The resulting jazzoriented score stands out not only as one of his most innovative, but also one of his most successful, netting him grammy and academy award nominations as well. The firm soundtrack by various songbook sheet music for. The firm is a 1993 american legal thriller film directed by sydney pollack and starring tom cruise, jeanne tripplehorn, gene hackman, ed harris, holly hunter, hal holbrook and david strathairn. Dave grusin was born on june 26, 1934 in littleton, colorado, usa as david grusin. The soundtrack for 1993s john grisham thriller the firm, which starred tom cruise as a young idealistic law school graduate who is tricked into working for a small memphis law firm that is involved in the criminal enterprises of a chicago crime family, or mafia, is a bit unusual for a soundtrack both of its time and even now. A book of piano arrangements from the firm available at. June 26, 1934 age 80, littleton, colorado, united states robert david dave grusin is an american composer, arranger and pianist. The film is based on the 1991 novel the firm by author john grisham. The films soundtrack is almost exclusively solo piano by dave grusin. Dave grusin biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Provided to youtube by universal music group the firm main title dave grusin the firm. Je luistert deze score van grusin jaren niet en probeert te achterhalen hoe deze ook alweer klonk. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from dave grusin at the discogs marketplace. This album is a soundtrack to the motion picture the firm.
But dave grusin found the suggestion fascinating and enticing. A book of piano arrangements from the firm may be obtained at. Indeed, dave grusin found that writing for himself alone, rather than a substantial ensemble as on previous scores, enhanced the artistic process. While filming the firm on location in memphis, director sydney pollack became especially intrigued with. Robert david grusin born june 26, 1934 is an american composer, arranger, producer, and pianist. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. 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. Dave grusin the firm, limitededition twocd set music. The firm is an album by american pianist dave grusin released in 1993, recorded for the grp label. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record work, including an academy award. The following represents a list of dave grusin compositionsarrangements which have been issued. I thought i was purchasing accurate transcriptions of the dave grusin pieces based on the cd of the.