Van Dyke Parks is an American musician, songwriter, arranger, and record producer who has composed various film and television soundtracks.
Known For
Popeye
(1980)
Conductor
Follow That Bird
(1985)
Music
Club Paradise
(1986)
Original Music Composer
Wild Bill
(1995)
Original Music Composer
The Two Jakes
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Bastard Out of Carolina
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Goin' South
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Casual Sex?
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Call Me Claus
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Out on a Limb
(1992)
Original Music Composer
Rented Lips
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Dark Matter
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
(1997)
Original Music Composer
One Christmas
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Shadrach
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Oliver Twist
(1997)
Original Music Composer
Full Filmography
Sound
Goin' South
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Popeye
(1980)
Conductor
Jack and the Beanstalk
(1983)
Music Consultant
Little Red Riding Hood
(1983)
Music Director
Follow That Bird
(1985)
Music
Club Paradise
(1986)
Original Music Composer
Ponce de Leon
(1986)
Music
Darlin' Clementine
(1986)
Music
Rented Lips
(1987)
Original Music Composer
Casual Sex?
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
(1988)
Original Music Composer
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
(1989)
Music
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
(1990)
Original Music Composer
The Two Jakes
(1990)
Original Music Composer
Out on a Limb
(1992)
Original Music Composer
One Christmas
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Next Door
(1994)
Original Music Composer
Wild Bill
(1995)
Original Music Composer
The Summer of Ben Tyler
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Bastard Out of Carolina
(1996)
Original Music Composer
Oliver Twist
(1997)
Original Music Composer
Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest
(1997)
Original Music Composer
Shadrach
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Noah
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Barney's Great Adventure
(1998)
Original Music Composer
A Chance of Snow
(1998)
Original Music Composer
Border Line
(1999)
Original Music Composer
Harlan County War
(2000)
Music
In the Time of the Butterflies
(2001)
Original Music Composer
The Ponder Heart
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Call Me Claus
(2001)
Original Music Composer
Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story
(2002)
Music
Charms for the Easy Life
(2002)
Music
Monday Night Mayhem
(2002)
Original Music Composer
The Company
(2003)
Music
The Adventures of Ociee Nash
(2004)
Original Music Composer
Dark Matter
(2008)
Original Music Composer
Acting
The Swan
(1956)
George
Ry Cooder: How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
(1970)
The Beach Boys: It's OK
(1976)
Self
The Beach Boys: Good Vibrations Tour
(1976)
Self
Loose Shoes
(1978)
Indian #2
Popeye
(1980)
Hoagy the Piano Player
The Tale of the Frog Prince
(1982)
The Musician
The Beach Boys: An American Band
(1985)
Self (archive footage)
Vibes
(1988)
Dr. Weiner
Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball
(1988)
Himself
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
(1990)
Minister of Merriment
The Two Jakes
(1990)
Francis Hannah
The Beach Boys: Endless Harmony
(2000)
Self
Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile
(2004)
Self
The Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice
(2005)
Self
Silverchair: Making of Young Modern
(2007)
Himself
1974: On the Road With The Beach Boys
(2009)
Self
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)
(2010)
Himself
Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
(2015)
Self / Producer Musician
No Smoking
(2019)
Self
A World Without Beethoven?
(2020)
Self
Peter Case: A Million Miles Away
(2022)
Crew