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His other nominated films include, “ The Champ”, “Tootsie”, “On Golden Pond,” “Heaven Can Wait,” “The Firm”, “The Fabulous Baker Boys” and “Havana.” He was the co-founder of GRP Records, the groundbreaking jazz label that was nominated for eighty Grammy Awards. Dave was nominated for eight Academy Awards, winning one Oscar for “ The Milagro Beanfield War“.

The Goonies - an excellent score with a cult following which was the subject of a successful campaign for a soundtrack release, see Grusin has written the music and composed the theme songs for over twenty network television shows including “Maude”, “St.

Reds - contributions by Grusin and by Stephen Sondheim.

On Golden Pond - with more gentle romantic music.

Heaven Can Wait - with a memorable love-theme.

Three Days of the Condor - there's some moody music but most tracks are surprisingly relaxed.The Graduate - though easy to forget among the songs from Simon and Garfunkel.The campaign for a CD release has now been heard, and the Varese-Sarabande label has now released the long-awaited soundtrack - coinciding with the film's 25th anniversary and Dave Grusin's 75th birthday - available from in the US.

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This and the teenage audience that the film was aimed at, has resulted in a cult-following for the Speilberg-produced movie and its music score. However its infectious excitement brings to mind the action-oriented Swashbucklers from the Golden age of film music. Since he is mainly known for his relaxed jazz-influenced music, his score for 'The Goonies' is surprisingly out of character. This is a superb film with great acting and Grusin's jazz music cements the prevailing mood. Instead, Grusin was videotaped playing those parts and the brothers studied and practiced those tapes until they could copy his hand movements. In 'The Fabulous Baker Boys', although Michelle Pfeiffer sang the songs for her character, Beau and Jeff Bridges didn't actually play the piano parts. Here Grusin creates a pervasive slow mellow jazz mood, employing bass, piano, trumpet, flute and others, with typically only one or two instruments playing a time. For 'The Firm' Grusin produced a striking bluesy band sound, while one of his more recent soundtracks is the sad romantic movie 'Random Hearts'. Examples of his gentle love themes include the music for 'Heaven can Wait' and 'On Golden Pond'. Since that time Grusin has developed something of a reputation for gentle love themes on the one hand, and relaxed blues and jazz on the other.

Although the soundtrack is generally remembered for its songs by Paul Simon, Grusin acquits himself well by filling the gaps with a variety of dance band tunes. In the film arena Grusin's big break was undoubtedly 'The Graduate'. His music generally is very lyrical, with memorable melodies in a variety of styles. Ultimately it may be from the latter genre that he is best known with that well-played theme from St.

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Dave Grusin - Film, TV, Love Themes or the Bluesĭave Grusin is another of those composers who have done a bit of everything, including film scores from every genre and TV music too.

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