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Robert David Grusin net worth is
$4 Million

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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 1970s, 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' Oscar-winning film, The Graduate. Later scores included On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982) and The Goonies (1985).From 2000 through 2011, Grusin 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. 

Full NameRobert David Grusin
Net Worth$4 Million
Date Of BirthJune 26, 1934
Place Of BirthLittleton, Colorado, USA
OccupationComposer, arranger, musician
ProfessionMusic Department, Soundtrack, Composer
NicknamesDave Grusin, Grusin, Dave
Star SignCancer

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Keep on Keepin' On2014Documentary composer: additional music
Random Hearts1999conductor - uncredited / musician: piano - uncredited
Hope Floats1998score conductor / score orchestrator
Hope1997TV Movie composer: theme music
Mulholland Falls1996conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
The Bonfire of the Vanities1990conductor - uncredited / musician - uncredited
Havana1990/Iconductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
The Fabulous Baker Boys1989musician: keyboards and piano solo for Jeff Bridges
St. Elsewhere1982-1988TV Series composer - 137 episodes
Falling in Love1984orchestrator
Reds1981composer: additional music
One-Trick Pony1980music arranger
Dan August: Murder, My Friend1980TV Movie composer: theme music
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough1980TV Movie composer: theme music
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor1980TV Movie composer: theme music
Dan August: The Trouble with Women1980TV Movie composer: theme music
Good Times1974-1979TV Series composer - 133 episodes
The Wiz1978pre-record musician: keyboards - uncredited
Baretta1975-1978TV Series composer - 80 episodes
Maude1972-1978TV Series composer - 139 episodes
The Goodbye Girl1977music adaptor
The Yakuza1974conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
Roll Out1973TV Series composer - 5 episodes
In Concert1973TV Series musical director - 1 episode
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1970-1973TV Series composer - 34 episodes
Assignment: ViennaTV Series conductor - 3 episodes, 1972 - 1973 orchestrator - 3 episodes, 1972 - 1973 composer - 1 episode, 1973
The Sandy Duncan Show1972TV Series composer - 2 episodes
The Getaway1972musician: keyboards - uncredited
The Bold Ones: The Lawyers1970-1972TV Series composer - 19 episodes
Funny Face1971TV Series composer - 1 episode
The Grand Opening of Walt Disney World1971TV Movie documentary musical director
Dan August1970-1971TV Series composer - 26 episodes
The Name of the Game1968-1971TV Series composer - 76 episodes
The Bold Ones: The Senator1970-1971TV Series composer - 8 episodes
The Trouble with Women1970TV Movie composer: theme music
It Takes a Thief1968-1970TV Series composer - 66 episodes
The Ghost & Mrs. MuirTV Series composer - 48 episodes, 1968 - 1970 theme - 2 episodes, 1969 - 1970 conductor - 1 episode, 1968
Backtrack!1969composer: stock music - uncredited
Hellfighters1968musician: organ - uncredited
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter1968conductor - uncredited
The Graduate1967additional music
The Andy Williams Christmas Show1967TV Movie musical director
Banning1967musician: keyboards - uncredited
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966-1967TV Series music arranger - 8 episodes
The Scorpio Letters1967TV Movie conductor - uncredited
The Andy Williams ShowTV Series conductor - 7 episodes, 1963 - 1964 additional musical arrangements - 1 episode, 1966 additional music arrangements - 1 episode, 1965
The Wild Wild West1966TV Series conductor - 1 episode
The Jack Benny Hour1965TV Special conductor / music arranger
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Hour1964TV Special conductor

