Beverly Hills, CA (ANS) – Al
Kasha (born 22 January 1937) is a Brooklyn-born composer,
songwriter and arranger,
as well as businessman. He is most
noted for his years of collaboration with songwriter, Joel Hirschhorn.
The
songwriting duo won two Oscars for Best Song, 'The Morning
After' from The Poseidon Adventure in 1972 and 'We May Never
Love Like This Again' from The Towering Inferno in 1974.
Along with Hirschhorn, Kasha
also received two Tony nominations for Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers and Copperfield, two Grammy nominations and an Emmy, as
well as four Golden Globe nominations and a People’s Choice
award. In all, Hirschhorn and Kasha’s songs sold over 90 million
records.
