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Deborah Lurie (also known as Debbie Lurie) is a composer and string arranger residing in Los Angeles, CA.

Biography

Deborah Lurie is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she graduated with the music composition departmental award in 1997. She gained her first recognition from her score for "George Lucas in Love." In the years following, Lurie worked as an orchestrator on studio films like "The X-Files" and "X-Men 2," and as a composer, for additional music on "Bubble Boy" and "View From The Top." Reuniting with "Lucas in Love" director Joe Nussbaum in 2004, she scored the pre-teen comedy "Sleepover" for MGM. Most recently, Lurie scored the animated feature "9" to be released on 9/09/09 and provided additional score for the blockbusters "Spiderman 3" and "Wanted."

Lurie has collaborated with a number of internationally known composers: She's worked frequently with Danny Elfman, composing additional music for the IMAX film "Deep Sea: 3D" and arranging/orchestrating for "Charlotte's Web" and "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory." For the 2004 Sony Classics film "Imaginary Heroes," starring Sigourney Weaver, she wrote a passionate score on a theme by John Ottman. And after years working on Miramax films, such as the Quentin Tarantino executive-produced "My Name Is Modesty" and "My Baby’s Daddy," Lurie scored the 2005 Lasse Hallstrom film "An Unfinished Life," starring Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman.

In addition to work on film scores, Lurie has an extensive background as an arranger and producer of pop, rock, and theater music. Her string arrangements have been featured on over 10 million albums sold, including Chris Daughtry's chart-topping self-titled rock album, The All-American Rejects' "Move Along," and on works from hard rockers Papa Roach and Three Days Grace. Beginning with the #1 hit single The Reason, Lurie has collaborated on two songs with Hoobastank, as well as an orchestral live concert and DVD in Paris. Lurie's longest and most prolific collaboration in rock music is with producer Howard Benson, who was Grammy nominated in 2007 for Producer Of The Year. Lurie's work in pop music began with productions for the live stage, including arranging and producing the the music for The Pussycat Dolls' live appearance at The Roxy, starring Christina Aguilera and Gwen Stefani and Carmen Electra, and arranging/producing the music for the Off Broadway musical "Bare." Lurie’s music also appears in the Dreamworks film "Dreamgirls."

Filmography

Composer

1997

The Promise

1998

Hercules (TV Series) (additional music)

1999

2001

Bubble Boy (additional music)

2002

Gilroy
Surfacing

2003

2004

2005

2006

The Year Without a Santa Claus
Deep Sea 3D IMAX (additional music)
Dreamgirls (additional music)

2007

Spider-Man 3 (2007) (additional music)
Sydney White (2007)

2008

Spring Breakdown
Wanted (additional music)

2009

9
More Than A Game (additional music)
Dance Flick (additional music)
The Little Traitor

Orchestrations

Hellboy 2 (additional arrangements, score by Danny Elfman)
Charlotte's Web (score by Danny Elfman)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (score by Danny Elfman)
X2: X-Men United (score by John Ottman)
The X-Files Movie (score by Mark Snow)
Halloween H20 (score by John Ottman)
Urban Legends: Final Cut (score by John Ottman)
Crazy in Alabama (score by Mark Snow)
The Day Lincoln Was Shot (score by Mark Snow)

String Arranger