Larry Groupé
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Lawrence Nash Groupé, best known as Larry Groupé, is an Emmy Award
-winning American film score
composer. His most popular works include the score for Rod Lurie
's movies Deterrence
and The Contender. In 2004 he was nominated for the Emmy Award to the best original score for the TV series Line of Fire. He later won the Emmy with the score for documentary film
Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking.
In the early 2000s, Groupé has collaborated with British
progressive rock
band Yes
for their 2001 Magnification
album. He also toured with Yes for part of their promotional tour for the album, Yessymphonic.
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning American film score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
composer. His most popular works include the score for Rod Lurie
Rod Lurie
Rod Lurie is an Israeli-American director, screenwriter and former film critic.-Early life and career:The son of internationally syndicated cartoonist Ranan Lurie, he was born in Israel but moved to the United States at a young age, growing up in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Honolulu,...
's movies Deterrence
Deterrence (film)
Deterrence is a 1999 French/American dramatic film written and directed by Rod Lurie, depicting fictional events about nuclear brinksmanship. It marks the feature directorial debut of Lurie, who was previously a film critic for the New York Daily News, Premiere Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and...
and The Contender. In 2004 he was nominated for the Emmy Award to the best original score for the TV series Line of Fire. He later won the Emmy with the score for documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking.
In the early 2000s, Groupé has collaborated with British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Yes
Yes (band)
Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
for their 2001 Magnification
Magnification (album)
Magnification is the nineteenth studio album by progressive rock band Yes, released in 2001. It was the band's first album of the new century, and their second with a full orchestra...
album. He also toured with Yes for part of their promotional tour for the album, Yessymphonic.