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Deborah Lurie
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Deborah Ruth Lurie |
| Born | March 9, 1974 Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Genres | Film score, incidental music |
| Occupation(s) | composer, arranger, music producer |
| Years active | 1997–present |
Deborah Ruth Lurie is an American composer, arranger, and music producer. She was born on March 9, 1974. She creates music for movies and helps famous singers and bands make their songs sound amazing.
Deborah Lurie has composed music for many films. Some of these include Sleepover (2004), Dear John (2010), and Safe Haven (2013). She has also worked as a string arranger for popular musicians like Brandi Carlile, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Lambert, and Katy Perry. She has also arranged music for rock bands such as Bon Jovi, Halestorm, and Simple Plan. Her work with Hoobastank and Theory of a Deadman is especially well-known.
In 2015, Deborah Lurie received the Shirley Walker Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. This award recognized her important contributions to music in movies and TV. She was also featured in a documentary called Score: A Film Music Documentary, which is all about how film music is made. In 2016, she was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This is a big honor for people who have made great contributions to movies.
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Composing for Movies and TV
Deborah Lurie has written music for many different types of films and television shows. Her job as a composer means she creates the original music that helps tell the story and set the mood in a movie or TV episode.
Notable Film Scores
Here are some of the movies Deborah Lurie has composed music for:
- Sleepover (2004)
- An Unfinished Life (2005)
- Mozart and the Whale (2005)
- Sydney White (2007)
- 9 (2009) - She created themes for this animated film.
- Dear John (2010)
- Prom (2011)
- One for the Money (2012)
- Safe Haven (2013)
- Poms (2019)
Additional Music and TV Work
Deborah Lurie has also contributed additional music to many other big films, helping to create parts of their soundtracks. These include:
- Hercules: The Animated Series (1998)
- Bubble Boy (2001)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
- Charlotte's Web (2006)
- Spider-Man 3 (2007)
- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
She has also composed for TV films like The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006) and Invisible Sister (2015). For TV series, she worked on Just Add Magic (2016), composing music for many episodes.
Arranging and Producing Music
Besides composing, Deborah Lurie is also a skilled music arranger and producer. This means she helps shape how songs sound, often by writing parts for different instruments like strings (violins, cellos, etc.).
Arranger and Producer Roles
She has worked on various projects as an arranger or producer, including:
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (song arranger)
- Annie (additional arranger)
- Mystic Manor (arranger for music by Danny Elfman)
- Much Ado About Nothing (arranger/producer for score by Joss Whedon)
- Fame (song arranger)
- Bad Santa (song arranger)
Orchestration Work
Orchestration is when a composer writes music for an orchestra. Deborah Lurie has helped orchestrate scores for films like:
- Men in Black 3 (score by Danny Elfman)
- The X-Files: I Want to Believe (score by Mark Snow)
- X2 (score by John Ottman)
String Arranging for Artists
Deborah Lurie is especially known for her work as a string arranger. She writes the parts for string instruments that are added to songs by many different artists and bands.
Collaborations with Musicians
She has arranged strings for:
- Hoobastank on their song The Reason (2003) and albums like Every Man for Himself (2006).
- The All-American Rejects for their album Move Along (2005) and When the World Comes Down (2008).
- Daughtry on their self-titled album (2006) and Leave This Town (2009).
- Theory of a Deadman for albums such as Scars & Souvenirs (2008) and The Truth Is... (2011).
- Adam Lambert for his album For Your Entertainment (2009).
- Kelly Clarkson for her albums All I Ever Wanted (2009) and Stronger (2011).
- Katy Perry for a live performance of Thinking of You (2009).
- Bon Jovi for their song "What Do You Got?" (2010).
- 3 Doors Down for their album Time of My Life (2011).
- Brandi Carlile for the Safe Haven movie soundtrack (2013).
- Simple Plan for their album Taking One for the Team (2016).
