Since its beginning in 1984, the Minneapolis-St. He also did the theme song for One Life to Live (1968) from 1984–1992.
His other TV credits include The Wild Wild West (1966), The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. He also composed music for individual episodes of each of those shows. Elsewhere (1982), and, for Televisa in Mexico, Tres Generaciones (1987).
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, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and The Firm.įor television, he was the conductor for The Andy Williams Show (1963–1965) and the composer of the theme songs for such series as It Takes a Thief (1968), The Name of the Game (1968), Dan August (1970), The Sandy Duncan Show (1971–1972) Maude (1972), Good Times (1974), Baretta (1975), St. Six of the fourteen cuts on the soundtrack from The Graduate are his. He also received a best original song nomination for "It Might Be You" from the film Tootsie. 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. Grusin has a filmography of about 100 titles. One of his teachers there was Cecil Effinger. An alumnus of the University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Music, he was awarded his bachelor's degree in 1956. 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. In recent years, they have released two classical crossover albums that were nominated for Grammys including, the Universal Decca recordings,'“Two Worlds” and "Amparo". Together they have recorded several projects including the Grammy-winning Brazilian album, “Harlequin” in 1985.
Later scores included On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982) and The Goonies (1985).įrom 2000 through 2011, Grusin has concentrated on composing classical and jazz compositions, touring, and recording with collaborators, among others, guitarist, Lee Ritenour. He was the composer for Mike Nichols's Oscar-winning film, The Graduate.
Grusin was also at the forefront of soundtrack albums. In the late 70s, he formed GRP records along with his business partner, Larry Rosen, and began to create some of the first commercial digital recordings. Other scores followed including Winning (1969), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), The Midnight Man (1974) and Three Days of the Condor in 1975. He produced his first single, "Subways are for Sleeping" in 1962 and his first film score was for Divorce American Style (1967). Video:Spartacus Love Theme Dave Grusin Piano solo īorn in Littleton, Colorado, he studied music at the University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded his bachelor's degree in 1956.