He’s won three Oscars, four Emmys, four Grammys, a Tony, three Golden Globes… and, oh yeah, a Pulitzer Prize. Marvin Hamlisch is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished composers and conductors alive today, renowned for his songs, film scores, and broadway musicals.

In case you didn’t know, Hamlisch currently acts as the Principal Pops Conductor for the Seattle Symphony, and many other orchestras around the country. He comes to Seattle three or four times a year to lead the symphony in special performances.

This past weekend, he finished up his series of five programs with the music of George Gershwin, including his “Rhapsody in Blue”, a must-see performance from one of America’s greatest composers. But if you didn’t catch him, don’t worry - Hamlisch will be back in March 2010 performing the works of Richard Rodgers and Irving Berlin.

We were honored to have Hamlish join us for a Conversations interview.

Interview sneak peek:

Video Clip: Hamlisch talks about how he can’t wait to try Dick’s hamburger and fries.

Marvin is one of those composers whose work is more famous than his likeness. His lack of celebrity status has been parodied in recent films like the comedy Role Models, where Christopher Mintz-Plasse (distinctively known as McLovin from the film Superbad) mentions that people say he looks like a young Marvin Hamlisch, to which he replies, “Who the $%& is Marvin Hamlisch?!” The irony, of course, is that, recognize his face or not, Hamlisch has one of the most prolific careers in theater and film.

In this episode of Conversations, he talks in-depth about the film scores he has composed for cinematic masterpieces like The Sting (1974), Ordinary People (1980), Sophie’s Choice (1982), and Save the Tiger (1973). He won Oscars for his work on The Sting and The Way We Were

In 1975, he achieved his highest honors to date for his work on the Broadway musical, A Chorus Line, garnering him a Tony award and a Pulitzer Prize.

Giving us a couple bars from each of his famous tunes, he ended his time with us with a performance of the theme song to the Carly Simon hit (and theme song to the 1977 James Bond flick The Spy Who Loved Me) Nobody Does It Better. An apt title to describe the song-writer himself.

Video snippet of Marvin Hamlish's conversation with Enrique Cerna.