Deborah Lurie

American composer
Deborah Lurie
Background information
Birth nameDeborah Ruth Lurie
Born (1974-03-09) March 9, 1974 (age 50)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
GenresFilm score, incidental music
Occupation(s)composer, arranger, music producer
Years active1997–present
Websitewww.deborahlurie.com
Musical artist

Deborah Ruth Lurie (born March 9, 1974) is an American composer, arranger, and music producer. She has scored several films such as Sleepover (2004), An Unfinished Life, Mozart and the Whale, (both 2005), Sydney White (2007), Dear John (2010), One for the Money (2012), Safe Haven (2013),[1] and Poms (2019). She has been a string arranger for musicians such as Brandi Carlile, Kelly Clarkson, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, and Katy Perry.[2] Lurie has also been a string arranger for several rock bands such as 3 Doors Down, Bon Jovi, Creed, Halestorm, Papa Roach, Simple Plan, The All-American Rejects, and Three Days Grace, though her best known collaborations have been with Hoobastank and Theory of a Deadman.

In 2015, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awarded Lurie the Shirley Walker Award for her contributions to the diversity of film and television music.[3] She was one of the composers interviewed in Score: A Film Music Documentary.[4][5] The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended membership to Lurie in 2016 for her contributions to motion pictures.[6]

Filmography

Composer

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes
1997 The Promise Matthew Barry Short film
1998 Hercules: The Animated Series Phil Weinstein Walt Disney Television Animation
Buena Vista Television
Additional music
1999 Evil Hill Ryan Schifrin Short film
George Lucas in Love Joe Nussbaum MediaTrip.com
Best Man in Grass Creek John Newcombe
2001 Bubble Boy Blair Hayes Buena Vista Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Additional music
2003 View from the Top Bruno Barreto Brad Grey Pictures
Miramax Films
Additional music
Uncredited
2004 My Baby's Daddy Cheryl Dunye Miramax
Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Immortal Entertainment
Additional music
My Name Is Modesty Scott Spiegel Miramax Films
Sleepover Joe Nussbaum Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Imaginary Heroes Dan Harris Sony Pictures Classics
2005 Drop Dead Sexy Michael Philip Lionsgate
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton Warner Bros. Pictures
The Zanuck Company
Plan B Entertainment
Village Roadshow Pictures
Additional music
An Unfinished Life Lasse Hallström Miramax Films
Revolution Studios
Mozart and the Whale Petter Næss Millennium Films
Nu Image
2006 Deep Sea 3D Howard Hall Warner Bros. Pictures
IMAX Corporation
Composed with Danny Elfman
IMAX film
Whirlygirl Jim Wilson All the Way Round Inc.
The Year Without a Santa Claus Ron Underwood Television film
Charlotte's Web Gary Winick Paramount Pictures
Kerner Entertainment Company
Walden Media
Nickelodeon Movies
Additional music
Dreamgirls Bill Condon Laurence Mark Productions
DreamWorks Pictures
Paramount Pictures
2007 Sydney White Joe Nussbaum Universal Pictures
Morgan Creek Productions
The Little Traitor Lynn Roth Westchester Films Inc.
Spider-Man 3 Sam Raimi Columbia Pictures
Marvel Entertainment
Laura Ziskin Productions
Additional music
2008 Wanted Timur Bekmambetov Universal Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment
Relativity Media
Marc Platt Productions
Kickstart Productions
Top Cow Productions
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Guillermo del Toro Universal Studios
Relativity Media
Lawrence Gordon Productions
Dark Horse Entertainment
The Betrayed Amanda Gusack Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
2009 Dance Flick Damien Dante Wayans Paramount Pictures
MTV Films
Wayans Brothers
Additional music
Spring Breakdown Ryan Shiraki Warner Premiere
9 Shane Acker
Prod: Tim Burton
Focus Features
Relativity Media
Starz Animation
Tim Burton Productions
Themes by Danny Elfman
More Than a Game Kristopher Belman Lionsgate Additional music
2010 Dear John Lasse Hallström Screen Gems
Relativity Media
Alice in Wonderland Tim Burton Walt Disney Pictures
Roth Films
The Zanuck Company
Team Todd
Additional music
2011 Justin Bieber: Never Say Never Jon M. Chu Paramount Pictures
MTV Films
Scooter Braun Films
L.A. Reid Media
AEG Live
Island Def Jam Music Group
Prom Joe Nussbaum Walt Disney Pictures
Rickshaw Productions
Footloose Craig Brewer Paramount Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment
MTV Films
2012 One for the Money Julie Anne Robinson Lionsgate
Lakeshore Entertainment
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
The Dictator Larry Charles Paramount Pictures
Four By Two Films
Additional music
Katy Perry: Part of Me[2] Dan Cutforth
Jane Lipsitz
Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
Perry Productions
AEG Live
EMI Music
Columbia Pictures
Imagine Entertainment
Fun Size Josh Schwartz Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
Anonymous Content
Fake Empire
2013 Safe Haven Lasse Hallström Relativity Media
Temple Hill Entertainment
2014 Murder of a Cat Gillian Greene
Prod: Sam Raimi
Seine Pictures
2015 Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Kristin Hanggi Quiver
The Astronaut Wives Club Prod: Stephanie Savage ABC Studios
Fake Empire
Groundswell Productions
10 episodes
Invisible Sister Paul Hoen Disney Channel Television film
2016 Urban Cowboy Craig Brewer 20th Century Fox Television
The Deal Daniel S. Kaminsky
Prod: Joss Whedon
Circadian Pictures Short film
Just Add Magic Joe Nussbaum Amazon Studios
Pictures in a Row
Grasshopper Lane Entertainment
Season 1: 13 episodes, with Zack Ryan
Season 2: 26 episodes, with Zack Ryan
Newtown Kim A. Snyder Additional music
2017 Speech & Debate Dan Harris Sycamore Pictures
2019 Poms Zara Hayes Entertainment One
STX Entertainment

Arranger/Producer

  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (song arranger)
  • Annie (additional arranger)
  • Mystic Manor (arranger, music by Danny Elfman)
  • Much Ado About Nothing[2] (arranger/producer, score by Joss Whedon)
  • Fame (song arranger)
  • Bad Santa (song arranger)
  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (song arranger)

Orchestrations

String Arranger

2002

2003

2005

2006

2008

2009

2010

2011

2013

2014

2015

2016

References

  1. ^ "Deborah Lurie to Score Lasse Hallstrom's 'Safe Haven'". FilmMusicReporter.com. September 28, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Zumberge, Marianne (March 10, 2015). "ASCAP Film and TV Music Awards Fete Elliot Goldenthal, Deborah Lurie". Variety. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "Elliot Goldenthal to Receive ASCAP Founders Award on March 9 Composer Deborah Lurie to Receive Shirley Walker Award" (Press release). New York, New York: ASCAP. Bobbi Marcus PR & Events, Inc. February 10, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  4. ^ Manders, Hayden (April 26, 2017). "A Documentary On Film Scores Is Coming, And Boy Does It Look Good". Nylon. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  5. ^ Finger, Bobby (April 26, 2017). "Someone Made a Documentary About the Best Genre of Music: Film Scores". Jezebel. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  6. ^ "NEW MEMBERS 2016: ACADEMY INVITES 683 TO MEMBERSHIP". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. June 29, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
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