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Biography
Infobox person|name = Dave Grusin|image = Dave_Grusin.jpg|birthname=Robert David Grusin|caption = Photo by Andy Ihnatko |birth_date = Birth date and age|1934|06|26|mf=y|birth_place = Littleton, Colorado Robert David "Dave" Grusin http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/68478739.html? dids=68478739:68478739& FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT& type=current& date=Mar+09%2C+1999& author=MARY+HUHN& pub=New+York+Post& desc=THREE+N2K+CO-FOUNDERS+LOOKING+AT+%2410M+PAYDAY& pqatl=google (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer , arranger and pianist . Grusin has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an Academy award and 12 Grammys. He has had a prolific recording career as an artist, arranger, producer and executive producer.
Born in Littleton, Colorado , he studied music at the University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded his bachelor's degree in 1956. He produced his first single, "Subways are for Sleeping" in 1962 and composed the score to his first feature film, Divorce American Style five years later. Other scores followed including Winning in 1969, The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), The Midnight Man (1974 film)|The Midnight Man (1974) and Three Days of the Condor in 1975.
In the late 70s, he formed GRP records along with his partner, Larry Rosen (producer)|Larry Rosen , and began to create some of the first commercial digital recordings. Grusin was also at the forefront of soundtrack albums. He was the composer for the legendary Mike Nichols Oscar-winning film, The Graduate . The film is noted for being one of the first films to integrate popular songs into a film score. Later scores included On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982) and The Goonies (1985).
From 2000 through 2011, Grusin has concentrated on composing classical and jazz compositions, touring, and recording with collaborators, among others, guitarist, Lee Ritenour . Together they have recorded several projects including the Grammy-winning Brazilian album, “Harlequin” in 1985. In recent years, they have released two classical crossover albums that were nominated for Grammys including, the Universal Decca recordings,'“Two Worlds” and "Amparo". He is married and has four children.
Life and career
Grusin was born in Littleton, Colorado , the son of Rosabelle (née De Poyster), a pianist, and Henri Grusin, a violinist who immigrated from Riga , Latvia . http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Dave%20Grusin.html http://www.filmreference.com/film/35/Dave-Grusin.html An alumnus of the University of Colorado at Boulder , College of Music, he was awarded his bachelor's degree in 1956. One of his teachers there was Cecil Effinger . http://www.bruceduffie.com/effinger.html Grusin has a filmography of about 100 titles. His many awards include an Academy Awards|Oscar for best original score for The Milagro Beanfield War , as well as Oscar nominations for The Champ , The Fabulous Baker Boys , The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm , Havana (film)|Havana , Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait , and On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond . He also received a best original song nomination for "It Might Be You" from the film Tootsie . Six of the fourteen cuts on the soundtrack from The Graduate are his. Other film scores he has composed include Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? , Three Days of the Condor , The Goonies , Tequila Sunrise (film)|Tequila Sunrise , Hope Floats , Random Hearts , The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm .
For television, he was the conductor for The Andy Williams Show (1963–1965) and the composer of the theme song s for such series as It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)|It Takes a Thief (1968), The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game (1968), Dan August (1970), The Sandy Duncan Show (1971–1972) Maude (TV series)|Maude (1972), Good Times (1974), Baretta (1975), St. Elsewhere (1982), and, for Televisa in Mexico , Tres Generaciones (TV series)|Tres Generaciones (1987). He also composed music for individual episodes of each of those shows. His other TV credits include The Wild Wild West (1966), The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1966), and Columbo (TV series)|Columbo: Prescription: Murder (1968). He also did the theme song for One Life to Live (1968) from 1984–1992.
Grusin assisted in 1966 as musical director and arranger also for 2 years the Catarina Valente TV show and lived longer times in Amsterdam.
About 35 Grusin CD titles are currently available including soundtracks, originals, collections, and homages to jazz greats George Gershwin , Duke Ellington , and Henry Mancini . Recently he has turned his attention to his own compositions. As in much of his career, these defy easy classification. They can be heard on CD's in collaboration with major artists including Lee Ritenour , James Taylor , and Renée Fleming . In addition to Grusin's jazz, film work and other collaborations, he has also lent his talents as a producer / arranger / musician to numerous albums by artists including Paul Simon , Sérgio Mendes , Quincy Jones , Al Jarreau , Patti Austin , Dave Valentin and Sadao Watanabe . Billy Joel has also on occasion tapped Grusin for horn and string arrangements - Grusin arranged the horns on "Half A Mile Away" for Joel's "52nd Street" album, and contributed horn and string arrangements to Joel's 1982 concept album "The Nylon Curtain."
