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Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for co-writing with Sheryl Crow the James Bond movie title song "Tomorrow Never Dies".<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/grammys.htm Rock on the Net 1999 Grammys]</ref> | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media for co-writing with Sheryl Crow the James Bond movie title song "Tomorrow Never Dies".<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/1999/grammys.htm Rock on the Net 1999 Grammys]</ref> | ||
As a musician, Froom has released two solo albums, ''Dopamine'' (1998) and ''A Thousand Days'' (2005). The song "Noodletown" from | As a musician, Froom has released two solo albums, ''[[Dopamine]]'' (1998) and ''A Thousand Days'' (2005). The song "Noodletown" from ''[[Dopamine]]'' won an Emmy when it was used as the theme for PBS' ''Sessions at West 54th''.<ref>[http://www.damnfineday.com/?tag=1998 Damn Fine Day]</ref> | ||
Froom was a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.<ref>[http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/pastjudges.asp Independent Music Awards – Past Judges]</ref> | Froom was a judge for the 2nd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.<ref>[http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/pastjudges.asp Independent Music Awards – Past Judges]</ref> | ||
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==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
His daughter Charlotte (born 1986) is the former bassist in The Like. Charlotte's mother, Connie Jester, was his first wife. | His daughter Charlotte (born 1986) is the former bassist in The Like. Charlotte's mother, Connie Jester, was his first wife. Froom married Suzanne Vega in 1995; they separated in 1998. Soul Coughing's 1994 album, ''Ruby Vroom'', was named after their daughter, Ruby Froom (born July 8, 1994). He married Vonda Shepard in 2004. They had their first child, Jack Froom, (named for Froom's late father, a noted physician and educator), on April 15, 2006. | ||
Froom married Suzanne Vega in 1995; they separated in 1998. Soul Coughing's 1994 album, ''Ruby Vroom'', was named after their daughter, Ruby Froom (born July 8, 1994). | |||
He married Vonda Shepard in 2004. They had their first child, Jack Froom, (named for Froom's late father, a noted physician and educator), on April 15, 2006. | |||
His brother is David Froom, a classical composer and Department Chair of the Music Department at St. Mary's College of Maryland.[http://www.smcm.edu/catalog0910/programs/musc.html#faculty]{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} | His brother is David Froom, a classical composer and Department Chair of the Music Department at St. Mary's College of Maryland.[http://www.smcm.edu/catalog0910/programs/musc.html#faculty]{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}} | ||