Bob Esty (1947–2019)

Soundtrack | Composer | Music Department

Bob Esty was born on April 20, 1947 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA as Robert Malcolm Esty II. ...

Born: April 20, 1947
Died: September 27, 2019 (age 72)

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Filmography

Known For

Flight of the Navigator Soundtrack (1986)
Death Wish V: The Face of Death Soundtrack (1994)
The Main Event Soundtrack (1979)
Known For

Roller Boogie Composer (1979)
Soundtrack

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked! (2013)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2013)
Dog Gone Love (2004)
Watch My Lips (2003)
Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
The Magic of David Copperfield XII: The Niagara Falls Challenge (1990)
The House of Usher (1989)
Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
Salsa (1988)
Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
You Can't Hurry Love (1988)
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Basic Training (1985)
Fame (1982)
Blue Jeans (1980)
Die Laughing (1980)
Getting in Shape for the Main Event (1979)
Roller Boogie (1979)
The Main Event (1979)
Cher... and Other Fantasies (1979)
Soundtrack

Thank God It's Friday (1978)
Composer

Broken Hart (2009)
Rick & Steve the Happiest Gay Couple in All the World (2007)
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: Take Me Home (A Girl Like Me) (2001)
The Secret of the Ice Cave (1989)
Totally Minnie (1988)
You Can't Hurry Love (1988)
Galactic Gigolo (1987)
Cher: Take Me Home (1979)
Composer

Roller Boogie (1979)
Music Department

Broken Hart (2009)
Timeless: Live in Concert (2001)
Salsa (1988)
When Mom and Dad Break Up (1987)
This Girl's Back in Town (1986)
Music Department

The Weather Girls: It's Raining Men (1982)
Roller Boogie (1979)

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Trivia

Following a stint at Baltimore City College, Esty moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1965 to study theater and music at Franklin & Marshall College.

[on Donna Summer's 1978 hit song "Last Dance"] I changed some of the chords and extended the 'hook' to repeat three times to finish the last phrase of the chorus. I also added a bridge to build to a climax and suggested a ballad intro à la "Ain't No...