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David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American composer, arranger and pianist. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra Grusin has composed many scores for feature films and television, and he has won numerous awards for his soundtrack work. A film score is a broad term referring to the music in a film which is generally categorically separated from songs used within a film In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Although he has worked in many musical styles, Grusin is often thought of as a jazz artist. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States

Born in Littleton, Colorado, Grusin has a filmography of about 100 titles. The City of Littleton is a suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and a Home Rule Municipality in Arapahoe County, Jefferson His many awards include an Oscar for best original score for The Milagro Beanfield War, as well as Oscar nominations for The Champ, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Firm, Havana, Heaven Can Wait, and On Golden Pond. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Milagro Beanfield War ( 1988) is an American Drama film based on the John Nichols Novel of the same name the first The Champ is a 1931 movie that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 film written and directed by Steven Kloves about two brothers (played by real-life brothers Jeff and This article is about the 1993 film For the 1988 film of the same name see The Firm (1988 film The Firm is a Legal thriller film Havana is an independent 1990 drama starring Robert Redford, Lena Olin, and Raul Julia, directed by Sydney Pollack and with music Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 Comedy film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. On Golden Pond is a 1981 American Drama film directed by Mark Rydell. He also received a best original song nomination for "It Might Be You" from the film Tootsie. Tootsie is a 1982 Comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile Actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to Six of the fourteen cuts on the soundtrack from The Graduate are his. The Graduate is a American comedy / drama / Romance film directed by Mike Nichols, based on the novel of the same name by Other film scores he has composed include Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?, Three Days of the Condor, The Goonies, Tequila Sunrise, Hope Floats, Random Hearts and The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? is a 1968 American Comedy film directed by Hy Averback. Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American Thriller film produced by Stanley Schneider and directed by Sydney Pollack. "Goonies" redirects here For other uses see Goonies (disambiguation. Tequila Sunrise is a 1988 movie written and directed by Oscar -winner Robert Towne. Hope Floats is an 1998 American romantic Drama film directed by Forest Whitaker, and starring Sandra Bullock Random Hearts is a 1984 novel by American author Warren Adler.

For television, he was the conductor for The Andy Williams Show (1963–1965) and the composer of the theme songs for such series as Dan August (1970), The Sandy Duncan Show (1971-1972) Maude (1972), Good Times (1974), Baretta (1975), and St. Elsewhere (1982). The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. Dan August is a short-lived 1970 - 1971 crime drama Television series, which starred Burt Reynolds as the title character Funny Face and The Sandy Duncan Show were two short-lived sitcoms aired by CBS starring Sandy Duncan as part of its Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the Good Times is a American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the Baretta is a American detective Television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. He also composed music for individual episodes of each of those shows. His other TV credits include It Takes a Thief, The Wild Wild West, and Columbo - Prescription: Murder (1968). It Takes a Thief is an American action-adventure television series that aired on ABC for two and a half seasons between January 9 1968 The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons (104 episodes from September 17, 1965 to He also did the theme song for One Life to Live (1968) from 1984–92. One Life to Live ( OLTL) is an American Soap opera which has been broadcast on the ABC television network since July 15 1968

About 35 Dave Grusin CD titles are currently available including soundtracks, originals, collections, and homages to jazz greats George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, and Henry Mancini. George Gershwin (September 26 1898 &ndash July 11 1937 was an American Composer. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29 1899 &ndash May 24 1974 was an American Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader. Henry Mancini ( April 16, 1924 &ndash June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American Composer, conductor

Grusin and Larry Rosen co-founded GRP Records in 1982. Larry Rosen (born May 25, 1940 in the Bronx, New York) is a musician producer executive producer and music industry entrepreneur History Previously the duo had formed Grusin/Rosen Productions as a freelance production team in 1976 making records for labels such as RCA Blue Note and CTI with artists like In 1994, GRP was in charge of MCA's (soon to be renamed Universal Music Group) jazz operations. MCA Inc (or Music Corporation of America) was an American Corporation in the music and television businesses Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. Founders Grusin and Rosen left in 1995 and were replaced by Tommy LiPuma. Tommy LiPuma (born July 5 1936) is an American music producer In 1997, Grusin and Rosen co-founded N2K Encoded Music (after renamed N-Coded Music). N-Coded Music is a New York City -based Record label specializing in releases from artists in the Smooth jazz genre N-Coded Music is a New York City -based Record label specializing in releases from artists in the Smooth jazz genre

Dave is the father of music editor Stuart Grusin, music editor and musician Scott Grusin, engineer Mike Grusin, artist Annie Vought, and elder brother of keyboardist Don Grusin and sister Dee Grusin. Don Grusin (born April 22, 1941 in Denver, Colorado) is an American songwriter producer and keyboardist

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