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Dave Grusin

Composer / Pianist / Songwriter / Actor / Bandleader | * 06/26/1934 (89) | Littleton, Colorado (United States of America (USA))
Robert David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He 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 10 Grammy Awards. He is also a frequent collaborator with director Sydney Pollack, scoring many of his films like Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice (1981), Tootsie (1982), The Firm (1993), and Random Hearts (1999). In 1978, Grusin founded GRP Records with Larry Rosen, and was an early pioneer of digital recording. ()
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Robert David "Dave" Grusin (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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Awards & Nominations for Dave Grusin

Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award Academy Award for Best Original Score Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Honorary Doctor of The Berklee College of Music 7x Academy Award for Best Original Score Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song
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Movies with Dave Grusin as Crew(76)

Sound/Original Music Composer2008 Recount
Sound/Original Music Composer2006 Even Money
Sound/Music2001 Dinner with Friends
Sound/Original Music Composer1999 Random Hearts
Sound/Original Music Composer1998 Hope Floats
Sound/Original Music Composer1997 Selena
Sound/Music1997 In the Gloaming
Sound/Music1996 Mulholland Falls
Sound/Original Music Composer1995 The Cure
Sound/Music1993 The Firm
Sound/Original Music Composer1991 For the Boys
Sound/Music1990 Havana
Sound/Original Music Composer1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 A Dry White Season
Sound/Original Music Composer1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 Tequila Sunrise
Sound/Original Music Composer1988 The Milagro Beanfield War
Sound/Original Music Composer1987 Ishtar
Sound/Original Music Composer1986 Lucas
Sound/Original Music Composer1985 The Goonies
Sound/Conductor1985 The Goonies
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 Scandalous
Sound/Music1984 Racing with the Moon
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 The Pope of Greenwich Village
Sound/Music1984 Falling in Love
Sound/Original Music Composer1984 The Little Drummer Girl
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Tootsie
Sound/Original Music Composer1982 Author! Author!
Sound/Original Music Composer1981 On Golden Pond
Crew/Additional Music1981 Reds
Sound/Music1981 Reds
Sound/Music1981 Absence of Malice
Sound/Original Music Composer1980 My Bodyguard
Sound/Music1979 The Electric Horseman
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 ...And Justice for All
Sound/Original Music Composer1979 The Champ
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Colorado C.I.
Sound/Original Music Composer1978 Heaven Can Wait
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Fire Sale
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Mr. Billion
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 Bobby Deerfield
Sound/Original Music Composer1977 The Goodbye Girl
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 Murder by Death
Sound/Original Music Composer1976 The Front
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 The Nickel Ride
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings
Sound/Original Music Composer1975 Three Days of the Condor
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 The Midnight Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1974 The Yakuza
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Sound/Original Music Composer1973 Amanda Fallon
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 The Family Rico
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Sound/Original Music Composer1972 Fuzz
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 The Forgotten Man
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 Sarge: The Badge or the Cross
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 A Howling in the Woods
Sound/Music1971 Shoot Out
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Sound/Original Music Composer1971 The Pursuit of Happiness
Sound/Music1970 The Intruders
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Adam at Six A.M.
Sound/Original Music Composer1970 Halls of Anger
Sound/Original Music Composer1969 Generation
Sound/Music1969 The Mad Room
Sound/Music1969 Winning
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Sound/Music1968 Prescription: Murder
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Sound/Original Music Composer1968 Candy
Sound/Music1968 A Man Called Gannon
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 Waterhole #3
Sound/Music1967 Divorce American Style
Sound/Original Music Composer1967 The Scorpio Letters
Crew/Additional Music1967 The Graduate

TV Shows/Series with Dave Grusin as Crew(2)

Sound/Main Title Theme Composer1982 St. Elsewhere
Sound/Main Title Theme Composer1970 Dan August

Full Name: Robert David Grusin
Born: Tuesday, 06/26 1934 (June) in Littleton, Colorado (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 89 years + 305 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Colorado, Littleton High School, Manhattan School of Music
Record Label: GRP Records
Other names for Dave Grusin (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Robert David Grusin"
Dave Grusin frequently works together with these people:
Sydney Pollack (22x, Crew)
Warren Beatty (10x, Actor)
Bernie Pollack (9x, Crew)
Lynn Stalmaster (7x, Crew)
Owen Roizman (7x, Crew)
Robert Redford (6x, Actor)
Buck Henry (6x, Actor)
Elaine May (6x, Actress)
Mark Rydell (6x, Crew)
Else Blangsted (6x, Crew)
Joshua Brand (4x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7947, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024