Person
Hal Willner
Sound · 1956–2020 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Hal Willner (April 6, 1956 – April 7, 2020) was an American music producer working in recording, films, television, and live events. He was best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles (jazz, classical, rock, Tin Pan Alley). Willner died during the COVID-19 pandemic from complications brought on by the virus. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hal Willner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Saturday Night Live
Writer
Don't Look Up
In Memory Of
Step Brothers
Music Supervisor
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Music Supervisor
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
In Memory Of
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Music Producer
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self - SNL Sketch Music Producer
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Original Music Composer
Weird Nightmare
Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self
Filmography
- 2025It's Never Over, Jeff BuckleyIn Memory Of
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf - SNL Sketch Music Producer
- 2024Heaven Stood Still: The Incarnations of Willy DeVilleSelf
- 2023AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. RexSelf
- 2022Personality Crisis: One Night OnlySelf
- 2022Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a SongSelf
- 2021Don't Look UpIn Memory Of
- 2017Julian Schnabel: A Private PortraitSelf
- 2016Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York FixerMusic Producer
- 2016Jeff Buckley: You and I
- 2010Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond ScottSelf
- 2008Step BrothersMusic Supervisor
- 2008Chelsea on the RocksMusic Producer
- 2008Dark MatterMusic Supervisor
- 2007Lou Reed's BerlinMusic Producer
- 2006Leonard Cohen: I'm Your ManMusic Producer
- 2006The Harry Smith Project LiveDirector
- 2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky BobbyMusic Supervisor
- 2004Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley
- 2002Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants YouSelf
- 1995Hole: MTV UnpluggedMusic Supervisor
- 1994September Songs: The Music of Kurt WeillMusic Supervisor
- 1993Weird NightmareSelf
- 1986Looney Tunes 50th AnniversaryOriginal Music Composer
- 1975Saturday Night LiveWriter
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