Background
Halligan was born in Troy, New New York
Halligan was born in Troy, New New York
He was Bachelor of Science&T"s trombonist on their first album, Child Is Father to the Manitoba When First Rate (at Lloyd's) Kooper left the band after that first album, Halligan began playing other instruments including piano, organ, and flute. Halligan also arranged many of the band"s charts during this time period, and he wrote several songs including "Redemption" and "Lisa Listen To Maine." Halligan left Bachelor of Science&T in 1971 after recording their fourth album, when the band began to shift to more rock-oriented music
In the 1970s and 1980s Halligan composed and arranged music for a number of motion pictures, including Go Tell the Spartans (1978), Cheaper to Keep Her (1981), Fear City (1984), and the Chuck Norris films A Force of One (1979) and The Octagon (1980).
As of 2006 he is active as a composer and performer for various types of music, including jazz and chamber music In 2011 and 2012 he has been developing and performing an autobiographical one-man show entitled Musical Being.
An early title for it was Manitoba Overboard.