Kathleen Brennan(I)

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Kathleen Brennan was born on 2 March 1955 in Johnsburg, Illinois, USA. She is a composer and writer, known for Adrift (2018), The Last Castle (2001) and Shazam! (2019). She has been married to Tom Waits since 10 August 1980. They have three children.

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Adrift

6.6

Soundtrack("Picture in a Frame")

2018

The Last Castle

6.9

Soundtrack("Get Behind the Mule")

2001

Shazam!

7.0

Soundtrack("I Don't Want To Grow Up")

2019

Night on Earth

7.7

Soundtrack("Back in the Good Old World", "Good Old World")

1991

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Composer

Shawn Colvin: Hold On
Music Video
- Composer
- 2015
Tom Waits: Satisfied
7.1
Music Video
- Composer
- 2011
Tom Waits: Lie to Me
Music Video
- Composer
- 2006
Tom Waits: Top of the Hill
Music Video
- Composer
- 2004
Tom Waits: God's Away on Business
7.5
Music Video
- Composer
- 2002
Tom Waits: Come on Up to the House
Music Video
- Composer
- 1999
Tom Waits: Hold On
7.6
Music Video
- Composer
- 1999
Bunny
6.7
Short
- Composer
- 1998
Tom Waits: I Don't Wanna Grow Up
7.8
Music Video
- Composer
- 1992

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Alternative names
- Kathleen Brennon
Born
- March 2, 1955
- Johnsburg, Illinois, USA
Spouse
- Tom WaitsAugust 10, 1980 - present (3 children)
Other works
(musical) "Woyceck" - with husband Tom Waits co-wrote the music and lyrics for Robert Wilson's adaptation of the Georg Büchner play. The musical premiered November 14, 2000 at the Betty Nansen Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Trivia
Kathleen is the girl eulogized on husband Tom Waits' album Swordfishtrombones in the song entitled "Johnsburg, Illinois" (1983) which is her birthplace and where she was raised. As a writer herself, she became a huge influence in his music, as well as a collaborator, in many of his 1980s and 1990s projects