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Lyle Workman Biography

Birth Name:Lyle Dean Workman

Birth Place:San Jose, California, United States

Profession Soundtrack, Music department, Actor

Fast Facts

  • In 2006, he won his first ASCAP Award for "The 40 Year Old Virgin․"
  • Won a BMI Film Music Award for "American Reunion" in 2013
  • Won an ASCAP Award in 2008 for his composition work on "Superbad․"
  • Sting recruited him to play guitar with him for the Live 8 Benefit in London
  • Composed the music for many of Judd Apatow's films including "Superbad," "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall․"
  • Has toured with Sting, Todd Rundgren's group, the Pixies and Beck
  • Recorded his debut as a solo artist, an instrumental album called "Purple Passages," in his spare bedroom, and it went on to receive international acclaim

Awards

  • 2006ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
  • 2008ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
  • 2009ASCAP Award-Top Box Office Films: winner
  • 2009BMI Film Music Award-: winner
  • 2013BMI Film Music Award-Film Music: winner