Maury Yeston

Writing

Born: October 23, 1945

Birthplace: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Maury Yeston is an American composer, lyricist and music theorist, perhaps best known for his work on the musicals Nine (1982), Grand Hotel (1989), Phantom (1992), and Titanic (1997). Yeston also provided arrangements for the critically divisive 2009 film adaptation of Nine, as well as the 1980 album Christmas in the Stars, based on the Star Wars mythology.