Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian: Силвестер Леваи, Silvester Levai) is a Hungarian composer. He was born 16 May 1945 in Subotica in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (now Serbia), his name in English is pronounced similarly to "Lave-ah-ee (like slave)."
His musical, "Elisabeth" (1992), is the most successful piece of Original German Musical Theatre, ever since "Die Dreigroschenoper" (1928) by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill.
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His wife, Monika, collects memorabilia of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837-1898). He has composed the music to "Elisabeth", a musical based on her life.
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Medicopter 117 - Jedes Leben zählt
1998-2007
TV Series 58 episodes
Der Todesbus
2000
TV Movie
Flashfire
1994
Tales from the Crypt
1993
TV Series 1 episode
Donato and Daughter
1993
TV Movie
I Can Make You Love Me
1993
TV Movie
Dead Before Dawn
1993
TV Movie
Condition: Critical
1992
TV Movie
In the Deep Woods
1992
TV Movie
False Arrest
1991
TV Movie
The Heroes of Desert Storm
1991
TV Movie
The Owl
1991
TV Movie
Hot Shots!
1991
Stone Cold
1991
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann
1991
TV Movie
Dark Avenger
1990
TV Movie
Snow Kill
1990
TV Movie
Navy Seals
1990
Laker Girls
1990
TV Movie
Courage Mountain
1990
Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker
1989
TV Movie
Hardball
1989
TV Series 3 episodes
The Cover Girl and the Cop
1989
TV Movie
Something Is Out There
1988
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes
Police Story: Gladiator School
1988
TV Movie
Something Is Out There
1988
TV Series 2 episodes
Case Closed
1988
TV Movie
The Tracker
1988
TV Movie
Probe
1988
TV Series 2 episodes
Werewolf
1987
TV Series 2 episodes
Top Kids
1987
TV Movie
Burglar
1987
The Abduction of Kari Swenson
1987
TV Movie
Mannequin
1987
Where Are the Children?
1986
Intimate Encounters
1986
TV Movie
Touch and Go
1986
Cobra
1986
Choke Canyon
1986
Annihilator
1986
TV Movie
Airwolf
1984-1986
TV Series 37 episodes
The Look
1985
Documentary
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
TV Series 1 episode
My Man Adam
1985
Creator
1985
Otherworld
1985
TV Mini-Series 6 episodes
Sins of the Father
1985
TV Movie
A Touch of Scandal
1984
TV Movie
Wet Gold
1984
TV Movie
Body Rock
1984
Invitation to Hell
1984
TV Movie
Where the Boys Are
1984
Time Bomb
1984
TV Movie
Airwolf
1984
TV Movie
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Elisabeth
2005
Video choral arrangements / music by / orchestrator
Navy Seals
1990
conductor
Hardball
1989
TV Series theme song written by - 2 episodes
Something Is Out There
1988
TV Series composer - 1 episode
Werewolf
1987-1988
TV Series music by - 23 episodes
Three O'Clock High
1987
composer: additional music
Airwolf
1987
TV Series composer - 20 episodes
Howard the Duck
1986
composer: additional music
Cobra
1986
musician
Airwolf
1984-1986
TV Series composer - 26 episodes
I Had Three Wives
1985
TV Series composer - 1 episode
Otherworld
1985
TV Mini-Series composer - 8 episodes
Where the Boys Are
1984
conductor
Scarface
1983
music arranger
Flashdance
1983
conductor - as Sylvestor Levay / music arranger - as Sylvestor Levay / orchestrator - uncredited
Cat People
1982
orchestrator - as Sylvester Levai
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rude Tube
2013
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Todd's Pop Song Reviews
2011
TV Series documentary writer - 1 episode
Funkytown
2011
writer: "Lady Bump"
Cuéntame
2008
TV Series music - 1 episode
Breakfast on Pluto
2005
music: "Fly Robin Fly" 1975
Peaches
2004
writer: "Lady Bump"
Freak Out
2003
writer: "Fly Robin Fly" - uncredited
Strange Planet
1999
writer: "Thank You Mr DJ"
Me Myself I
1999
writer: "!The Song Formerly Known As" 1997 - as S. Levay / writer: "Thank You Mr. DJ" 1976, "Get Up and Boogie" 1976
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1998
writer: "Fly Robin Fly"
Boogie Nights
1997
writer: "Fly, Robin, Fly"
Barcelona
1994
writer: "You've Got What It Takes"
Carlito's Way
1993
writer: "Fly, Robin, Fly"
Fatal Beauty
1987
writer: "Criminal"
Emu's Wide World
1987
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Burglar
1987
music: "Making Love"
Top of the Pops
1977-1985
TV Series writer - 3 episodes
Barrow Gang BC
1985
writer: "Steal The Night"
Solid Gold
1985
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Body Rock
1984
producer: "Body Rock", "Fools Like Me" / writer: "Body Rock", "Fools Like Me"