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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. 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 his first film score was for ''Divorce American Style'' (1967). Other scores followed including ''Winning'' (1969), ''The Friends of Eddie Coyle'' (1973), ''The Midnight Man'' (1974) and ''Three Days of the Condor'' in 1975. 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. Grusin was also at the forefront of soundtrack albums. He was the composer for Mike Nichols's Oscar-winning film, ''The Graduate''. Later scores included ''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.

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The Friends of Eddie Coyle / Three… Soundtrack 2012-06-09 itunes amazon
The Goonies - 25th Anniversary Edition Soundtrack 2010 itunes amazon
Amparo Album 2008-09-08 itunes amazon
Dave Grusin presents West Side Story Album 2007-11-26 itunes amazon
The Last Run / Crosscurrent / The… Soundtrack 2007-02-10 itunes amazon
Lucas Soundtrack 2006-11-15 itunes amazon
Now Playing: Movie Themes Album 2004 itunes amazon
The Very Best Of Dave Grusin unknown 2002 itunes amazon
Two Worlds Album 2000-09-12 itunes amazon
Hope Floats Soundtrack 1998-06-16 itunes amazon
Two for the Road: The Music of Henry… Album 1997-05-13 itunes amazon
Mulholland Falls Soundtrack 1996 itunes amazon
The Cure Soundtrack 1995-04-21 itunes amazon
Homage to Duke Album 1993 itunes amazon
The Gershwin Connection Album 1991 itunes amazon
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