Who Is David Foster?

b. November 1, 1949

Canadian record producer, film composer, & music executive

Genres considered - Pop, Rock, Gospel, R&B, Jazz

As a musician, David Foster is a former keyboardist for the band, Skylark.

David Foster has contributed to albums by George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chicago, Kenny Rogers, and others.

David produced debut albums for Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Renee Olstead, and Charice.

In 1985, David composed the score to the film, St. Elmo's Fire.

In 1988, David composed the instrumental "Winter Games" theme to the Winter Olympics.

David Foster and then-wife Linda Thompson collaborated on "I Have Nothing" as performed by Whitney Houston for the 1992 film, The Bodyguard.

In 1996, David collaborated with Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds on "The Power of the Dream" for the Summer Olympics.  

In 2001, David and his daughter, Amy Foster-Gillies, composed "I'll Make it Up as I Go" as performed by Diana Krall for the film, The Score.

In 2002, David and Linda Thompson collaborated on "Light the Fire Within" as performed by LeAnn Rhimes for the Winter Olympics.

David Foster has served as guest mentor on American Idol (2006) and judge on Celebrity Duets (2006).

David Foster has been a feature in live performance albums by Andrea Bocelli.  David once noted that Bocelli is his favorite singer.

In 2019, An Intimate Evening with David Foster including his wife, Katharine McPhee and others, was aired on PBS.

(Katharine McPhee performed with Chris Botti in the 2009 Chris Botti in Boston PBS special.)

David has produced best-selling Christmas albums in 1984, 1998, 2007-2009, and 2011-2012.

Honors -

16 Grammy Awards

3 Academy Award Nominations

Golden Globe Award

Emmy Award

Order of British Columbia (1995)

Honorary Doctorate from the University of Victoria (1995)

Order of Canada (1998)

Canadian Walk of Fame (2002)

Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music (2002)

Officer of the Order of Canada (2006)

Canadian Music Hall of Fame (2007)

Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2010)

Songwriters Hall of Fame (2010)

Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2013)

Discography

(Wikipedia)

The current political climate is in a heated divide between the United States and Canada especially.  Yet, music will always find its way to unite in any way possible.