video Music Awards, the first Pioneer Award at the BT Digital Music Awards, the "Q" magazine Lifetime Achievement, the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Polar Music Prize.
He was made a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his "influence on generations of music makers".
In recognition of his many years of human rights activism, he received the Man of Peace award from the Nobel Peace Prize laureates in 2006, and "Time" magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008.
AllMusic has described Gabriel as "one of rock's most ambitious, innovative musicians, as well as one of its most political".
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010, followed by his induction as a solo artist in 2014.
In March 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia in recognition of his achievements in music.
Thomas Morse
Thomas Morse( born June 30, 1968) is an American composer of film and concert music.
Alonso Mudarra
Alonso Mudarra( c. 1510 – April 1, 1580) was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance, and also played the vihuela, a guitar- shaped string instrument.
He was an innovative composer of instrumental music as well as songs, and was the composer of the earliest surviving music for the guitar.
Tarcisio Fusco
Tarcisio Fusco was an Italian composer of film scores.
He was the brother of the composer Giovanni Fusco and the uncle of operatic soprano Cecilia Fusco.
Walter Ulfig
Walter Ulfig was a German composer of film scores.
Bert Grund
Bert Grund( 1920–1992) was a German composer of film scores.
Amedeo Escobar
Amedeo Escobar( 1888–1973) was an Italian composer of film scores.
Henri Verdun
Henri Verdun( 1895–1977) was a French composer of film scores.
Birdy (film)
Birdy is a 1984 American drama film based on William Wharton's 1978 novel of the same name.
Directed by Alan Parker, it stars Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage.
Set in 1960s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the film focuses on the friendship between two teenage boys, Birdy (Modine) and Al Columbato (Cage).
The story is presented in flashbacks, with a frame narrative depicting their traumatic experiences upon serving in the Vietnam War.
Parker initially turned down an opportunity to direct, believing that the complex book could not be successfully adapted for a feature film.
The project resurfaced in 1982 when A&M Films, a subsidiary of A&M Records, acquired the film rights and commissioned Sandy Kroopf and Jack Behr to write the screenplay.
Upon reading the script, Parker returned as director, and the film continued development at Tri-Star Pictures.
Principal photography began in May 1984 and concluded in August of that year.
Filming took place on locations in Philadelphia and Santa Clara, California.
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Birdy" is notable for being the first film to be partially shot with the Skycam, a computer-controlled camera system created by Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown.
The score was composed by Peter Gabriel.
"Birdy" opened in limited release on December 12, 1984.
It underperformed at the North American box office, grossing only $1.4 million against a budget of $12 million.
The film received mostly positive reviews, and has an approval rating of 85% at Rotten Tomatoes.
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Birdy" was chosen by the National Board of Review as one of the of 1984, and won the Grand Prix Spécial du Jury prize at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.
Abe Meyer
Abe Meyer( 1901 – 1969) was an American composer of film scores.

Question: What nationality is the composer of film Birdy (Film)?
Answer: British