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Mike & Mike2016TV Series 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2016TV Series music - 3 episodes
Everyday I Love You2015music: "It Might Be You"
The Goldbergs2014TV Series writer - 1 episode
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues2013writer: "It Might Be You"
The Pretty One2013music: "It Might Be You"
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2010TV Series music - 1 episode
It's Complicated2009performer: "Singleman Party Foxtrot" / writer: "Singleman Party Foxtrot"
Family Guy2006-2007TV Series music - 2 episodes
Rumor Has It...2005writer: "Sunporch Cha Cha Cha"
Ocean's Twelve2004performer: "Ascension To Virginity" from the film "Candy" / writer: "Ascension To Virginity" from the film "Candy"
School of Rock2003"Good Times Theme"
American Idol2003TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Jazz Channel Presents Earl Klugh2001Video writer: "Living Inside Your Love"
Next Friday2000writer: "Good Times"
The Other Sister1999performer: "Sunporch Cha Cha Cha" / writer: "Sunporch Cha Cha Cha"
Waiting to Exhale1995writer: "It Might Be You"
Bert1994TV Series 2 episodes
Above the Rim1994"Pain"
Wayne's World 21993"AMEN CHORDS"
For the Boys1991writer: "Dreamland", "Wake Up Each Morning with Baileys"
Look Who's Talking Too1990writer: "Tri-Star Logo Theme"
You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown!1990TV Special documentary performer: "History Lesson" / writer: "History Lesson", "Breadline Blues"
The Fabulous Baker Boys1989performer: "People", "The Girl From Ipanema"
Casual Sex?1988performer: "Bossa Baroque" / writer: "Bossa Baroque"
Falling in Love1984writer: "Mountain Dance"
P.O.P.1984TV Movie music: "P.O.P."
Scandalous1984music: "It's Scandalous"
The 55th Annual Academy Awards1983TV Special writer: "It Might Be You"
Tootsie1982music: "Tootsie" 1982, "It Might Be You" 1982
St. Elsewhere1982TV Series "St. Elsewhere"
Author! Author!1982music: "Comin' Home To You"
All Night Long1981writer: "Cheryl's Theme"
Potpourri1981Video performer: "Mountain Dance" - uncredited / writer: "Mountain Dance" - uncredited
Yamahama Mama1981Video performer: "Mountain Dance" - uncredited / writer: "Mountain Dance" - uncredited
...and justice for all.1979music: "Something Funny Goin' On"
Good TimesTV Series music - 133 episodes, 1974 - 1979 writer - 13 episodes, 1974
Moment by Moment1978"Everybody Needs Love"
Mother, Jugs & Speed1976writer: "Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks" - uncredited
Three Days of the Condor1975music: "I've Got You Where I Want You" - uncredited
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings1975performer: "Black Mountain Rag", "Honky Tonk", "Chicken Fat" - uncredited
Baretta1975TV Series music - 1 episode
The Yakuza1974writer: "Only the Wind"
The Nickel Ride1974writer: "The Nickel Ride Theme"
The Midnight Man1974music: "Come On Back Where You Belong"
Maude1972-1974TV Series music - 23 episodes
The Long Goodbye1973performer: "The Long Goodbye"
Norm's Dilemma1972writer: "Child of the Universe" - uncredited
Funny Face1971TV Series music: "The Kind of Girl She Is"
Halls of Anger1970music: "Reachin' Out to You"
Candy1968writer: "Child of the Universe"
The Name of the Game1968TV Series "The Name of The Game Theme"
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter1968writer: "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", "The Color of the Wind Is Cold", "I Can't Afford to Let You Go" - uncredited
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?1968music: "Where Were You When The Lights Went Out"
A Man Called Gannon1968music: "A Smile, a Mem'ry and an Extra Shirt" / performer: "A Smile, a Mem'ry and an Extra Shirt"
The Graduate1967writer: "The Singleman Party Foxtrot", "Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha", "On the Strip", "The Folks", "A Great Effect", "Whew" - uncredited
Waterhole #31967music: "The Ballad of Waterhole #3 Code of the West