Grusin and Larry Rosen (producer)|Larry Rosen co-founded GRP Records in 1978. In 1994, GRP was in charge of Music Corporation of America|MCA 's (soon to be renamed Universal Music Group ) jazz operations. Founders Grusin and Rosen left in 1995 and were replaced by Tommy LiPuma . In 1997, Grusin and Rosen co-founded N2K Encoded Music (after renamed N-Coded Music ).
He received honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music in 1988 and University of Colorado system|University of Colorado , College of Music in 1989. Grusin was initiated into the Beta Chi Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia at the University of Colorado in 1953.
Dave is married to Nan Newton. He is the father of music editor Stuart Grusin, music editor and musician Scott Grusin, and aerospace engineer Michael Grusin. He is the stepfather of artist Annie Vought, and elder brother of keyboardist Don Grusin and sister Dee Grusin.
Awards and recognition
Academy Award Nominee, 1978 "Best Original Score" for Heaven Can Wait (1978 film)|Heaven Can Wait
Academy Award Nominee, 1979 "Best Original Score" for The Champ
Academy Award Nominee, 1981 "Best Original Score" for On Golden Pond (1981 film)|On Golden Pond
Academy Award Nominee, 1982 "Best Original Song" for "It Might Be You", from Tootsie
Golden Globe Nominee, 1988 "Best Original Score" for The Milagro Beanfield War
Academy Award Winner, 1988 "Best Original Score" for The Milagro Beanfield War
Academy Award Nominee, 1989 "Best Original Score" for The Fabulous Baker Boys
Golden Globe Nominee, 1989 "Best Original Score" for The Fabulous Baker Boys
Grammy Award Winner, 1989 "Best Album, Original Background Score for a Motion Picture or Television" for The Fabulous Baker Boys
Grammy Award Winner, 1989 "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals" for "My Funny Valentine"
Academy Award Nominee, 1990 "Best Original Score" for Havana
Golden Globe Nominee, 1990 "Best Original Score" for Havana
Grammy Award Winner, 1990 "Best Album of Original Instrumental Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television" for The Fabulous Baker Boys
Grammy Award Winner, 1990 "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" Suite for The Milagro Beanfield War
Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award Recipient, 1991, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity
Grammy Award Winner, 1991 "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" for "Bess You Is My Woman/I Loves You Porgy"
Golden Globe Nominee, 1991 "Best Original Score" for For The Boys
Academy Award Nominee, 1993 "Best Original Score" for The Firm (1993 film)|The Firm
Grammy Award Winner, 1993 "Best Arrangement on an Instrumental" for "Mood Indigo"
Grammy Award Winner, 1994 "Best Instrumental Arrangement" for "Three Cowboy Songs"
Grammy Award Nominee, 1997 " Best Original Score for " Selena "
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)|Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) , 2002 for "Mean Old Man", from the album October Road (album)|October Road by James Taylor
Discography
As Leader
Subways are for Sleeping - 1962
Piano, Strings, and Moonlight - 1963
Kaleidoscope - 1964
The Graduate (soundtrack) - 1968
The Yakuza (Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 1975
Discovered Again - 1976
One of A Kind - 1977
The Champ (Motion Picture Soundtrack) - 1979
Mountain Dance - 1980
Dave Grusin Presents GRP All-Stars Live In Japan - 1980
Two Worlds (Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin album)|Two Worlds (w/ Lee Ritenour featuring guest performances by Renée Fleming , Julian Lloyd Webber and Gil Shaham ) - 2000
The Very Best of Dave Grusin - 2002
Now Playing: Movie Themes - Solo Piano - 2004
The Yakuza (Motion Picture Soundtrack, complete score, Film Score Monthly limited edition of 3000 copies) - 1975 / 2005
Lucas (Motion Picture Soundtrack, Varese Sarabande CD Club limited edition of 2000 copies) - 1986 / 2006
Author& #33; Author! (Motion Picture Soundtrack, Varese Sarabande CD Club limited edition of 2000 copies) - 1982 / 2007
The Scorpio Letters (Motion Picture Soundtrack, Film Score Monthly limited edition of 3000 copies) - 1967 / 2007
Dinner With Friends#Film adaptation|Dinner With Friends - 2001
Even Money (film)|Even Money - 2007
Recount (film)|Recount - 2008
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References
Reflist
External links
IMDb name|6115|Dave Grusin
YouTube music video sampler: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=TTbSzqzr6lg Mountain Dance
http://grusin.net Dave Grusin Archive
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