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"Sweet Sweet Baby Girl"! 
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Although he didn't completely write these songs (co-composed??..maybe not, but certainly a huge influence on the sound of them), I would say my favourites are..
Moments Of Pleasure (Kate Bush)
Any of the songs from THE FINAL CUT album by Pink Floyd/Roger Waters.
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Nice coincidence. I just found out last night that Kamen co-wrote a bunch of songs with Tim Curry.
So I'll go with No Love on the Street or I Do the Rock.
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If the question is expanded to include anything that Kamen "worked" on, then I would put forth the beautiful melody for "Who Wants To Live Forever".
I know the byline says Brian May, but who can truly say whether or not that song didn't have some of Kamen's DNA in it?
I think the aforementioned "Moments Of Pleasure" would be a great pick as well. That orchestra is sublime.
Enthusiastic plus one on both counts. And again assuming that “worked on” qualifies, he elevated Kate Bush’s “Hello, Earth” to another plane entirely. And who can forget it’s really Michael we are listening to on Floyd’s masterpiece “Comfortably Numb?”
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If the question is expanded to include anything that Kamen "worked" on, then I would put forth the beautiful melody for "Who Wants To Live Forever".
I know the byline says Brian May, but who can truly say whether or not that song didn't have some of Kamen's DNA in it?
I think the aforementioned "Moments Of Pleasure" would be a great pick as well. That orchestra is sublime.
Enthusiastic plus one on both counts. And again assuming that “worked on” qualifies, he elevated Kate Bush’s “Hello, Earth” to another plane entirely. And who can forget it’s really Michael we are listening to on Floyd’s masterpiece “Comfortably Numb?”
I'm not disagreeing with any point. But I'd want to know from anyone who DOES know: How do we know this? Are there interviews, is this common knowledge somehow? There are a lot of big rock and roll pieces that I can peg as "KAMEN" but Comfortably Numb isn't one of them.
Who Wants to Live Forever does sound pretty Kamen-y. But then it never sounded like not-Queen either. Do we know anything about this?
Enlighten me, please.
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There is no indication that Kamen had a hand in writing this, but he produced and arranged it.
It's one of my Tim Curry favorites.
Wikipedia credits Tim Curry, Bob Babbitt, Charles Collins. But Kamen is listed on keyboards!
I always assumed that this was a cover. Nice to know it's an original. Great great song.
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Beside You is Kamen's best song without question. The version with him singing (a demo he recorded for What Dreams May Come) is even better than the one on the album
Beside You is fantastic. It was originally released on The New York Rock Ensemble's 1971 album Roll Over. Credited to Kamen and Marty Fullerman, a.k.a. Mark Snow. Beautiful song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKHzFobg0WU
I managed to hunt down all the NYRE's CDs and Kamen's solo record as well. Great stuff.
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