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Saved in America2015Documentary short completed
Skating to New York2013
Harmony2010TV Movie
Recount2008TV Movie
Even Money2006/I
A Woman of Substance: Katharine Hepburn Remembered2003Video documentary short
Reflections on Golden Pond2003Video documentary short
Dinner with Friends2001TV Movie
Random Hearts1999
Hope Floats1998
In the Gloaming1997TV Movie
Selena1997
Mulholland Falls1996
The Cure1995
The Firm1993
For the Boys1991
The Bonfire of the Vanities1990
Havana1990/I
One Life to Live1990TV Series 1 episode
The Fabulous Baker Boys1989
A Dry White Season1989
This Is America, Charlie Brown1989TV Mini-Series 1 episode
Tequila Sunrise1988
Clara's Heart1988
The Milagro Beanfield War1988
Ishtar1987
On the Edge1987TV Movie
Lucas1986
The Goonies1985
Falling in Love1984
The Little Drummer Girl1984
P.O.P.1984TV Movie
The Pope of Greenwich Village1984
Racing with the Moon1984
Scandalous1984
Tootsie1982
St. Elsewhere1982TV Series 1 episode
Author! Author!1982
On Golden Pond1981
Absence of Malice1981
My Bodyguard1980
The Electric Horseman1979
...and justice for all.1979
The Champ1979
Heaven Can Wait1978
Colorado C.I.1978TV Movie
The Goodbye Girl1977
Bobby Deerfield1977
Fire Sale1977
Mr. Billion1977
The Front1976
The Sad and Lonely Sundays1976TV Movie
33 Hours in the Life of God1976TV Movie
Murder by Death1976
Eric1975TV Movie
Three Days of the Condor1975
W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings1975
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen1975TV Movie
Baretta1975TV Series 2 episodes
The Yakuza1974
The Nickel Ride1974
The Girl with Something Extra1973-1974TV Series 22 episodes
The Midnight Man1974
The Death Squad1974TV Movie
Roll Out1973TV Series 4 episodes
The Friends of Eddie Coyle1973
Amanda Fallon1973TV Movie
Assignment: Vienna1972-1973TV Series 4 episodes
The Family Rico1972TV Movie
Fuzz1972
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid1972
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1972TV Series 1 episode
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight1971
Funny Face1971TV Series 3 episodes
A Howling in the Woods1971TV Movie
The Deadly Dream1971TV Movie
The Forgotten Man1971TV Movie
Shoot Out1971
The Pursuit of Happiness1971
Sarge1971TV Series 1 episode
The Intruders1970TV Movie
The Virginian1967-1970TV Series 2 episodes
Dan August1970TV Series 1 episode
Adam at Six A.M.1970
Halls of Anger1970
Generation1969
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here1969
Winning1969
The Mad Room1969
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir1968TV Series 7 episodes
Candy1968
The Name of the Game1968TV Series 1 episode
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter1968as David Grusin
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?1968
Good Morning, World1967-1968TV Series 26 episodes
A Man Called Gannon1968
Prescription: Murder1968TV Movie
It Takes a Thief1968TV Series 1 episode
Waterhole #31967
Divorce American Style1967
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.1966-1967TV Series 24 episodes
The Scorpio Letters1967TV Movie
Die Caterina-Valente-Show1966TV Series 1966
Gidget1965-1966TV Series 14 episodes
The Wild Wild West1966TV Series 1 episode
Blue Light1966TV Series 1 episode
The Farmer's Daughter1965-1966TV Series 4 episodes

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
GRP All-Stars: Live from the Record Plant1985VideoPerformer
Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin Live from the Record Plant1985VideoPerformer
Die Caterina-Valente-Show1966TV SeriesBandleader

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Jazz and the Philharmonic2014TV MovieHimself
Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story2011DocumentaryHimself
Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets2004TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Score2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
Der Klang der Bilder1995TV Movie documentaryHimself
The 34th Annual Grammy Awards1992TV SpecialHimself - Performer
Watanabe Sadao Live in Tokyo1980TV MovieHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2000Golden Chile AwardSanta Fe Film Critics Circle Awards
1998Hollywood Film AwardHollywood Film AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Music in Film
1997CableACECableACE AwardsOriginal ScoreIn the Gloaming (1997)
1994BMI Film Music AwardBMI Film & TV AwardsThe Firm (1993)
1990GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or TelevisionThe Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1989OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreThe Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
1969GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Original Score Written for a Motion PictureThe Graduate (1967)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2010IFMCA AwardInternational Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)Best Archival Release of an Existing ScoreThe Goonies (1985)
2002Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)Dinner with Friends (2001)
1998GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionSelena (1997)
1996GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionThe Cure (1995)
1994OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreThe Firm (1993)
1994GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionThe Firm (1993)
1992Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Original Score - Motion PictureFor the Boys (1991)
1992GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for TelevisionHavana (1990)
1991OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreHavana (1990)
1991Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Original Score - Motion PictureHavana (1990)
1991BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Original Film ScoreThe Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1990OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreThe Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1990Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Original Score - Motion PictureThe Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
1989Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Original Score - Motion PictureThe Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
1984BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Original SongTootsie (1982)
1984GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television SpecialTootsie (1982)
1983OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original SongTootsie (1982)
1983GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television SpecialOn Golden Pond (1981)
1983Razzie AwardRazzie AwardsWorst Original SongAuthor! Author! (1982)
1982OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreOn Golden Pond (1981)
1980OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreThe Champ (1979)
1979OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreHeaven Can Wait (1978)
1979Saturn AwardAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USABest MusicHeaven Can Wait (1978)
1977GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television SpecialThree Days of the Condor (1975)

Known for movies

Music Department

Good Times (1974-1979)
as Music Department

Music Department

The Graduate (1967)
as Music Department

Music Department

Maude (1972-1978)
as Music Department

Music Department

Hope Floats (1998)
as Music Department

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