Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Award · 1991
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1989
- Grammy Award — Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media · 1989
- honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1994 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1990 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Song · 1983 · nominated
- Golden Raspberry Award — Worst Original Song · 1983 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1982 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1980 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1979 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Cure
Selena
The Graduate
The Goonies
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
On Golden Pond
Three Days of the Condor
Tootsie
Murder by Death
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Keep on Keepin' On
And Justice for All
The Yakuza
The Slender Thread
The Champ
The Front
Reds
The Goodbye Girl
Recount
The Firm
A Dry White Season
Falling in Love
The Milagro Beanfield War
Absence of Malice
Heaven Can Wait
Hope Floats
For the Boys
Shoot Out
Racing with the Moon
The Pope of Greenwich Village
My Bodyguard
The Mad Room
Tequila Sunrise
In the Gloaming
Mulholland Falls
Winning
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
Waterhole #3
Dinner with Friends
Havana
Divorce American Style
St. Elsewhere
Random Hearts
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Little Drummer Girl
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Even Money
Clara's Heart
Fuzz
Halls of Anger