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Deborah Lurie
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Background information
Birth name Deborah Ruth Lurie
Born (1974-03-09) March 9, 1974 (age 50)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres Film score, incidental music
Occupation(s) composer, arranger, music producer
Years active 1997–present

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), and Poms (2019). She has been a string arranger for musicians such as Brandi Carlile, Kelly Clarkson, Allison Iraheta, Adam Lambert, and Katy Perry. 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. She was one of the composers interviewed in Score: A Film Music Documentary. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended membership to Lurie in 2016 for her contributions to motion pictures.

Filmography

Composer

Year Title Director Studio(s) Notes
1997 The Promise Matthew Barry N/A Short film
1998 Hercules: The Animated Series Phil Weinstein Walt Disney Television Animation
Buena Vista Television
Additional music
1999 Evil Hill Ryan Schifrin N/A Short film
George Lucas in Love Joe Nussbaum MediaTrip.com
Best Man in Grass Creek John Newcombe N/A N/A
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 N/A
Sleepover Joe Nussbaum Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer N/A
Imaginary Heroes Dan Harris Sony Pictures Classics N/A
2005 ..... 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
N/A
Mozart and the Whale Petter Næss Millennium Films
Nu Image
N/A
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. N/A
The Year Without a Santa Claus Ron Underwood N/A 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
N/A
The Little Traitor Lynn Roth Westchester Films Inc. N/A
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 N/A
2009 Dance Flick Damien Dante Wayans Paramount Pictures
MTV Films
Wayans Brothers
Additional music
Spring Breakdown Ryan Shiraki Warner Premiere N/A
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
N/A
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
N/A
Prom Joe Nussbaum Walt Disney Pictures
Rickshaw Productions
N/A
Footloose Craig Brewer Paramount Pictures
Spyglass Entertainment
MTV Films
N/A
2012 One for the Money Julie Anne Robinson Lionsgate
Lakeshore Entertainment
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
N/A
The Dictator Larry Charles Paramount Pictures
Four By Two Films
Additional music
Katy Perry: Part of Me Dan Cutforth
Jane Lipsitz
Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
Perry Productions
AEG Live
EMI Music
Columbia Pictures
Imagine Entertainment
N/A
Fun Size Josh Schwartz Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
Anonymous Content
Fake Empire
N/A
2013 Safe Haven Lasse Hallström Relativity Media
Temple Hill Entertainment
N/A
2014 Murder of a Cat Gillian Greene
Prod: Sam Raimi
Seine Pictures N/A
2015 Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Kristin Hanggi Quiver N/A
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 N/A
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 N/A Additional music
2017 Speech & Debate Dan Harris Sycamore Pictures N/A
2019 Poms Zara Hayes Entertainment One
STX Entertainment
N/A

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 (arranger/producer, score by Joss Whedon)
  • Fame (song arranger)
  • Bad Santa (song arranger)
  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (song arranger)

Orchestrations

  • Men in Black 3 (score by Danny Elfman)
  • The X-Files: I Want to Believe (score by Mark Snow)
  • The Curse of El Charro (score by Rich Ragsdale)
  • X2 (score by John Ottman)
  • Urban Legends: Final Cut (score by John Ottman)
  • Crazy in Alabama (score by Mark Snow)
  • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (score by John Ottman)
  • The X-Files (score by Mark Snow)
  • Dexter's Laboratory (add. orch., score by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker)
  • The Day Lincoln Was Shot (score by Mark Snow)
  • Barney's Great Adventure (add. orch., score by Van Dyke Parks)

String Arranger

2002

  • Gabriel Mann, Tug of War
  • The Buzzhorn, Disconnected

2003

  • Hoobastank, The Reason
  • Adema, Unstable
  • Cold, Year of the Spider

2005

  • The All-American Rejects, Move Along
  • Vendetta Red, Sisters of the Red Death

2006

2008

  • Paul Freeman, You and I
  • The All-American Rejects, When the World Comes Down
  • Third Day, Revelation
  • Theory of a Deadman, Scars & Souvenirs

2009

2010

2011

2013

2014

  • Theory of a Deadman, Savages

2015

  • Theory of a Deadman

2016

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